A Roman Holiday
Ruchira tells us of her visit to Rome, the eternal city, many moons ago, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Rome has as sobriquet: The Eternal City....
Ganges Satori / Oarsman
Bruce celebrates the beauty of Ganges, in Benares (Varanasi), in his two poems here. In the first poem, he is speechless by the magnificence of the river as mother. In...
A Remarkable Auto Driver’s Compassion in the Alleys of Varanasi
Ramanathan and Mangala embark on a pilgrimage in Kasi, a city rich in spiritual traditions, encountering a humble auto driver who becomes an integral part of their journey. A...
Holi in the Land of Radha-Krishna
A happy go lucky photographer, Satadal shares his experience of shooting Holi pictures in the Braj Bhumi – the land of Radha, Krishna, Dauji and Gopis. It was a sheer...
Varanasi: Nirvana and the Holy River Ganga
Dr Roopali takes us on a tour of Varanasi, the world’s most ancient city, exclusively for Different Truths. Varanasi, or Banaras, is a mythical and mystical city. Father’s siblings...
Enigmatic Shekhar
In his over three-decade journey as a journalist, Arindam shows us the many faces of newsrooms in India, at the turn of the Millennium. He calls this series, ‘The Life...
Where Silence Speaks Louder than Words
Dr. Sutanuka reviews, No One an Outsider: Varanasi Tales, by Vivek Nath Mishra. An exclusive for Different Truths. No One an Outsider is Vivek Nath Mishra’s second collection of short stories,...
A Child’s Eye View of Varanasi
Ruchira walks down the memory lane to the Varanasi of her childhood days. An exclusive for Different Truths. It was the early 1970’s to be precise. As a seven-year-old,...
Varanasi’s Lodge: Ganga, Six Men & Strange Ghost
Here’s an interesting story of six men, based on true life incidents, by Arindam, for the regular column, exclusively in Different Truths. On the rooftop of a well-known lodge...
