The Emerald Ring
Here’s an interesting love story in the backdrop of the partition of India. Urooj captures the tensions of the lovers belonging to different faiths. She also vividly describes the...
Memories of Amritsar and Amritsari Chole Masala
Urna tells us about Amritsar and shares the recipe of Amritsari Chole Masala, a local delicacy. An exclusive for Different Truths. They say there are three places that you...
Amritsar: The Bastion of Sikh Faith
Ruchira takes us on a tour of Amritsar, a 16th-century town, founded by the fourth Sikh Guru Ramdas Ji. An exclusive for Different Truths. When we used to live...
Diplomatic Struggle of India against Racial Apartheid[1] in South Africa and its Contemporary Hypocrisy on Human Rights
India since its Independence until the 1970s has played a central role in mobilising third world countries on the issue of Self-determination and racial equality. Amit, our Editor-at-Large (Europe)...
The Story of Dal Makhani
The original Dal Makhani, which was made in the Western part of Punjab, which is now in Pakistan was made by the Peshawaris. The Punjabis sold this dal with...
Udta Punjab: Rising like a Phoenix from its Fractured Past!
Punjab had won it’s its statehood some years after India’s Independence but this had not entirely satisfied the Sikh majority. The Green Revolution of the sixties had given the Jat Sikhs and...
Chaat: An Antidote Prescribed by Hakims of a Moghul Emperor is Pan-Indian Delicacy
A legend goes that the hakims of a Mughal ruler told him that the water of the Yamuna River was harmful and must not be consumed. Since the emperor did...
The Enchanting Story of Naan
The name, Naan, was first seen in the English language, in 1810, in William Tooke’s travelogue. Numerous languages in Central Asia and South Asia refer to it as a kind...