Grief
Bibi Amrit, fondly called Biji, doubled her thunderous output on realising that she had an opportunity to overpower Nasib, to show the train of mourners that a mother’s grief...
Meera Shenoy of Youth4jobs wins National Award for Placing Disabled Youth in Job
In India, people with disabilities are either looked-down upon, seen with sympathy or made fun of. Rarely people go beyond these actions. Mahima, in the weekly column, interviews Meera...
BJP sweeps the UP Civic Polls, with SP, BSP, and Congress Making Substantial Gains
Our Associate Editor, Navodita, analyses BJP’s sweeping the UP Civic Polls, wondering if it would bolster BJP’s Gujarat campaign. The emergence of women in the elections is a change...
Against all Odds: Showing Light Became the Mission of Jojo Blinded by a Missile
Cavalry officer Jojo was blinded by Cobra missile splinters in the 1965 Indo-Pak War. He overcame his challenges and devoted his life to empowering the differently abled people, says...
The Right to Differ is a Right by Birth!
Raising questions is not to be seen as a division between the conformists and the non-conformists. The conformists abide by the rules and norms because those rules and norms...
The Me Too Campaign: Women Stand Tall Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
The “Me Too” campaign has brought together women in a show of solidarity, of courage to make visible the enormity of sexual and domestic violence against them – their...
Friends Online
We introduce a new weekly column from this Sunday. Chennai-based Sumita tells us a story about online friendship, exclusively in Different Truths. September 11 Monday, 09:45 pm Aryan Chelvam...
Kishore Kumar: The Maverick Singer-Comedian Lives amongst his Fans
Ruchira pays a tribute to the maverick singer-comedian, Kishore Kumar, on his 30th death anniversary (Oct 13). This Friday, the 13th, need not be scary, as we remember the talented...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna and Aghasura – XLV
Nilanjana recounts the tale of Krishna and Aghasura from Srimad Bhagavatam, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Kamsa was very annoyed with his strong adversary who kept...
It is you
A poem by Elsy that celebrates the innocence of babies, in Different Truths. The tiny tot saw her snapshot at month three and cooed, ‘look, baby brother!’. Mom said,...