Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur - Different Truths

July 16, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
History & Culture, Place, Religion

Sardhana: Love Story of a Tawaif & a Soldier – I

Intertwined with the incredible love story of a Tawaif, nautch girl, and a soldier, is a more than 200-year-old Catholic church in Sardhana, India. Dr. Roopali unravels the valour, magic,...

July 10, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Poem

How to Teach a Frightened Boy?

An intense and powerful poem, by Dr. Roopali, about Bittoo’s battered mother and women wronged down the ages. An exclusive for Different Truths. How to teach that frightened boy ...

July 9, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
People, Place, Travelogue

In Search of Azaadi in a Troubled Paradise – II

Dr Roopali delves deeper, in the second and concluding part, to reveal what azaadi meant to a Kashmiri schoolgirl, living in a troubled paradise. An exclusive for Different Truths....

July 2, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
People, Place, Travelogue

Paradise: It is Here! – I

Dr. Roopali’s trip to Paradise, Kashmir, weaves magic and mystery through memory. An exclusive for Different Truths. All sorts of trunks and beddings and all kinds of people have...

June 28, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Poem

Surpanakha, the Demon of Desire

An intense, woman-centric poem, by Dr. Roopali, exclusively for Different Truths. For you alone the roasted yams and the lentils…. you have eaten enough, have you not eaten your husband our...

June 25, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
People, Place, Travelogue

A Long Journey: Dreaming of Hyderabad in Florida!

In the horizon of the mind, two cities Hyderabad and Florida meet. Dr. Roopali recounts an interesting tale. An exclusive for Different Truths. I am like Janus, the Roman...

June 19, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Book Review, Nonfiction

Surbhi Midha Wields an Honest Pen in Yin and Yang

Dr Roopali reviews the autobiography of Surbhi Mirdha, Yin and Yang: A Story of my Life. An exclusive for Different Truths. Book: Yin and Yang: Story of My Life ...

June 18, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
People, Place, Travelogue

Of Different Skies

Dr. Roopali shares the wows and woes of flying in an airplane. An exclusive for Different Truths. “Are you travelling business class?” “No?” “But you must! How will you...

June 12, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Poem

Here is Dr. Roopali’s evocative and soulful poem, exclusively for Different Truths The large shady Bargad tree Its hard twisted tentacles hanging low swinging free Medusa like just outside the temple...

June 11, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
People, Place, Travelogue

Olive Green and Life on Military Special Trains – III

In the third and final part, Dr. Roopali tells us about Military Special Trains. A colour and mood story that shows paroxysms of emotions. An exclusive for Different Truths. ...

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