War

February 11, 2023
Meher Pestonji
Fiction, Short Story

Growing up in a War Zone

Meher, in this war zone story set in Syria, deals with the impoverished villagers, their hopes, fears, deceits, insecurities and more – exclusively for Different Truths. Nabeel had never...

January 28, 2023
Meher Pestonji
Short Story

A Street in a War Zone

A lone soldier in a war zone street faces passive resistance. How does he deal with it? A gripping short story by Meher – exclusively for Different Truths. The...

January 20, 2023
Dr Baljeet Singh Virk
Conflict Resolution, Cover Story, War & Conflicts

Understanding Unending Worldwide Conflicts

Dr Baljeet analyses the causes of unending worldwide conflicts in this erudite write-up – exclusively for Different Truths. A casual glance all around can convince anyone that deadly and...

December 5, 2022
Shernaz Wadia
Gender, Human Rights

Why is it a Curse to be a Girl-child?

Shernaz fictionalises a real-life account where the daughter, a girl-child, in dire need of kidney transplant was left uncared for. No medical expenses were provisioned for her since she...

October 11, 2022
Dr Baljeet Singh Virk
Conflict & Resolution, Cover Story, International Relations, Opinion

Will the Russia-Ukraine War go the Crimean Way?

There seems to be no end to the Russian-Ukraine war that began on February 24 this year. Baljeet analyses the geopolitics of NATO powers that had to be contained....

March 4, 2022
Amita Sanghavi
Poem

War and Peace: Russia and Ukraine

1. The month of Valentine, That has in war ended, Let’s pray today, Those broken homes, And broken hearts, Of all innocent victims With time will heal, And soon...

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...

June 19, 2021
Dr. Shikha Chatterjee
Poem

Wondrous Women

Dr. Shikha celebrates womanhood. She remembers the sheroes, in this poem, exclusively for Different Truths. A desperate Savitri defying the curse of death Forced the unheeding Yam to revive...

May 28, 2021
Rituparna Khan
Poem

A powerful and poignant protest poem, by Rituparna, exclusively for Different Truths. Why should not I if I have that power? It is my nature to steal and snatch....

May 11, 2021
Ranjan Ghosh
Aesthetics, Education, History & Culture, Special Feature, Tribute

Aesthetics, Politics, Pedagogy and Tagore

Tagore rested on his desire for a far-off planet, listened to the invitation of a dream and did not allow the spaceship to rust. His journeys and envisagements, however,...

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