freedom - Different Truths

May 26, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Poem

A Sartorial Rebellion

A powerful and an intense woman-centric protest poem, by Dr. Roopali, exclusively for Different Truths. They frowned at the shorts. Women’s legs are immensely desirable. Undesirable hairy legs belong...

May 12, 2021
Dr. Gauranga Mohanta
Aesthetics, Environment, Language, Multiculturalism, People, Place, Special Feature, Spirituality, Tribute

Revisiting the Idea of School Education of Rabindranath Tagore

Tagore wanted to defend the freedom he enjoyed in his family, for all humanity. He remained firmly opposed to colonial education that aimed at material prosperity. He believed...

May 12, 2021
Dr. Partha Banerjee
Dance, Language, Migration & Diaspora, Multiculturalism, Music, People, Place, Special Feature, Theatre, Tribute

One Last Tagore Birthday before My Death

A Diaspora, Dr. Partha shares the agony of a Bengali far away from his homeland. He confesses, there are quite a few other Bengali immigrants both from Bangladesh...

May 11, 2021
Swapan Bhowmik
Literature, People, Place, Special Feature, Tribute

An Overview of the Ideas and Visions of Rabindranath Tagore

Rooted in the Indian reality, minus its dogmas, the flight of Rabindranath Tagore’s creative genius made him a global citizen. Swapan delves into the world of his ideas and...

May 10, 2021
Prof Anisur Rahman
Gender, Language, Literature, Multiculturalism, Music, People, Place, Poem, Religion, Special Feature, Tribute

Rabindranath Tagore: An Inquiry into Ideas and Ideals

In order to acquire a worldview for himself, Tagore strove to achieve a balance between Humanism and Naturalism, Individualism and Determinism, Hedonism and Asceticism, all of them being...

April 28, 2021
Mitali Chakravarty
Poem

A Coronal Prayer

Amidst gloom and doom, Mitali prays for freedom from Corona, a healing poem, exclusively for Different Truths. We pray, we pray each day, May the world be free to...

October 1, 2020
Saranya Francis
Poem

On Freedom

An evocative dialogue between mother and daughter, on freedom, in this woman-centric, social awareness poem, by Saranya. An exclusive for Different Truths. “What’s the antonym for freedom?”She asked looking...