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May 11, 2023
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Fashion, Lifestyle

The Eccentricities of Glitz, Glamour and Sordid Realities

Haute Couturiers have a dark reality of broken relationships, sleaze, jealousy, drugs, and orgies, confesses Ruchira, having covered the fashion beat for five years – an exclusive for Different...

May 11, 2023
Mamta Joshi
Criticism, Poem, Tribute

A Glimpse into Haiku Poetry and its Influence on Gurudev Tagore

Mamta traces and critiques the influence of Haiku on Gurudev Tagore’s poems, exclusively in Different Truths. Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry, which began as a popular...

May 10, 2023
Sudhi Ranjan Mukherjee
Aesthetics, Painting, Special Feature, Tribute

Rabindranath Tagore: An Inspiration in Art

Sudhi Ranjan pays his tribute to Tagore, tells us about the Poet-Painter’s concept of art and how the Alpana art of Santiniketan, influenced his work, as a Special...

May 8, 2023
Chaitali Sengupta
Book Extract, Special Feature

Excerpt: A Bengali Biography of Rabindranath Tagore by His Son

Rathindranath Tagore’s Bengali biography of Rabindranath Tagore is an empathic and nuanced portrait of his father, creating a portrait of his life and fortune — an excerpt from Chaitali’s translation – an...

May 8, 2023
Tapati Sinha
Environment, Literature, Special Feature, Tribute

Nature and Environment as seen by Rabindranath Tagore

Tagore’s love of Nature was extremely subtle. For him the wide-open skies, spaciousness, and tranquillity of the countryside symbolised freedom. His numerous writings reveal the intensity of his relationship with...

May 6, 2023
Arindam Roy
Humour, Politics

A Nation of Shaved Heads!

Arindam recounts lesser-known folklore and wonders, be it India or elsewhere if men changed at all. We revisit a satire, after five years, exclusively for Different Truths. This is...

May 5, 2023
Anumita Roy
Short Story

The Beginning of an End

Anumita brings out the agonising pain of a mother contesting her child’s custody in a courtroom, exclusively for Different Truths. “Are you ready, June? – the question was just...

May 4, 2023
Rituparna Khan
Fiction, Short Story

A Nightmare

A poignant short story by Rituparna, based on a real-life experience. An exclusive for Different Truths. Birth and death are the ultimate truth in the universe and what oscillates...

May 3, 2023
Sujata Sankranti
Short Story

The Musk Deer

An intriguing short story by Sujata about an artist and his suicide. What did his sketchbook reveal? The story unfolds – exclusively for Different Truths. Durga Prasad looked around his...

May 2, 2023
Abu Siddik
Fiction, Short Story

A Woodsman’s Story

Abu unravels the character of a drunk woodcutter and a visitor, who meet at a village shop. An exclusive for Different Truths. It was early November. The air was...

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