Smile - Different Truths

August 28, 2017
Ayub Khawar
Poem

Let the Heart of Dream be Revealed

An evocative love poem by Ayub, in Different Truths. Let the heart of dream be revealed, Just as drunkenness reveals upon The quivering lashes of the eyes sunken in...

August 5, 2017
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Potpourri

Three Facts about International Friendship Day

Though July 30 is the official International Friendship Day (IFD), according to the United Nations, the majority of the countries across the world celebrate this day on the first...

August 4, 2017
Poornima Laxmeshwar
Poem

Lakshmi: Maid for Each Other!

Poornima talks of two Lakshmis, a Goddess, and a maid. One ever smiling, seated on a throne, while the other, toiling hard, very worried. A poignant poem, in Different...

July 27, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Pranks Begin – XXXVI

Nilanjana retells the story of Krishna’s pranks, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. In the stories of Krishna that are prevalent, stories of his pranks delight readers even today. The inhabitants...

July 23, 2017
Kabir Deb
Poem

Centre Point

Here’s a sensitive and evocative poem by Kabir, in Different Truths. While she revolves with her neighbours We initiate our own story Some with a sob while others with...

July 20, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Naming the Children – XXXV

Nilanjana retells the story of the naming of two boys by Maharishi Garga, at Gokul, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Yashoda was busy feeding her baby...

June 13, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Opinion, Potpourri, Religion

Prayer: A Unifying Force

Shernaz dwells on the issue of prayers for all, theist, atheist, deist or agnostic. She eruditely reasons that prayer is synonymous with poetry, in the weekly column, exclusively in...

June 6, 2017
Lata Rathore
Poem

Feel me before it is Too Late!

Here’s a soulful love poem by Lata, in Different Truths. One day I may not be there to embrace you in my arms, That day you will fight with...

May 27, 2017
Samina Naqvi
Films

The Life and Times of Guru Dutt: He Became the Tragic Characters he Portrayed Onscreen – III

Samina concludes the three-part series on Guru Dutt, with his life and times. The boundaries between the reel and real life blurred. Here’s a tribute to the tragic hero,...

March 21, 2017
Anumita Roy
Poem

I am the Poem

A poem is born through its creator, the poet. Here the poem is persistent like a child, till the poet and the poem become one. Here’s a tribute to...

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