Give Our Girls Those Guns
It’s an intense poem. Reena cautions the girl of the many dangers she faces in the world of men. Crunch by crunch the monster advancesIn its jaws I hear...
Indian Eve: Still a Long Way to Go
Ruchira tells us about the trials and tribulations of being a girl-child or a woman in the patriarchal Indian society, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. For...
Southern Expansion Dream of Modi-Shah Fizzles Out
Modi and Shah have been treating themselves as the first among the equals. Party sources even maintain that, barring four or five leaders, none dares to speak out on...
Democracy is Dead; Long Live Democracy!
The truth is that democracy is being murdered in this country every day. No party has the moral right, at least none among the mainstream parties, to criticise any...
Biplab Deb Insulting Diana Hayden no Surprise: Tripura CM Betrays Sangh View of Minorities
Biplab Deb is a product of this xenophobic tradition, which gives pride of place to religion over the constitutional rights of every citizen, irrespective of his or her faith. ...
Modi Captivates His Audience With Words: Is it Sound over Substance?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making a keynote address at the World Government Summit in Dubai. He never fails with words when it comes to these matters, irrespective of...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Play Time – XL
Nilanjana retells the story of play time of little Krishna, The people of Gokula in their innocence never realised that an avatar of Vishnu was among them, instead, thanked...
Joint Campaign by VRCO and CRY to Address Child Health and Malnutrition
Giving Children of Odisha a Healthy Start’, a six month-long initiative organised by VCRO and CRY, will reach out to children and mothers of 158 villages of five tribal...
The Music Room
Here’s an enigmatic and eerie ghost story, by Madhumita, exclusively for Different Truths. There were days and there were nights, one rolling into the other, fading, mingling and engulfing each...
The Communication of Identity
We tend to unconsciously construct identities of ourselves but also form identities of other groups who we identify as different from through communication, based on stereotypes. These stereotypes or...