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May 2, 2016
Anumita Roy
Health

Spare my Child, Take my Breath Away…

On World Asthma Day, Anumita shares the trial and tribulations that she faced as a young mother of an asthmatic infant. Here’s a candid account of one mother, but it’s...

April 30, 2016
Madhumita Ghosh
Human Rights, Short Story

The Actress

Madhumita pens a story, based on a real life incident. Babies are rented out, daily, to beggars. Read what happens to one such baby. Here’s a heart-wrenching story on May Day....

April 17, 2016
Piyali Callahan
Relationship & Lifestyle

Piyali reminisces a day in her life and a casual conversation with her 16-year-old daughter, while working in the kitchen. What appears as an apparent listless day suddenly becomes very meaningful....

April 11, 2016
Dr. Sunil Sharma
Poem

Talking with a Phantom

Here’s an evocative poem from Sunil. Hello! Yes…Sid? Hello? How are you? Mama calling, my dear boy. Cannot you recognise my voice? Yes? Oh! Happy? Yes, me too. Hearing...

April 2, 2016
Anumita Roy
Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Needs

Autism and its Blues

Autism is most complex and often misunderstood. Anumita, a special needs mother, with two children diagnosed under the spectrum of autism, shares her experiences on the World Autism Awareness Day. Life...

March 30, 2016
Susmita Bhattacharya
Relationship & Lifestyle

Tossed Away by Life, Held Together With Love!

There are many changes in our lives. We seek stability and permanence. Our security bubbles burst. Change, though unsettling, is unavoidable. Here Susmita, a young mother, deals with sudden changes. A...

March 29, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Dissent, Education & Career, Subaltern & Dalits

Dr Sayeda Hameed Concerned about Improper Implementation of RTE

Caritas India and PVCHR jointly organised a national interface on ‘Reality of Implementation of Right to Education Act’. The chief guest, Dr Sayeda Hameed, former Member Planning Commission expressed her deep...

March 16, 2016
Susmita Bhattacharya
Relationship & Lifestyle

Coping with Separation and Change

Susmita shares with us the pain of separation. How it tears the heart of a mother to send both her sons to boarding schools! In a candid account, she tells...

March 9, 2016
Piyali Callahan
Gender, Opinion

Deprived Women need Action, not Empty Words!

Many women are accidentally fortunate to be born in families, where they do not need to battle for their daily breads and dignity. It’s an insult to the woman suffering...

March 3, 2016
Sarika Sarkar Das
Education & Career, Special Needs

How to Cope with Physical Impairment and Cerebral Palsy in Special Needs Children?

Sarika looks in the challenges of Differently Abled or Special Needs children. She tells us how to identify such a child and details what schools must do. Here’s a detailed...

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