Pleasure - Different Truths

January 3, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Personal Transformation through Meditation

Meditation deals with levels of consciousness that lie deeper than conceptual thought. There are deeper ways to understand things than just words, explains Navodita, our Associate Editor, a yoga...

December 19, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

The Sight of Policemen gives me the Heebie-Jeebies

It was during the impecunious student days that we traveled the city and even the country using public transport, whenever we couldn’t persuade kindly strangers to offer lifts, but...

December 17, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Book Extract, Fiction

The Heart of Donna Rai: Police

Here’s the third and final part of the three-part book extract from the forthcoming novel, The Heart of Donna Rai by Sumita, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...

December 3, 2017
Preeyan Abraham
Cover Story, Education & Career, Photo Feature, Travel & Food

Ethiopia: Panoramic Beauty and a Primitive State Untouched by Colonialism

Very little is written about Ethiopia and online research does not give a true picture of someone who is looking at taking up an assignment here. Ethiopia is the...

December 2, 2017
Suveera Sharma
People, Place, Relationship & Lifestyle

A Sprinkling of Joy

Nisha, our helper, is like thousands of other women, who have left behind their home and families in their countries, to seek a better future for themselves and their...

November 30, 2017
Kabir Deb
Poem

Fate of a Prostitute

An intense and powerful poem, with grotesque imagery, that depicts the life of a prostitute, by Kabir, in Different Truths, Every night haunts her Even when she smiles seductively ...

November 26, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Films, Human Rights, Politics

Padmavati Priorities, Let us Talk 3-D Sanskrit, Cancer Sins, and Going Back Home

What would be the fate of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film on Padmavati? Claims and counter-claims galore, a section of the Hindus are enraged about Padmavati meeting Khilji, which they...

November 25, 2017
Manthena Damodara Chary
Poem

Here’s an evocative poem by Manthena, in Different Truths. Flowery fantasy facilitates felicitous festivity The poetry of symmetry springs rare activity Blissful birds sing in scintillating splendour This world...

November 15, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Relationship & Lifestyle, Travel & Food

Solo Travels of a Married Woman

Mahima shares her experiences of travelling solo after her marriage. She also discusses her fears and demons, in the regular column, exclusively in Different Truths. We met at a...

November 11, 2017
Suveera Sharma
Parenting, People, Relationship & Lifestyle

Anger in the City

Movies we do not like are banned, paintings that we do not fancy are not exhibited. Authors who do not mirror out thoughts are banished from countries. Newspapers shut...

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