Smiled - Different Truths

May 31, 2018
Lovita J. R. Morang
People, Place

World Record Holder Anshu Jamsenpa, Queen of the Everest, the only Woman to Scale Mt. Everest Five Times

Anshu is a world record holder to have scaled Mt. Everest five times. The first Indian woman, she is rightly called the ‘Queen of the Everest’. She is also...

May 24, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Vyoma and Krishna – LXXIII

Nilanjana recounts the take of Vyoma and Krishna, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Sukha smiled, “Now, it was Vyoma’s turn to prove his loyalty.” Parikshit remembered,...

April 19, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Sage Narada visits Kamsa – LXX

Nilanjana recounts the tale of Sage Narada visiting Kamsa, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Sukha smiled, “Now, Sage Narada decided to visit Kamsa again.” Parikshit was...

March 27, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Giving out the Prizes

A new legislation made it mandatory to spend money on CSR. This excited the author and brought him back to his activist college days, before decades of selling to...

March 22, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna and the Gopis in the Moonlit Night – LXVI

Nilanjana recounts another tale of Krishna’s divine Leela (Cosmic game), through his interactions with the gopis of Vrindavan, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. Parikshit asked, “Krishna...

February 22, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Kejriwal Making Delhi his Anarchy Laboratory: Slaps Centre with Aadhar Waiver for Ration

Kejriwal bumps off Aadhar, frees millions of ration cards from the mandatory hold of the unique identification number. With that he not only cocks a snook at the Centre,...

February 6, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Three H and my Favourite Professor

A renowned professor, a pioneer in the field of quizzing and one who had been associated with the government for imparting training to aspiring civil servants had not received...

January 11, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: What did Krishna Promise to the Gopis – LVII?

Nilanjana recounts a popular tale from the Bhagavatam where Krishna steals the clothes of the Gopis, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Pariskhit was all ears as...

January 10, 2018
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Poem

Hearty Heaves

Here’s an intense and inward-looking love poem by Anouchika, for Different Truths. I bit my lips hard and faced Love Love, bold and pretentious Mindless of my heart’s tidal...

January 4, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Magical Flute – LVI

Nilanjana recounts the tale of Krishna’s magical flute from the Bhagavatam, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Parikshit asked, “If bhakti (devotion) is the road to moksha (liberation), then Krishna’s contemporaries...

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