Women - Different Truths

March 9, 2024
Arindam Roy
Cover Story, Gender, Identity

Breaking Barriers: Empowering Women in a Changing World

International Women’s Day 2024 theme is “Breaking Barriers: Empowering Women in a Changing World.” India journeys toward gender equality, despite ongoing challenges, celebrates victories, opines Arindam, exclusively for Different...

March 9, 2024
Rita Bhattacharjee
Criticism, Gender, Special Feature

Do We Love Older Women in Literature?

Rita remembers five older women characters in fiction, who are strong feminist characters, as part of the special feature on International Women’s Day (IWD), exclusively for Different Truths. Books...

March 9, 2024
Shernaz Wadia
Gender, People

Getting up on the Inside

We profile ordinary women with extraordinary strength. They find the reservoir of strength within themselves, like Yashodhara. Every year, the Women’s Day becomes a cosmetic celebration of already known...

March 8, 2024
Abha Iyengar
Gender, Poem, Special Feature

We Mean Business, Baby

Here’s a protest poem by Abha, on the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD), exclusively in Different Truths. They sayYou have come a long way, baby.I say I have...

January 31, 2024
Rajul Tiwari
Gender, Opinion

Is Women Empowerment a far cry?

Rajul dwells on the issue of women empowerment in India, where the term is not understood properly. She advocates a proactive stand, where women are empowered and emancipated, in action, not...

January 25, 2024
Ipsita Ganguli
Poem

Metamorphosis

An intense and powerful woman-centric verse by Ipsita, for Different Truths. This world around meHold me up; Turns me roundPulls and pushes me downAnd just as I start frowning...

September 18, 2023
Dr. Tejal Shah
Health

Menopause is Not an End

Dr Tejal informs about menopause and the ways to deal with it. She tells us that to be forewarned is to be forearmed. The medical fraternity is debating on the...

August 22, 2023
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Food, Health

Three Healthy Foods to Help Check Depression

Ritambhara tells us how food can help fight depression, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Depression is one of the chronic diseases amounting to increasing suicide rates...

July 31, 2023
Anumita Roy
Cover Story, Crime, Human Rights, Law & Order

Human Trafficking and International Crime

Flesh trade and forced or bonded labour are closely linked with human trafficking. It’s a lucrative trade with millions of dollars of turnover. Here’s a case study of Thailand, a...

July 31, 2023
Meenakshi M Singh
Poem

If Only

Men often fail to see what women would have liked them to observe and understand. Here’s such anguish by Meenakshi, in this evocative verse, in Different Truths. He...

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