November 21, 2024

Calamity

October 22, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Animal World, Arts, Calamity, People, Place

Bhuj, the Rann of Kutch & the Flamboyant Flamingoes

Dr. Roopali takes us to Bhuj and its salt marshes, in Gujarat. She talks about exquisite handicrafts, embroidered textiles, bold brave women, an earthquake, destruction, and flamingoes. An exclusive...

August 20, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Calamity, History & Culture, Pandemic

Pompeii, my Dream City, was Reduced to Ashes

Dr. Roopali travels several millennia, telling us about the destruction of Pompeii in 79 AD. From the pages of an encyclopedia, through history, she tells us about the pandemic,...

May 19, 2021
Dr. Sangeeta Sharma
Calamity, Pandemic, Poem

Cyclone Tauktae

Dr. Sangeeta sees Cyclone Tauktae mourning for the Corona deaths, a poetic symbolism, woven into this poem of suffering. An exclusive for Different Truths. Tauktae mourned throughout night Its...

May 21, 2020
Arindam Roy
Calamity, Cover Story, Economy, Politics

Amphan Clobbers West Bengal, Odisha Unleashing Devastation and Misery

November 12, 2019
Soma Bhowmik
Calamity, Tribute

Two Days after Nabaneeta Dev Sen Passed Away, Cyclone Bulbul Unleashed Fury

October 15, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Business, Calamity, Crime

Aarushi Denied Justice, Deadly Curse of Elphinstone, From Wagon R to Biopic, Bitcoin Billionaire and We Want Sauce

Shail reviews the fortnight that was in verse. Aarushi’s parents were acquitted of murder charges by the Allahabad High Court. In Mumbai, many died due to the collapse of...

October 12, 2017
Sunita Shukla
Calamity, Opinion, People, Place

Of Tragedies and Human Bonding.

Big tragedies bring out the best in human beings. The nameless-faceless mass of people offers their resourcefulness. This is what is so significantly remarkable. Their altruism goes beyond them...

September 10, 2017
Anumita Roy
Calamity, Environment

Mean and Monstrous Hurricane Irma set to Batter Florida Brutally

The eye of the Hurricane Irma is scaring people affected by it and many others all around the world. Irma is mean and monstrous. Anumita, our Managing Editor, reports,...

September 3, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Calamity, Crime, Environment, Poem

Hurricane Harvey, Mumbai Deluge, Unholy Baba and Blue Whale: Of Deaths, Shame, and Rape

From beating drums, fire signals and cries of the ancient man, we had travelling bards moving from villages to villages, recounting many stories (read news) in India and elsewhere....

August 30, 2017
Abhilasha Trivedi
Calamity, Photo Feature, Special Feature

The Mumbai Deluge Defeated by the Resilience and Bonding of the People

There is no city in the world like Mumbai when it comes to human bonding and resilience at the time of crisis. But, how much of resilience tests does...

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