Die - Different Truths

September 25, 2017
Vedatrayee Dutta
Gender, History & Culture, Politics

Can we Achieve Perfect Harmony through Gender Justice?

Kolkata-based young lawyer, Vedatrayee, dwells on the subject of gender justice. She examines it socio-politically, in the historical perspective, to challenge established biases, in the weekly column. A Different...

March 18, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

The Crises of Hindu Identity and Patriarchal Wounds in Ice-Candy Man

Continuing with the theme of partition, Basudeb profiles the crises of Hindu identity and patriarchal wounds in Ice-Candy Man. Through the eyes of an eight-year Parsee girl living with...

February 22, 2017
Nandita Samanta
Crime, Gender

Which Poison Killed Mandira: Murder Mystery of a Rape Victim – II

In the second and final part of the fictionalised true story of a rape victim, Aftermath, we find that the plot thickens. Mandira’s diary, found by her daughter, Ananya, convinces...

October 22, 2016
Sudeshna Mukherjee
People, Poem

Honour

Here’s an evocative, woman-centric poem by Sudeshna, for Different Truths. How honourable is thy honour? Is it something found in a corner? So let the candle burn in a...

September 28, 2016
Minesh Santani
Advocacy, Health, Relationship & Lifestyle

Smoking Kills the Youth, their Dreams, Desires and Hopes!

A 14-year teenager, Minesh, opens our eyes to the grim dangers of smoking and chewing tobacco. In his passionate and emotional appeal, he calls for complete ban on the manufacture and...

September 25, 2016
Dr. Diwakar Pokhriyal
Poem

The Race

Diwkar takes a tongue-in- cheek look at the society, where flattery matters, in this verse, in Different Truths. The crux of the matter, Is only to flatter, The world shines...

July 14, 2016
Farah Siddiqui M
Poem

Child Molestation

Here’s a protest poem by Farah against child molestation. Oh Lord! Is this the World that you created? Where you yourself are not safe Where inoffensive offspring are markedly...

May 7, 2016
Arindam Roy
Potpourri

One Life, Many Mothers

Arindam pays a tribute to his many mothers on Mother’s Day. He also tells us of a man with 81 mothers. “How can he have so many mothers?” A divisional...

January 13, 2016
Rebeqa Rivers
Music

Music is my Saviour!

Rebeqa tells us how music saved her life. It’s not enough to be saved once the need is to be ‘reSaved’ each day by hope, love, and music. Here’s a...

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