Grandmother - Different Truths

April 2, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

The Other Side of Silence: Crisis of Identity for no Institutional Religion – II

In the second and concluding part of the column, Basudeb tells us how Urvashi Butalia’s novel, The Other Side of Silence, shows that the writer’s Ranamama at Lahore stayed...

March 27, 2017
Sehar Siddiqi
Criticism

Urdu: Today and Tomorrow

Sehar talks about Urdu, the language of emotions. She talks of Ibn Safvi, an Urdu writer from Kareli, a locality in Allahabad, who was acclaimed by Agatha Christie. Here’s...

March 16, 2017
Sehar Siddiqi
Criticism, History & Culture

To Urdu, with Love from Allahabad

Urdu has been an integral part of Allahabad’s vernacular heritage. The Ganga-Jamuni tahzeeb (culture) gets its name from the city of two rivers, Ganga and Yamuna, where these confluence...

February 10, 2017
Jamuna Rangachari
Health, Relationship & Lifestyle

Life Defies Logic!

The author, Jamuna’s mother-in- law was the primary role model for her. When she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she was depressed but knew God will either show her a path...

February 1, 2017
Subhajit Sanyal
Crime, Fiction, Gender, Short Story

A Different Saraswati

Like many other victims of rape and molestation, Shobha was also denied of an identity, mistreated and misunderstood by her neighbours and her relatives. As a journalist, this scribe was given...

January 20, 2017
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Mouth-watering Malpua, Indian Pancakes, for Bhogali Bihu and Sankranti

Last Saturday, it was Bhogali Bihu and Sankranti, in the Northeast and Eastern parts of India. This is also known as ‘Paush Parbon’. A harvest festival, it celebrates plenitude and fertility....

January 15, 2017
Cholena Nashan
Food, Potpourri, Religion

Believe it or not, the Bible Verses about Food!

Unusual though it may sound, it was the Holy Bible that inspired Cholena to cook. She found it to be a rich repertoire of recipes. She was intrigued by everything...

December 11, 2016
Different Truths
Book Club

31 Miles Explores the Changing Dynamics of Relationships by Sociologist Vinita Bakshi

Here’s an excerpt from Vinita’s debut fiction, 31 Miles. Published by Rupa (Nov 2016), it has caught the attention of the bibliophiles and reviewers alike. The Huffington Post recently carried a...

November 14, 2016
Shail Raghuvanshi
People

The Life and Times of an Unknown Flower Seller and a Spirit Healer, Banumathy

At 45 years, Banumathy is grandmother of seven grandchildren. A native of Madurai is one of a kind. She is not just a flower seller; she is a spirit healer,...

June 19, 2016
Madhumita Ghosh
Cover Story, Human Rights, People

Religious dissension partitioned of India in 1947. Two states, Bengal and Punjab, were spliced into two. An entire repertoire of Bengali literature, with its distinct echoes in cinema, documents the agony....

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