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September 14, 2024
Ketaki Datta
Short Story

Focus: Razia’s Rebirth, a Tale of Hope and Resilience

The Taliban replaced Mujahadeen terrorists in Ketaki’s story, revealing their sinister realities. Ishara, a newborn baby, is wrongly implicated in murder. How does it end? An exclusive for Different...

September 14, 2024
Dr Shalini Yadav
Poem

Love in the Rain: A Jaipur Adventure

Dr Shalini’s prose poem, vividly captures a night of rain and urban adventure, exploring themes of friendship, resilience, and joy, exclusively for Different Truths. Through torrential rain, I ventured...

July 15, 2024
Suveera Sharma
People, Place, Relationship & Lifestyle

Mind and Muscle

Hong Kong is the world’s tallest city. The iconic buildings that dot the skyline of this wonderful city are by no means second-fiddle to its natural beauty. Each one...

April 13, 2024
Hein Min Tun
Short Story

Myanmar’s Underbelly: The Price of Survival for One Woman

A single mother in Myanmar grapples with sacrifice, secrecy, and the longing for normalcy. Read Hein Min’s story, a poignant tale exclusive to Different Truths. Through imperceptible nail-fitting cleavages...

March 12, 2024
Shernaz Wadia
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

Get Around the Molehills of Life

We often imagine situations far worse than they are. In short, we create a mountain out of molehills. Shernaz tells us how to overcome this problem, exclusively in Different...

January 20, 2024
Saeed Ibrahim
Potpourri

Focus: Three Clock Towers Capture the Essence of Time

Towering clock faces, like Grantchester’s Church Clock, Bangalore’s St Andrew’s Church Clock and Toronto’s Soldiers’ Tower symbolise history, time flow, and the past, reminding us of the future’s possibilities,...

January 18, 2024
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Relationship & Lifestyle

Domestic Help Diaries: From Osteoarthritis to Reliable Maya

Ruchira shares her experience with domestic help, ranging from taciturn Santosh to reliable Maya, exclusively for Different Truths. For the average urban woman in India, and I am referring...

September 14, 2023
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Food, Relationship & Lifestyle

The Epic Journey of Instant Noodles in 1982

In 1982, a Swiss MNC introduced instant noodles in India, revolutionising the snack industry and becoming an iconic brand endorsed by Bollywood stars, writes Ruchira, exclusively for Different Truths....

May 3, 2023
Sujata Sankranti
Short Story

The Musk Deer

An intriguing short story by Sujata about an artist and his suicide. What did his sketchbook reveal? The story unfolds – exclusively for Different Truths. Durga Prasad looked around his...

May 2, 2023
Abu Siddik
Fiction, Short Story

A Woodsman’s Story

Abu unravels the character of a drunk woodcutter and a visitor, who meet at a village shop. An exclusive for Different Truths. It was early November. The air was...

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