Profile - Different Truths

May 23, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Desperately Seeking Readers

Desperately seeking suggestions, humourist Soumya, a newbie blogger, seeks advice from the veterans, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Dearest Sir or Madam, more likely the latter,...

May 17, 2017
Eswar Anandan
Advocacy

Amma la: The Agony of Separation from Mother and Motherland

As the world celebrated Mother’s Day, on Sunday, it sharpened the agonies of separation of mother and motherland for the Tibetan Refugees, in India. Eswar profiles their pain, in...

May 14, 2017
Smriti Maheshwari
Cover Story, Films

Madhuri Dixit: The Prima Donna of Indian Cinema

Madhuri Dixit’s endearing smile wins the heart of one and all. The prima donna of Indian cinema turns 50 on May 15. Smriti profiles the actress, a cult figure...

May 13, 2017
Parna Mukherjee
Food, Health

Daal and Rice Made For Each Other (Importance of Food Pairing)

Certain food items complement each other and are best when paired together. London-based Parna, a certified nutritionist and fitness expert, tells us about complete proteins and incomplete proteins, based...

April 28, 2017
Sehar Siddiqi
Criticism

Another Page of History and Cultural Confluence

Sehar profiles the life and times of a prominent Urdu thriller writer, Prof. Syed Mujawir Husain Rizvi, an eminent academician, who has penned more than 250 novels under the...

April 21, 2017
Nikita Goel
Gender, Relationship & Lifestyle

Being a Single Mother is very Romantic, not Easy: Sushmita Sen, Miss Universe 1994

Bold and beautiful, Sushmita Sen, is a woman of grit and determination. She went against the established social norms and decided to be a single mother. There were challenges...

March 2, 2017
Sehar Siddiqi
Criticism

Akbar Allahabadi Infused Humour in Serious Subjects to Enrich Urdu Literature

The name of Syed Akbar Husain, popularly known as Akbar Allahabadi, seems to echo quite loudly from books written on Urdu literature, Allahabad and the plural culture of our nation. Given...

February 25, 2017
Different Truths
Book Club

A Window to her Dreams: Past Baggage and Turbulent Present Threaten Second Marriage

Aruna, a young divorcee, marries Bhuvan, an averagely successful young man who had a crush on her in college. Both make promises of ever after with preconceived expectations. But,...

January 19, 2017
Kavita Panyam
Relationship & Lifestyle

How to Move beyond Heartbreaks and Lost Love!

Most people would have experienced at least one breakup in their lives, which would have either changed them for the better or scarred them forever. Heartbreaks can happen to anyone, at...

December 10, 2016
Anumita Roy
People, Profile

95-year Astronaut John Glenn, the Oldest Man on Space, Passes Away

John Glenn, other than being the senator from Ohio, was also the oldest man in space. He is, and will always be, one of us, an Ohioan’s favorite. His demise...

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