mother - Different Truths

March 6, 2017
Debjani Guha
Economy, Gender, Special Feature

Girl-child in Labour and Learning: A Case Study in North-24 Parganas

Twenty five girls of age group 7 to 13 years from ten National Child Labour Project schools of North-24- pgs were studied. It was found that 72% girls are from...

March 4, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

How Khushwant Singh deals with the Crisis of Identity in Train to Pakistan?

The present work here aims at finding whether any character or any event in Train to Pakistan directly or indirectly reveals any crisis of communal identity or not. Before Basudeb undertakes this investigation,...

February 26, 2017
Susmita Bhattacharya
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

Many Friends, One Life!

Friends are like angels, helping, guiding, guarding, encouraging in different ways. They help us tide through our trial and tribulations. Life is like a stream. When we start we...

February 25, 2017
Dr. Krishna Hota
Religion

Do you Love God? – VII

Follow your heart. And if your heart takes you open-eyed to Him, why should you close your eyes? You can look at His glorious, illuminated beautiful face, His kind...

February 24, 2017
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Celebrate Love with Rice Chocolate Cupcakes!

Sarika tells us how she was born two months too soon to share her birthday with St. Valentine. The author reminisces and romances her birthday celebrations, the simple joys,...

February 23, 2017
Sehar Siddiqi
Criticism

That Language Named Urdu

The fictional character of Urdu having a Muslim character persisted in times of Premchand and also exists till now. During one of his lectures delivered in Bombay during the...

February 16, 2017
Kavita Panyam
Health, Relationship & Lifestyle

The Philosophy of Depression

When the symptoms of sadness grow stronger with time, it’s time to seek medical help. Kavita, a practicing psychologist, tells us about depression, its symptoms among men, women, and teenagers....

January 23, 2017
Maya Khandelwal
Relationship & Lifestyle

Why a Daughter gets Complaints and Comparisons instead of Love?

The mother-daughter relationship is complex. In this fictionalised account, Maya shows how a mother-daughter duo, who danced and laughed like best of friends, suddenly became distant. Trisha, the daughter feels, that...

January 16, 2017
Anumita Roy
Relationship & Lifestyle

The Guilt Train Ride

Beginning this Monday, we introduce a new column, ‘Mother Writes’. It’s a parenting column, from a mother’s perspective. You may be an expecting mother, a new mother, a seasoned...

January 4, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

Folklore: Lord Jagannath offered Rasagullas to Lakshmi to appease her!

The romantic legend that one hears in Odisha is that the Goddess Lakshmi was irked with her husband as he went off for a nine-day trip without her consent. She...

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