Heart - Different Truths

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 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 5, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Education & Career, Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature

गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुर्गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः ।गुरुरेव परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥१॥Gurur-Brahmaa Gurur-Vissnnur-Gururdevo Maheshvarah |Gurureva Param Brahma Tasmai Shrii-Gurave Namah ||1|| Here’s an inspiring tribute to all teachers by Shernaz, as part of the special feature. She talks about exemplary...

August 22, 2017
Poornima Laxmeshwar
Poem

A Letter to You

Here’s a poem about love and identity, by Poornima, in Different Truths. Our dear unborn I wish we could breathe a breath somewhere To string together the violet stems...

August 14, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga: The Ancient Tradition of the Eight-limbed Path

The Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga codified and popularised by K. Pattabhi Jois, during the 20th century, and is often promoted as a modern-day form of classical Yoga. Our Yoga expert, Navodita,...

August 10, 2017
Farheen Viquas
Science & Technology

Internet of Things (IoT): A Quantum Leap

Bangalore-based Farheen tells us about the uniqueness of the Internet of Things (IoT) and how technology will make life easier, in the near future. Read more about it, it...

August 8, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

Friends: The Precious Wealth that Money Cannot Buy!

Friends are an inestimable treasure. Age difference, generation gap etc. are not a bar; friendship is the meeting of two minds and hearts that understand, love and accepts each...

August 8, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Round is a Shape

Humourist Soumya talks about workouts, gym, swimming and his resolve to exercise seriously, in his typical style, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. I love workouts. I...

August 6, 2017
Samina Naqvi
Cinema

Sahir Ludhianvi: A Soulful Love Poet, Failed in Love and Died, a Bachelor, Forlorn!

Sahir Ludhianvi’s divorced mother remained a great influence on him. Some even say he suffered an Oedipus complex. An interesting and intriguing, passionate and sensitive aspect of his has...

August 4, 2017
Poornima Laxmeshwar
Poem

Lakshmi: Maid for Each Other!

Poornima talks of two Lakshmis, a Goddess, and a maid. One ever smiling, seated on a throne, while the other, toiling hard, very worried. A poignant poem, in Different...

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