Life in a Museum
An evocative love poem about longing and loss by Prof Nandini – exclusively for Different Truths. On the wrinkles of my face, may the story of your life be...
The Intersection between the World Famous Books and the Picture Books
Reading a picture book is the interests and pastimes of many modern people. In the picture book world, the pictures are used as its compositions and colours, to show...
Fifty Years after the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Issues of Racial Inequality, Injustice Still Relevant in the United States
The steps our country has made toward justice and equality since King’s death have been partial victories, born of mass collective struggles of the African-American, women’s, labour, immigrant, LGBTQ,...
Venice: The Wondrous Floating City
Ruchira takes us on a tour of Venice, a quaint city built on a cluster of 118 islands, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. This quaint city...
Florence: The City of Flowers
Ruchira takes us on a tour of Florence, the fountainhead of European Renaissance. The very mention of this movement conjures up names of legendary artists – Leonardo DaVinci, Michelangelo,...
Lucknow: Of Nawabs, Kebabs, and Tehzeeb
Ruchira takes us on a tour of Lucknow, where currents and crosscurrents of divergent cultures intermingled and blended, to finally emerge as a new composite whole. Read more in...
The Captivating Story of Mysore Silk, Irkal, Paithani and Banarasi Saris – II
Shameena tells us about other popular verities of saris, Mysore Silk, Irkal of Karnataka, Paithani and Banarasi saris, this week, in the second and final part of the two-part...
The Future is Smiling in Hong Kong, the Jewel of Asia
Suveera began penning the Hong Kong Diary, a weekly column, in 2017. She glances back at the close of the year and tells us what life has been in the Far...
Kaleidoscope 2017
An eminent writer, Sutapa, whose talked-about book is soaring the bestsellers charts tells us about her journey in the year that was. She also shares her review about some of the...