Talk - Different Truths

August 9, 2017
Payal Talreja
Crime, Gender, Opinion, Politics

The Perpetrator Beta vs. the Victim Beti: Tales from a Chauvinistic Society

Varnika Kundu, daughter of an IAS officer, was terrorised and almost kidnapped, in Chandigarh, by Vikas Barala, son of BJP Haryana chief. Our New Delhi-based columnist, Payal says that...

June 28, 2017
Aparajita Dutta
Gender, Sports

Kunatla Ghosh Dastidar: Former Captain and an Inspiration of Indian Women-Football

Kuntala Ghosh Dastidar captained the Indian women’s team in Women’s World Cup. Aparajita profiles the former coach of Mohun Bagan, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The...

May 6, 2017
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

Those Blessed Urns…

A river has always been likened to journey. Sarala talks of the urns (with the mortal remains) floating in Sangam calmly. An evocative and poignant verse of the final...

May 5, 2017
Jamuna Rangachari
History & Culture, Opinion, Politics

Means Are as Important as the Ends

Many may deride Gandhi today. Still, if we think deeply, he was the one who genuinely believed that a freedom won by bad means would be a bad freedom. He...

April 23, 2017
Smriti Maheshwari
Films

Manoj Bajpayee, Varun Dhawan and Moushumi Chatterjee: Three Gifted Actors

Three Taureans, Manoj Bajpayee, Varun Dhawan and Moushumi Chatterjee, celebrate their birthdays this week. Manoj had to deal with initial rejections and struggles, he was noticed by the acting...

April 11, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

A Walk in the Park

Humourist Soumya talks about the many sights and sounds of morning walk in Mumbai, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The gentle musical notes of the...

April 3, 2017
Anumita Roy
Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle

Talk to Children about Calamities in the Family and Make them a part of the Solution

Anumita tells us that children should not be excluded for the calamities at home. Here she discusses one such real-life incident and shows how the child was happy when...

March 27, 2017
Sehar Siddiqi
Criticism

Urdu: Today and Tomorrow

Sehar talks about Urdu, the language of emotions. She talks of Ibn Safvi, an Urdu writer from Kareli, a locality in Allahabad, who was acclaimed by Agatha Christie. Here’s...

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 20, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Wellness

Backbend Asanas for Strengthening the Spine

Our Associate Editor, Navodita, an expert on Yoga, talks of the variations of two important asanas, Ardha Viprit Naukasana and Dhanurasana. These strengthen the spine, making it supple and...

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