Reviews - Different Truths

December 3, 2022
Amita Ray
Book Review, Poem

Two Diaspora Women Poets Explore Ethnicity, Gender, & Identity

Two diaspora poets, Lopamudra Banerjee and Priscilla Rice, explore ethnicity, gender and identity in their poetry collection, We Are What We Are – a review by Amita, exclusively for...

November 26, 2022
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Book Review

The Journey of the First Indian Woman Army Officer

Dr Roopali reviews Olive Green to Beauty Queen by Ankita Srivastava, the life story of the first woman officer in the Army narrated with hilarity and sensitivity – exclusively...

November 12, 2022
Prof. Nandini Sahu
Book Review

The Writer as the Witness: Burn the Library & Other Fictions

Prof Nandini reviews Burn the Library and Other Fictions by Sunil Sharma, exclusively for Different Truths. Starting with ‘A Mini Confession’, the camera of this read-at-one-go book is capable...

October 4, 2022
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
History & Culture, Music

Durga Puja Music Albums: Bengalis’ Cultural Legacy Worldwide

Every year during Durga Puja, several music albums are released. It’s a cultural legacy of the Bengalis worldwide. Ruchira reviews some of the 2022 music releases in an exclusive Special Feature...

September 24, 2022
Abu Siddik
Book Review, Poem

Nursery Rhymes for Adults: Portrayal of a Childlike Self

Abu reviews Prof Jagdish Savita’s debut English collection of poetry, Nursery Rhymes for Adults – exclusively for Different Truths. Professor Jagdish Savita, born in 1934, at Deoband, in UP,...

September 17, 2022
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Book Review

Karmic Threads Addresses Abuse, Abandonment of Immigrant Women

Dr Roopali reviews Neelam Saxena Chandra’s novel, Karmic Threads, exclusively for Different Truths. Neelam Saxena Chandra’s novel Karmic Threads is dedicated to “all those who are abused or in pain...

September 3, 2022
Rituparna Khan
Book Review, Poem

Women Mirror Strength in Shaktirupen

Rituparna reviews Rajorshi Patranabis’ book of poems, Shaktirupen: The Deepest Secret, exclusively for Different Truths. Shaktirupen: The Deepest Secret is another commendable collection from the pen of multitalented and multilingual poet and...

August 27, 2022
Satjit Singh
Book Review, Health

Dr Amrinder Bajaj: Menopause Ends Mensturation, not Life!

Satjit reviews Dr Amrinder Bajaj’s book, Live Your Best Life, which weaves humour into medical details in a storyteller’s voice – exclusively for Different Truths. ‘Live Your Best Life’...

August 27, 2022
Sonali Chanda
Book Review, Poem

Madhu Raghavendra’s Intoxicating Poems are a Delight

Sonali reviews Madhu Raghavendra’s book of poems, Make me Some Love to Eat, exclusively for Different Truths. When I finished Neruda’s “Love poems”, I couldn’t get into the most profound kernel of his...

August 13, 2022
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Book Review, Fiction

A Cheery & Optimistic Book by Rita Chhablani

Ruchira reviews Rita Chhablani’s book, We Will Be Together Always and Other Stories, exclusively for Different Truths. Bengaluru-based yoga instructor-cum-English teacher-turned litterateurRita Chhablani is the highly talented proud author of four...

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