Emotions - Different Truths

December 10, 2016
Anita Parikh
Cinema

Arrival: The Linguist Amy Adams Speaks a Million Languages with her Eyes

An almost two-hour long, Sci-Fi movie, Arrival, keeps the viewer at the edge as the drama and mystery unfolds. Anita gives us a snapshot of the film that is worth watching...

December 9, 2016
Sehar Siddiqi
Poem, Short Story

Romancing the Celestial Bodies and Strawberry Fragrance

Here are two literary works by Sehar, a poem and a short story, woven around the theme of the silent solitude. In Romancing the Celestial Bodies, she delves into the...

November 30, 2016
Sehar Siddiqi
Cinema, Events, History & Culture, Literary Festival

A December to Remember: Curtain Raiser of the Allahabad Sanskritik Parv 2016

Allahabad Sanskritik Parv 2016, is being organised by Sanchari, between Dec 2 and 4, at North Central Zone Cultural Centre (NCZCC) this year. This year the team of Sanchaari is all...

November 24, 2016
Kavita Panyam
Relationship & Lifestyle

Why is Online Romance Trending on Cyber Space?

The anonymity of the cyber space make us throw caution to the wind. It often bares the passions that one keeps in check in real lives. There have been...

November 10, 2016
Kavita Panyam
Crime, Human Rights, Relationship & Lifestyle

Startling Facts about Child Abuse Outside of Home Uncovered-II

Children are not safe at homes. They are not safe outside homes, in hostels, schools, school buses, in music classes or coaching classes. To think that only girls are...

November 3, 2016
Elsy Satheesan
Poem

Strength is My Weakness

In this love poem, Elsy talks about the paradoxes of life and her calling as a poet, in Different Truths. An evocative poem that would linger on. Strength is my...

September 23, 2016
Nikita Goel
Relationship & Lifestyle

You are who your Friends are!

The old adage, ‘Birds of feather flock together’ comes to mind. Almost everything in our life is given, the family, our kin, neighbours, etc. But, we have the power to...

June 30, 2016
Maya Khandelwal
Books

Nastanirh: A Lyrical Love Story of Tagore in Translation

Maya reviews a translation of Tagore’s love story, Nastanirh, into English by Lopa Banerjee. It is one of the most lyrical love story, which was made into a film, Charulata,...

May 8, 2016
Padmini Sharma
Cover Story, Human Rights

Living Beyond the Margins: Hijras of Kolkata, a Curse or a Prayer!

US-based Padmini has been working for the emancipation of the hijras. She recounts a chance meeting with them during one of her visits to Kolkata. She tells us about the paroxysms...

May 1, 2016
The Significant League
Poem

Anthology on Bonded Labour

The Significant League (TSL) and Different Truths (DT) together offer an Anthology on Bonded Labour, 60 poems, one be each poet, full of pathos and pain. It’s our joint salutation...

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