Dear Woman, Let’s Rewrite Our Stories
Sudipta rues that society judges a woman and calls upon the fair sex to rise and rewrite their stories. They say ladies first, but in what context are these...
Beyond Certitudes: Finding Authenticity in a Mist-Enveloped World
Dr Molly’s poem deals with human-made certitudes, weeping willows, and gendered yokes: a lament and rebellion against the taken-for-granted, hierarchical order, exclusively for Different Truths. caught up in the...
Roar Woman, Roar like a Lioness!
Nikita talks about self-love and tells women to seek their true selves instead of slaving for others or worrying what-will- they-say. She begins with herself in the stream of consciousness...
Breaking Free: A Cry for Women’s Empowerment
Rajashree’s poignant poem, exclusively for Different Truths, is about a young girl, trapped in a world of fear and oppression, who yearns for freedom and empowerment. Oh, my dear...
Breaking Free: The Nighttime Escape of the Captive Soul
Sangeeta’s poem is about a prisoner of dreams who yearned for freedom, finding solace in the night’s whispered secrets, exclusively for Different Truths. When the night skyPainted dots,And all...
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...
That Old Lady in the Plaza
One in three elderly in Hong Kong aged 65 and over are living in poverty. They spend the remaining of their lives, looking through trash that we throw, trying...
The Right Shade of Feminism
Feminism has many layers of meaning. Tooba critiques it, saying that with concepts like feminism, it is sad that much of what it never stood for is now attributed...
She
An evocative poem by Sarala that celebrates the innocence of a girl-child within an old woman, in Different Truths. Behind her silvery threads Creaking bones Wrinkled face Lifeless eyes Still,...
Myanmar’s Underbelly: The Price of Survival for One Woman
A single mother in Myanmar grapples with sacrifice, secrecy, and the longing for normalcy. Read Hein Min’s story, a poignant tale exclusive to Different Truths. Through imperceptible nail-fitting cleavages...