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September 18, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Cyclic Meditation and Tai Chi: Connecting with Our Deeper Selves

Navodita talks about two meditation techniques, cyclic meditation, and the Oriental Tai Chi, which are the soul of Yoga, in her weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. India has...

September 18, 2017
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Crime, Religion

Three Most Heinous Crimes Commonly Committed by the Self-Acclaimed Indian Godmen

Ritambhara tells us about the self-styled criminal Godmen and how they dupe people, in her weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. In India, self-acclaimed Godmen are a type of...

September 17, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Cinema, Human Rights, Politics, Terror Attack

A Child murdered in Ryan; Tom Alter Fights Cancer; Sasikala Ousted; Blast in London Tube and Rohingya Refugees

This week, Shail recasts five major events in the week that was in verse. A seven-year-child was brutally murdered in Ryan International School, Gurgaon, actor Tom Alter fights Cancer,...

September 10, 2017
Tapati Sinha
Education & Career, Environment

Shantiniketan: Tagore set a School Amidst Nature, Unfettered the Young Minds – I

Rabindranath was unhappy with the British schooling system of sitting enclosed within four walls of high raised solid buildings. It was a feeling of suffocation he experienced, when the...

September 7, 2017
Farheen Viquas
Science & Technology

Technology: Pain, Sweat, Blood and Body Heat

Technology can now quantify pain experienced by a patient and help doctors’ prognosis. It won’t be easy to fake pain anymore. A device made from paper detects biomarkers and...

September 4, 2017
Arindam Roy
Edit, Education & Career, Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature

Give your Son Good Food was the Advice of a Teacher to his old Student

Arindam, Editor-in-Chief of Different Truths (DT), pays his homage to an exemplary teacher that he met during a train journey, many moons ago. He thanks, Anumita Chatterjee Roy, Managing...

August 30, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food, History & Culture

Patraani Machi and Macher Paturi: Parsi and Bengali Styles of Making Fish Wrapped in Banana Leaves

The Parsi dish Patraani Machhi, which literally means fish cooked in a leaf, has an almost identical cooking process as the Bengali favourite known as Macher Paturi. The spices...

August 24, 2017
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy

Eye Care Tips for the Elderly

Rita tells us about the necessity of eye care for the elders, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Problems with eyesight can occur at any age, but...

August 24, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Twin Trees – XXXIX

Nilanjana retells a story of infant Krishna’s pranks and the divine grace in it, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Stories of Krishna’s childhood pranks not only...

August 22, 2017
Poornima Laxmeshwar
Poem

A Letter to You

Here’s a poem about love and identity, by Poornima, in Different Truths. Our dear unborn I wish we could breathe a breath somewhere To string together the violet stems...

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