Cotton - Different Truths

November 5, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Fiction

Vanished – I

Sumita tells us an engrossing story, in two parts. Here’s the first part, a horror-humour, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Dainagri: Police and government officials admit their...

July 11, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Human Rights, Migration & Diaspora, People, Place

Memories of Sangla Hill

This is a question that we all have to answer. Shia, Sunni, Catholic, Protestant, Bengali, Marathi, Brahmin, Jathav, Black, White, Brown, Yellow, do we all mark our territories and...

June 9, 2017
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion

All about Nail Care

Our Kuala Lumpur-based fashionista, Shameena, tells us all about nail care, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Are you taking good care of your nails? Are they...

June 2, 2017
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion & Beauty

Fashion Fusion: Clothing and Jewellery

Fashionista Shameena tells us about the most popular emerging culture in fashion fusion, the Afghan Jewellery. She traces the history and culture of the people. Here’s an in-depth narrative...

April 25, 2017
Anumita Roy
Beauty

Miracle Waters: Magical Rose Water and Rice Water – III

Anumita, our Managing Editor, talks of the magical qualities of Rose water and Rice water, in the third part of the five-part serial on Miracle waters. These inexpensive home...

April 15, 2017
Sisir K Chatterjee
Cover Story, Fairs & Festivals, Rituals & Practices

Buro Shibtola: Oracles and Miracles Prove the Prowess of Shiva till date!

Tales of oracles and miracles have survived for about two hundred years surrounding a Shiva temple, known as Buro Shib, beside the Ganga, near the port of Budge Budge,...

April 4, 2017
Anumita Roy
Fashion & Beauty, Wellness

Many Miracles of the Coconut Oil: Beauty and Health Benefits

Coconut oil is a miracle worker in many ways. It is a beauty agent and it has immense health benefits. Other than hair, it is a perfect form of...

January 31, 2017
Nilakshi Roy
Fashion & Beauty

Meghashyama, the Sari, brought big Cloud Burst!

In Madhya Pradesh, Maheshwar is the place for Induri and her older and richer sister Maheshwari. It’s a soft, soft, soft cotton with stripes all over, sometimes little butties, and different...

December 7, 2016
Lily Swarn
Relationship & Lifestyle, Travel & Food

Returning to the Roots: A Slice of Life in Picture-perfect Chandigarh

Chandigarh was Nehru’s vision for a replacement for Lahore as the capital of the newly halved Punjab after partition. It is was carved out by joining 50 villages. It has...

December 5, 2016
Nilakshi Roy
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

A Saree called Suhasini: I smiled and draped it on Nuptial Night

Suhasini is a Tangail cotton with mooga stripes across her, some paisleys carefully woven like an alpana across the threshold, when you welcome Goddess Lakshmi or a bride to the household. Suhasini...

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