Reading - Different Truths

April 28, 2017
Sehar Siddiqi
Criticism

Another Page of History and Cultural Confluence

Sehar profiles the life and times of a prominent Urdu thriller writer, Prof. Syed Mujawir Husain Rizvi, an eminent academician, who has penned more than 250 novels under the...

April 11, 2017
Anumita Roy
Fashion & Beauty, Health

Miracles of Water: What, When and How to Drink Water; Tai Chi and More – I

Water is life. It is all around us. The world is made up of two-third water and our body consists from 50% to 75% water. It is such an...

April 2, 2017
Tapan Mozumdar
Fiction

The Pebble Collector

Here’s an enigmatic fantasy fiction by Tapan. He unfolds the drama with a masterly touch. Read to know more, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. “Wow! Such...

April 1, 2017
Muddasir Ramzan
Short Story

Silent Love

Here’s a Sudden Fiction by Srinagar-based Muddasir. He talks of love and its futility between two people. Sudden Fiction is a kind of Flash Fiction in less than 1000...

March 31, 2017
Nikita Goel
Relationship & Lifestyle

Are Marriage Jokes all about Wife-Bashing?

Is marriage a bad joke in the patriarchal society? Nikita wonders why all marriage related jokes are about wife-bashing and why is it so deeply sexist. Here’s the narrative...

March 27, 2017
Sehar Siddiqi
Criticism

Urdu: Today and Tomorrow

Sehar talks about Urdu, the language of emotions. She talks of Ibn Safvi, an Urdu writer from Kareli, a locality in Allahabad, who was acclaimed by Agatha Christie. Here’s...

March 24, 2017
Nikita Goel
Relationship & Lifestyle

What Women should Stop Wearing after 30: Does Expectations and Judgments of Others Matter?

How long should women continue to live under the weight of the expectations and judgments of others? Is it necessary to behave in the manner the society expects women...

March 20, 2017
Anumita Roy
Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle

Bringing up Mindful Children: Meditation is the Answer

The stillness of thoughts or the presence in the present seems to fade away with passing days. There are studies that show that a steady increase in ADD (Attention...

March 16, 2017
Sehar Siddiqi
Criticism, History & Culture

To Urdu, with Love from Allahabad

Urdu has been an integral part of Allahabad’s vernacular heritage. The Ganga-Jamuni tahzeeb (culture) gets its name from the city of two rivers, Ganga and Yamuna, where these confluence...

March 13, 2017
Dr. Tripti Sharan
Health

Cancer: A Viral Truth

Cancer cervix is leading cancer in Indian women and the second most common worldwide. A known cause, HPV ( Human Papilloma Virus), a known mode of spread i.e sexually transmitted...

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