The festival - Different Truths

October 22, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Education & Career, Fairs & Festivals, History & Culture, People, Politics, Tourism

Festival Lights in Singapore, Blotting History, Stoned to Study, Lost and Found

Shail talks of four news, in the last week, in her regular column. Diwali-themed trains, a station and five buses in Singapore to run until October 31. Taj Mahal...

September 28, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Nostalgia, Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature

Durga Pujo in Delhi: Then and Now

Ruchira remembers Durga Pujo of her childhood days. She tells us about the slow and sure changes that are taking place, for various reasons, in the celebrations. Read more...

September 22, 2017
Sonali Chakraborty
Food

Chhanar Payesh: A Yummy and Delicate Bengali Dessert for Festivities

Sonali shares a yummy and delicate Bengali dessert, chhanar payesh that suits the Autumnal (Sharadiya) festivities, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. It is that time of...

September 16, 2017
Suveera Sharma
Potpourri

The Winged Chair and Champagne

Suveera shares the plastic joys of a Diwali party in Hong Kong, in her weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. It’s a beautiful day. Perfect for the cup of...

August 25, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Religion, Special Feature

Jaya Jaya Ganapathy

Delhi-based Ruchira tells us about the ten-day Ganesha Utsava that begins on Friday, Aug 25. We are introducing a new weekly column, every Friday. A special feature, here’s a...

August 15, 2017
Farheen Viquas
Poem

We are the Living Dead!

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of India’s independence, Farheen asks some pertinent questions and wonders where is the secular India that the Founding Fathers of our liberation had...

August 9, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Cinema, Interview

How Adhiraj made Naseeruddin Shah an Internet Sensation with the Award Winning Film, Interior Café Night?

Adhiraj Bose, a young director, was just 23-years-old, when he directed the 13-minute film, Interior Café Night, with renowned actors like Naseeruddin Shah and Shernaz Patel. Three years...

April 15, 2017
Sisir K Chatterjee
Cover Story, Fairs & Festivals, Rituals & Practices

Buro Shibtola: Oracles and Miracles Prove the Prowess of Shiva till date!

Tales of oracles and miracles have survived for about two hundred years surrounding a Shiva temple, known as Buro Shib, beside the Ganga, near the port of Budge Budge,...

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 21, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Fairs & Festivals

Jamshedi Navroz: Celebrated along the Silk Route, it Dates Back to Sixth Century BC

Jamshedi Navroz is recognised as a public holiday in many countries along the Silk Route – Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iraq (by the Kurdish people), Kazakstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Bayan...

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