Iconography - Different Truths

February 13, 2024
Arindam Roy
History & Culture, Religion, Special Feature

Secrets Uncovered: Decoding the Symbolism of Saraswati’s Iconography

Dive into Saraswati’s symbolism: Arindam unveils her Vedic portrayal as wisdom, creativity, and purity personified exclusively in Different Truths. Deep within the ancient Vedic texts, where knowledge flowed like...

September 29, 2022
Anumita Roy
Myth, Rituals & Practices, Special Feature

Goddess Lakshmi Bless my Home!

Anumita takes a trip down memory lane and recalls the Lokhi (Lakshmi) puja at her Kolkata home. She tells us how the Goddess is a part of everyday discourse...

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,...

February 23, 2021
Dr. Nachiketa Bandyopadhyay
Arts, Cover Story, Folklore, History & Culture, Religion

Women in Stone: Evolution of Erotic Sculpture, Anthropological Inclination & Tantric Influence – II

In the second part, Nachiketa elaborates on the evolution of erotic sculpture, anthropological inclination, and Tantric influence. An exclusive for Different Truths. Scholars had the opinion that erotic sculpture...

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...

Secrets Uncovered: Decoding the Symbolism of Saraswati’s Iconography

Goddess Lakshmi Bless my Home!

Durga’s Stature & Iconography Evolved in the Gupta Period

Women in Stone: Evolution of Erotic Sculpture, Anthropological Inclination & Tantric Influence – II

Durga and her Entourage in a Jawed Habib Salon: Reverence, Irreverence, Trolls, Erotica and the Liberal Hindu Mind

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