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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...

July 23, 2021
Stanslaus Kyando
Short Story, Special Feature

The Punishment

A young student had to face punishment because he had spoken against the corrupt principal. Stanslaus tells us about the deep-rooted corruption in schools in Tanzania. A Different Truths...

July 10, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Poem

How to Teach a Frightened Boy?

An intense and powerful poem, by Dr. Roopali, about Bittoo’s battered mother and women wronged down the ages. An exclusive for Different Truths. How to teach that frightened boy ...

June 28, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Poem

Surpanakha, the Demon of Desire

An intense, woman-centric poem, by Dr. Roopali, exclusively for Different Truths. For you alone the roasted yams and the lentils…. you have eaten enough, have you not eaten your husband our...

June 9, 2021
Harinder Cheema
Poem

The Modern Woman

A woman-centric, evocative poem, by Harinder, exclusively for Different Truths. I am an unstoppable woman of courage, And I say this with pride – I have explored the space and...

June 8, 2021
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

A Soldier’s Wife

Sarala pens a soulful poem about the agony and resolve of a soldier’s wife, exclusively for Different Truths. Does anyone know their pain? That widow, young and beautiful Lost...

May 11, 2021
Different Truths Poets
Multiculturalism, Poem, Special Feature, Tribute

Tribute to Tagore: An eAnthology of Poems

Thirteen poets with as many poems, from three countries, pay their homages to Tagore, in verse, as Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths. #1. twenty-eight line ©Michele Baron The...

May 10, 2021
Nilakshi Roy
Fiction, Films, Special Feature, Tribute

Tagore, Ray and Basu: The Broken Nest, Charulata, and Stories from Rabindranath Tagore

There are many admirers of Satyajit Ray’s film, Charulata (1964), which is often seen as a retelling of the story of Rabindranath Tagore’s own time spent with his elder brother...

April 9, 2021
Prof. Sanjoy Saksena
Poem

Interface in Sisterhood

An intense, woman-centric, protest poem, by Prof. Sanjoy, exclusively for Different Truths. I am no birdie but an albatross Spanning ocean depths. Those who come Under my wings are...

March 30, 2021
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

Death of Beautiful Dreams

A poignant poem, full of pathos, for women who sell themselves to survive, by Sarala. An exclusive for Different Truths. She stands at the window, Wearing a dark orange...

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