journey - Different Truths

September 15, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Cinema, Humor

Bollywood Films: Mélange of Coincidence and Fantasy

Ruchira journeys through the masala Bollywood movies and tells us, tongue-in-cheek, with oodles of humour, who gains from it. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths....

September 14, 2017
Farheen Viquas
Science & Technology

Technology Translating into Virtuality and Reality

Technology is a life changing experience with the boundaries between the virtual and real diminishing fast, says Bangalore-based Farheen, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Disney Research’s...

September 14, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: From Gokula to Vrindavan – XLII

Nilanjana recounts the story of the migration from Gokula to Vrindavan, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The gopas in Gokula were not blind to the series...

September 12, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Crime, Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle

A Soliloquy of a Grandmother

Sunday (September 10) was Grandparents’ Day. Shernaz recounts the playfulness and bickering with her two adorable grandchildren. She worries about the world that they would inherit. From media reports...

September 9, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Anita Nair, a Journey towards Melliorism: The Better Man to Chain of Custody

Basudeb critiques the novels of Anita Nair, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Shornur at the district of Palakkad, Kerala, is Anita Nair’s birth place. She...

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

In Reverence

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...

September 1, 2017
Preeyan Abraham
Education & Career

The Challenges of Working in a Multi-cultural Environment

Bangalore-based HR professional, Preeyan tells us about the challenges of working in a multi-cultural environment. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Working in the kind...

August 20, 2017
Debjani Guha
Cover Story, Education & Career, History & Culture

A Comparative Evaluation of the Scholastic Excellence of Nalanda and Al-Qarawiyyin

Nalanda was primarily the Buddhist institution of higher learning, in India. Al-Qarawiyyin has been a centre of Islamic studies, in Morocco. While Nalanda was lost in the ravages of...

July 30, 2017
Sreelata Menon
Cover Story, History & Culture

India through Her Stamps

Sreelata tells us about the journey of India through her stamps. With the first General Post Office being opened, in 1774, in Calcutta, followed by Madras (1778) and Bombay (1792)...

July 29, 2017
Madhumita Ghosh
Fiction

The Music Room

Here’s an enigmatic and eerie ghost story, by Madhumita, exclusively for Different Truths. There were days and there were nights, one rolling into the other, fading, mingling and engulfing each...

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