Strong - Different Truths

October 9, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Samatha: A Buddhist form of Meditation Focuses on a Prayer or an Object for Tranquility

Samatha can be translated as ‘concentration’ or ‘tranquility’. It is a state of mind in which it is brought to rest. Most systems of meditation lay emphasis upon the...

October 9, 2017
Soma Das
People, Place, Travelogue

Backpack to One of the Oldest and Charming Cities of India

Kolkata-based Soma tells us about a backpacking trip to Varanasi and Saranath, exclusively in Different Truths. Well, it’s an easy guess – Varanasi! That evening I checked my watch...

October 7, 2017
Abha Iyengar
Criticism, Interview, Poem

Poetry and a Call for Change

Here’s an interview by Abha Iyengar, exclusively for Different Truths, with Aabha Vatsa, who brings the winds of poetic change to Faridabad. Vatsa feels that we are living in times...

October 6, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle

Mother of my Daughter

Ruchira recalls about her mother and how she was brought up. The wheel turned full circle. Now, she is a mother to her daughter. Here’s an interesting article on...

October 6, 2017
Aishwarya Damodar
Poem

The Path of Life Connects to me

Here’s a poem about life. Aishwarya travels within and without, in this verse, in Different Truths. Strange is life, stranger is its ways, filled as much with mystery as...

September 28, 2017
Rita Bhattacharjee
Poem, Religion, Science & Technology

Annual Nirvana

Rita’s poem shakes us from the complacency and the taken for granted attitude. Here’s the sensibility of a compassionate social activist, in verse, as a special feature, in Different...

September 27, 2017
Anumita Roy
Nostalgia, Religion, Special Feature

The Bengali Fever called Durga Pujo

Anumita, our Managing Editor, travels back to her childhood days, in her nostalgic piece. She recalls the military-like-parade of six girls along with her Jethu and other interesting details,...

September 26, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Poem, Special Feature

The Mother

Shail invokes Goddess Mother Durga, in a verse, in Different Truths Mother has come home visiting her children like she does every year for nine days in various forms...

September 25, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Vipassana: A Logical Meditative Process through Self-observation

Broadly, ‘mindfulness’ defines any sort of meditation. Vipassana means ‘to see things as they really are’. It is a logical process through self-observation. This form of meditation was discovered...

September 25, 2017
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Food, Parenting

Three Healthy Eating Habits you should Indoctrinate in Your Child

Ritambhara cautions us about keeping a close watch at what our children eat and how to ensure healthy eating habits in them, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...

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