Delicious - Different Truths

March 23, 2018
Anumita Roy
Food

Delicious Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Anumita shares the recipe for a delicious and healthy dessert, Pineapple upside-down cake. It’s easy to make. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Cakes are...

March 8, 2018
Sreelata Menon
Gender, Politics, Special Feature

Why Renuka Chowdhary is Not Alone?

A woman cannot get away with even a mere laugh in today’s world. There is no solidarity even among her own gender who are quick to sit in judgment...

February 7, 2018
Lily Swarn
Food

A Nursery Rhyme and the Story of Peach Cobbler

Lily tells us about a fun dessert called a cobbler! The unique name came about as this dish was cobbled together by early American settlers with fruit that was...

January 31, 2018
Lily Swarn
Food

The Story of Dal Makhani

The original Dal Makhani, which was made in the Western part of Punjab, which is now in Pakistan was made by the Peshawaris. The Punjabis sold this dal with...

January 6, 2018
Suveera Sharma
Food, History & Culture

Bon Appetit: After a Full Belly all is Poetry!

Food is interwoven into the culture of the Chinese people much like the Indians. With food, Gods are worshipped, ancestors are sustained, and spirits pacified. Food also plays a...

December 26, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

Memorable Meals I Have Had

Humourist Soumya tells us of the many adventures of his, in the company of others, between 1983 and 2013. He mixes humour, food, drinks, fancy-free, and footloose bohemian life...

December 11, 2017
Alisha Phillips
Food, Potpourri

Sprinkle-some Baking Winters!

Talking about winters feels exactly like talking about good food. It’s the same happiness, it’s the same kind of love. The temperature scales are dropping and the blankets...

November 12, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Fiction

The Vengeful Five – II

Here’s the second part of the two-part story by Sumita. The narration in macabre humour is intriguing, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. “Make way, make way,...

November 9, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Balarama and Dhenuka – XLVIII

Nilanjana retells the story of Balarama and Dhenuka, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Sukha continued narrating the stories about the birth of Vishnu as Krishna. Adisesha,...

October 25, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food, History & Culture

Where did Baklava Originate: Greece or Turkey?

Baklava’s origin is always surrounded by the claims of both the Greeks and the Turks. The most ancient recipe from 2nd century BCE that resembles a similar dessert, is...

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