values - Different Truths

October 16, 2025
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Critique

Focus: How Proverbs Shape Speech, Beliefs, and Behaviour

Ruchira opines that proverbs embody a nation’s cultural soul, weaving wisdom, humour, and philosophy into daily life, shaping speech, values, and traditions, for Different Truths. Proverbs: An inalienable part...

June 13, 2025
Suchismita Ghoshal
Poem

Of Values and Desires

An evocative poem, by Suchismita, about poverty, values, and desires, exclusively for Different Truths. Poverty invokes the darkness of night, And my baba’s face loses the glimmering light. This...

April 4, 2024
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Relationship & Lifestyle

Exploring Values of the Great Indian Middle-Class

Ruchira delves into the diverse and often contradictory characteristics of India’s middle class, highlighting their ambition, education, and practical thriftiness, exclusively for Different Truths. At present, India tops the...

October 11, 2023
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Prayers, Yoga, Meditation, Nature Cure and Ayurveda practiced at Parmarth Niketan

Parmarth Niketan believes in Yoga being a way of life and making one’s life into a prayer to God. Hence they believe a devout person should follow the daily...

September 27, 2023
Farheen Viquas
History & Culture, Place, Relationship & Lifestyle

From Nadra to Now: A Journey of Traditions and Values

Farheen contrasts her nurturing childhood in Bhopal with the chaos of modern life in Bangalore, highlighting the lasting influence of tradition, innovation, and family values, exclusively for Different Truths....

March 27, 2023
Aishwarya Damodar
Poem

Worlds Apart…

There are the tussle and turmoil between the mundane and the noble worlds, in Aishwarya’s verse, in Different Truths. En route this journey of life... through the concrete jungle,...

September 5, 2022
Arindam Roy
Short Story, Special Feature

F**k Honesty!

It’s an era when reporters are called upon to be fixers. They have to do the dirty jobs. Those who cannot, like the protagonist, Badshah, are ejected out of...

March 12, 2022
Sriparna Dutta
Criticism, Gender, Special Feature

Empowerment, Feminism and the Hardyian Fallacy

Thomas Hardy’s heroines are not victims of sexual anesthesia. Sue is quite defiant in her stating her sexual preferences and never hesitates to be vocal about it. What is...

July 27, 2021
Preeyan Abraham
Education & Career, Special Feature

The Challenges of Working in Africa

Preeyan tells us about the challenges of relocating to work abroad, particularly in Africa. He cautions that if you are moving to a country in Africa you expect what...

July 26, 2021
Dr. Brajesh Kumar Gupta
Gender, Special Feature

Empowerment and Wellbeing of African Women

Many cultural customs and traditions infringe on the rights of women and children by subjecting them to abuse, in keeping with Africa’s gender equality and women’s empowerment agenda, and...

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