Humour - Different Truths

June 11, 2019
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor, Literature

The Trails and Travails of the Japanese Loo

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Soumya tells us about the trails and travails of high-tech Japanese loo. A tongue-in-cheek account, exclusively for Different Truths. Marco Polo’s famous book had a chapter on India...

April 30, 2019
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

Why Doctors Should Marry Each Other!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Soumya tells us the plight of a doctor whose non-doctor wife could never understand his plight. A Different Truths exclusive.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The discussion in the bar had shifted to marriages. The...

April 16, 2019
Soumya Mukherjee
Arts, Humour

The Vodka and Tonic Tales

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Soumya recounts an interesting tale about how a corrupt cop was paid back in his own coins, by a vodka and tonic man. A Different Truths exclusive. The...

March 26, 2019
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor, Literature

Beware of Bandh in Bengal!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Soumya tells us how he ventured out despite a bandh call in Kolkata and the woes he faced. An exclusive for Different Truths. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] My hometown, Kolkata, has...

February 21, 2019
Vijayhardik Josyula
Adventure, Food, Humor, Literature, Travel & Food

A Columbus Like Experience

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Vijayhardik’s tongue-in-cheek adventure that was triggered by a mistake. A Different Truths exclusive.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The lure of finding a sea route to India brought about many expeditions by the European monarchies....

February 19, 2019
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor, Literature

A School in the Woods

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Soumya tells us about his involvement as a voluntary teacher with a group of marginalised and deprived children. Here’s a heart-tugging experience interspersed with humour. A Different Truths exclusive. I have...

February 5, 2019
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

The Third Quarter: Tale of a Drunkard

Soumya recounts an incident about two childhood friends, doing well in life, who decided to meet in a plebeian bar to booze. What happens when booze flows? A Different Truths exclusive....

January 22, 2019
Balaka Ghosal
Humour

Snow from India

Snow was very different to Phoolmashi and the British doctor, in London, in 1966. Balaka gives a hilarious account of snow from India in June. An exclusive for Different...

October 9, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

Politeness: To Be or Not to Be!

Politeness has many nuances and hues. Soumya explains what politeness cost his father-in-law in the hands of his nephew-in-law. And later, the price that polite nephew-in-law had to pay,...

September 21, 2018
Rupa Rao
Relationship & Lifestyle

I Feel the Essence of My Doting Dad

It is eleven years to lunar date since his larger than life colorful persona was amongst us, yet his essence, words, royal laughter, humour linger stronger every day for...

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