Advocacy - Different Truths

January 20, 2021
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+

Prayagraj: First Ever Kinner Akhada in 2019 Ardh Kumbh

One of the highlights of the 2019 Ardh Kumbh Mela was the establishment of Kinner Akhada at the world’s largest fair, in the city. It was an attempt to...

January 14, 2021
Prof. Seema Jain
Advocacy, History & Culture, Religion

Guru Nanak’s Langar to Help the UN Banish Hunger Globally

Guru Nanak’s Langar or community kitchen shall help banish hunger from the world by 2030, one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, says Seema. An exclusive for Different Truths....

January 13, 2021
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+

Curious Identity: The Intersex People

Shormita explains that intersex people are born with defective sex organs or mixed sexual organs or mixed chromosomes or hormonal imbalance within their body. An exclusive for Different Truths. Few...

January 9, 2021
Lopamudra Banerjee
Gender, Relationship & Lifestyle

Patriarchy and the Female Gender: As I have Seen it

As a small girl, at her home, Lopamudra came face-to-face with patriarchy, red in tooth and claw. She reveals the stranglehold of male domination in a Bengali Brahmin family,...

January 8, 2021
Shivani Singh
Advocacy, Religion

Breaking Boundaries

Shivani looks at the various boundaries that are set up by religion and society. She explores how to banish boundaries, exclusively for Different Truths. “When you call yourself an...

January 6, 2021
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+

Do Sexual Preferences Change with Age?

Sexual preferences or orientation is fluid, reasons Shormita. The findings are startling. An exclusive for Different Truths. Sexual preference or orientation is a kind of romantic or physical attraction...

December 30, 2020
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+

Why are Gays Forced into Heterosexual Marriage?

Shormita examines the plight of gays who are forced into a heterosexual marriage, against their will and the various repercussions of such wedlock. An exclusive for Different Truths. Marriage...

December 25, 2020
Lt. Col. Ankita Srivastava
Gender, Humour

Breaking Stereotypes

Lt. Col. Ankita walks down memory lane into a sewing class, full of sparkling wit and humour. An exclusive for Different Truths. So, it was during the summer vacation...

December 24, 2020
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand
Cover Story, Gender, Opinion, Relationship & Lifestyle

Home, Family, Marriage: The Collapse of the Triad Patriarchal Institutions

Home, marriage, and family – are the hottest topics of sociologists today, for all these institutions that belong to the patriarchal society are under erosion because empowered women find...

December 23, 2020
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+

Non-Acceptance of Transgenders in the Middle East

Transgenders and other in-between gender preferences find no acceptance in most of the Middle East countries, informs Shormita. An exclusive for Different Truths. Gender binary plays a major role...

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