Worship - Different Truths

June 10, 2017
Samina Naqvi
Cinema

Naushad got into the Soul of Music, Blending Classical, Folk and other Forms

Samina profiles the musical genius of Naushad, a Lucknow lad, who created a niche for himself in Bollywood. Read more about him and his music, in the weekly column,...

June 8, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Birth of Krishna – XXIX

Nilanjana recounts the story of the birth of Krishna, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Devaki was glowing with her eighth child. The glow was rather unusual....

April 26, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food, History & Culture

Dhansak: A Fusion of Persian and Gujarati Cuisines Found Favour with the Britishers

Food historian Lizzie Collingham writes in her book Curry, “In the seventh and eighth centuries, the fire-worshipping Zoroastrians had fled the Arab invasion of Persia and settled along the west...

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 16, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Jada Bharata – XVII

Nilanjana retells the story of the son of Rishabhah, King Bharata, an ideal king, a righteous man and a perfect ruler. How Bharata remembers his past lives and the wisdom...

March 9, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Rishabhah – XVI

Rishabhah avatar of Narayana was a live demonstration as to how riches, fame, power and everything that human beings pine for cannot overrule the detachment of one who is centered....

March 2, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Narasimha – XV

Happy with Brahma’s boons, Hiranyakashipu captured heaven and earth. Very soon Indra, Kubera, Varuna and Yama became his vassals. However, Hiranyakashipu was not happy. The boon of immortality, his conquests and...

February 11, 2017
Michele Baron
Book Club

A Modest Menu Encourages Dialogue on Poverty, Hunger, Ethics and Inclusion

A Modest Menu looks beyond the measurable aspects of poverty, hunger, global land use and food security, waste and pollution, human trafficking, exclusion, and the myriad other challenges which affect our...

February 3, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Potpourri

Faith Healing: How Effective is it!

Shernaz tells us about her visit to a faith healer, few decades back. Her mother had been bed-ridden with chronic and severe rheumatoid arthritis. Medication fortified by strong will power saw...

January 31, 2017
Dr. Krishna Hota
Opinion, Politics

Why is Secularism Misunderstood in India?

The political meaning of secularism is a separation of religion and state, popularly known as separation of the State power and the Church. Secularism is formed and adopted in western countries...

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