Arindam Roy
Founder, Editorial Director, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
Arindam Roy has over 40 years of experience in various newsrooms. He was the Managing Editor of a reputed Gurgaon-based Citizen Journalist portal and has held senior positions in several publications. As Correspondent and Bureau Chief, he has written extensively for the Associated Press, Times of India, Hindustan Times, and multiple news outlets. He has written 13 chapters for various publications, and the Times Group published two Coffee Table Books with seven of those chapters. He was responsible for the Content Development of a prestigious CTB for the Allahabad High Court. He is a co-author of a novel, Rivers Run Back. He lives in Allahabad and Bangalore.
Anumita Roy is an artist at heart and a legal and medical interpreter by profession. She creates word images in her verses and loves to write short stories. Mother of high-functioning autistic children, she advocates for special needs issues in whichever way possible. Born in India, and brought up in several countries, she is a true global citizen. She now lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her family and follows her passion for writing and advocacy, being the Co-Founder, Creative Director and Managing Editor of Different Truths.
Anumita C Roy
Co-Founder, Creative Director & Managing Editor
Prof. Ashoka Jahnavi Prasad
Director: Strategy & Executive Editor; Global Representative
Prof. Ashoka Jahnavi Prasad is a physician/psychiatrist with a doctorate in pharmacology, history, and philosophy and a higher doctorate. He is also a qualified barrister and geneticist. He writes regular columns for several newspapers and has written over 136 books, and Cambridge News has called him the most educated person in the world. He is the great-grandson of the first President of India, Babu Rajendra Prasad. He has visited most countries worldwide and worked and stayed in 11 countries. He is our global representative.
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur is a poet, travel writer, and social justice activist. A former professor of English Literature at Delhi University, and a creative writing professor at IGNOU, she is a widely published academic and creative writer. Her book Twice Colonised: Women in African Literature, is a seminal text on women’s socio-political empowerment. In 2020-21, she co-edited two poetry anthologies – In All the Spaces: Diverse Voices in Global Women’s Poetry, and Earth Fire Water Wind. A Global Representative, she is our Head, Mentorship Programme & Consultant Editor: Advocacy, Defense Services & Literature.
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Head: Mentorship Programme & Consultant Editor: Advocacy, Defense Services & Literature; Global Representative
Ratan Mani Lal
Editorial Advisor and National Editor: Politics, Development Issues and Environment.
Ratan Mani Lal is a journalist with more than 40 years of experience in major English and Hindi newspapers such as The Times of India, Hindustan Times, and The Bhaskar Group. He also headed the Jaipuria Institute of Mass Communication for several years. He writes for Firstpost, One India.com, Zeenews.com, and many other publications in English and Hindi. He is a commentator for several television channels as well. He writes about current affairs, focusing on political scenarios, development issues, and the environment. He is our Editorial Advisor, and National Editor: Politics, Development Issues and the Environment.
Urna Bose is an advertising professional, writer, widely published poet, and editor. Her poems went viral worldwide. She won the ‘Enchanting Editor’ award from the Telangana Group of Poetry Forums (2019). Having worked with advertising giants like R. K. Swamy/BBDO, McCann Erickson, Mudra, Lowe Lintas, and others, her campaigns have won Indian and global creativity awards, and some are industry case studies. Urna believes that soulful poetry and chocolate cake can fix everything. She is our regional representative for West India: Maharashtra & Gujarat.
Urna Bose
Deputy Editor; Regional Representative: West India
Dr. Parneet Jaggi
Associate Editor: Education; State Representative: Rajasthan
Dr Parneet Jaggi is an Associate Professor of English in Rajasthan, India. She has four collections of poems in English and two research books to her credit. Her historical fiction The Call of the Citadel (2020) is well-acclaimed. Her poems have been anthologised in various journals. Her name appears in the Directory of Writers in America’s famous magazine Poets and Writers. She is Associate Editor of International Journal of Education and English Literature, Montreal, Canada. She is our state representative of Rajasthan.
Soumya Mukherjee is an alumnus of St. Stephens College and the Delhi School of Economics. He recently retired from PSU Insurance Company and lectures for peanuts. His other passions are family, friends, films, travel, food, trekking, wildlife, music, theatre, and occasionally, writing. He has been published in many national newspapers of repute. He has published his first novel, Memories, a novella, hopefully, the first of his many books. He blogs as well. He is our zonal representative for East India.
Soumya Mukherjee
Associate Editor: Humour; Zonal Representative: East India
Monika Ajay Kaul
Associate Editor: Art; State Representative: Jammu & Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh
Monika Ajay Kaul was born in the breathtakingly beautiful valley of Kashmir. She had her schooling there. A postgraduate in Business Management, and an academician by profession, she is an art history enthusiast, who writes poetry, short stories, and paints. She’s an avid reader, mostly of biographies and autobiographies. Giving wings to her imagination through beautiful colours and words, she sings and has a following on YouTube. She is our state representative for Jammu & Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh.
Meenakshi Goswami is the Principal of CNS HS School, Sonitpur Assam. She has many poetry books and is anthologised widely. She is a recipient of the State Award for Teachers on 5th September 2018 from the Govt. of Assam and the Republic Day Award in 2013 and 2019 for her dedicated service to human resources, art & culture. She also received Oil Shikshya Ratna Puraskar 2016. She has attended several multilingual international poetry festivals in India and abroad. She is our regional representative for Northeast India.
Meenakshi Goswami
Assistant Editor: Education & Culture; Regional Representative: Northeast India
Different Truths (DT) is published:
C-503, Block-II, Lotus Apartments,
49/39, Tashkant Marg,
Prayagraj (Allahabad) – 211 001, India.
Phone: +91-9794302828
Email: different.truths2015@gmail.com
US Representative:
Anumita C Roy
anumitaroy@gmail.com
All advisory, editorial and administrative positions are honorary and pro bono.
Disputes, if any, shall be strictly under the jurisdictions of the courts in Prayagraj (Allahabad) only.