Breathing - Different Truths

September 25, 2018
Swapna Behera
Short Story, Special Feature

A Gold Watch of the Bishop, a Stick of the Gardener and the Train

A Bishop had blamed the son of the gardener for stealing his gold wristwatch. The gardener too had beaten his son blue-black. Was the boy a thief? A story...

July 12, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Kamsa and Krishna – LXXX

Nilanjana recounts the well-known tale of how Krishna crushed the life out of Kamsa, from the Bhagavatam, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. Sukha took a pause...

May 23, 2018
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand
Criticism, Poem

A Remarkable Horizontal Vastness and a Rare Vertical Depth in the Poetry of Basudeb Chakraborti – IV

Basudeb Chakraborti’s poetry has a remarkable horizontal vastness and a rare vertical depth. His poetry concerns itself with all the essential aspects of life and one feels the imprint...

May 11, 2018
Basudeb Chakraborti
Religion, Travel & Food

An Inward Journey to Bodh Gaya: An Awakening of the Self

The Buddhist temples built by many South Asian countries here are unique for pervasive tranquillity that penetrates even the heart of an atheist. The silence is so deep that...

April 12, 2018
Dr. Preeti Talwar
Health, Parenting

Dengue: Symptoms, Care, and Prevention in Children

Preeti tells us about the symptoms, care, and prevention of Dengue in children, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Dengue (DEN-gee) fever is a tropical disease caused...

April 9, 2018
IPA Service
International Relations, Politics, Trade, World

Equality has to be the Basis of Future Indo-Nepal Relations: India Cannot Take Neighbours for Granted any More

Indo-Nepal relationship received a body blow with the blockade of Nepal, apparently by the Madhesis or people of Indian origin inhabiting the Terai region of Nepal. During the four-and-a-half...

March 31, 2018
Suveera Sharma
Book Club, Potpourri

Bring Me a Book

Suveera takes us on a pleasurable journey into the world of books and reading, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Have you ever felt so involved in...

February 4, 2018
Tatjana Debeljacki
Cover Story, Criticism, Interview, Poem

Ibrahim Honjo: Creativity is not the Only Purpose

Creativity is not the only purpose on its own. An author seeks his work to live in people and with people as long as possible, to leave a mark...

January 22, 2018
Kabir Deb
Drama

Slaves Still Rule: A Soliloquy from Kritodash

Kabir translates a famous soliloquy of a slave from the play Kritodash in Bengali. Crossing the barriers of time and place, the slave talks of the human consciousness from...

January 10, 2018
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Poem

Hearty Heaves

Here’s an intense and inward-looking love poem by Anouchika, for Different Truths. I bit my lips hard and faced Love Love, bold and pretentious Mindless of my heart’s tidal...

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