Advocacy - Different Truths

February 11, 2021
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+

Scant Awareness About LGBTQIA+ Rights

Shormita rues that there is a lack of awareness about LGBTQIA+ Rights. She mentions the legal and literary sources for the marginalised community. An exclusive for Different Truths. As...

February 10, 2021
Tali Cohen Shabtai
Gender, Poem

By the Force of my Doom

A distress, woman-centric poem, by Tali, exclusively for Different Truths. By the force of my doom The outcast The blood of disgrace Is in menstruation. And not...

February 3, 2021
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+

Crossdressing: Why Men Cannot Dress Like Women?

Shormita analyses why it’s not proper for men to crossdress like women. An exclusive for Different Truths. Have you heard about crossdressers? Crossdressing is an act in which a...

February 2, 2021
Enakshi J
Gender, Law & Order

Indian Women’s Safety in Dire Straits

Women and the civil society throughout India are protesting the recent controversial judgement by Justice Pushpa V Ganediwala, of the Bombay High Court, regarding a sexual assault case of...

January 28, 2021
Different Truths News Service
Advocacy, Children's Right, Health, Pandemic

COVID-19 Calls for Increased Budget Provisioning for Child Health & Nutrition

A national webinar organised by Child Rights and You (CRY) and Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) throw light on the critical issues and practical challenges with the nutrition...

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...

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