Close Encounters of the Final Kind
Soumya tells us how he, with his two daughters, survived parasailing in the rough sea in Goa. Did the close brush with death break them or make them stronger?...
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November 21, 2017
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Soumya Mukherjee
Of Unwanted Guests and the Guest who Came for Dinner and Never Left!
Here’s a humourous account, by Soumya, of gatecrashing parties as unwanted guests and how the misdeed caught up with the protagonist, many moons later, much to his embarrassment. Read...
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November 14, 2017
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Soumya Mukherjee
The Journey and the Transformation of the Traditional Italian Pizza
The traditional Pizza is the Marinara, or the seafarer’s dish, and consisted of garlic and olive only, and sometimes, seafood from the catch if it could be spared. It...
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November 7, 2017
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Soumya Mukherjee
Impressions of Italy
Our humourist dabbles in the travelogue. He likens Italy with India, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Italy is just like India. I didn’t meet a single...
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October 31, 2017
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Soumya Mukherjee
Was it a Brush with Ghosts?
What do we fear more, ghosts or the scare of ghosts? In black humour, Soumya tells us that he almost had three brushes with ghosts, in his weekly column,...
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October 24, 2017
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Soumya Mukherjee
Out of the Mouths of Babes and Infants
Our humourist, Soumya, shares hilarious moments with his baby daughter, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. There was a popular American Television programme where a celebrity host...
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October 17, 2017
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Soumya Mukherjee
How the Ancient Mariner Lost his Albatross
Here’s a story within a story from Soumya, in a genre different from humour, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. He wasn’t that ancient really, being a...
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October 10, 2017
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Soumya Mukherjee
Our Opinion about Kashmir Changed!
We are often conditioned by our biases and prejudices. This is what Soumya felt during a visit to Kashmir. A different shade of writing from our humourist, in the...
A Bollywood Analysis: AAP Yahan Aye, Kisliye?
The intellectual in the drawing room had reached the conclusion, depending on affiliation, that AAP is BJP’s B team and Congress mole, says our humourist Soumya, in the...
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September 12, 2017
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Soumya Mukherjee
Cast(e)ing Aspersions on a new Bride
Our humourist, Soumya, tells us how the grandmother-in-law of his new bride from another community was questioned. Find out more, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The...