Beautiful - Different Truths

November 8, 2016
Eswar Anandan
Advocacy, Politics

Flames of Truth

People who have been wronged, rendered homeless and voiceless are left with little choice but to set themselves afire, alive. It’s most shocking, terribly grotesque. Till date there are 153 reported...

November 8, 2016
Prof. Bhaskar Majumder
Crime, Education & Career, Gender, Place

No Girls are Safe in the Badlands of India!

Bhaskar talks of the regularity of girls’ assaults, repetitively, in our society that shows that something is terribly wrong in the upbringing of the boys, be it inside their houses,...

November 6, 2016
Anumita Roy
Short Story

…And One Day-I

The protagonist, Nandini, was orphaned at the age of five, when she lost both her parents in an accident in the Western Ghats, in India. She was being brought up...

November 2, 2016
Lily Swarn
People, Religion, Travel & Food

Rivers, Religion, History, Culture, Literature and Finesse Mingle in Allahabad

Brahma performed his first sacrifice at Prayag (Allahabad) after creating the world. It also finds mention during the Vedic period as Prayagraj, the king of all pilgrimages. It has a unique...

September 17, 2016
Madhumita Ghosh
Short Story

To be a Bride Again!

Whenever a girl is dressed like a bride, she is sent away. First, from her parent’s home. And, the next time, for her final journey. The protagonist says, “I am...

September 9, 2016
Oshin Gulsia
Poem

Rose of a Lover

Oshin celebrates the rose in this evocative poem exclusively for Different Truths. Should she ever know, How treasured she is For she’d cease to grow Beautiful in a poet’s...

August 16, 2016
Urooj Murtaza
Food, Potpourri

Four Entrepreneurs Inspire to Fly with Broken Wings

Maya profiles four entrepreneurs who broke their comfort zones, had faith in themselves. They had the courage to dream with their eyes wide open. Working against many odds and personal challenges,...

June 9, 2016
Subhajit Sanyal
Short Story

The Last Reunion

A group of five friends had formed the renowned band, The Pentagonal. They had met in the Darjeeling home of their two friends, now married, after 10 years. All...

May 28, 2016
Ipsita Ganguli
Poem

A Drive through the Clouds

Ipsita celebrates the beauty of majestic hills wrapped in a veil of light drizzle. Imagine the hills As twilight descends And the clouds come down To settle on the...

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