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October 12, 2017
Sarala Balachandran
Poem, Special Feature

International Day of the Girl Child

Here’s an evocative and poignant verse by Sarala on International Girl Child’s Day, exclusively in Different Truths. She is a precious stone Value unknown She is a bundle of...

September 19, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Law & Order, Opinion, Politics

Patriotism vs. Nationalism: Beware of the Jingoism of in the Name of a Nation

There is a worldwide resurgence of the nationalist pitch in politics. A globally surging separatist oratory is slowly and surely pushing back the strides made towards an international integration. To every...

August 8, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Round is a Shape

Humourist Soumya talks about workouts, gym, swimming and his resolve to exercise seriously, in his typical style, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. I love workouts. I...

July 26, 2017
Tribhawan Kaul
Fiction

Is Kashmiriat dead? Long live Kashmiriat!

In the backdrop of fundamentalism, gloom, terrorism, there is hope. Arzan Nath and Gul Nisaar, a Kashmiri Pandit and a Muslim, had to suffer. Here’s a story how humanity...

July 4, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

The Liquid Path

Humourist Soumya talks about coming of age and an initiation in drinking, in his style, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I feel that the idyllic memories...

June 25, 2017
Michele Baron
Cover Story, Human Rights

The Summer of Freedom and the Sunshine of Human Rights

What of those caught within the borders of unpublicised, unseen, unspoken battles for power, for control? What happens when people, due to values of faith, of fealty, of finance,...

June 6, 2017
Payal Talreja
Gender, Opinion

Hairy Lesbians, Man-Hating Women, Rabid Feminists and Other Weirdos!

Payal takes a hard look at either side of feminism, with its various colours and hues. Her bold, erudite, tongue-in-cheek approach makes us pause and think. Read more about...

May 15, 2017
Different Truths Poets
Advocacy, Conflict & Resolution, Poem

The Peace Anthology – People against Genocide: Stop Chemical War in Syria. Save Humanity!

Different Truths presents The Peace Anthology – People against Genocide: Stop Chemical War. Save Humanity! It features 56 poets, with as many poems, from various parts of the world....

March 9, 2017
Different Truths News Service
Gender, Special Feature

Beena Lived the Change

They say you need only one person, yourself, to win the battle. And Beena’s journey is a living example of that. Herself being a victim of child marriage, she has...

February 13, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
People

Kedar Basha Sharpens Knives and Lives without Remorse

A native of Harichandrapuram village, in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, around 62km from Chennai, Kadar Basha has been a knife sharpener for the past 30 years. Pragmatic and down to...

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