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Humour

October 3, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Cinema, Humour, Politics

A Bollywood Analysis: AAP Yahan Aye, Kisliye?

The intellectual in the drawing room had reached the conclusion, depending on affiliation, that AAP is BJP’s B team and Congress mole, says our humourist Soumya, in the...

September 27, 2017
Neelum S. Gour
Humour, Nostalgia, Religion

Taaru-da, Kaalu-da and the Banquet Scene

Durga Pujo and plays are inseparable. Neelum recalls, tongue-in-cheek, about her grandfather’s, who directed a play, in the 1930s, in Allahabad’s oldest Colonelganj Barwari, on the very important day,...

September 12, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, Relationship & Lifestyle

Cast(e)ing Aspersions on a new Bride

Our humourist, Soumya, tells us how the grandmother-in-law of his new bride from another community was questioned. Find out more, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The...

September 12, 2017
Tapati Sinha
Humour, Poem

Devi in Dilemma

Here’s a tongue-in-cheek account of the plight of Goddess Durga, on Earth, her parents’ abode, in verse, by Tapati, in Different Truths. Here arrives autumn with sky, a deep...

July 18, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

And a Chipko is Born…

Humourist Soumya tells us how a Chipko was born in their home. He shares the experiences with a young girl from the hills and her love for nature, weeds,...

July 4, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

The Liquid Path

Humourist Soumya talks about coming of age and an initiation in drinking, in his style, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I feel that the idyllic memories...

June 6, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

No Country for Shy People!

Humourist Soumya tells us about two men, Ram and Shyam, each other’s foil and what happened to them in a bawdy house Read more in the weekly column, exclusively...

May 30, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, Religion

The Unique Satyanarain: Secularism, Goan Style!

Humourist Soumya keenly observes rituals in government offices in various parts of India. Goa holds the surprise. Smile with him, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Traditionally,...

April 11, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

A Walk in the Park

Humourist Soumya talks about the many sights and sounds of morning walk in Mumbai, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The gentle musical notes of the...

March 28, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

My First Punju Wedding as an Invited Guest

Humourist Soumya tells us about the boisterous and exuberant Punjabi (slang: Punju) wedding as an invited guest. The Big Fat Punjabi Wedding is a place to be. Here’s more...

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