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March 11, 2022
Different Truths Poets
Gender, Poem, Special Feature

Still I Rise: IWD 2018, Anthology of Poems

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day (IWD) 2018, Different Truths Poets present an anthology of poems, celebrating the woman, in paroxysms of emotions, enigmatic and multilayered, like...

March 8, 2022
Dr. Navodita Pande
Gender, Special Feature

Sheroes in Indian Mythology: Examples for Contemporary Women

Navodita tells us about the sheroes in Indian mythology, who are examples for the contemporary women. Here she talks of two such protagonists Savitri and Radha, ‘modern’ in their approaches then...

March 3, 2022
Mamta Joshi
Poem

A City’s Penance

Here’s a social commentary in verse by Mamta. An undying treeOn the banks of rivers threeTwo polluted, one mythicalA C'ezanne brown medieval fortMysterious shadowsetched under its arches and columnsSilently...

December 30, 2021
Muddasir Ramzan
Short Story, Special Feature

Incredible Love

Here’s a Sudden Fiction by Srinagar-based Muddasir. He weaves the complexities of love between two people. We are introducing a regular column, Sudden Fiction*, exclusively in Different Truths. ...

December 28, 2021
Dr. Tripti Sharan
Fiction, Gender, Health, Special Feature

A Spurious Existence

Two women in denial. One wanted a daughter from her second husband after 11 pregnancies – two deaths and six abortions. Belonging to Tajikistan, she donned a hijab but...

October 27, 2021
Shail Raghuvanshi
Poem

Freedom from Death, from Life

A poignant, heart-wrenching poem, for Shail’s friend, who succumbed to Covid. A tribute exclusively for Different Truths. Feisty fireflies of freedom traverse the crowded caravan of careless cruising, drowning...

August 30, 2021
Bushra Alvi Razzack
Poem

Go in Peace, Mother!

The demise of a mother causes immense grief. Bushra pens a poignant prayer-poem, about her grief and hope, exclusively for Different Truths. Go in peace, O gentle soul As you...

July 26, 2021
Anumita Roy
Oral Traditions, Rituals & Practices, Special Feature

Every Soul has its Song of Life!

According to folklores, there is a tribe in central Africa, some say it is the Himba Tribe, while some say it is the Ubuntu Tribe, which have a unique...

July 19, 2021
Atrayee Bhattacharya
Fiction, Special Feature

Locked with Lantern and a Good Luck

Atrayee tells us an intriguing story about a NGC team, caught in the Eritrean-Ethiopian conflict and a kidnapping. What happened to Twisha? Here’s a literary thriller, exclusively for Different...

May 25, 2021
Rekha Nambiar
Governance, Poem

Death: A Journey to Eternity!

An evocative elegy by Rekha, as she remembered her mother-in-law’s demise, almost two years back. A poem with which many identify, exclusively for Different Truths. As I lay in...

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