Baby - Different Truths

July 16, 2017
Nikita Goel
Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle

The Pros and Cons of Raising a Child in India

Nikita talks about the pros and cons of raising a child in India vis-à-vis the US (and other western countries). Read more in the regular column, exclusively in Different...

July 13, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Baby Steps – XXXIV

Kamsa’s ally Trinavarta had come to Gokula looking for the little child. He assumed the form of a whirlwind. Child Krishna vanquished a mighty asura for the third time....

June 15, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Vishnumaya – XXX

Nilanjana retells the story of the Bhagavatam. She talks about the incarnation of the Devi, Vishnumaya, and how she was swapped with Lord Krishna, as a part of the...

April 9, 2017
Tapan Mozumdar
Fiction

Smarting v3.0

What would happen if a smart phone had emotions and a mind of its own? Here’s a fantasy fiction by Tapan, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths....

March 21, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Fairs & Festivals

Jamshedi Navroz: Celebrated along the Silk Route, it Dates Back to Sixth Century BC

Jamshedi Navroz is recognised as a public holiday in many countries along the Silk Route – Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iraq (by the Kurdish people), Kazakstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Bayan...

September 7, 2016
Lily Swarn
People, Travel & Food

Travails of a Lonesome Wedding Anniversary and Birth of Daughter in Primitive Settings

In all their youthful ignorance Lily and her husband decided to have their first baby in Dalhousie Cantonment. She gave birth to a daughter in a primitive setting. There was...

August 21, 2016
Dr. Tripti Sharan
Poem

Love’s Labour

There is something so divine about a women laboring to give birth. It is, as if she is working with God to create life. But does she indeed have a...

June 7, 2016
Subhajit Sanyal
Poem

He is a Born Artist

Subhajit describes a born artist in this verse. He is a born artist with colors red and green, full of jollity and vibrancy, to paint a new day, fill...

May 13, 2016
Ritamvara Bhattacharya
Potpourri

Little Island

Ritamvara aka the mountain girl, writes from a darling’s heart, Darjeeling (India). In her intense and sensuous piece, a reflective prose-poem, she yearns union with the Himalayas. She writes for the...

May 2, 2016
Anumita Roy
Health

Spare my Child, Take my Breath Away…

On World Asthma Day, Anumita shares the trial and tribulations that she faced as a young mother of an asthmatic infant. Here’s a candid account of one mother, but it’s...

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