homeland - Different Truths

April 17, 2023
Uzma Nawaz
Poem

The Beauty of My Homeland

Uzma celebrates the beauty of her homeland in this verse – an exclusive for Different Truths. Deafening silence echoing loud Solace, serene winds bellowing out Cowering pebbles whispering softly...

April 10, 2022
Tinku Paul
Economy, Migration & Diaspora

The Nowhere Migrant

Tinku takes a hard look at the underbelly of labour trafficking. Railway coolies are paid a paltry sum to undertake this risky job. One poor man sells another for just...

February 9, 2022
Madhumanti Sen Gupta
Cover Story, Migration & Diaspora

Crossing the Prohibited Boundary

The issue of illegal immigrants has several ramifications. Madhumanti discusses this issue, brilliantly, in the backdrop of global phenomena. Indo-Bangladesh, the fifth longest land-border in the world, is porous. She...

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 27, 2021
Sehar Siddiqi
Fiction, Special Feature

The City of Dreams

With a perfect image of small town girl carrying a suitcase full of memories and a diary full of dreams and longings, Varisha took her first step into the...

July 22, 2021
Madhuri Bhattacharya
Criticism, Gender, Special Feature

Growing Up in Wilderness: African Stories of Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing was born to British parents, Alfred Taylor and Maud Me Veigh, in 1919. After the First World War, her father migrated to Africa and purchased three thousand...

June 21, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Gender

Indian Eve: Still a Long Way to Go

Ruchira tells us about the trials and tribulations of being a girl-child or a woman in the patriarchal Indian society, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. For...

June 2, 2018
Tatjana Debeljacki
Book Serialisation, Criticism, Poem

Perfection – II

Here’s the second and final part of the serialising Tatjana’s new book, Perfection, in three languages, Serbian and Japanese, other than English, exclusively for Different Truths. The Faraway Horizons...

May 22, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, World

Maduro Re-Elected President of Venezuela: Trump Threatens to Impose Economic Sanctions

This election season has been a wild ride for Maduro and Venezuela. After the death of President Hugo Chávez in March 2013, Maduro, a former bus driver and labour...

May 13, 2018
Anumita Roy
Cover Story, Gender, Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature, Tribute

One Less Ma

The trials and tribulations of staying far away from homeland are many. Our Managing Editor, Anumita, shares the grief of losing one of her Mas (mothers). Here’s her soulful...

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