Rain, Rain, go Away…
This ‘season of discontent’ seems to be perennial in some people’s lives. They are the kill-joys who squash our enthusiasm with their expectations of gloom and doom. Their blame...
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June 18, 2017
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Smriti Maheshwari
Ashish Vidyarthi and Amrish Puri, well-known Villains, were Theatre Actors Initially
Two well-known villains, Ashish Vidyarthi, and Amrish Puri, celebrate their birthdays this week. Ashish graduated to cinema from theatre and TV. Despite winning several awards, he could not make...
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June 5, 2017
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Mahima Sharma
Do not Explore, just Ecoplore: Change the way you Holiday, for Mother Earth
Mahima, a Delhi-based freelance journalist gives us a sneak-peek of Ecoplore, which promotes eco-tourism, on World Environment Day, as Special Feature, exclusively on Different Truths. My esteemed readers, on...
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April 27, 2017
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Nilanjana Dey
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Vishwamitra – XXIII
Nilanjana retells the story of Rishi Vishwamitra and how he changed, through penance, from a proud King Kaushika, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. King Kaushika was...
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March 30, 2017
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Nilanjana Dey
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Ambarisha, the Yogi King – XIX
Nilanjana retells the story of Ambarisha, the Yogi King, a devotee of Narayana, and what happens to Durbasha Rishi, when in a fit of anger, he curses king. How...
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February 12, 2017
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Sarika Sarkar Das
Destination Bali: Fun, Food and Frolic in an Enchanting Island
What an island in the midst of beaches, monkeys, temples, foods and active volcanoes! Sunsets that make you smile without any reason. Warm people, beautiful dances, easy communication and temples...
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February 11, 2017
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Michele Baron
A Modest Menu Encourages Dialogue on Poverty, Hunger, Ethics and Inclusion
A Modest Menu looks beyond the measurable aspects of poverty, hunger, global land use and food security, waste and pollution, human trafficking, exclusion, and the myriad other challenges which affect our...
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May 28, 2016
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Saheli Mitra
Shades of Eve
An enigmatic poem about a girl, and later a woman, by the cool banks, pebbles and tears by Blue Eve. ‘By your cool banks, I sat down at last....
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May 27, 2016
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Duska Vrhovac
Heavenly Things
Here’s a love poem by Duska that works at many levels, the sensuous, personal and the divine. On a dark veil of my confused night with your finger, like...
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May 27, 2016
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Muddasir Ramzan
What Then?
(After Yeats) An evocative poem by Muddasir “He must grow a legendary man,” His chosen teachers thought at school. He spent his life according to a youthful plan. ‘What...