Goddesses - Different Truths

February 26, 2025
Sohini Roychowdhury
Myth, Mythology, Religion

An Exploration into the Four Mahavidya Goddesses – II

Sohini and Rishi, in the second part, discuss Tripurasundari, a primordial wisdom goddess, Bhuvanesvari, Chinnamasta, and Bhairavi, symbolising divine consciousness, beauty, liberation, and transformative power, exclusively for Different Truths....

October 1, 2022
Tapati Sinha
Fiction, Humor, Nostalgia, Religion, Special Feature

A Slice of Divine Life: Live from Kailash

Here’s Tapati’s fictional Durga-Shiva dialogues, full of banter, repartee, wit, and humour, create a laughter riot, an exclusive Special Feature for Different Truths. “Shiva seems too busy these days!...

September 27, 2022
Arindam Roy
Cover Story, Edit, History & Culture, Humour, Nostalgia, Religion

Durga’s Stature & Iconography Evolved in the Gupta Period

Arindam, our Editor-in-Chief, traces the history of Durga iconography. Historians at Allahabad Museum opine that the stature of the Goddess grew during the Gupta period. Happy reading, Happy Puja,...

September 26, 2022
Tapati Sinha
Cover Story, Religion, Special Feature

Heralding the Advent of Goddess Durga: A Homecoming

Goddess Durga is worshipped as vegetation, soil, and human form. Tapti elucidates her nine forms, Navdurga and tells us about her homecoming – an exclusive Special Feature for Different...

March 10, 2022
Pyusha Chatterjee Singh
Films, Gender, Special Feature

Liberated Leading Ladies of the Celluloid

Pyusha takes a look at some of the unconventional female characters and women-centric films Bollywood has produced in the recent years. She critiques such films with thumbnail reviews, as...

March 8, 2022
Dr. Navodita Pande
Gender, Special Feature

Sheroes in Indian Mythology: Examples for Contemporary Women

Navodita tells us about the sheroes in Indian mythology, who are examples for the contemporary women. Here she talks of two such protagonists Savitri and Radha, ‘modern’ in their approaches then...

March 7, 2022
Hemashri Hazarika
Gender, Special Feature

Is Empowerment of Women a Distant Dream?

Women roughly constitute half the population but in every aspect women still remain grossly under-represented. Certainly, the women in the largest democracy of the world are ranked much below top hundred...

February 14, 2022
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, Special Feature

Valentine-Day Blues!

Humourist Soumya shares a fictionalised story of his daughter, Medha, and her Valentine’s Day blues. Here’s a special feature, on the eve of the V-Day, in the weekly column,...

December 21, 2021
Lovita J. R. Morang
Fiction, Special Feature, Special Needs

God of Everything Falls

May 2, 2018
IPA Service
Gender, Politics

Biplab Deb Insulting Diana Hayden no Surprise: Tripura CM Betrays Sangh View of Minorities

Biplab Deb is a product of this xenophobic tradition, which gives pride of place to religion over the constitutional rights of every citizen, irrespective of his or her faith. ...

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