Kabuliwala of the Eden Gardens
As an homage to Tagore, Atrayee writes a modern version of Kabuliwala. This Mini’s world is that of crayons, TV, Cricket matches, and more. But, the echoes of...
Politics of Writing: Nandini Explores Love, Sexuality & Nostalgia
Nandini Sahu’s twelve-story collection Shedding the Metaphors is intriguing. Shibangi’s book review covers love, loss, redemption, and identity – exclusively for Different Truths. Shedding the Metaphors (2023) is an intriguing collection of twelve...
Doomed in Love
Is love doomed? Is Rudra cursed? Here’s a soulful short story by Anumita. Her eyebrows were not really arched; they were more like wings with the little black bindi...
What Makes Dilip Mohaptra’s Short Stories Universally Appealing?
Dr. Santosh reviews Dilip Mohapatra’s collection of short stories, ‘More than Meets the Eye’. An exclusive for Different Truths. This collection of 25 short stories – some short, some...
Empowerment, Feminism and the Hardyian Fallacy
Thomas Hardy’s heroines are not victims of sexual anesthesia. Sue is quite defiant in her stating her sexual preferences and never hesitates to be vocal about it. What is...
A Juvenile Love Letter
Prof. Nandini talks of a love affair between a much elderly teacher and a teenage girl. What happened? Did their love fructify. An exclusive for Different Truths. It’s my...
An Old-world Charm & Laidback Setting for Stories
Chaitali reviews, The Ghumi Days, a collection of 18 short stories, by Dr. Nabanita Sengupta. An exclusive for Different Truths. As I was leafing leisurely through The Ghumi Days, a nostalgic...
A Very Different Story: Man Meets Woman – I
The complexities of relationship between a man and a woman, unrevealing itself in layers, is the subject of this novella, by Prof. Nandini. Beginning this Saturday, we are serialising...
Endless Sleep / Five Decades of Red Roses
An open-ended short story from Nigerian author, Olaitan. The quaint mystery heightens the tragedy in Endless Sleep. The second story, Five Decades of Red Roses, is a flashback account of the...