Women - Different Truths

April 23, 2017
Smriti Maheshwari
Films

Manoj Bajpayee, Varun Dhawan and Moushumi Chatterjee: Three Gifted Actors

Three Taureans, Manoj Bajpayee, Varun Dhawan and Moushumi Chatterjee, celebrate their birthdays this week. Manoj had to deal with initial rejections and struggles, he was noticed by the acting...

April 22, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Thomas Hardy and Charles Darwin: Far From the Madding Crowd

The influence of Charles Darwin on Thomas Hardy is palpable. Basudeb critiques Hardy’s novel, Far From the Madding Crowd, in this context, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different...

April 20, 2017
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy

A Guide to Health Insurance Plans for Senior Citizens – II

Here’s the second part of the guide to health insurance plans for senior citizens, by Rita. She looks into the fine prints and reminds us what to be check,...

April 18, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Krishna and Karl

Marxism was formulated in the Geeta. Karl merely stole it from Krishna, says humourist Soumya. He tells us that the basic premise of Marxism is that History is a...

April 16, 2017
Smriti Maheshwari
Films

Three Aries, Bindu, Arshad Warsi and Babita Braved Odds, Emerged Victorious

Bindu, Arshad Warsi, and Babita, three well-known Aries actors, whose birthdays are in the coming week, have one thing in common. All of them had to face difficult situations....

April 16, 2017
Tapan Mozumdar
Fiction

Supermoon

A 25-year-old roadie, Nalin, meets a witch, Maya, an elderly widow. It’s a full moon night. Tapan takes us through many twists and turns, with sparks flying. Was Maya...

April 15, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

The Impact of Herbert Spencer on Thomas Hardy

Herbert Spencer’s influence on Thomas Hardy is palpable with reference to the novel, Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Spencer saw ‘the minds of men and the forms of society’ in...

April 14, 2017
Nikita Goel
Films, Relationship & Lifestyle

Women in Bollywood: A Journey from Sati Savitri to Mary Kom

Films are an integral part of Indian societies. They have constantly shaped the beliefs and mindsets of Indian people for over a hundred years now. A few decades ago,...

April 14, 2017
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion & Beauty

How to Choose Colours: Your Personal Colour Palette

Colour is central to fashion. Malaysia-based Shameena, our Fashion Editor, tells us how to understand which colour to use when, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Fashion...

April 11, 2017
Anumita Roy
Fashion & Beauty, Health

Miracles of Water: What, When and How to Drink Water; Tai Chi and More – I

Water is life. It is all around us. The world is made up of two-third water and our body consists from 50% to 75% water. It is such an...

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