Music - Different Truths

February 8, 2022
Joyce Yarrow
Arts, Music

How Music Saved My Life!

Those were the days of Hippie movement and flower children. While life and living seemed gloomy, music was the much needed panacea. Here’s a personal account how of music saved...

December 29, 2021
Sumita Dutta
Fiction, Special Feature

Trifle

Here are four micro-fictions – Air, The Peacock Strut, Helmets, and Repartee – presenting four slices of life, Trifle, by Sumita, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths....

October 26, 2021
Soumya Mukherjee
Arts, Music

An Artist and the Commune

Soumya takes us to the bohemian lifestyle of his artist daughter and the commune she lived in. An exclusive for Different Truths. When my daughter opted to study art...

October 18, 2021
Dr. Swaraj Raj
Cinema, Music, Poem

Celebrating Saawan in Songs

Dr. Swaraj celebrates the beauty of Sawaan, in his seminal article, exploring its nuances in Hindi film and non-film songs, other than cultural overtures. An exclusive for Different Truths....

October 7, 2021
Dr. Deepanita Bhanja
Migration & Diaspora, Music

The Voyages of Memories, Music and Migration

Dr. Deepanita explores the many voyages of memories, music and migration. An exclusive for Different Truths. Music, melody, harmony, and reuniting with self. How often do you travel and...

October 7, 2021
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Dance, Interview, Music

Dance is Ranjana Gauhar’s Life-Breath

Ruchira picked the brains of the famous Oddissi danseuse, Ranjana Gauhar, a Delhi-based artiste. Here’s an exclusive interview with Different Truths. I have had several opportunities to watch her...

September 23, 2021
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Education, Interview, Music

Mohua’s Love for Maa, Math & Music

Ruchira picks the brain of Dr. Mohua Banerji, a faculty at the Mathematics and Statistics Department, IIT Kanpur. She is also an exponent of Rabindra Sangeet. Here’s her candid...

May 12, 2021
Dr. Partha Banerjee
Dance, Language, Migration & Diaspora, Multiculturalism, Music, People, Place, Special Feature, Theatre, Tribute

One Last Tagore Birthday before My Death

A Diaspora, Dr. Partha shares the agony of a Bengali far away from his homeland. He confesses, there are quite a few other Bengali immigrants both from Bangladesh...

May 9, 2021
Michele Baron
Poem, Short Story, Special Feature, Tribute

firefly

An enigmatic short story, by Michele, as a tribute to Tagore, a Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths. “I really cannot understand,” her fingers pounded out on the keypad,...

January 9, 2021
Maureen Shyamala Rajamoney
History & Culture, Music

Malaysian Music: Of Treble Clefs and Bass

A variety of genres in Malaysian music reflect the specific ethnic groups of multiracial Malaysian society consisting of Malay, Chinese, Indian and the indigenous groups, says Maureen. An exclusive...

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