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March 29, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

The Glamorous Little Cupcakes Tantalising our Taste Buds from the Early 19th Century

In the early 19th century, bakers developed a new recipe based on ‘cup’ or volume measurement. They were called 1234 cakes. I cup butter, 2 cup sugar, 3 cup...

March 23, 2017
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy, Relationship & Lifestyle

Road Safety for Senior Citizens

Elders and senior citizens need to be very careful while walking and crossing streets. They account for nearly half of all pedestrian fatalities. Rita tells us the safeguards that...

March 15, 2017
Nandita Samanta
Crime, Gender, Human Rights

How Purba, the Survivor, returned from a Journey to Hell?

Trafficking of women is an international commercial activity in which force, coercion, and fraud are used to transport women across international boundaries for economic gain. As a complex organised...

March 14, 2017
Nilakshi Roy
Poem

Us, just us

Here’s an evocative love poem by Nilakshi, as we celebrate the season of fertility and bounty, with the festival of colours, in Different Truths. Will there be a time ...

February 27, 2017
Anumita Roy
Relationship & Lifestyle

Straight from the Mouth of my Babes!

Anumita shares the fun and funny moments of being a mother of two sons. Here are some interesting anecdotes to laugh along, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths....

January 26, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Arrogant Door-keepers –X

Nilanjana recounts an interesting tale from the Bhagavatam. Diti realised that she was pregnant. However, instead of joy, anxiety took over her. Since she was very scared about the chaos that...

January 3, 2017
Prof. Bhaskar Majumder
Economy, History & Culture, Politics

What Plagues the Development of Uttar Pradesh?

Uttar Pradesh (UP) is being advantaged by the fertile land and abundant natural resources. It ranks first by the size of the population. These could be the forerunner in economic...

January 3, 2017
Sunil Kumar Banerjee
Sports

Akashganga: The Old Maketh way for the New- XII

The Adventure Foundation had no skydiving equipment like parachutes, riggers, trainers or a training infrastructure. The shrewd Thapar used his niche knowledge to influence the unscrupulous but powerful Dolly Yadav. The...

December 31, 2016
Different Truths
Book Club

The Adventures of Puti: A Book for Children between Nine and Ninety by Nilanjana

This is the story of Puti, a six-week- old mouse who lives with his friend and family in Burrow Land. A challenge in school leads him to a forbidden journey,...

December 19, 2016
Shalini Samuel
Poem

Why fret for the Bygone Days

The hardships, pain and agony of life, the iceberg of death, creates the need to escape from its clutches. Shalini achieves it, in this verse, in Different Truths. Yes I have...

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