The Young Widow
In the name of culture and tradition, a young widow continues to be exploited in 21 st century India. When the wife of a man dies and he is young,...
The Beautiful Ones
Meandering through despair, this poem seeks hope and promise. An evocative poem by Martins, a young poet from Nigeria, for Different Truths. Roused in the heart of night I sit...
This Durga Puja be the Goddess you are!
Durga Puja without Bengalis sounds so incomplete. It’s the Bengali community that adds additional flavour, style and zing to this auspicious puja with their exceptional vibrancy and colours! It is this beautiful festival...
Children and Durga Puja: The Joys of Puja Shopping
Champa recalls that every Biswakarma Puja day, year after year, their family routine would be same. After the ritualistic kite flying session in the morning and a sumptuous lunch, Baba would...
A Slice of Army Life in the Serenity of Pune
In 1817, the third Anglo-Maratha war broke out between the British East India Company and the Marathas. The Peshwas were defeated in Khadkee, called Khirkee, by the British, and the city,...
And then…
Sneha, the protagonist, goes about her routine life with clockwork precision. She gets up at the crack of the dawn to prepare breakfast for Ayushi, her adopted daughter, and to...
Guruvayur: Divine Abode of Sri Krishna Created by the Gods
Guruvayurappan came to Guruvayur from Dwarka carried by Guru Brihispati on the wings of the wind God Vayu. Hence the name ‘Guruvayur’. A ‘Purna Swarup’ manifestation of Vishnu but worshipped as...
Manava Dharma Espouses Tolerance, Fraternity and Sharing to help Manage Biodiversity -VII
Krishna tells us how the essence of Hindu culture is full of hidden treasures of sanskara (practices) that are good and green. There are loaded messages of equality, love and...
A Story of Empowerment: Koushik Propelled the Engine of Social Change in Bangladesh
Michelle tells us how she met Md. Koushik Ahmed. He was a shopkeeper at a mall. He did the things that other single men of his age did after...
A Crowded Loneliness
There are several positive things about large and extended families (read the joint family system). Often, parents-in- law snoop into the private lives of their daughters-in- law. It’s stifling and suffocating....