Short Story - Different Truths

July 19, 2021
Arindam Roy
Book Review, Cinema, Criticism, Edit, History & Culture, Poem, Travel & Food

History of the Hunt Glorify Hunters, not Lions!

Arindam, our Editor-in-Chief, talks about the ownership of the narrative of Africa, by its people, using the ‘lion’ metaphor, by Chinua Achebe. He tells us how he discovered Africa...

July 10, 2021
Dr. Priyamita Ghosh
Fiction, Short Story

Why Love Blooms Before Goodbyes?

Dr. Priyamita weaves a story about a young, bright Engineering undergraduate student, Rohit, who suffers from depression and his psychiatrist, Dr. Anuradha Mukherjee. She explores the dynamics of their...

June 12, 2021
Dr. Priyamita Ghosh
Short Story

Memories Of Yesterday…

Dr. Priyamita’s story deals with the crush of a young schoolgirl for her teenage neighbour. She handles the characterisation and the plot subtly. An exclusive for Different Truths. Riya...

June 5, 2021
Dr. Priyamita Ghosh
Short Story

Another Radhika!

Kabir, a Muslim boy, loved Radhika. He likened himself to Krishna, who could never marry his soulmate. A beautiful love story, by Dr. Priyamita, exclusively for Different Truths. It...

May 29, 2021
Dr. Priyamita Ghosh
Short Story

The Storm

Two cyclones hit our coasts, recently. Dr. Priyamita’s evocative short story tells us about another storm, raging within. An exclusive for Different Truths. Abhi (Abhishek) looked fondly at the...

May 12, 2021
Dr. Partha Banerjee
Dance, Language, Migration & Diaspora, Multiculturalism, Music, People, Place, Special Feature, Theatre, Tribute

One Last Tagore Birthday before My Death

A Diaspora, Dr. Partha shares the agony of a Bengali far away from his homeland. He confesses, there are quite a few other Bengali immigrants both from Bangladesh...

May 9, 2021
Michele Baron
Poem, Short Story, Special Feature, Tribute

firefly

An enigmatic short story, by Michele, as a tribute to Tagore, a Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths. “I really cannot understand,” her fingers pounded out on the keypad,...

May 8, 2021
Atrayee Bhattacharya
Fiction, Special Feature, Tribute

A Guest After Dark

April 3, 2021
Arpita Mukherjee
Short Story

Save Thy Rebecca

Arpita pens a short story about a Special Needs schoolgirl, who had to face bullying from her peers, other than neglect and apathy. Perhaps Rebecca could be saved. An...

April 2, 2021
Gopa Bhattacharjee
Cinema, Short Story

The Secret Diary of Paroma

Paroma belongs to the typical North Kolkata joint family household with in-laws. She pens down her feelings to her only friend ‘The Diary’. Here’s the story by Gopa, exclusively...

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