painting - Different Truths

November 12, 2024
Monika Ajay Kaul
Arts, Criticism, History & Culture

Focus: How did Raja Ravi Varma Reimagine the Mythological World?

Monika critiques three paintings of Raja Ravi Varma, who merged traditional and Western techniques, showcasing his mastery in storytelling, human emotion, and technical brilliance, exclusively for Different Truths. Raja...

March 18, 2024
Tapati Sinha
Short Story, Special Feature, Special Needs

A Child Lost in his Special World

The pain and agony of a mother of of a child with autism, crushed by the pressures of her life, takes a grim toll. Tapati recounts a heart-wrenching account,...

January 25, 2024
Ipsita Ganguli
Poem

Metamorphosis

An intense and powerful woman-centric verse by Ipsita, for Different Truths. This world around meHold me up; Turns me roundPulls and pushes me downAnd just as I start frowning...

June 23, 2023
Monika Ajay Kaul
Arts, Cover Story, Criticism, Poem

A Poetry-Painting Intersection: Tennyson and Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott

Monika, an Art-historian, critiques ‘The Lady of Shalott’, a poem by Lord Alfred Tennyson, and a painting of the same name by John William Waterhouse. It’s a unique intersection of poetry...

May 10, 2023
Sudhi Ranjan Mukherjee
Aesthetics, Painting, Special Feature, Tribute

Rabindranath Tagore: An Inspiration in Art

Sudhi Ranjan pays his tribute to Tagore, tells us about the Poet-Painter’s concept of art and how the Alpana art of Santiniketan, influenced his work, as a Special...

September 30, 2022
Sumita Dutta
Nostalgia, Religion, Special Feature

Durga Puja: A Five-day Extravaganza of Food, Feast, Fun, and Frolic

Eyes closed, each of us disappears into our own consciousness where we perhaps see a beloved departed parent or remember a past when they stood above us uttering these...

May 13, 2022
Ashok Bhowmick
Arts, Painting

Coal Miners and the Canary

Coal was used as a common fuel in homes and it also energised the steam engines. Ashok travels from lumps of coals to coal mines. He finds that the canary,...

January 4, 2022
Nancy Ndeke
Short Story, Special Feature, Special Needs

Life is Divine

An intense story that shows the power of love by Nancy, for the Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths. Some stories encourage and build stamina. Some stories touch...

December 21, 2021
Lovita J. R. Morang
Fiction, Special Feature, Special Needs

God of Everything Falls

December 10, 2021
Nibedita Sen
Arts, Guest Blog, Profile

Voyages Within & Without: From Worrisome Questions into Comforting Exclamations – III

Nibedita voyaged within and without. In the third and final part of her narrative, she talks of deep pain, the intersections of her personal voyages within and on the...

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