Vegetables - Different Truths

May 19, 2022
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Food

Those Not-so-Palatable Summer Vegetables!

Summer is a time of fewer vegetables. Ruchira tells us about the not-so-palatable veggies of the season. An exclusive for Different Truths. Come summer, and the enthusiasm of hardcore...

March 13, 2022
Nilakshi Roy
Gender, Short Story, Special Feature

…And Two Women Suffered

She was a slim, tall, elegant woman, too pretty to be a cook in our house, but as she was not very young, my mother kept her immediately. She...

March 12, 2022
Sriparna Dutta
Criticism, Gender, Special Feature

Empowerment, Feminism and the Hardyian Fallacy

Thomas Hardy’s heroines are not victims of sexual anesthesia. Sue is quite defiant in her stating her sexual preferences and never hesitates to be vocal about it. What is...

March 12, 2022
Different Truths Poets
Poem, Special Feature

An Anthology of Poems Celebrating Womanhood

We are pleased to present An Anthology of Poems Celebrating Womanhood, as part of the International Women’s Day (IWD) Theme that we, in Different Truths are featuring, spread over three days,...

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...

July 6, 2021
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

A Foodie Cooks his Goose

Here’s an interesting account by Soumya, a humourist, on cooking, exclusively on Different Truths. I am a foodie. My girth hints at it. I take a keen interest in...

February 20, 2020
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Food, Travel & Food

When Mom Reigned in the Kitchen

August 24, 2018
IPA Service
Health

Ayushman Bharat far from Universal Healthcare

PM Modi’s announcements of building toilets, Ayushman Bharat, and opening up of more AIIMS do not fulfill the requirements for universal comprehensive health care to our citizens. The social...

July 31, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
History & Culture, Travelogue

The Story of Masai, a Fascinating African Tribe

The most fascinating tribe who constitute the largest section of the population are the Masai. Their language, Swahili, is the official language of both Tanzania and Kenya and is widely...

July 31, 2018
IPA Service
Health

Oxytocin Ban Would Put Many Patients in Serious Difficulty

Oxytocin is not the only the drug; several medicines which have been used in the past are now banned. Byproducts of opium, which are useful in many cases in...

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