Stranger Archives - Different Truths

July 15, 2025
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Round is a Shape

Humourist Soumya talks about workouts, gym, swimming, and his resolve to exercise seriously, in his typical style, exclusively for Different Truths. I love workouts. I enjoy watching people sweating...

June 28, 2024
Anumita Roy
Multiculturalism, Potpourri

Fifteen Customs that are Distinctly American!

Anumita lists fifteen customs that are very different and stand out as American tradition/norms, which most foreigner find strange, initially. Slowly one understands and becomes a part of the flow, in...

March 12, 2022
Dr. Tripti Sharan
Gender, History & Culture, Religion, Short Story, Special Feature

The Flickering Diyas

Tripti retells the Ramayana from Sita’s point of view. Here’s Sita’s agony that was perhaps never told in a patriarchal epic, as the special feature on International Women’s Day, exclusively for...

January 4, 2022
Nancy Ndeke
Short Story, Special Feature, Special Needs

Life is Divine

An intense story that shows the power of love by Nancy, for the Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths. Some stories encourage and build stamina. Some stories touch...

July 26, 2021
Tutu Dutta
Oral Traditions, Special Feature

The Girl Who Married a Stranger

Tutu recounts a popular folktale from the Calabar region of Nigeria. It’s about a stunning young woman, Afiong. She had bright eyes and velvety smooth skin, the colour of...

May 9, 2021
Dr. Navodita Pande
Criticism, Poem, Short Story, Special Feature, Tribute

Remembering Tagore

In all of his creative works, what touched Navodita is the poignancy and the deep feeling of emotion that flow with his thoughts – the sensitivity, the words...

March 31, 2020
Neelam Dadhwal
Poem

Tanka Sequence: Coronavirus Diaries

Neelam DadhwalNeelam Dadhwal is a poet from Chandigarh, India. She has recently authored, ‘Footprints’, which deals with aspects of womanhood. Her poems has been published in Readomania, Indian Poetry...

July 14, 2018
IPA Service
Legal Issues, LGBTQIA+

Opening the Door to Gay Room

Gay activist Harish Iyer, in a counter to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, who says homosexuality is “deviant”, insisted that homosexuality was a “variant” and that psychiatrists have said that....

June 23, 2018
Sushmita Mukherjee
Criticism

Hi Friend, Hyphen!

Sushmita dwells on the small dash, the hyphen. Other than its grammatical functions, it revealed something unique to this scribe. Read more, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different...

April 17, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor, Travel & Food

Mapless in Madras

The columnist and his young wife were next woken up at Kanyakumari, which was completely deserted and pitch dark, at about two in the morning, and the bus went...

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