Shades - Different Truths

May 21, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Books

My Dream Man: A Romance with a Pink Cover and Kamasutra Drawings

Humourist Soumya reviews an M&B kind of Romance, My Dream Man, by Aditi Bose, in his style. An exclusive in Different Truths. The stewardess scrutinised the book in my...

April 14, 2017
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion & Beauty

How to Choose Colours: Your Personal Colour Palette

Colour is central to fashion. Malaysia-based Shameena, our Fashion Editor, tells us how to understand which colour to use when, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Fashion...

March 12, 2017
Arindam Roy
Cover Story, History & Culture, Politics

Holi: Unifying the Electoral Colours of Politics, Ribaldry and its Spread in the West

With the trends and results of Assembly polls in five states in India, it’s celebration time for the winning parties and candidates in the largest democracy of the world....

January 11, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food, History & Culture

Butter Chicken: The Emperor of Salivating Gluttons

The fascinating journey of Butter Chicken can be traced to a tiny eatery in the old city of Delhi. It rose to international acclaim and to being the staple dish...

December 2, 2016
Nyra Banerjee
Fashion & Beauty

Eye Makeup Enhances Your Beauty

Celebrated in poetry and songs, eyes are one of the most important features of your face. A good eye makeup enhances your beauty manifold. You must understand the shape and size...

September 2, 2016
Neeti Banga
Fashion & Beauty

Why Hues do not lie and Tints do not cry? The Endless Shades of Fashion!

Replete with tongue-in- cheek humour, Neeti explains the colour fundas. She tells us, “No, no colours aren’t plotting against you, but yes, they definitely are a scheming lot!” Take a...

May 28, 2016
Saheli Mitra
Poem

Shades of Eve

An enigmatic poem about a girl, and later a woman, by the cool banks, pebbles and tears by Blue Eve. ‘By your cool banks, I sat down at last....