Snacks - Different Truths

March 6, 2025
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Food, History & Culture

For the Love of Samosa: The Global Snack’s Story

Ruchira explores the origins of the samosa, a golden, triangular delight spanning continents and centuries, evolving from ancient travel snack to beloved global treat, exclusively for Different Truths. I simply...

June 3, 2023
Sumita Dutta
Fiction

Journeys Lost

Here’s a story by Sumita, about a journey, exclusively in Different Truths. Dr. Sen’s house was in a state of excitement. His niece was bringing their grandnephews to meet...

February 23, 2023
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Food, Potpourri

Biscuit: The Delightful Crunchy Snack

Ruchira traces the antiquity of biscuits, also the many uses of biscuit tins – exclusively for Different Truths. The other day, while I sat sipping my morning cup of...

November 24, 2022
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Food

A Tale of Strange Snacks

Ruchira shares some strange snacks, a joy for the foodies – exclusively for Different Truths. The dictionary meaning of snack is asmall amount of food eaten between important meals...

April 2, 2020
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Food

Spicy Munchies and Savory Delights

July 3, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, Travel & Food

Jambo: Welcome to the Endless Grasslands

We drove on through the Ngorang Ngora highlands and into the Savannah, where the great animal migration was gathering steam. We encountered thousands of herbivores from the gigantic giraffe...

March 16, 2018
Anumita Roy
Food

Egg Malai Masala: An Interesting Twist to Egg Curry

Our Managing Editor, Anumita, shares an interesting version of the egg curry. Egg Malai Masala is her mother’s recipe. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths....

February 24, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Crime, Cyber Security

Dumpster Divers Can Bankrupt You the Easiest Way

A renowned cybersecurity consultant, Reetwika warns us against dumpster divers, who collects discarded items from a garbage bin (dumpster) and makes money by vending them to a reseller. A...

December 11, 2017
Alisha Phillips
Food, Potpourri

Sprinkle-some Baking Winters!

Talking about winters feels exactly like talking about good food. It’s the same happiness, it’s the same kind of love. The temperature scales are dropping and the blankets...

November 24, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Food, History & Culture

Potatoes on My Plate!

Ruchira tells us about the antiquity and history of potatoes and its varied uses, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I am a non-vegetarian, by default, since...

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