Opinion - Different Truths

August 22, 2022
Azam Gill
Cover Story, Human Rights

Silence of the Slavers

Western nations waited almost two centuries to realise they needed to move beyond abolition to restore slavery’s harm. Azam argues it will be a while before Iran, its Arab-Türkish...

August 2, 2022
Azam Gill
Cover Story, Opinion, Politics

Droupadi Murmu: Did India Miss its Opportunity?

Ms Droupadi, a Santhal Tribal, occupied the highest position as the President of India. She represents a minority. Azam argues that other minority groups in India did not get...

January 26, 2022
Ram Krishna Sinha
Gender, Governance, Opinion, Special Feature

Women Cry for Dignity and Rights in Our Republic

Even after seven decades of framing our Constitution, the plight of women continues to be grossly deplorable, argues Ram Krishna. A Special Feature of the Republic Day, exclusively for...

July 27, 2021
Alessandra Arora
Special Feature

The End of all Arguments

There was a culture hero who lived in what is today’s West Africa. He was especially well known and praised by the Ashanti People of Ghana. He was none...

July 20, 2021
Ismail Bala
Criticism, Poem, Special Feature

Notes on Translating Poems of Ado Ahmad Gidan Dabino into English

Every language has its own qualities, not only in the poetic or linguistic sense, but also in the manner in which through the uniqueness of that language, the speakers...

May 29, 2021
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand
Criticism, History & Culture

The Tragic Heroes of Mahabharata: A Study of Major Characters

This in-depth article, by Dr. Jernail attempts to venture into a study of the main characters of Mahabharata as tragic heroes. An exclusive for Different Truths. Mahabharata is the...

May 12, 2021
Pramita Mallick
People, Place, Profile, Special Feature, Tribute

Mahaguru and Mahatma: A Reflection on the Relationship between Tagore and Gandhi

There were many striking contrasts between these two personalities. Yet they found some common chord and there began a friendship which lasted till Tagore’s death in 1941. As...

May 11, 2021
Ranjan Ghosh
Aesthetics, Education, History & Culture, Special Feature, Tribute

Aesthetics, Politics, Pedagogy and Tagore

Tagore rested on his desire for a far-off planet, listened to the invitation of a dream and did not allow the spaceship to rust. His journeys and envisagements, however,...

May 10, 2021
Dr. Bina Biswas
Poem, Special Feature, Tribute

Organic Sensibility of Tagore

Bina tells us about the love of Nature in Tagore and compares it with Wordsworth. Nature was organic to both these poets. Here’s an interesting insight, as part of...

May 9, 2021
Hayat Saif
Criticism, Multiculturalism, Poem, Special Feature, Translation, Tribute

Gitanjali: Interactions of Bengali Literature with the World

The English translation of Gitanjali, “Song Offerings”, encases only 103, amongst which one poem is a combined translation of two other poems. Fifty-three of the poems are from...

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