Ceremony - Different Truths

October 26, 2017
Farheen Viquas
Science & Technology

Weather and Technology: Friends and Foes

Weather modification, alternatively known as cloud seeding, is the application of scientific technology that enhances a cloud’s ability to produce precipitation. Bangalore-based Farheen examines how technology can help and...

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...

September 27, 2017
Neelum S. Gour
Humour, Nostalgia, Religion

Taaru-da, Kaalu-da and the Banquet Scene

Durga Pujo and plays are inseparable. Neelum recalls, tongue-in-cheek, about her grandfather’s, who directed a play, in the 1930s, in Allahabad’s oldest Colonelganj Barwari, on the very important day,...

August 1, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Getting Married: A Sudh Filmy Romance

Humourist Soumya tells us all about the trial and tribulations of a Bong getting married to a Sardar girl, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Having posted...

July 30, 2017
Sreelata Menon
Cover Story, History & Culture

India through Her Stamps

Sreelata tells us about the journey of India through her stamps. With the first General Post Office being opened, in 1774, in Calcutta, followed by Madras (1778) and Bombay (1792)...

July 20, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Naming the Children – XXXV

Nilanjana retells the story of the naming of two boys by Maharishi Garga, at Gokul, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Yashoda was busy feeding her baby...

July 11, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Defence, Obituary

The 1971-War Hero Commander B N Kavina VrC Passes Away in Australia

Commander Bahadur Nariman Kavina is the Navy officer we are talking about. As a husband, father, friend, boss and even stranger he was extraordinary, adoring, sensible, sensitive, wise, kind,...

July 4, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

The Liquid Path

Humourist Soumya talks about coming of age and an initiation in drinking, in his style, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I feel that the idyllic memories...

June 27, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

The Wedding

Humourist Soumya takes a dig at the cross-cultural wedding of a Bong and a Punjabi. The cultural differences were sharply magnified to the woes of each side – later...

May 23, 2017
Smriti Maheshwari
Films

Karan Johar and Kunal Khemu Celebrate Birthdays on May 25

A star-child, Karan Johar, carved a niche for himself in Bollywood. He is known for his candid opinions, despite the rough weather he had to face. Kunal Khemu shares...

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