Different Truths - Different Truths

April 22, 2023
Mira Pawar
Environment

Earth Day: Genesis & Celebrations

Mira tells us about the beginning of the Earth Day, tracing its genesis. Now, 192 countries celebrate the event. Rather than paying lip service to the degradation of the Earth,...

April 21, 2023
Sehar Siddiqi
Human Rights, Poem

The Oppressor and the Oppressed

Here’s poem by Sehar, in Different Truths that emerged following her recent conversations, in real and the virtual (read digital) spaces. She’s grateful to her teacher, Mamta Joshi, for...

April 20, 2023
Anumita Roy
Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle

Autism and the Sense of Touch

April 20, 2023
Harsh Vardhan 'Samrat'
Poem

Who will Save Sati?

Here’s a poem based on a true story on how Harsh saved a woman from being burnt alive in the name of a superstitious ritual named ‘Sati Pratha’ that...

April 18, 2023
Smriti Maheshwari
Relationship & Lifestyle

The Delicious Dangers of Online Romance: When and Where to stop?

The Internet has opened the possibility of online romance. It’s heady. Gives an instant high and is deliciously dangerous. Here Smriti, based on her interactions with some of her...

April 18, 2023
Joyce Yarrow
Poem

Avatar

A surrealist poem by Joyce, where realities, dreams and painting mix and merge. Inside the screen the stairswere a radioactive blueleading up to a bright worldthat made the chips...

April 17, 2023
Shernaz Wadia
Science & Technology

The Interconnectedness of all Things

Our columnist, Shernaz finds an interconnectedness in various aspects of life. We are not just interconnected, we are interdependent and to take it further ‘we inter-are’, ‘interbeings’ as the...

April 15, 2023
Sonali Chakraborty
Food

Celebrate Noboborsho with Delicious and Healthy Aam (Mango) Sandesh

In India, a varied array of mangoes is available during the summer months and people throng the markets to get a big batch to bring back home. A plate...

April 12, 2023
Elsy Satheesan
Poem

Azalea

Here’s a poem about the spring flowers, Azalea, by Elsy, in Different Truths. Azalea, your magenta clusters make me muse on your amazing regalia. “We wait all winter for...

April 11, 2023
Tapati Sinha
Folk Stories, History & Culture

Fables are Never Too Old

The continuity of the oral tradition attested by The Fox and the Crow story found on the pottery of Mohenjo-Daro and Lothal archaeological sites of a civilisation six thousand...

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