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May 8, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Dissent, Environment, Politics

Declare Water Emergency in India, Review Implementation of Water Conservation

AIKMS has given a call for the declaration of water emergency in India. With drought conditions in more than half the districts in the country, the situation is grim. Construction work...

May 7, 2016
Arindam Roy
Potpourri

One Life, Many Mothers

Arindam pays a tribute to his many mothers on Mother’s Day. He also tells us of a man with 81 mothers. “How can he have so many mothers?” A divisional...

May 7, 2016
Ritamvara Bhattacharya
Poem

Peace-I

Here’s a jugalbandi in two poems by Ritamvara (as daughter) and Ipsita (as mother). They have been composing poems in sync with each other. Here are two poems by two...

May 7, 2016
Ipsita Ganguli
Poem

Peace-II

Here’s a jugalbandi in two poems by Ritamvara (as daughter) and Ipsita (as mother). They have been composing poems in sync with each other. Here are two poems by two...

May 7, 2016
Lily Swarn
Poem

Oceanic Eyes

Lily’s tribute to her mother on Mother’s Day. She talks of her sea-green oceanic eyes, among other things. Your perfume, dripping love As you tucked me into bed With the...

May 7, 2016
Madhumita Ghosh
Human Rights, Short Story

Babies are Crops for Sale

Based on a real life incident, Madhumita weaves a story of fatalism and pathos. Poverty is a curse. Hunger dooms people. Poor mothers are forced to sell babies to feed...

May 6, 2016
Lily Swarn
Humour

Sing, and Louder Sing…

Lily takes a tongue-in- cheek look at music and singing in this humorous piece. An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unless ...

May 5, 2016
Shirin Shabana Khan
Subaltern & Dalits

Varanasi Musahars Break the Shackles of Slavery, Emancipate Community

Elimination of the culture of silence, fear and phobia of organised violence and torture are the predominant factors of resilience to inculcate social transformation. It contributes in poverty elimination. The stories...

May 5, 2016
Mamta Joshi
Poem

Shuffling Memories

In this poignant poem, Mamta delves into her ‘sepia memories’. As dusk settles Memories begin to scrape my mind Like negatives of snapshots Sometimes sharp Sometimes fuzzy and undefined...

May 5, 2016
Nirmal Kumar Paudel
Subaltern & Dalits

Bonded Labourers of Sarai walk tall, Wait for Emancipation

Nirmal documents the life in Sarai Village, in Varanasi district, which is now free of bonded labourers, due to the pro-active measures of PVCHR. During his recent visit, he found that...

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