orphaned - Different Truths

May 15, 2024
Shail Raghuvanshi
Oral Tradition, People

Minnal Braved Many Brutalities, Educated Children Against all Odds

Minnal Kodai, her name means ‘a streak of lightning’, had a harsh and brutal life. Orphaned at the age of 10, she worked as a maid from childhood. Marriage brought...

April 5, 2023
Kabir Deb
Poem

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Here’s a protest poem by Kabir, in Different Truths. Living, a terrible forgotten emotion Knife, helps me think of a nation Tyranny, plans the burden to rise Monotony, imperialist...

January 6, 2022
Mamta Joshi
Short Story

A poignant and sensitive portrayal of two women, Badi ma and Choti ma, the two sisters-in-law, whose lives are strangely braided. Their glaring differences notwithstanding, they are totally dependent on...

January 4, 2022
Nancy Ndeke
Short Story, Special Feature, Special Needs

Life is Divine

An intense story that shows the power of love by Nancy, for the Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths. Some stories encourage and build stamina. Some stories touch...

February 17, 2017
Sailasree Potay
Relationship & Lifestyle

Attached yet Detached!

Each and every one of us is fighting several battles. Sia’s turmoil is intense. She has a very welcoming persona and people in her circle get drawn to her and...

January 10, 2017
Sunil Kumar Banerjee
Sports

Akashganga: Trails of Stardust and Swirling Black Holes – XIII

Members of Akashganga moved on to multi-tasking and become a lean mean fighting machine. Sport and military parachuting complemented each other. But, behind all of these unique achievements paradoxically, an equally...

Minnal Braved Many Brutalities, Educated Children Against all Odds

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A Bowlful of Elegy

Life is Divine

Attached yet Detached!

Akashganga: Trails of Stardust and Swirling Black Holes – XIII

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