Kali - Different Truths

October 22, 2022
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Poem

I am Kali, the Black Goddess

Dr Roopali identifies with the dark goddess, Kali, detailing how she severed off many heads of her oppressors – a Diwali exclusive, the day she is worshipped, for Different...

October 2, 2022
Pankhuri Sinha
Poem

Goddess Kali Will Knock Your Door!

Pankhuri pays obeisance to Goddess Kali, worshipped on Diwali, reminding us of the humane and kind acts that she would enquire from us. An exclusive Special Feature for Different...

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 28, 2022
Parvathy Ramachandran
Poem

Durga, Kali, Saraswathi, Lakshmi and Parvathi…

A woman-centric protest poem by Parvathy, exclusively for Different Truths. People called her by different names… She blew forth like the wind – Spreading the fragrance of wild roses....

July 8, 2022
Dr. Dhiraj Sharma
Art, Literature

The Portrait of Kali and Divine Blessing

Kali is in the eye of the storm; a documentary filmmaker and a Trinamool Congress MP, Mahua Moitra, is facing censure. Dr Dhiraj tells us about his photography and painting...

March 7, 2022
Mitali Chakravarty
Poem

Potent Garden Tales

A woman-centric poem by Mitali, wherein she talks of women from Indian and Western mythologies. A Special Feature for International Women’s Day. Each garden weaves a new story. The...

November 4, 2021
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Myth, Religion

The Enigma that is Maa Kali!

Ruchira demystifies the dark goddess, Maa Kali, worshipped on Diwali. An exclusive for Different Truths. For millions of Hindus on the subcontinent and across the globe, Deepavali or Diwali...

June 8, 2018
Anumita Roy
Food

Delicious Maacher Kaliya: A Fish Delicacy in a Bengali Home

Maacher Kaiya is a fish delicacy in a Bengali home. Anumita, our Managing Editor, shares the recipe, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Geography has a vital...

March 28, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Mamata Bending the Bow to Blunt the Arrow of BJP: Bengal Challenge Frustrates Foot in Delhi

Mamata Banerjee has one foot in West Bengal, the other in New Delhi, giving her all to cobble a Third Front which is a resurrection that always fails at...

March 14, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Tremors in NDA Camp Can Alter 2019 Results

Instead of expanding the base the BJP seems to have lost both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Will this mar the expansionist vision of the BJP in the South? Here’s...

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