Photographs - Different Truths

July 27, 2023
Tribhawan Kaul
Religion, Travelogue

Shirdi and Sai Baba: Now and Then

Commercialisation has edged out the beautiful ambiance of the 1980s and 90s. The simple village, Shirdi, has lost its charm and innocence. Tribhawan tells us about the sad loss,...

September 27, 2022
Arindam Roy
Cover Story, Edit, History & Culture, Humour, Nostalgia, Religion

Durga’s Stature & Iconography Evolved in the Gupta Period

Arindam, our Editor-in-Chief, traces the history of Durga iconography. Historians at Allahabad Museum opine that the stature of the Goddess grew during the Gupta period. Happy reading, Happy Puja,...

February 25, 2022
Reena Prasad
Poem

The Wingspan Of Sorrow

A poignant poem by Reena. It’s intense and sensuous. If I stoopit is to drink deep of youmy doppelgänger, black and greyI wear your shades better than any otherwanting...

May 11, 2021
Lovita J. R. Morang
People, Place, Special Feature, Tribute

Tagore in Love: Letters from Shillong, Khublei Shibun

It was in the month of May, Lovita was in Shillong with a sole sojourn to be there, where Tagore lived, 99 years ago (first time in 1919)....

July 11, 2018
Mahima Sharma
Travel & Food

Ten Tips to Ensure a Safe Holiday in the Mountains

Mahima gives us ten tips for a safe holiday in the mountains, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. Brought up in the hills near Shimla, it is...

July 3, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, Travel & Food

Jambo: Welcome to the Endless Grasslands

We drove on through the Ngorang Ngora highlands and into the Savannah, where the great animal migration was gathering steam. We encountered thousands of herbivores from the gigantic giraffe...

June 28, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
People, Place, Relationship & Lifestyle

In Defence of Social Media

Ruchira celebrates the influx of social media sites that have made like enchantingly interesting. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. To see a World in...

June 21, 2018
IPA Service
Cinema, Politics, Sports

Virat and Anushka Smitten by the Modi Bug

Modi was the guest of honour at one of Virushka’s marriage receptions. That seems to have kind of left a halo around the heads of Virushka. Anushka became a...

June 11, 2018
Arindam Roy
Cover Story, Crime, Education & Career

Muscle, Money, Corruption, and Education Mafia are Deeply Entrenched in the Examination System– II

The examination system is rife with corruption. Its sanctity is highly suspect. It’s a big farce. Doctored and fake degrees are the passport to success in the job and...

June 5, 2018
IPA Service
Epidemic, Health

Bat-like, Nipah Turns Kozhikode Upside Down: Frantic Moves to Deal with Second Outbreak

Already 17 of the 20 ‘Nipah infected’, who were hospitalised, are dead. That is a kill-rate of over 89 percent, much more than what heaven can accommodate in such...

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