Bollywood - Different Truths

October 10, 2017
Payal Talreja
Gender, Religion

The Importance of Being Married: Karva Chauth and Attendant Hoopla

Payal takes a hard look at Karva Chauth fasting. She brilliantly critiques the tradition, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Yesterday was the popular day of fasting...

October 3, 2017
Payal Talreja
Gender, Relationship & Lifestyle

Simran and Other Bollywood Babes: Coming of age

Even though a slim minority, we are ready to own up to our hidden reality, rather than be the ‘good’ daughter/sister/wife that lives her lives for others rather than...

October 3, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Cinema, Humour, Politics

A Bollywood Analysis: AAP Yahan Aye, Kisliye?

The intellectual in the drawing room had reached the conclusion, depending on affiliation, that AAP is BJP’s B team and Congress mole, says our humourist Soumya, in the...

September 15, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Cinema, Humor

Bollywood Films: Mélange of Coincidence and Fantasy

Ruchira journeys through the masala Bollywood movies and tells us, tongue-in-cheek, with oodles of humour, who gains from it. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths....

September 10, 2017
Samina Naqvi
Cinema

Tragedy King Dilip Kumar, an Icon of Bollywood, a Charming Actor

Dilip Kumar was born Muhammad Yusuf Khan in Qissa Khawani Bazaar, in Peshawar, Pakistan. His father was a fruit merchant and owned large orchards in Peshawar and Devlali in...

September 5, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Education & Career, Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature

A True Teacher is a Beacon of Light, Dispelling Darkness of Ignorance

A teacher not only imparts gyan or information but also imparts knowledge and life skills to the student. It is said that a teacher is a motivator, an influencer,...

August 23, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

Indian-Chinese Cuisine: A Unique Marriage of Fiery Fusion

Eighty-five years ago, this new-fangled merger of Chinese ingredients like vinegar and soya sauce with garlic, ginger and chillies began. A unique amping up of flavour profiles kickstarted a...

August 22, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

A Suitable Boy

Our humourist, Soumya, travels down the memory lane and talks about the apprehensions of parents about the choice of a life partner for their child(ren), in the weekly column....

August 20, 2017
Samina Naqvi
Cinema, Music

Mohammad Rafi: Effortless Rendition, his was the Voice of God

Samina profiles Mohammad Rafi, the versatile singer, who won the hearts of one and all with his soulful rendition. Read more in the regular column, exclusively in Different Truths....

August 9, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Cinema, Interview

How Adhiraj made Naseeruddin Shah an Internet Sensation with the Award Winning Film, Interior Café Night?

Adhiraj Bose, a young director, was just 23-years-old, when he directed the 13-minute film, Interior Café Night, with renowned actors like Naseeruddin Shah and Shernaz Patel. Three years...

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