Reviews - Different Truths

November 12, 2017
Arindam Roy
Book Review, Criticism

Love Bloomed Amongst Hatred, Revenge Violence and Deaths of the 1984-Carnage in When a Mighty Tree Falls by Amrinder Bajaj

Despite the deep hurt, Amrinder Bajaj’s novel, When a Mighty Tree Falls, remained objective. In the novel, she described how some Hindus, risking their lives and limbs, saved their...

October 28, 2017
Samrudhi Dash
Book Review, Criticism, Poem

An Eerie Beauty in the Poems of Wani Nazir

Because beauty at its purest is fierce, powerful and terrible captivates the reader. Wani Nazir’s poems have that eerie beauty in them, says Samrudhi, reviewing his book of poems,...

October 14, 2017
Mamta Joshi
Books, Creative Writing

Catching up with Kazuo Ishiguro and the British Class System

Mamta revisits a novel of the 2017 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Kazuo Ishiguro, and reviews it exclusively for Different Truths. With the announcement of the Nobel Prize in...

October 7, 2017
Shabir Ahmad Mir
Books, Criticism

Despite Dual Handicap The Broken Home and Other Stories is Immensely Readable

Shabir reviews Lopamudra Banerjee’s book, The Broken Home and Other Stories, exclusively in Different Truths. Despite a dual handicap, her translation did not leave a bitter taste. However, he...

September 17, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Cinema, Human Rights, Politics, Terror Attack

A Child murdered in Ryan; Tom Alter Fights Cancer; Sasikala Ousted; Blast in London Tube and Rohingya Refugees

This week, Shail recasts five major events in the week that was in verse. A seven-year-child was brutally murdered in Ryan International School, Gurgaon, actor Tom Alter fights Cancer,...

August 9, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Cinema, Interview

How Adhiraj made Naseeruddin Shah an Internet Sensation with the Award Winning Film, Interior Café Night?

Adhiraj Bose, a young director, was just 23-years-old, when he directed the 13-minute film, Interior Café Night, with renowned actors like Naseeruddin Shah and Shernaz Patel. Three years...

August 7, 2017
Dr. Sanjeeb Sircar
Education & Career, Music

Importance of Music as a Regular Subject in our Education Curriculum

An award-winning and internationally acclaimed Sitarist and multi-instrumentalist, Dr. Sanjeeb, tells us about the importance and relevance of music in our education curriculum, exclusively in Different Truths. Music plays...

August 6, 2017
Samina Naqvi
Cinema

Sahir Ludhianvi: A Soulful Love Poet, Failed in Love and Died, a Bachelor, Forlorn!

Sahir Ludhianvi’s divorced mother remained a great influence on him. Some even say he suffered an Oedipus complex. An interesting and intriguing, passionate and sensitive aspect of his has...

July 22, 2017
Different Truths
Book Club

My Mother is a Tribute to a Cancer Patient who battled with Fortitude

Subhrajyotri details the year-long struggle of his mother against Cancer. He talks about the doctors who tried their best to help her revive. Here’s a soulful tribute by a...

July 20, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Cinema, Interview, LGBTQIA+

…And the World Heard the Sisak of the Actors Jitin and Dhruv

Our columnist Mahima brings you the candid and bold interview of the two actors Jitin Gulati and Dhruv Singhal, as the second and final part of the two-part interviews...

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