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September 4, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Yoga Vashishtha: Renunciation Stands for Fearlessness

Our Yoga expert, Navodita. Tells us about Yoga Vashishtha, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Yoga Vashishtha is full of words of wisdom that succinctly explain the...

September 3, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Calamity, Crime, Environment, Poem

Hurricane Harvey, Mumbai Deluge, Unholy Baba and Blue Whale: Of Deaths, Shame, and Rape

From beating drums, fire signals and cries of the ancient man, we had travelling bards moving from villages to villages, recounting many stories (read news) in India and elsewhere....

August 27, 2017
Kabir Deb
Poem

Hypnotism

Here’s a political poem by Kabir that lays bare the schemes by those in power, in Different Truths. Larger, engulfing voids are being hidden With a bunch of small...

August 14, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion, Special Feature

On the occasion of Janma-ashtami – variously known as Krishna-Ashtami or Gokul-Ashtami – Nilanjana retells the story of the birth of Krishna. This sampurna avataar (complete incarnation) was born with all...

July 23, 2017
Samina Naqvi
Cinema, Music

Kishore Kumar: A Maverick Genius, Eccentric, Temperamental, High-strung and Talented

Samina profiles the Maverick Kishore Kumar, heartthrobs of millions, across generations, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. An eccentric, temperamental, high strung, yet talented, creative, multifaceted...

July 14, 2017
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion & Beauty, History & Culture

Sushruta, the Father of Plastic Surgery, was its Pioneer in Varanasi, India – I

Most historians agree that the first recorded account of reconstructive plastic surgery on the living is found in ancient Indian Sanskrit texts. These texts describe procedures to repair noses...

July 13, 2017
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy, Health

Bad to the Bone: Everything You Need to Know about Osteoporosis – I

Kolkata-based Rita, who works with the elders, tells us about a geriatric problem, osteoporosis. Here’s part one of her write-up. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...

July 13, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Baby Steps – XXXIV

Kamsa’s ally Trinavarta had come to Gokula looking for the little child. He assumed the form of a whirlwind. Child Krishna vanquished a mighty asura for the third time....

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...

July 2, 2017
Kabir Deb
Poem

Suicides

Here’s a poem on a pertinent socioeconomic issue, suicides by farmers. A protest poem by Kabir, in Different Truths. Peeling off the roots they cry Tears roll and feed...

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