World - Different Truths

March 7, 2022
Hemashri Hazarika
Gender, Special Feature

Is Empowerment of Women a Distant Dream?

Women roughly constitute half the population but in every aspect women still remain grossly under-represented. Certainly, the women in the largest democracy of the world are ranked much below top hundred...

March 7, 2022
Harshali Singh
Gender, Short Story, Special Feature

Three Glasses of Wine

A plush villa, a luxurious life and hidden beneath it a life that’s futile. Harshali weaves an intense story of a woman who is trapped in her pain. But...

February 25, 2022
Reena Prasad
Poem

The Wingspan Of Sorrow

A poignant poem by Reena. It’s intense and sensuous. If I stoopit is to drink deep of youmy doppelgänger, black and greyI wear your shades better than any otherwanting...

February 1, 2022
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Poem

Mythical Women & the Myth of the Big Bad World

Dr. Roopali speaks about mythical women and the big bad world with its many myths, in this poem, exclusively for Different Truths. Eve Mother of mankind, God’s favourite child...

November 6, 2021
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

My Whole World Changed

A love poem, where the protagonist is a man, by Sarala, exclusively for Different Truths. When you entered my heart It was a new beginning for me, A sublime...

August 18, 2021
Rajashree Mohapatra
Poem

How Blessed is this Last Hour!

An evocative and enigmatic love poem, by Rajashree, exclusively for Different Truths. I have made this earth of your words my home, not keen to ascend to your heaven...

July 29, 2021
Gauri Dixit
Book Review, Special Feature

The Inspiring Story of the African American, George Washington Carver

Veena Gavankar came across the English biography, George Washington Carver, an African American agriculturist, botanist, inventor and environmentalist, written by Shirley Graham and George Lipscomb. She was fascinated with...

July 26, 2021
Tutu Dutta
Oral Traditions, Special Feature

The Girl Who Married a Stranger

Tutu recounts a popular folktale from the Calabar region of Nigeria. It’s about a stunning young woman, Afiong. She had bright eyes and velvety smooth skin, the colour of...

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
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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