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December 26, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

Memorable Meals I Have Had

Humourist Soumya tells us of the many adventures of his, in the company of others, between 1983 and 2013. He mixes humour, food, drinks, fancy-free, and footloose bohemian life...

December 19, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

The Sight of Policemen gives me the Heebie-Jeebies

It was during the impecunious student days that we traveled the city and even the country using public transport, whenever we couldn’t persuade kindly strangers to offer lifts, but...

December 17, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Book Extract, Fiction

The Heart of Donna Rai: Police

Here’s the third and final part of the three-part book extract from the forthcoming novel, The Heart of Donna Rai by Sumita, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...

December 5, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor, Travelogue

Close Encounters of the Wild Kind –1

Fancy-free and footloose, three friends decide on an adventurous trip. They meet an Australian bicyclist and decide to visit a wildlife resort, meeting villagers and a sadhu. Here’s the...

December 5, 2017
Different Truths News Service
Politics

25th Anniversary of Babri Masjid Demolition, Seminar on Nationalism and Hindutwa

A seminar on Nationalism and Hindutwa has been organised, at Allahabad, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Babri Masjid Demolition. A report in Different Truths. Citizens of Allahabad...

November 5, 2017
Sreelata Menon
Cover Story, History & Culture

Tipu Sultan: A Hero or a Charlatan?

The deeds and misdeeds of Tipu Sultan are aired, discussed, debated and washed like dirty linen by all and sundry again and again even 300 years later, while a...

November 5, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Fiction

Sumita tells us an engrossing story, in two parts. Here’s the first part, a horror-humour, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Dainagri: Police and government officials admit their...

October 27, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Poem

The Tadpoles Did Not See

Here’s a poem by Sumita that celebrates nature, the playful innocence of girls, memory, and identity, in Different Truths. The surface rippled, Three pairs of feet plopped in And...

October 10, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Criticism, Opinion

A Sense of Humour is not Being Funny!

Having a sense of humour is not the same as being funny. The latter implies being able to tell a joke well or perfectly timing a pun to lighten...

October 4, 2017
Rakhi Surendra Kankane
Poem

The Blue Whale Game

Rakhi revisits the Blue Whale Game and its sheer madness. She ends on a hopeful and positive note, in this verse, in Different Truths. I know their name But...

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