Durga Puja - Different Truths

October 19, 2023
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Religion, Special Feature, Spirituality

Bengalis Compete for the Ultimate Durga Puja Glory

Sarodiya Durga Puja, a five-day festival in Bengal, features over 300 pujas in the NCR, with Bengali communities profiting from events like culinary fetes and artist visits. A Special...

October 6, 2022
Ram Krishna Sinha
History & Culture, Potpourri, Religion, Special Feature

May Maa Durga Bless us with More Shakti, not Power!

Ram Krishna clears the confusion between Shakti and power. While power is transient, short term meets limited purposes and is prone to misuse and abuse, Shakti, on the other...

October 6, 2022
Kabir Deb
Nostalgia, Poem, Religion, Special Feature

Spiritual, not Religious…

Spirituality empowers us, while religious dogmatism blinds us. Kabir finds the former in Durga. She helps us become socially responsive, in the special feature, in Different Truths. I do...

October 5, 2022
Arindam Roy
Edit, History & Culture, Poem, Politics, Religion, Short Story, Special Feature

Durga Puja amongst Faith, Fallacy and Festivity

October 4, 2022
Mallika Bhaumik
Fairs & Festivals, Religion

A Simple Durga Puja Far from the Maddening Crowd

Far from the madding crowd and the razzmatazz of Kolkata, where Durga Puja, or any other puja, is more about pomp and show, the reporter Mallika’s sister visited Gorjangal, on...

October 4, 2022
Abu Siddik
Governance

Joy of Giving

Here’s an evocative poem by Abu about the ambience during Durga Puja in an exclusive Special Feature for Different Truths. Pre-Puja days Bazaar wears a festive look The scent...

October 3, 2022
Vedatrayee Dutta
Nostalgia, Religion, Special Feature

Looking Forward, Looking Back: Durga Puja in my Eyes

Vedatrayee reminisces about Durga Puja and tells us what it means to her, in the special feature, exclusively in Different Truths. I am not very good with dates. So...

October 3, 2022
Susmita Bhattacharya
Nostalgia, Religion, Special Feature

Durga Puja Nostalgia: Opening an Old Album and the Paroxysms of Emotions

Freshly returned from South America, first time Durga Puja to experience yet the vast unsettled feeling from being brought to a quite stringent and conservative environment in Batanagar from the...

October 2, 2022
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food, History & Culture, Religion, Special Feature

Blissful Bhog: Durga, Lakshmi, Kali & Jagadhatri Pujas

Bhog, offering an elaborate lunch to the deities, is an integral part of the puja rituals. The menu is almost the same for all the Autumnal Goddesses. Sarika shares a...

October 2, 2022
Subhajit Sanyal
Relationship & Lifestyle

Durga Puja is the Time for Teenage Crushes and Love

As Puja comes closer, the plans for the outing get chalked out, and the list of Thakur dekha (visiting the pavilions to see the idols) with friends and family is...

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