Mandaravas
An enigmatic story that unfolds itself through metaphors and images, talking of dreams and desires, of love and lust and the quintessence of womanhood. This story is a part of the...
Trifle
Here are four micro-fictions – Air, The Peacock Strut, Helmets, and Repartee – presenting four slices of life, Trifle, by Sumita, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths....
A Spurious Existence
Two women in denial. One wanted a daughter from her second husband after 11 pregnancies – two deaths and six abortions. Belonging to Tajikistan, she donned a hijab but...
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...
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...
The Making of my Mother
Nanditaa recalls her time with her mother. She perhaps realised the meaning of motherhood when she became one. An inward-looking, reflective piece, as Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths....
I am Thinking
Devesh imagines a beautiful world and wishes it is true, in the verse, for Different Truths. I’m thinking So I’m a thinker I ‘m writing So I’m a writer...
A Sprinkling of Joy
Nisha, our helper, is like thousands of other women, who have left behind their home and families in their countries, to seek a better future for themselves and their...