Indian Culture - Different Truths

September 7, 2023
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Potpourri

Paan: A Tradition Under Fire

Paan significantly influences India’s culture, influencing gastronomy, hospitality, and everyday life, but its use has caused spit stains in public spaces, observes Ruchira, exclusively for Different Truths. The life...

August 18, 2023
Madhuri Bhattacharya
Fairs & Festivals, History & Culture

Celebrating Teej: A Festive Journey through Rain-soaked Traditions

Northern India’s monsoon celebrations, such as Sawan’s showers and Teej celebrate love, devotion, and tradition with henna-painted hands, Ghewar, processions and more, states Madhuri, exclusively for Different Truths. In...

May 1, 2023
Atrayee Bhattacharya
Fiction, Short Story, Special Feature

Kabuliwala of the Eden Gardens

As an homage to Tagore, Atrayee writes a modern version of Kabuliwala. This Mini’s world is that of crayons, TV, Cricket matches, and more. But, the echoes of...

April 6, 2023
Farheen Viquas
Gender, Relationship & Lifestyle

Preserving Indian Culture: The Integral Role of Women

Indian ideals declined recently. Internet, movies, and daily entertainment degraded morals. Farheen investigates this loss, stating that women can preserve it – an exclusive for Different Truths. India, a...

September 14, 2021
Soumya Mukherjee
Guest Blog, Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

Indian Apartheid: A Different Colour Blindness

Soumya rues about the prevalent Indian Apartheid, discriminating people based on skin colour. An analysis for Different Truths. In our childhood we read the school stories of Billy Bunter,...

May 9, 2021
Hayat Saif
Criticism, Multiculturalism, Poem, Special Feature, Translation, Tribute

Gitanjali: Interactions of Bengali Literature with the World

The English translation of Gitanjali, “Song Offerings”, encases only 103, amongst which one poem is a combined translation of two other poems. Fifty-three of the poems are from...

February 7, 2019
T Mukherjee
Literary Festival

First Ever Multilingual Literary Gala Party Hosted by Literoma in Kolkata

The first ever multilingual literary gala party hosted by Literoma Publishing Services on 3rd of February at one of city’s posh private studios near Park Street, Kolkata. The event...

January 29, 2019
Soumya Mukherjee
Relationship & Lifestyle

Apartheid: How Fair is Fair?

The lighter the skin, the higher you are held in society’s esteem, in India. Being melanin deficit is a virtue. A healthy proportion of melanin in our skin might...

July 2, 2018
Manish Kaithwas
Cover Story, Crime, Gender, Human Rights, Legal Issues

When Solutions are worse than Problems: Analysing Amendments in POCSO and Rape Laws

The death penalty of convicts, definitely, does not hold an answer to the burning question of a rise in rape and related crimes. Even Justice Verma Committee has said,...

May 2, 2018
IPA Service
Gender, Politics

Biplab Deb Insulting Diana Hayden no Surprise: Tripura CM Betrays Sangh View of Minorities

Biplab Deb is a product of this xenophobic tradition, which gives pride of place to religion over the constitutional rights of every citizen, irrespective of his or her faith. ...

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