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April 29, 2016
Padmini Sharma
Poem

Baseless Fallacies

Is life an illusion Are love and friendship delusional? Padmini asks a few hard questions in this verse. Love is nothing but a silly fabrication Fostered for generation after generation...

April 29, 2016
Arindam Roy
Opinion

Art and Reality

Arindam delves into the issues of art and reality, its interrelations and interdependence in this opinion piece. “Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with...

April 28, 2016
Mamta Joshi
Humor

The Month of May and the Carbs Mayhem

Mamta takes a jibe at herself and talks about ‘weighty issues’, in this tongue-in- cheek piece. The rough and tumble of ordinary life over, I discovered I had reached close...

April 28, 2016
Cholena Nashan
Food, Photo Feature

An excellent photographer, Cholena gives invaluable tips for food photography for readers of Different Truths. Food photography is more than clicking what’s on the table. Thanks to the social media...

April 27, 2016
Sarika Sarkar Das
Photo Feature, Travel & Food

Beauteous Barcelona

Sarika takes us through Barcelona. Trigger happy she captures its beauty in photographs. ‘Travelling – it leaves you speechless then turns you into a storyteller.’ ~ Ibn Battuta I...

April 26, 2016
Shruti Nagvanshi
Dissent, Human Rights

Against all Odds: Amnesty International Human Rights 2016 Award to Henri Tiphagne

Indian activist and lawyer, Henri Tiphagne, was awarded the prestigious Amnesty International Germany’s human rights award in Berlin on Monday (April 25). Shruti profiles him for Different Truths. After receiving the...

April 26, 2016
Lenin Raghuvanshi
Dissent, Human Rights

The 2016 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights Awarded to Nguyen San Que and BERISH 2.0

Human Rights activist Lenin profiles the recipients of the 2016 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights, Nguyen San Que and BERISH 2.0, profiling the struggles, resilience and recognition for the cause of...

April 26, 2016
Lily Swarn
Humor

Hair and There!

A tongue-in- cheek tale of hair, its glees and woes by Different Truths’ humourist Lily. Alexander Pope, the great granddad of prose wrote, “Beauty draws us with a single...

April 26, 2016
Padmini Sharma
Poem

The Pauper and his Princess

Here’s a poignant ballad from Padmini. She weaves an enchanting story. He was a trash picker, a vagabond That came to pick pieces at odd hours One day his...

April 25, 2016
Cholena Nashan
Painting

Don’t call me an Artist

Life is full of contradictions and paradoxes. Here’s a personal account of Cholena. She tells us about the deep prejudices against art and artists when she was growing up. She...

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