A Day of Revelations!
She began by writing emails to those online friends she had not thought of, forget written to, in almost two years. As she hit ‘send’ each time, it seemed like...
Akashganga: They also Serve, who Just Stand and Wait – XV
Behind the risk of life and limb stood the woman by his man. Running from sick quarters to banks and schools, buying groceries riding cycles or by walk, receiving and...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Sankhya Yoga – VI
In the sixth part, Nilanjana tells us few wonderful stories about the three sons of Brahma, who were asked to populate the world by the Creator. Here Narayana says how...
Loneliness and the Elderly: Where do they all Belong?
Loneliness may be described as a feeling of emptiness or sadness that is triggered when there is a lack of communication or a feeling of companionship with other people. Loneliness...
Playing with Pain
The saddest songs are the sweetest ones. Lily quotes Charlie Chaplin and says that the ability to play with pain is rare. In pain, we cry. In a sense of...
Celebrate Life and its Beauty
If we want silence and peace, shutting down the world (read realities) is not the solution. Self-denial is not the answer. Have we ever paused and pondered, why are millions...
Love’s Flavour Lost
Mamta explores the essence of family on the UN International Families Day (May 15), exploring the changing values and mores. Here’s Different Truths’ Special Feature on the UN International Day of...
Exhuming the Self
An eminent poet, Ampat Koshy reviews Rochelle Potkar’s collection of poems, Four Degrees of Separation, for Different Truths. Rochelle needs to be read for her images, her vocabulary, her language, her...
Love, Sex and Loneliness at the Time of Internet
The Internet seems to be a place for prowling, lecherous men, who see all women, single or married, as prey. Though women also face midlife crises and have to deal...
The Great Conflict of Good Friday
Jesus Christ’s martyrdom has held everyone in awe It is a strange and fantastic story of a ragged carpenter with a short life, who changed the world. A man...