Children - Different Truths

April 7, 2016
Aparna Bose
Education & Career

Children are Smarter than we Imagine

Aparna, a friend of our Managing Editor, Anumita, read a trending article by her. This is what she said, in her Facebook Timeline: “I have to thank you @ Anumita Chatterjee...

April 5, 2016
Mamta Joshi
Poem

Of Maya in a Mofussil Mall

Mamta depicts life in a mofussil in this verse. Adrenalin in their bloodstreams The crowded frenzy Peaking on weekends and ‘Sale’ season Reaches dazzling swanky place ...

April 4, 2016
Sarika Sarkar Das
Education & Career, Special Needs

How to Support Visually Impaired Children in Schools

Visual impairment is fairly common in autistic children. Others too might have visual impairment. Sarika, a UK-based special needs teacher, gives us useful tips to help such children in schools. “The...

March 29, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Dissent, Education & Career, Subaltern & Dalits

Dr Sayeda Hameed Concerned about Improper Implementation of RTE

Caritas India and PVCHR jointly organised a national interface on ‘Reality of Implementation of Right to Education Act’. The chief guest, Dr Sayeda Hameed, former Member Planning Commission expressed her deep...

March 26, 2016
Bhaswati Bhattacharya
Cover Story, Religion

Betrayal and Crucifixion of Jesus Christ immortalised by Bach in The Passion

The Passion, an oratory of the Gospel, is performed during the Silent Week, the week preceding Easter traditionally in churches, but also in concert halls. Some Dutch ministers among others make...

March 20, 2016
Sangita Bhat
Subaltern & Dalits

The Grim Sufferings of Musahars and Dalits

Sangita is in India under the youth exchange programme. She visited villages of Dalit and Musahar to report on the squalor, poverty and sufferings of the people living in the margins...

March 16, 2016
Susmita Bhattacharya
Relationship & Lifestyle

Coping with Separation and Change

Susmita shares with us the pain of separation. How it tears the heart of a mother to send both her sons to boarding schools! In a candid account, she tells...

March 12, 2016
Anumita Roy
Food, Lifestyle

Mind your Food!

Anumita shares the struggle with food for her children and tells us what the rule book does not. Every mother and care givers need to be vigilant and responsive to...

March 1, 2016
Nirmal Kumar Paudel
Education & Career

A day in a Madrasa

Nirmal, a human rights activist, had a firsthand experience of working in a Madrasa, in Varanasi. He recounts his experiences to Different Truths. In 2008, PVCHR worked with Madrasa to...

February 23, 2016
Champa Srinivasan
Potpourri

Is it Wrong to Smile Always?

Is it wrong to smile always? Some feel that always smiling is lying. Champa takes a close look at people who are often judgemental. She feels that there are Different...

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