Exile

December 24, 2022
Mamta Joshi
Poem

The Lingering Scent of Sanctuaries

The agony of a city dweller, travelling in the spatial world and the voyage within are the concerns of Mamta in this evocative poem. Cyclical nature of festivals Entwined with...

May 5, 2022
Emmie Blake
Poem

An evocative dark poem, by Emmie, exclusively for Different Truths. Sea gusts pluck my hijab. Sea spray soaks my face, mingling with salt tears flowing down apace. They came...

July 6, 2021
Eswar Anandan
Advocacy, Cover Story, Heritage, People

Happy Birthday His Holiness, Dalai Lama

Born on a straw mat in a cowshed to a farmer’s family, little Lhamo Thondup was recognised as the 14th Dalai Lama, in 1939. He was rechristened as Tenzin...

April 13, 2018
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion

Turban in Europe and its Fashion Trends among Women – V

The turban was introduced into fashionable European dress in the early fifteenth century and its usage continued until the sixteenth century. It has been revived many times in women’s...

February 10, 2018
IPA Service
International Relations, Politics, Security

India Must Avoid Military Action in Maldives: Situation is Completely Different From 1984

The recent crisis in the Maldives has to be seen in the larger and long-term context of Sino-Indian rivalry to gain supremacy in the Indian Ocean Region and the...

February 9, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
History & Culture, Travel & Food

Lucknow: Of Nawabs, Kebabs, and Tehzeeb

Ruchira takes us on a tour of Lucknow, where currents and crosscurrents of divergent cultures intermingled and blended, to finally emerge as a new composite whole. Read more in...

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...

June 21, 2017
Eswar Anandan
Advocacy, Arts, Special Feature

A Nation in Exile

In 1959, the situation inside Tibet led His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama to seek refuge in India and ever since millions of Tibetans are living as refugees in...

March 8, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism, Gender, Special Feature

Tehmina Durrani: A Champion of Women’s Empowerment in Pakistan

Tehmina Durrani arrests worldwide attention immediately after the publication of her first novel Blasphemy. Her second novel My Feudal Lord exposes the miserable position of a woman pitted against the patriarchal background...

December 13, 2016
Eswar Anandan
Advocacy

Of the Human Rights Day, Dalia Lama and the Tibetan People

The Human Rights Day, celebrated world over, on December 10, is the day when the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded. This year marked the 27th year of the Nobel Peace Prize...

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