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December 5, 2022
Shernaz Wadia
Gender, Human Rights

Why is it a Curse to be a Girl-child?

Shernaz fictionalises a real-life account where the daughter, a girl-child, in dire need of kidney transplant was left uncared for. No medical expenses were provisioned for her since she...

August 15, 2022
Shalini Samuel
Poem

Devilish Tree / Exaggeration

The poem Devilish Tree is an aspiration towards a discrimination-free world, a casteless society. The second poem, Exaggeration, is about the poet and her world. Here are Shalini’s two poems for...

August 6, 2022
Tapati Sinha
Fiction

The Orchids

The beautiful patch of Orchids, in the neighbourhood of Neeta’s Hyderabad home, was mysterious. Rich women were vanishing. Here’s a short story by Tapati, that unfolds the mystery, exclusively in...

June 23, 2022
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Potpourri, Rituals & Practices

How Superstitions Interpolated into our Lives?

Ruchira talks of some commonplace superstitions that have interpolated into our daily lives. What’s the way out? An exclusive for Different Truths. Come to think of it, and I...

March 28, 2022
Rajul Tiwari
Gender, Health, Wellness

Why is a Woman Prone to Depression?

The pressures to perform ably at home are higher on women. They are enslaved to slog in the male-dominated society. Her complex physiology, pre-menopause and menopause, emotional vulnerability, lack of appreciation...

January 4, 2022
Tribhawan Kaul
Short Story

First Crush

An interesting love story by Tribhawan, exclusively for Different Truths. He was 20 going on 21. Four letter word ‘love’ was taboo so far his conservative family was concerned. Eagle eyed...

September 8, 2021
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+

Why Does Society Need Intersectional Outlook?

To overcome taboo, society needs to develop an intersectional outlook toward the LGBTQIA+ community, the marginalised gender, asserts Shormita. An exclusive for Different Truths. In the social structure of...

July 22, 2021
Madhuri Bhattacharya
Criticism, Gender, Special Feature

Growing Up in Wilderness: African Stories of Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing was born to British parents, Alfred Taylor and Maud Me Veigh, in 1919. After the First World War, her father migrated to Africa and purchased three thousand...

June 4, 2021
Ram Krishna Sinha
Potpourri

Parasites Among Us in Society!

The parasites in our society suck people, systems and humaneness all the time, even during grave human distress. We need to trace and quarantine them fast, says Ram Krishna....

May 9, 2021
Hayat Saif
Criticism, Multiculturalism, Poem, Special Feature, Translation, Tribute

Gitanjali: Interactions of Bengali Literature with the World

The English translation of Gitanjali, “Song Offerings”, encases only 103, amongst which one poem is a combined translation of two other poems. Fifty-three of the poems are from...

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