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June 7, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food, History & Culture

Haleem: Popularised by the Nizams of Hyderabad has its Origin in Arab

Haleem, literally meaning patient and merciful (Daleem) is a stew popular in Middle East, Central Asia, and the Indian Subcontinent. Although its ingredients vary from region to region, it always...

June 2, 2017
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion & Beauty

Fashion Fusion: Clothing and Jewellery

Fashionista Shameena tells us about the most popular emerging culture in fashion fusion, the Afghan Jewellery. She traces the history and culture of the people. Here’s an in-depth narrative...

May 15, 2017
Different Truths Poets
Advocacy, Conflict & Resolution, Poem

The Peace Anthology – People against Genocide: Stop Chemical War in Syria. Save Humanity!

Different Truths presents The Peace Anthology – People against Genocide: Stop Chemical War. Save Humanity! It features 56 poets, with as many poems, from various parts of the world....

May 14, 2017
Tapan Mozumdar
Fiction

Spirited

Here’s an interesting fantasy fiction about the world of the spirits, by Tapan, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I don’t know how much you are aware...

April 29, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

British Colonialism Contributed to the Growth of Indian Literature in English

How did the British rule in India contribute to the growth of Indian Literature in English? Basudeb probes into history and finds answers, in the weekly column, exclusively in...

April 15, 2017
Sisir K Chatterjee
Cover Story, Fairs & Festivals, Rituals & Practices

Buro Shibtola: Oracles and Miracles Prove the Prowess of Shiva till date!

Tales of oracles and miracles have survived for about two hundred years surrounding a Shiva temple, known as Buro Shib, beside the Ganga, near the port of Budge Budge,...

April 11, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Cover Story, History & Culture, Travel & Food

A Tour into the Fearsome, Doomed World of the Freemantle Prison

The Freemantle Prison is the only World Heritage listed building in Western Australia. Built in the 1850’s by the prisoners themselves, it was used as a barracks for convicts...

April 1, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

The Other Side of Silence: Documenting Oral History – I

Continuing with the literature on Indian Partition, Basudeb examines an important treatise, The Other Side of Silence, by Urvashi Butalia, in two parts. In the first part, he tells...

March 21, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Fairs & Festivals

Jamshedi Navroz: Celebrated along the Silk Route, it Dates Back to Sixth Century BC

Jamshedi Navroz is recognised as a public holiday in many countries along the Silk Route – Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iraq (by the Kurdish people), Kazakstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Bayan...

February 4, 2017
Joseph Ferguson
Book Club, Humour

My Favorite Christmas Tree

Here’s an excerpt story from the New York-based Joseph Ferguson’s latest short fiction collection, Shillelagh Law. It’s a must read. The story originally appeared in Ellipsis: An Anthology of Humorous Short...

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