Spotlight - Different Truths

January 11, 2024
Ram Krishna Sinha
Profile, Special Feature, Tribute

Spotlight: How Tagore Guided Rolland to Vivekananda’s Teachings

A wartime encounter with Vivekananda’s teachings led French thinker Rolland to spiritual awakening and Indian heritage. Ram Krishna elucidates on the eve of Vivekananda’s 161st birthday, exclusively for Different...

January 10, 2024
Azam Gill
Criticism, Music, Poem

Ghazal’s Enduring Spell: A Spotlight on its Timeless Legacy

“Aaj Jaanay Ki Zidd Na Karo,” a timeless ghazal, explores love, separation, and emotions. Azam critiques it, exclusively for Different Truths. The Urdu ghazal, Aaj Jaanay Ki Zidd Na Karo, was...

January 6, 2024
Sukanya Basu Mallik
Cinema, Reviews

Cinematic Complexity: ‘Bawaal’ and ‘Animal’ Under the Spotlight

Love, vengeance, and family – Bollywood’s holy trinity takes centre stage, but are “Bawaal” and “Animal” just empty vessels or provocative portraits of the human condition? Sukanya throws down...

December 16, 2023
Sukanya Basu Mallik
Cinema, Reviews

Decoding Triumphs and Struggles: Raktabeej vs. Ganapath in Spotlight

Directors Roy and Mukherjee explore the action-packed landscape in ‘Raktabeej,’ a captivating departure from their usual genre, while Bahl’s ‘Ganapath’ is lauded for its character development but leaves viewers...

October 7, 2023
Concetta Pipia
Music, Reviews

Enduring Excellence: The Eagles’ Legacy in the Spotlight

The Eagles’ Farewell tour at Madison Square Garden in 2023 offered a chance to relive the magic of the past while embracing the present, opines Concetta, in the music...

June 19, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Nemesis

Fears and karmas often catch up with us. Soumya shares a real-life incident, when rivals in hockey field, met as friends, years later. How were the worst fears of...

May 15, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Karnataka Results Show That Modi Magic is Working: Congress Has to Battle Hard for Survival

What helped the BJP the most was undoubtedly Narendra Modi’s continuing popularity and boundless energy. However, the BJP also had the advantage of translating this personal appeal of the...

March 1, 2018
Kabir Deb
Poem

Queer Pride

A poem about the trials and tribulations of the LGBTQ community, by Kabir, for Different Truths. We know what fails to suit us Yet we believe that it is...

November 17, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Politics

Will the 2017 Local Body polls in UP Gauge Public Opinion Ahead of the 2019 Parliamentary Elections?

While the local body election will be the first major challenge for the Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh, for SP and the BSP this will be a way to...

September 2, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Is The Inheritance of Loss of Kiran Desai a Panoramic or Intimate Novel?

Basudeb critiques one of the novels of Kiran Desai, exploring the Weltanschauung of the Indian Diaspora novelists, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Born in Chandigarh,...

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