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March 6, 2017
Debjani Guha
Economy, Gender, Special Feature

Girl-child in Labour and Learning: A Case Study in North-24 Parganas

Twenty five girls of age group 7 to 13 years from ten National Child Labour Project schools of North-24- pgs were studied. It was found that 72% girls are from...

March 5, 2017
Arindam Roy
Edit, Gender, Special Feature

Women Hold up Half the Sky[i]: A Special Issue on IWD 2017, in Different Truths

Different Truths (DT) has been publishing special issues and has also brought out seven Anthologies of Poems on several topics in the past. Here’s the eighth Anthology of Poems,...

February 14, 2017
Maya Khandelwal
Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature

Hold Your Tongue and Let me Love!

Love is no more a taboo thing meant to be talked of in whispers, in dark corners or hidden nooks. The defiant rays of it are more than visible in...

January 1, 2017
Mamta Joshi
Potpourri, Special Feature

Ring in the New but do not Ring out the Old

Traditions are wearing away now, like a bar of soap; smaller in size though better packaged than before. If a moving advertisement doesn’t remind us to be, call parents or...

January 1, 2017
Neelam Dadhwal
Poem, Special Feature

A New Year Soiree

A poem dedicated to the New Year, in the Special Feature on New Year, exclusively in Different Truths. A night when ushers into new dawn tripping on the past without exhaustion,...

October 30, 2016
Priyanka Chauhan
Fairs & Festivals, Rituals & Practices, Special Feature

Diwali Market: A Fusion Song of Myriad Hues

Come Diwali and the market place is decked up like a bride. The exuberance of shiny streamers of all shapes and sizes, soaked in bright colours were resting on roadside...

October 30, 2016
Rajul Tiwari
Fairs & Festivals, Rituals & Practices, Special Feature

Diwali: The Brightest Night from the Sky!

Rajul recounts the story of Lord Rama’s homecoming on the New Moon night of Diwali. The joy and festivities among the people of Ayodhya is revisited. Thousands and thousands of diyas...

October 30, 2016
Subhajit Sanyal
Fairs & Festivals, Rituals & Practices, Short Story, Special Feature

Innate Indigo: Awakening the Kali Within

At the midnight of Diwali, Kali Puja is performed by Bengalis. Tara, a garland seller at the Karunamayi Kali Temple, watches the temple committee arrange for the festival. Little by little,...

October 30, 2016
Indrajit Rai
Fairs & Festivals, Poem, Rituals & Practices, Special Feature

Diwali

An evocative poem on Diwali, structured like a ballad that explores many layers of meanings. The poet, Indrajit, turns his gaze inwards in the last stanza, as part of the...

October 30, 2016
Neelam Dadhwal
Fairs & Festivals, Poem, Rituals & Practices, Special Feature

Diwali Fest

Amidst the mundane rigmarole of life comes the joy of festivity, says Neelam, in the verse, as part of the special feature on Diwali, for Different Truths. In façade, lights...

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