A Sweet Tale
Childhood and adolescence seem to be another country. Our identities are formed then. Simple things like what we ate or wore, the places we visited, become landmarks in our...
Monkey Caps: Bengalis’ Cold Weather Companion
Winter is just around the corner. Ruchira tells us about the monkey cap, a butt of jokes in Bengal, tracing its antiquity – an exclusive for Different Truths. The...
May Maa Durga Bless us with More Shakti, not Power!
Ram Krishna clears the confusion between Shakti and power. While power is transient, short term meets limited purposes and is prone to misuse and abuse, Shakti, on the other...
Confectioneries and Little Treats of Childhood
Ruchira revisits her childhood and recalls the tidbits and confectionaries that she and her generation enjoyed – an exclusive for Different Truths. I am a child of the late...
Our Sojourn in This Cosmos: Is Life a Dream?
Satjit takes a voyage within to explore the meanings of life, living, and death. He likens life’s journey to dreams – exclusively for Different Truths. I crossed the life expectancy benchmark in...
The Last Moment: Illusion and Truth!
An inward-looking realisation makes Dr Sudipta believe that despite knowing the ultimate truth of death, we are blinded by our egos and greed for material gains – an exclusive...
Living Without a Watch
Sunil talks about living without his watch. He unravels ‘time’ for a historian. Twenty four moons have waned since I last wore a watch, and I’d feel distinctly inconvenienced...
Monsoon Celebrations and Getting Drenched
Soumya reminisces the fun of getting drenched in rains during monsoon. Would he be able to do that now? Find out in Different Truths. When my kids were small, we celebrated...
The Strange World of Roy Brothers
Partition and displacement were agonising. But, for two young lads, life in a city was wondrous. The school children were pleased that they had no schools. No studies. Seven brothers...
Love or Hate but Can’t Ignore Wily Narayan!
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...