Surrender - Different Truths

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 5, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Wellness

Understanding the Role of Five Kleshas on the Path to Yoga

Continuing with the five other kleshas (afflictions) of ignorance, egoism, attachment, aversion and clinging to bodily life maybe so ingrained in us that we cannot even see these exist....

April 18, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Krishna and Karl

Marxism was formulated in the Geeta. Karl merely stole it from Krishna, says humourist Soumya. He tells us that the basic premise of Marxism is that History is a...

March 25, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Tamas: Bhisham Sahni Explores the Reasons of the Indian Partition in 1947

In the acclaimed novel, Tamas, Bhisham Sahni shows how these two identities are made hostile to each other by the political ambition of some power-loving people, the colonial rulers’...

March 21, 2017
Usha Sridhar
Poem

Yearning to Yawn

Here’s a brilliant nonsense verse by Usha, on World Poetry Day, about yawn, in Different Truths. When a yawn is out in the open It leads to a lot...

March 2, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Narasimha – XV

Happy with Brahma’s boons, Hiranyakashipu captured heaven and earth. Very soon Indra, Kubera, Varuna and Yama became his vassals. However, Hiranyakashipu was not happy. The boon of immortality, his conquests and...

February 18, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism, History & Culture

Historicity of the Indian Partition in 1947

The partition of India, in 1947, was a human tragedy, an epoch-making event of the far-reaching impact on the lives of the people of this subcontinent. It created hardships...

January 14, 2017
Dr. Krishna Hota
Relationship & Lifestyle, Wellness

Do Good without Fear! – I

The path to goodness is strewn with thorns. Krishna presents a seven-part series on the Goodness Guide, beginning this week. It needs more strength to do good than to do...

November 14, 2016
Shail Raghuvanshi
People

The Life and Times of an Unknown Flower Seller and a Spirit Healer, Banumathy

At 45 years, Banumathy is grandmother of seven grandchildren. A native of Madurai is one of a kind. She is not just a flower seller; she is a spirit healer,...

July 16, 2016
Arindam Roy
Coup, Politics

Civilians foil Coup Attempt in Turkey: Soldiers Surrendered on Bosphorous Bridge

The might of the people, united with the popular Turkish government, brought those involved in the coup buckle and go down on their knees. It is the victory of...

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