Marriage - Different Truths

December 6, 2021
Pankhuri Sinha
Governance

The Wife’s Cry

An autobiographical poem, by Pankhuri, that deals with layers of problems, physical, emotional, and more. An exclusive for Different Truths. Well, Tolstoy said The world’s made up of Happy...

July 26, 2021
Tutu Dutta
Oral Traditions, Special Feature

The Girl Who Married a Stranger

Tutu recounts a popular folktale from the Calabar region of Nigeria. It’s about a stunning young woman, Afiong. She had bright eyes and velvety smooth skin, the colour of...

May 10, 2021
Nilakshi Roy
Fiction, Films, Special Feature, Tribute

Tagore, Ray and Basu: The Broken Nest, Charulata, and Stories from Rabindranath Tagore

There are many admirers of Satyajit Ray’s film, Charulata (1964), which is often seen as a retelling of the story of Rabindranath Tagore’s own time spent with his elder brother...

March 23, 2021
Amanita Sen
Relationship & Lifestyle

To See or Not to See a Counsellor Before Marriage

Instead of a soothsayer or fortuneteller, it’s advisable to see a counsellor before marriage, suggests Amanita, a practicing counsellor. An exclusive for Different Truths. As a practicing counsellor, I...

March 2, 2021
Soumya Mukherjee
Governance

A Suitable Boy

Soumya recollects and reflects on marriage with a suitable candidate, with flashbacks and flashforwards, in this witty write-up. An exclusive for Different Truths. A friend recently posted a link...

January 4, 2021
Lt. Col. Ankita Srivastava
Humour, Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

Closeness Might be Dangerous!

The subtle differences between Army and Air Force lifestyle has been brought out beautifully by Lt. Col. Ankita, in a tongue-in-cheek manner. An exclusive for Different Truths. By now...

December 24, 2020
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand
Cover Story, Gender, Opinion, Relationship & Lifestyle

Home, Family, Marriage: The Collapse of the Triad Patriarchal Institutions

Home, marriage, and family – are the hottest topics of sociologists today, for all these institutions that belong to the patriarchal society are under erosion because empowered women find...

September 25, 2018
Swapna Behera
Short Story, Special Feature

A Gold Watch of the Bishop, a Stick of the Gardener and the Train

A Bishop had blamed the son of the gardener for stealing his gold wristwatch. The gardener too had beaten his son blue-black. Was the boy a thief? A story...

July 16, 2018
Different Truths News Service
Human Rights

Status of Childescents in India Worrying, says CRY Report

The report coming out on the World Population Day, last week, highlights that there are nearly a 100million childescents between 15 and 18 years in India, and this huge population...

July 4, 2018
Dr. Amrinder Kaur Bajaj
Potpourri

Have a Heart

‘Have a heart.’ People say figuratively to the heartless but what of the mite who literally did not have a heart to speak of, or rather one too small to...

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