Different Truths - Different Truths

September 11, 2016
Lily Swarn
Cinema, Cover Story, People

From a Motor Mechanic to a Celebrated Poet: The Wondrous Journey of Gulzar

Sampooran Singh Kalra went on to become a much revered name in literary and film circles. Lily profiles the fascinating life and achievements of Gulzar, as he is better known....

September 11, 2016
Sunita Paul
Crime, Short Story

Lesbian Lovers Together in Life and Death!

Two college friends, Reena and Minu, were lesbian lovers. They wanted to remain together. Reena was brutalised and married off in a distant state to a doctor. Could marriage separate the...

September 11, 2016
Elsy Satheesan
Poem

The Sky has Caught Fire

Elsy is a poet of peace. She questions terror and war in this poignant verse exclusively for Different Truths. The sky has caught fire, so has man’s conscience! Bhoom! Bhoom!...

September 10, 2016
Arindam Roy
Short Story

Childhood and teenage are magical years. Two teenagers, Arun and Gaurishankar, witness a spooky incident. The midsummer nights’ eerie event scared them. Despite their fears, they recorded the details of the...

September 10, 2016
Amit Singh
Human Rights, International Relations

The Politics of Human Rights in India: Past, Present and Future

Human rights no longer dominate the intellectual and policy making in India as it was until 1970s. However, recent invocation of human right’s language by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his...

September 10, 2016
Sukanya Juno Biswas
Criticism, Relationship & Lifestyle

Custodial Battle: Accelerant Used to Blast House with Dad and his Two Sons

Lack of sun causes despondency. Morbidity, destruction and death cloud the mind instead of good pleasant thoughts. Sukanya recalls that waiting in a doctor’s office, a write-up in a magazine disturbed...

September 10, 2016
Lopamudra Banerjee
Poem

Born into Brothels: An Ode to Sonagachhi

This poem is Lopamudra’s poetic tribute to Sonagachhi, the red light area of Kolkata, and the children of the sex workers there. It’s a continuation of the series of poetic...

September 9, 2016
Neeti Banga
Fashion & Beauty

For the Love of White

Neeti, our Fashion expert, tells us about White colour. In her scholarly and illuminating take on the subject, she says that in colour psychology, White is the colour of...

September 9, 2016
Nikita Goel
Gender, Relationship & Lifestyle

Understanding Women: Myths and Truths Decoded

Relationship and its rationale is the cementing force of social order. Be it an individual or community, the intra and inter personal relationship between the two is the life force...

September 9, 2016
Oshin Gulsia
Poem

Rose of a Lover

Oshin celebrates the rose in this evocative poem exclusively for Different Truths. Should she ever know, How treasured she is For she’d cease to grow Beautiful in a poet’s...

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