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January 7, 2017
Different Truths
Book Club

Jihad in my Saffron Garden: A Search for Global Peace among Terrorism and Turmoil

Roshina is a famous writer. Love has eluded her and her passions are her work and her son Zohaib, who she has brought up single-handedly. Despite possessing grit and substance,...

December 25, 2016
Shalini Samuel
Poem

People Pleaser

This poem operates at several levels. It’s about a person and India’s future. Shalini asks us to treat him Gently, with loving care. This poem, in Different Truths, transcends...

December 22, 2016
Shalini Samuel
Poem

Oldest Pal (Palindrome Poem)

In this evocative verse, Shalini searches for the oldest pal, the comfort and joy of being with him, in Different Truths. the age old scroll unfolds itself, once again the...

December 18, 2016
Arindam Roy
Short Story

The Costly Trade off!

The adage, “Power corrupts absolute power corrupts absolutely,” is indeed true. Here’s the modus operandi of a senior bank manager – not all are like him – unscrupulous and wily. Tall...

December 1, 2016
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Spark-II

Nilanjana retells the stories from the Srimad Bhagavatam, bringing alive the essential Indian wisdom of the yore. In the second part of the narrative, she tells us about Sage Narada revealing...

November 25, 2016
Arindam Roy
Awards & Honours

First Anniversary of Different Truths: Felicitations and Team DT

Different Truths completes one year at the strike of the midnight hour, in India. A year back, two Founders dared to dream. Soon it became a shared vision. Poets and...

November 13, 2016
Anumita Roy
Short Story

… And One Day-II

The protagonist Nandini felt drawn towards Brad. She was seemingly under a spell. But, she walked back home. Was the imposing building her home, which had love, life, and her...

November 7, 2016
Archana Sharma
People, Place

Pride of New Delhi: Quirky, Classy Khan Market

Khan Market, in New Delhi, was started, in 1951, by Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan, brother of freedom fighter Khan Abdul Ġaffar Khan (also known as Frontier Gandhi). Today, it ranks as...

November 7, 2016
Shail Raghuvanshi
People

Life on Pavements: Memory and Instinct helps Mahalingam understand Books

Very few people are able to give back to society what they never got from it. Mahalingam, as this 68-year- old second-hand bookseller, is known, studied only till class three....

October 30, 2016
Neelam Saxena Chandra
Fairs & Festivals, Poem

This Diwali

In this evocative verse, Neelam, puts on a make-up of values, of spiritual satisfaction, for unity of the people. At a time of clashes and divisions, of terrorism and...

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