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April 15, 2017
Sisir K Chatterjee
Cover Story, Fairs & Festivals, Rituals & Practices

Buro Shibtola: Oracles and Miracles Prove the Prowess of Shiva till date!

Tales of oracles and miracles have survived for about two hundred years surrounding a Shiva temple, known as Buro Shib, beside the Ganga, near the port of Budge Budge,...

April 10, 2017
Anumita Roy
Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle

What is Sound Sensitivity in Autistic Children?

Anumita talks about parenting, with special reference to Autism. Read her column about how to care for special needs children, as we in Different Truths, join the cause of...

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 5, 2017
Arindam Roy
Edit, Gender, Special Feature

Women Hold up Half the Sky[i]: A Special Issue on IWD 2017, in Different Truths

Different Truths (DT) has been publishing special issues and has also brought out seven Anthologies of Poems on several topics in the past. Here’s the eighth Anthology of Poems,...

March 3, 2017
Nikita Goel
Relationship & Lifestyle

Are Relationships Affected Adversely when Children Move Abroad?

Mostly, couples who settle abroad are hanging between two worlds. They are too foreign for their homeland and too foreign for the adapted country. Children living abroad suffer from identity crisis...

March 2, 2017
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy, Relationship & Lifestyle

Rights of the Elderly: Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens

More and more couples are working full time, families have become smaller and nuclear, migration, and consumerism have become the order of the day. At the same time, life expectancy of...

February 20, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Wellness

Backbends or Heart-opening Poses Increase Breath Capacity and Emotional Openness

Our Yoga expert, Navodita, tells us that backbends are often associated with the sunrise as these are also called the ‘heart-opening poses’. These open the front of the body...

November 23, 2016
Subhajit Sanyal
Business, Economy, Politics

What the Youth feels about Demonetisation?

Demonetisation has affected one and all. Everyone, from 15 to 50, are busy debating the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move to ban old currency notes of 500 and 1000 denominations. New...

September 3, 2016
Dr. Mohanlal Panda
Advocacy, Subaltern & Dalits

End Unlawful Torture in India: Political Consensus to Pass the Prevention of Torture Bill is Must

Use of torture, both physical and psychological torture, illegal detentions and filing of false cases go unchecked and are used as an instrument for forced confession, submission and extortion. Over the...

June 14, 2016
Arindam Roy
Advocacy, Cover Story

Are Gods Deaf to the Wails of Widows?

Beginning with a personal journey into the world of Vriddhashram (old age homes), Arindam cites few case studies from the two temple towns of Vrindavan and Varanasi that houses 44,000 widows....

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