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March 12, 2024
Shernaz Wadia
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

Get Around the Molehills of Life

We often imagine situations far worse than they are. In short, we create a mountain out of molehills. Shernaz tells us how to overcome this problem, exclusively in Different...

January 20, 2024
Saeed Ibrahim
Potpourri

Focus: Three Clock Towers Capture the Essence of Time

Towering clock faces, like Grantchester’s Church Clock, Bangalore’s St Andrew’s Church Clock and Toronto’s Soldiers’ Tower symbolise history, time flow, and the past, reminding us of the future’s possibilities,...

January 18, 2024
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Relationship & Lifestyle

Domestic Help Diaries: From Osteoarthritis to Reliable Maya

Ruchira shares her experience with domestic help, ranging from taciturn Santosh to reliable Maya, exclusively for Different Truths. For the average urban woman in India, and I am referring...

September 14, 2023
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Food, Relationship & Lifestyle

The Epic Journey of Instant Noodles in 1982

In 1982, a Swiss MNC introduced instant noodles in India, revolutionising the snack industry and becoming an iconic brand endorsed by Bollywood stars, writes Ruchira, exclusively for Different Truths....

May 3, 2023
Sujata Sankranti
Short Story

The Musk Deer

An intriguing short story by Sujata about an artist and his suicide. What did his sketchbook reveal? The story unfolds – exclusively for Different Truths. Durga Prasad looked around his...

May 2, 2023
Abu Siddik
Fiction, Short Story

A Woodsman’s Story

Abu unravels the character of a drunk woodcutter and a visitor, who meet at a village shop. An exclusive for Different Truths. It was early November. The air was...

April 3, 2023
Farheen Viquas
Potpourri

The Magic for My Soul

Farheen is a moon lover. Her endless monologues with the moon made her realise that her secrets are well-guarded. A selenophile, she likes all the eight phases of the moon. Her...

January 28, 2023
Meher Pestonji
Short Story

A Street in a War Zone

A lone soldier in a war zone street faces passive resistance. How does he deal with it? A gripping short story by Meher – exclusively for Different Truths. The...

January 28, 2023
Prof. Seema Jain
Book Review, Short Story, Translation

Varied Themes Span a Century in Twelve Translated Tales

Seema reviews Chaitali Sengupta’s book, Timeless Tales in Translation, spanning a century, from stories in Hindi, Urdu, and Bangla, from mater storytellers – exclusively for Different Truths. Translators are like...

December 24, 2022
Atrayee Bhattacharya
Literature, Fiction

Queen in the Red Vignette

An intriguing tale of love, jealousy and revenge, by Atrayee. The plot thickens as the wheel moves full circle for Kadambari. A Different Truths exclusive. Bhalobeshe sokhi nibhrite jotone...