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July 12, 2024
Different Truths News Service
Book Extract

Oneiric Ambrosia: A Sensual Exploration of Love and Dreams

Mahua Sen’s Nostalgia Crafting a Home Within, a book extract exclusively for Different Truths, offers a poignant journey through childhood memories, evoked by familiar scents and nostalgia. Dreamscape In...

January 7, 2023
Sujata Parashar
Book Club, Book Extract, Fiction

A Rape Survivor’s Saga of Politics and Revenge

Sujata Parashar’s The Temple Bar Woman is a socio-political thriller about a woman who was abducted, mistreated, and finally left to die. The book discusses the victim’s method of retaliation...

September 29, 2022
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Book Extract, Fiction

Kiron Pishi

Here is an excerpt from a forthcoming novel, Porridge and I: A Post-Colonial Story, with reference to the fearsome Goddess Kali by Dr Roopali. An exclusive for Different Truths. Haru Mama...

July 2, 2022
Lopamudra Banerjee
Governance

Kobir Bouthan: The Bard’s Sister-in-Law – II

Here’s the second and concluding part of Lopamudra’s translation of Mallika Sengupta’s, a renowned Bengali poet and novelist’s biographical novel, Kobir Bouthan (Bard’s Sister-in-law). Here’s the first part of the two-part excerpt — an exclusive for Different Truths. The people...

June 25, 2022
Lopamudra Banerjee
Book Extract, Translation

The Bard and His Sister-in-Law – I

Lopamudra translates Mallika Sengupta’s, a renowned Bengali poet and novelist’s biographical novel, Kobir Bouthan (Bard’s Sister-in-law). Here’s the first part of the two-part excerpt — an exclusive for Different Truths. Chapter 1: Gyanada Nandini One fine day...

January 22, 2022
Different Truths News Service
Book Club, Book Extract

1. Katha Sarita Sagara — The Genesis

Here’s a book extract from Kings, Saviours & Scoundrels, by Anupama Jain, published by Redomania. An exclusive for Different Truths. I am Somadeva, the son of Rama, a Shaiva Brahmin...

January 7, 2022
Joseph Ferguson
Book Club, Short Story, Special Feature

After the Crux

Here’s an excerpt story from the New York-based Joseph Ferguson’s earlier short fiction collection, Southbound. Critically acclaimed, it’s a must read. The story originally appeared in Swift Kick No. 5/6,...

December 30, 2021
Sutapa Basu
Fiction, Novella, Special Feature

Dangle is a Journey, not Destination, of Facing Secrets and Overcoming Fears

Stunning, svelte, smart Ipshita is a globetrotter. She treks across the world to gather bytes for the travel chats she designs and hosts for TV channels. Despite being a self-assured...

December 28, 2021
Meenakshi
Book Extract, Fiction, Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature

Lenny

Meenakshi’s story about a gay couple explores the subtleties and nuances of emotional relationship between them. It’s one of the six stories from her recently published book, ‘Love: Beautiful & Unrequited’....

December 17, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Book Extract, Fairs & Festivals, Fiction, Special Feature

Christmas in the Blue Mountains

Narrated by six-year-old, the story is situated in Wellington in the Nilgiris. The Anglo-Indian governess has christened the narrator’s older sister, ‘Porridge’. A short excerpt from Porridge & I,...

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