Governance - Different Truths

July 14, 2022
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Governance

From Antiquity Humans Love Milk to Sustain Life

Ruchira reminds us that life-sustaining milk, an ancient beverage, has been the love of human beings. Here is an exclusive for Different Truths. Milk is one of the oldest and...

July 6, 2022
Sarala Balachandran
Governance

Every Heart

Sarala tells about the need for love and care for every person. A social awareness poem, exclusively for Different Truths. Every heart needs to be consoled. Sometime or other...

July 2, 2022
Lopamudra Banerjee
Governance

Kobir Bouthan: The Bard’s Sister-in-Law – II

Here’s the second and concluding part of Lopamudra’s translation of Mallika Sengupta’s, a renowned Bengali poet and novelist’s biographical novel, Kobir Bouthan (Bard’s Sister-in-law). Here’s the first part of the two-part excerpt — an exclusive for Different Truths. The people...

June 10, 2022
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Gender, History & Culture, People, Trade, Travel & Food, Travelogue

How Manipuri Women Edged Out Men in War & Trade?

The Nupi Lan (Women’s Wars) of 1904 and 1939 led by women against the British Army are memorialised by Mothers’ Market. The proactive role played by women left its indelible...

June 3, 2022
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
History & Culture, Travel & Food, War & Conflicts

Inside Buchenwald: A Nazi Concentration Camp in Germany

Dr. Roopali reminisces about her journey to Buchenwald. She recalls the excesses of the Nazis in the concentration camps at this place, revisiting history of war and cruelty. An...

May 23, 2022
Dr. Sudipta Mishra
Cover Story, Gender, Law & Order

Does a Wife’s ‘No’ to Sex Means Refusal?

Sudipta re-examines the Delhi High Court’s split verdict of marital rape. Can a wife say no to sex? An exclusive for Different Truths. In 2015, the RIT foundation of...

April 23, 2022
Emmie Blake
Governance

Song of Creation

Emmie celebrates the Creation in the song of a skylark, in this poem. Her imagery of Nature is evocative. An exclusive for Different Truths. Creation sings in the song...

April 10, 2022
Tinku Paul
Economy, Migration & Diaspora

The Nowhere Migrant

Tinku takes a hard look at the underbelly of labour trafficking. Railway coolies are paid a paltry sum to undertake this risky job. One poor man sells another for just...

March 13, 2022
Chirantan Sarkar
Cinema, Gender, Politics, Special Feature

A Narrative on Women, Feminism, Sexuality and Politics in Contemporary India

Sonia Gandhi’s unperturbed state in her husband’s funeral is acceptable to the urban and sophisticated Indians as Sonia Gandhi is cloning a ‘male’ behavior and thus striving to achieve...

March 11, 2022
Swapan Bhowmik
Economy, Gender, Special Feature

Dynamics of Globalisation and Women Empowerment

The article focuses critical globalisation literature with feminist critiques about the gendered impact of globalisation. The feminist critiques of globalisation is of the view that “gender” is deep-seated in...

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