Son - Different Truths

October 29, 2025
Mamta Joshi
Poem

No Homecoming Ever

Three perspectives of an evocative poem by Mamta. A dinner thrown as farewellThe guests lovingly swellAmbience, menu perfectThe bar too well lacedThe mood quasi-festiveA loving couple restiveAfter three quarters of...

July 18, 2025
Francesco Favetta
Poem

Healing Love: Finding Peace in Son’s Embrace

Francesco’s poignant piece expresses a father’s deep yearning for a son’s unconditional love and comfort, finding solace in their innocent embrace. Stay with mehug me again, son,take me todayinside...

August 3, 2024
Anika Ghei
Fiction

House Number 23.

Here’s a mysterious story by Anika. From this Saturday, we are introducing a talented teenage fiction writer, exclusively in Different Truths. After hours of inspecting every nook and corner...

August 1, 2024
Ayub Khawar
Poem

A Night in Grief

Emptiness, meaninglessness, loss, and darkness are all pervasive in this verse, by Ayub, for Different Truths. Nothing is there,The mirror, the moon, the decanter,All are empty,The page of heart...

March 18, 2024
Tapati Sinha
Short Story, Special Feature, Special Needs

A Child Lost in his Special World

The pain and agony of a mother of of a child with autism, crushed by the pressures of her life, takes a grim toll. Tapati recounts a heart-wrenching account,...

January 29, 2024
Dr. Navodita Pande
Wellness

Overcoming Three Kleshas or Way of Life through Yoga

Yoga is another word for equanimity, poise, and harmony. Our Associate Editor, Navodita, a Yoga expert, tells us how to face the three Kleshas (way of life), exclusively in...

April 18, 2023
Smriti Maheshwari
Relationship & Lifestyle

The Delicious Dangers of Online Romance: When and Where to stop?

The Internet has opened the possibility of online romance. It’s heady. Gives an instant high and is deliciously dangerous. Here Smriti, based on her interactions with some of her...

October 2, 2022
Subhajit Sanyal
Relationship & Lifestyle

Durga Puja is the Time for Teenage Crushes and Love

As Puja comes closer, the plans for the outing get chalked out, and the list of Thakur dekha (visiting the pavilions to see the idols) with friends and family is...

September 29, 2022
Sutapa Basu
Poem, Religion, Special Feature

Ode to Devi Durga

Which Durga we should worship, asks a little girl. Sutapa pays tribute to the mortal Durga and the Goddess, in this verse, in Different Truths. ‘Durga Puja?’ My little...

September 27, 2022
Arindam Roy
Cover Story, Edit, History & Culture, Humour, Nostalgia, Religion

Durga’s Stature & Iconography Evolved in the Gupta Period

Arindam, our Editor-in-Chief, traces the history of Durga iconography. Historians at Allahabad Museum opine that the stature of the Goddess grew during the Gupta period. Happy reading, Happy Puja,...

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