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March 11, 2022
Debjani Mukherjee
Gender, Human Rights, Special Feature

African Women Stand Tall against Female Genital Mutilation

Butchering girls’ private parts, cutting out healthy flesh in the name of religious ritual is barbaric. Whenever a girl or a woman gets cut, she becomes exposed to numeric...

February 24, 2022
Smita Agarwal
Poem

Grandmothers

In this evocative poem Smita compares the two worlds of her grandmothers and her’s. A powerful woman-centric poem. Both my grandmothers Were married off in their teens; Bhuvaneshwari at...

July 23, 2021
Dr. Paramita Mukherjee Mullick
History & Culture, Special Feature, Travel & Food

A Day with the Maasai Tribe

The Maasai people are one of the tallest tribes in Africa. They are a unique and popular tribe of Kenya due to their long preserved culture. Their distinctive culture,...

May 12, 2021
Dr. Gauranga Mohanta
Aesthetics, Environment, Language, Multiculturalism, People, Place, Special Feature, Spirituality, Tribute

Revisiting the Idea of School Education of Rabindranath Tagore

Tagore wanted to defend the freedom he enjoyed in his family, for all humanity. He remained firmly opposed to colonial education that aimed at material prosperity. He believed...

May 11, 2021
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Criticism, Short Story, Special Feature, Tribute

Short Stories of Tagore: Vignettes from Human Life

Ruchira critiques eight short stories of Tagore, in the Special Issue, exclusively for Different Truths. Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Mini who lived...

May 9, 2021
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Environment, Literature, Music, Special Feature, Tribute

Musings of Tagore on Love and Mysticism

A relentlessly seeking, sensitive, intellectual soul, Tagore wanted to drink the elixir of life to the dregs. He found beauty in everything around him. Even the minuscule objects...

February 19, 2019
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor, Literature

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Soumya tells us about his involvement as a voluntary teacher with a group of marginalised and deprived children. Here’s a heart-tugging experience interspersed with humour. A Different Truths exclusive. I have...

September 25, 2018
Swapna Behera
Short Story, Special Feature

A Gold Watch of the Bishop, a Stick of the Gardener and the Train

A Bishop had blamed the son of the gardener for stealing his gold wristwatch. The gardener too had beaten his son blue-black. Was the boy a thief? A story...

September 20, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Travel & Food

Snapshots from South: A Redux

Ruchira tells us about two getaways, both quaint, in Kerala. These are Poovar and Padmanabhapuram Palace, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. While writing my memoirs about...

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...

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