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December 6, 2015
Madhumita Ghosh
Books

Kalkatta is a Sure Page Turner

Kunal Basu’s fifth novel, Kalkatta, has the voice of a master storyteller. His research into the world of the subaltern is impressive. The character of the protagonist, however, comes through...

December 6, 2015
Baishali Mukherjee
Book Club, Books

Caught in a Web!

The protagonist of Kunal Basu’s Kalkatta inhabits the world that we happily deny. Baishali asks, “With a dingy box for a home, an ailing old man for a father, a crippled...

December 5, 2015
Susmita Bhattacharya
Fashion & Beauty, Lifestyle

How to Overcome the ‘Double Discontent’ of Style!

Different Truths’ fashion consultant and style consultant, Susmita, gives some handy tips on how to pair your traditional saree-blouse ensemble, with a little imagination and lots of panache. Speaking of...

December 5, 2015
Joyce Yarrow
Governance, Human Rights, Law & Order, Politics, Security, Terrorism

San Bernardino Carnage: Whose Life is it Anyway!

Guns kill people. But the NRA relies heavily on the support of the $12-billion-a-year gun industry, made up of manufacturers and sellers of firearms, ammunition and related wares. That alliance...

December 5, 2015
Ratan Bhattacharjee
Literature, Poem

Two Dark Poems

Different Truths introduces poems from this issue. Ratan pens two dark poems that deal with hatred, violence and deaths, unleashing untold miseries that men in the supreme ignorance bring...

December 4, 2015
Champa Srinivasan
Governance, Politics

Chennai Deluge: Bring us Some Sunshine!

Soggy Chennai is drowning. While the print media turns a Nelson eye to the plight of the people in the southern city, for the TV channels it’s a tamasha, a...

December 4, 2015
Different Truths
Announcement

Dr Rupa Mehta, Different Truth’s Agony Aunt

We are happy to announce that Dr Rupa Mehta has consented to be one of the Agony Aunts of Different Truths. She delivers therapy and other treatments to adult and adolescents...

December 4, 2015
Arindam Roy
Book Club

Three Books

Different Truths is introducing Book Club. If you are a busy corporate honcho, an executive-on-the-move, banker or homemaker, with little time to spare, you may send short book reviews...

December 3, 2015
Mira Pawar
Fairs & Festivals

The Fervor and Gaiety at Pushkaram Festival

Pushkaram festival is an auspicious fair-festival celebrated in Andhra Pradesh and Telengana states, every twelve years. During the Pushkaram festival devotees brave various difficulties. They rush to observe the holy tradition....

December 3, 2015
Bhaswati Bhattacharya
Potpourri

My long-lost Cousin Mithu: A Tribute to Innocence

Bhaswati walks down the memory lane. She recalls her association with her cousin, Mithu, in a soulful account. The title is a misleading, because she was never lost, and it...

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