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August 17, 2016
Lily Swarn
People, Potpourri

A Teenage Crush to be an Army Officer’s Wife!

As a gawky school girl she gazed adoringly at cousins, who had returned home from the NDA. It was her teenage crush to marry a man in uniform. Lily candidly...

August 14, 2016
Dr. Tripti Sharan
Gender, Short Story, Wellness

The Paradigm

Dating, boozing, premarital sex are the ‘in-thing’ these days. It has confused teenage girls, who have to deal with hormonal rush and peer pressures. A gynecologist, Tripti, recounts the confusion of...

July 23, 2016
Shirin Shabana Khan
Advocacy, Gender, People

Domestic Violence: Shabnam Excelled in Studies, Banished her Sufferings

Shabnam’s marriage doomed her. She was falsely implicated of an infectious disease by her in-laws, beaten by her husband, had to stay without food and medicine when pregnant and was cast...

June 18, 2016
Maya Khandelwal
Book Club, Potpourri

Dad and The Longings

Here are two chapters of the autobiographical novel, A Beautiful Mistake, by Maya Khandelwal. The author says, “These are two of my favourite chapters from my novel that beautifully describes my...

June 13, 2016
Arindam Roy
Advocacy, Announcement, People

Elders Need Loving Care, not Isolation and Neglect

Elders have given us their all, every iota of their love and care. What do we give them in return, isolation, neglect and social ostracisation. Here’s a curtain raiser...

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 10, 2016
The Significant League
Poem, Special Needs

A Poetic Journey: An Insight into the world of Autism from the Poet’s Point of View

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April 6, 2016
Arindam Roy
Potpourri

Smitten Atul!

Love means different things to different people. Some like Atul can lay their lives too. Arindam reminisces a real life incident, many moons ago. We were newbie in the Allahabad...

April 4, 2016
Sarika Sarkar Das
Education & Career, Special Needs

How to Support Visually Impaired Children in Schools

Visual impairment is fairly common in autistic children. Others too might have visual impairment. Sarika, a UK-based special needs teacher, gives us useful tips to help such children in schools. “The...

January 11, 2016
Dr. Rupa Mehta
Health, Relationship & Lifestyle

Sex Advice from Dr. Rupa Mehta

Different Truths introduces Agony Aunt, Rupa Mehta, She will answer all your sex queries that lower your self esteem or trouble you, once a month. This month she answers...

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