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December 29, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
People, Politics, Relationship & Lifestyle

The Curtain Call of 2017

Ruchira recalls the year gone by with mixed feelings. She moves from the individual to the social and political realms, exploring the many layers, in the Special Feature, exclusively in Different...

December 23, 2017
Devraj Singh Kalsi
Book Extract, Fiction

Grief

Bibi Amrit, fondly called Biji, doubled her thunderous output on realising that she had an opportunity to overpower Nasib, to show the train of mourners that a mother’s grief...

December 18, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Politics

Despite a Steady Decline in Vote Share in Gujarat, BJP all set to Form Governments in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat

Moral Victory for Congress: Its Supporters and Seats Increased Steadily in Gujarat BJP won the 2017 Assembly Polls in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. However, Modi’s party has registered a...

December 15, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Travel & Food

An Oasis of Serenity: Buddhist Stupa at Sanchi

Ruchira tells us about Sanchi, a famous Buddhist site, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. I had first read about the place in my New Horizon English...

December 5, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor, Travelogue

Close Encounters of the Wild Kind –1

Fancy-free and footloose, three friends decide on an adventurous trip. They meet an Australian bicyclist and decide to visit a wildlife resort, meeting villagers and a sadhu. Here’s the...

November 24, 2017
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food, History & Culture

Of Udaipur, Padmavati Controversy and Yummy Laal Maans, a Rajasthani Dish

Sarika takes us through enchanting Udaipur, its palaces, and forts, the many tales of valour, the controversy surrounding a film, Padmavati. She shares a yummy Rajasthani cuisine, Laal Maans,...

November 22, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

Olive Oil has been in use from the Neolithic Age to the Present Times

A native of the Mediterranean basin, the olive tree was known to people during the Neolithic Age, as early as the 8th Millennium BC. They were known to collect...

November 19, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Pottery

Deborah Smith and Ray Meeker: Founders of Golden Bridge Pottery

Chennai-based Sumita, an artist, and author, profiles Deborah Smith and Ray Meeker. She tells us how they came to Pondicherry and founded the Golden Bridge Pottery, exclusively in Different...

November 14, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Politics

Gujarat Assembly Polls 2017: Congress and BJP offer Sops, Engage in Social Engineering

The two major political parties, Congress and BJP, are offering sops and promising the moon. Both parties are also busy balancing caste factors and are into social engineering, opines...

October 8, 2017
Tapati Sinha
History & Culture, Religion

The Strange Worshippers of Ganja God

Cannabis as a domesticated plant has a cultural history spanning thousands of years, many continents, and has many uses. Tapati talks about a strange God and strange worshippers, telling...

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