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November 5, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Fiction

Vanished – I

Sumita tells us an engrossing story, in two parts. Here’s the first part, a horror-humour, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Dainagri: Police and government officials admit their...

October 14, 2017
Aishwarya Damodar
Poem

Hope

Aishwarya talks of hope in times of despair in this verse, in Different Truths. anarchic is the world – in which we live in today where money has become...

August 28, 2017
Payal Talreja
Crime, Politics, Religion

Hokey Godmen and the Mask of Celibacy

Self-styled guru and father-figure Huzoor Maharaj Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh ji, is the latest Godman, who simply put could not control his urges and felt that his status in...

June 17, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Anita Dasai: A Multi-talented Woman Novelist of the Twentieth Century India

Basudeb profiles an important novelist of the 20th century, Anita Desai, a celebrated writer and a polyglot, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Anita Desai (born 24th...

March 8, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism, Gender, Special Feature

Tehmina Durrani: A Champion of Women’s Empowerment in Pakistan

Tehmina Durrani arrests worldwide attention immediately after the publication of her first novel Blasphemy. Her second novel My Feudal Lord exposes the miserable position of a woman pitted against the patriarchal background...

February 15, 2017
Anindita Bose
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

Today is Love

Anindita writes about Amma, her soulmate. She deals with love and avoid. The person she loved is no more. Love lingers, with sadness. Here’s a personal journey of the...

October 15, 2016
Elsy Satheesan
Poem

With Apology to Keats

Here’s a lyrical poem with a recall of Keats, in Different Truths. Elsy’s interpretation is interesting. There is many a slip between the cup and the lip, so the aphorism...