Silent - Different Truths

August 1, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

Five Fears that we must Understand!

Fear that is birthed by doubts, suspicions, distrust of the other, misunderstandings and ignorance is the xenophobic roar within…. It sees foes where there are none and can translate...

July 13, 2017
Farheen Viquas
Advocacy, Science & Technology

Technology Helping the Differently-abled People

Bangalore-based Farheen tells us how some gadget, app, or a device is empowering differently-abled people. Read more about these, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. It’s heartening...

June 3, 2017
Samina Naqvi
Cinema

Bimal Roy Challenged the Taboos through his Cinema of Social Realism

Samina, a movie buff, talks about the life and times of the celebrated filmmaker, Bimal Roy. His cinema of social realism challenged the taboos that gripped the society then....

May 27, 2017
Anca Mihaela Bruma
Poem

We are the Children of Time

Here’s an intense poem by Anca, a lyric with epic proportions, in Different Truths. We are the Children of Time, our dew drops mirror our World, crossing the edges...

April 3, 2017
Anumita Roy
Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle

Talk to Children about Calamities in the Family and Make them a part of the Solution

Anumita tells us that children should not be excluded for the calamities at home. Here she discusses one such real-life incident and shows how the child was happy when...

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...

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 26, 2017
Prof. Bhaskar Majumder
Economy, Politics

How Silence Suits Various Sections of the Society in Uttar Pradesh?

It might seem unusual that people in Uttar Pradesh prefer silence. They are not vocal in their protests. Prof. Bhaskar finds out the reasons for this silence, a clear...

March 19, 2017
Prof. Bhaskar Majumder
Economy, Politics

An Open Letter to the Beloved Prime Minister of India

As a new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh is being elected, Prof. Bhaskar congratulated the Prime Minister for his huge victory in the state. In an Open Letter, he...

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