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March 23, 2018
Anumita Roy
Food

Delicious Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Anumita shares the recipe for a delicious and healthy dessert, Pineapple upside-down cake. It’s easy to make. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Cakes are...

February 23, 2018
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

A Romantic Dinner with Husband, Date Palm Jaggery Phirni, and a Birthday!

Sarika celebrates spring. She shares her birthday with St. Valentine, on Feb 14. There were many parties with friends and a romantic date with husband. She made the customary...

February 14, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

RSS is Serious in Turning Taj Mahal into a Temple

BJP M.P Vinay Katiyar’s warning about converting the Taj Mahal to “our temple”, the Tejo Mandir, as the hate rant of a well-known rabble-rouser, needs to be taken seriously....

January 3, 2018
Mira Pawar
People, Profile

Homaji Vyrawalla, the First Lady of the Lens from India

Late Homaji Vyrawalla, the first lady photojournalist of India who was absolutely at ease in the then male-dominated bastion. She captured the birth and growth of a new nation....

December 18, 2017
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Home & Garden

Three Reasons Why Hydroponics Should be Promoted in the Era of Vertical Expansion

Hydroponics is the art of gardening without soil. Below are three reasons why hydroponics should be promoted when we are in an age of vertical growth with hardly any...

December 4, 2017
Different Truths News Service
Dissent, Law & Order, Politics

BJP-led Assam Government Fires on Tribals, Evicts Thousands

Thirty-five-year-old Malati Das, Amina Khatun, and Rashida Ahmed have been grievously injured and admitted to the ICU at Guwahati Medical College. Malati suffered a bullet injury and 75 others...

November 24, 2017
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food, History & Culture

Of Udaipur, Padmavati Controversy and Yummy Laal Maans, a Rajasthani Dish

Sarika takes us through enchanting Udaipur, its palaces, and forts, the many tales of valour, the controversy surrounding a film, Padmavati. She shares a yummy Rajasthani cuisine, Laal Maans,...

November 8, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

The Journey of Halva to India

No one is exactly sure when halva, the dish or its name travelled south and east to Syria, Lebanon, the Gulf states and then to Afghanistan, finally reaching India....

October 7, 2017
Shabir Ahmad Mir
Books, Criticism

Despite Dual Handicap The Broken Home and Other Stories is Immensely Readable

Shabir reviews Lopamudra Banerjee’s book, The Broken Home and Other Stories, exclusively in Different Truths. Despite a dual handicap, her translation did not leave a bitter taste. However, he...

September 25, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Vipassana: A Logical Meditative Process through Self-observation

Broadly, ‘mindfulness’ defines any sort of meditation. Vipassana means ‘to see things as they really are’. It is a logical process through self-observation. This form of meditation was discovered...

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