Celebration - Different Truths

November 7, 2024
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Fairs & Festivals, Religion

BhaiphoNta: Celebrating the Bond of Sibling Love

Ruchira reflects on the Bengali tradition of bhaiphoNta, a celebration of brothers’ lives, highlighting its emotional and religious significance, exclusively for Different Truths. Although I am not into elaborate...

June 11, 2024
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Poem

Rantings of my Heart

An evocative protest poem, where Anoucheka and her heart converse about a cruel world, for Different Truths. Tell me, urged my heartTell me why the world is so cruel Wars...

April 16, 2024
Deeya Bhattacharya
Poem

Missing on a Weekend

A bold prose-poem of Deeya, in Different Truths, set in the urban settings and sensibilities of the 21st century. Weekends are subterfuges in love, desire, pain. They are the extra...

April 9, 2024
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

Alienation

An evocative poem from Sarala wherein she describes the dark, gloomy world of depression and alienation, exclusively for Different Truths. Why was Sheila alienated From the society? Give me...

March 9, 2024
Shernaz Wadia
Gender, People

Getting up on the Inside

We profile ordinary women with extraordinary strength. They find the reservoir of strength within themselves, like Yashodhara. Every year, the Women’s Day becomes a cosmetic celebration of already known...

January 17, 2024
Tapati Sinha
History & Culture, Religion

Makar Sankranti: A Pan-Indian Solar Festival Celebrating Bounty

Makar Sankranti is an important pan-Indian solar festival, known by different names. It is known as Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Pedda Panduga in Andhra Pradesh, Bihu in Assam, Magha...

October 11, 2023
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Prayers, Yoga, Meditation, Nature Cure and Ayurveda practiced at Parmarth Niketan

Parmarth Niketan believes in Yoga being a way of life and making one’s life into a prayer to God. Hence they believe a devout person should follow the daily...

August 31, 2023
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Music

Celebrating Tagore in a Global Perspective

Sujoy Prasad Chatterjee’s ‘Confluence’ event in Delhi celebrated Tagore’s global influence featuring international poets and a soulful performance by Srovonti Basu Bandopadhyay, reports Ruchira, exclusively for Different Truths. It...

July 17, 2023
Azam Gill
Cover Story, Defence, International Relations

Bastille Day Celebrations: India, France Strengthen Strategic Partnership

Indian and French interests merge as middle powers, focusing on defence, space, and nuclear energy. Prime Minister Modi and President Macron celebrated Bastille Day to commemorate 25 years of...

April 3, 2023
Farheen Viquas
Potpourri

The Magic for My Soul

Farheen is a moon lover. Her endless monologues with the moon made her realise that her secrets are well-guarded. A selenophile, she likes all the eight phases of the moon. Her...

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