May - Different Truths

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 14, 2022
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, Special Feature

Valentine-Day Blues!

Humourist Soumya shares a fictionalised story of his daughter, Medha, and her Valentine’s Day blues. Here’s a special feature, on the eve of the V-Day, in the weekly column,...

July 26, 2021
Anumita Roy
Oral Traditions, Rituals & Practices, Special Feature

Every Soul has its Song of Life!

According to folklores, there is a tribe in central Africa, some say it is the Himba Tribe, while some say it is the Ubuntu Tribe, which have a unique...

July 24, 2021
Kiren Babal
Folklore Literature, Short Story, Special Feature

Anansi and the Wisdom Pot

Anansi is a part of the African folklore. He a popular character in many regions of Africa and is known by many names. He is a trickster character, someone...

June 26, 2018
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Poem

Are we not all Privileged and Unprivileged in Some Way?

Ritambhara looks at the emptiness and void in the lives of the rich and pits it against the have-nots, in this verse, exclusively for Different Truths. The homeless on...

June 21, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Gender

Indian Eve: Still a Long Way to Go

Ruchira tells us about the trials and tribulations of being a girl-child or a woman in the patriarchal Indian society, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. For...

June 14, 2018
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Potpourri

Three Ways to Keep Yourself Happy When You are Alone

Happiness is just a state of mind. No matter where you are, no matter what you do, you should be happy with that. Even if you are alone, you...

June 13, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

A Life-Enriching Training

Hemashri shares her experience of a training as a bureaucrat that enriched her. She shares her experience, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. I was nominated for...

June 6, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Kerala Polity Acquiring a Redder Hue: Outlook Ominous for Congress, BJP

CPI(M) candidate Saji Cherian retained the seat by trouncing Congress candidate D Vijaya Kumar by a record margin of over 20,000 votes. BJP’s P S Sreedharan Pillai, who was...

May 19, 2018
IPA Service
Economy

Challenges in Indian Economy this Fiscal: Corruption Continues to Eat into Vitals

The road ahead is bumpy for India’s growth story. Though India has been in a sweet spot umpteen times in the last couple of decades, its economy never grows...

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