Lonely - Different Truths

April 24, 2018
Different Truths Poets
Poem

An eAnthology of Poems on Autism

Autism: An Advocacy Initiative is a campaign programme of this webzine. We present an eAnthology of Poems, wherein 42 poets, with as many poems, spread across 19 nations [India...

April 24, 2018
Anumita Roy
Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature, Special Needs

Mother of High Functioning Autism Children: Real or Not

The author’s children are high functioning autistic. The term “autistic” used with her children felt wrong as if she used that as a label to get things to work....

March 24, 2018
Different Truths News Service
Book Club, Book Extract

Elixir, a Voyage of the Mind: Bestseller and a Critically Acclaimed Novel

Where does our mind go, when we fall asleep? Can dreams weave a layer of parallel existence? Can there be another reality beyond all that we touch, see or...

March 19, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

KC(M) on the Horns of a Dilemma: Party Divided on Alliance Issue

Deepening the dilemma is the sharp division in the party on the issue of an alliance. There are two streams of thought in the party. While the faction owing...

February 25, 2018
Shail Raghuvanshi
Economy, Potpourri

Modi vs. Modi, From Chicken Soup to Indian Marriage Vows, Alone on Valentine, Pumpisthan the Evil Eye

Nirav Modi, in connivance with bank officials and political masters, left a $1.8 billion hole in Punjab National Bank’s books. Taxpayers will have to bear the brunt of this...

December 12, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Potpourri

Close Encounters of the Wild Kind – II

In the second and final part of the adventure, Soumya tells us of an escape by the skin of the teeth. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in...

September 24, 2017
Tapati Sinha
History & Culture, Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle

Do Games Kill: Lonely Children, Companionship, and Secure Future

Despite technological advances, we have little time for our children. The Blue Whale Challenge is a grim reminder. Tapati reminds us of the Indus Valley Civilisation, where archaeologists had...

July 29, 2017
Madhumita Ghosh
Fiction

The Music Room

Here’s an enigmatic and eerie ghost story, by Madhumita, exclusively for Different Truths. There were days and there were nights, one rolling into the other, fading, mingling and engulfing each...

April 30, 2017
Farheen Viquas
Poem

Dear Mia

Dear Mia is a poem written on the experience (Volunteer Time Off) of Farheen at a local zoo with a child with special needs. Little girl, Mia (not her...

June 14, 2016
Saheli Mitra
Advocacy, Cover Story

Open Letter from an Ailing Mother to her Children in the US

Success has its price. An ailing old mother, staying by herself in a large house in Kolkata, writes a soulful letter to her successful and busy children, settled far way,...

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