Different Truths - Different Truths

August 12, 2016
Anumita Roy
Food

Tangy, Zingy Kolkata Phuchkas

Kolkata and phuchka are inseparable. A popular street food on the City of Joy, phuchkas, though similar, are different from golgappa and panipuris. Anumita shares the recipe of the...

August 11, 2016
Pradipta Roy
Science & Technology

What is Disruptive and Sustaining Technology?

Technology has two categories, disruptive and sustaining. These terms were coined by Clayton M. Christensen of the Harvard Business School, in his 1997 best-selling book. Pradipta explains the differences between these...

August 11, 2016
Michelle Yost
Activism, Gender

Poor Bangladeshi Women sans Farming Tools Clawed the Soil to Grow Paddy

Michelle shares her experiences of empowering homeless women and children. The project We Help is not a charity. It believes in making people think out of the box. Lease land...

August 11, 2016
Farah Siddiqui M
Poem

Do not crush me

Farah talks about the cruelty of man against woman and how he crushes her. Oh’ brother! Just give me the word of honor That you’ll protect me against the...

August 10, 2016
Lily Swarn
Humour, Potpourri

Cantonment Calling: Foot in the Mouth

There are some hard lessons to be learnt as an Army wife. Lily reveals tongue in cheek that her transformation from a fire brand student leader to a robot like...

August 9, 2016
Saheli Mitra
Gender

An Open Letter to my Lost Womb

Women often have to abort an accidental pregnancy. Modern procedures ensure it is least painful, but have we ever wondered how women feel from within, when we let go off something...

August 9, 2016
Urooj Murtaza
Music

Rejuvenating Pakistan with Music

Pakistani music television series, Coke Studio took music to unparalleled heights and ruled all the charts worldwide. The programme focussed on the fusion of the diverse musical influences in...

August 8, 2016
Shail Raghuvanshi
Gender, Oral Traditions, People

Malathy was pushed out to the Streets to eke out a Living after a Mill Shutdown

A matriculate, Malathy used to work in a garment mill for seven years after she got married. But, the mill shut down and she had to stop working. Now, she sells...

August 8, 2016
Neelum S. Gour
Mass Comm., Potpourri

Reminiscing Independence Day Plays to Merry Christmas Readings

Neelum revisits a 1976 issue of Imprint. It was a wonderful literary magazine that carried short stories, poems, travel pieces and book supplements, of superlative quality, with R.V....

August 7, 2016
Madhumita Ghosh
Potpourri

Planchette: In Conversation with a Ghost

A non-believer of ghosts, Madhumita, wanted to converse with the spirits. She needed a first-hand experience with the ghosts. On an advice of a friend, she tried planchette with...

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