Family - Different Truths

September 13, 2017
Mary Kaye Huber
Poem

Do not breathe in Ragged Breaths

Here’s an evocative, spiritual poem by Mary, in Different Truths, that seeks answers from the soul for humanity. Do not breathe in life in ragged breaths as though your...

September 12, 2017
Payal Talreja
Dissent, Gender, People, Place

Reclaiming Pink: The Story of Sampat Pal and her Gulabi Gang

Payel profiles Sampat Pal Devi and the lathi wielding Gulabi Gang that stood up against violence and other wrongs perpetrated by husbands, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...

September 12, 2017
Tapati Sinha
Humour, Poem

Devi in Dilemma

Here’s a tongue-in-cheek account of the plight of Goddess Durga, on Earth, her parents’ abode, in verse, by Tapati, in Different Truths. Here arrives autumn with sky, a deep...

September 11, 2017
Vedatrayee Dutta
Crime, Dissent, Human Rights, Law & Order

Killing those Voices

Why the people who raise their voices are being silenced, perpetually, asks Vedatrayee, a young Kolkata-based lawyer, and an eminent danseuse, reflecting on the death of Gauri Lankesh –...

September 11, 2017
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Fashion, History & Culture

Three Interesting Things about Body Piercing

Ritambhara tells us about the traditions and history of body piercing, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Body piercing isn’t a new concept. The two most commonly seen...

September 10, 2017
Anumita Roy
Calamity, Environment

Mean and Monstrous Hurricane Irma set to Batter Florida Brutally

The eye of the Hurricane Irma is scaring people affected by it and many others all around the world. Irma is mean and monstrous. Anumita, our Managing Editor, reports,...

September 10, 2017
Samina Naqvi
Cinema

Tragedy King Dilip Kumar, an Icon of Bollywood, a Charming Actor

Dilip Kumar was born Muhammad Yusuf Khan in Qissa Khawani Bazaar, in Peshawar, Pakistan. His father was a fruit merchant and owned large orchards in Peshawar and Devlali in...

September 8, 2017
Arindam Roy
Business, Opinion, Religion

Durga and her Entourage in a Jawed Habib Salon: Reverence, Irreverence, Trolls, Erotica and the Liberal Hindu Mind

There’s public outrage on the social media about the newspaper advertisement of Goddess Durga’s family dolling themselves in a Jawed Habib salon. The celebrity hairstylist is being trolled on...

September 8, 2017
Preeyan Abraham
Education & Career, Tribute

Teachers Play an Important Role in our Lives and Shape our Careers

Teaching is a professional career. It is not demeaning to be a teacher. It should be a planned wise move. Teaching has to be an informed decision that one...

September 7, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: A Handful of Aranyaka Fruits – XLI

Nilanjana recounts the many Leelas (cosmic games) of Lord Krishna, as a child. Here’s an interesting story, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. One day little...

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