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August 24, 2017
Arindam Roy
Edit, Religion, Special Feature

Ganesha Utsava: The Ten-Day Celebrations Begin

Here’s a curtain raiser-cum-editorial on Ganesha Utsava, in Different Truths, by the Editor-in-Chief, Arindam. The countdown begins, as the Special Feature shall be released at midnight, just a few...

August 13, 2017
Tapati Sinha
Fiction, Governance, History & Culture

How did the Socioeconomic Undercurrents Survive Political Upheavals in India?

The wheel turns full circle when we find that many of the modern day concepts are rooted in our rich socioeconomic and sociopolitical heritage. Tapati finds hordes of interesting...

August 3, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna Playing with Mud – XXXVII

Nilanjana retells a well-known tale from the Bhagavatam, about Lord Krishna eating mud. Read more to know the enchanting details, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. One...

July 29, 2017
Deeya Bhattacharya
Poem

The Revenge of Tashi

A bold and intense prose poem by Deeya, in Different Truths. Tashi breathes the mud of magic. The cold windy day translucently blows and his bones rattle against a tepid...

July 4, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Wellness

Rain, Rain, go Away…

This ‘season of discontent’ seems to be perennial in some people’s lives. They are the kill-joys who squash our enthusiasm with their expectations of gloom and doom. Their blame...

July 1, 2017
Different Truths
Book Club, Poem

Ten Selected Poems of Prof. Pushpita Awasthi from Echoes in the Earth

Here are ten selected poems of Prof. Pushpita Awasthi, selected by her, in the Book Extract, from her book, Echoes in the Earth (2016) this week. A Different Truths...