Fashion - Different Truths

August 10, 2023
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Fashion

Significance of Clothing: From Identity to Social Media Influences

Clothing shapes identity and behaviour, evolving from basic materials to diverse fabrics, yet individual choices remain subjective, opines Ruchira – exclusively for Different Truths. Since the dawn of civilisation,...

May 22, 2023
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Fashion, Humour

Indian Street Fashion: Ooh la-la!

Ruchira takes a hard look at the street fashion these days. She finds most of these bizarre. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. I feel...

May 11, 2023
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Fashion, Lifestyle

The Eccentricities of Glitz, Glamour and Sordid Realities

Haute Couturiers have a dark reality of broken relationships, sleaze, jealousy, drugs, and orgies, confesses Ruchira, having covered the fashion beat for five years – an exclusive for Different...

May 8, 2021
Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein
Fashion, Fiction, Poem, Special Feature, Tribute

Tagore on Style and Fashion in Farewell Song

Tabassum tells us about the modernity of Rabindranath Tagore. In his novel, Shesher Kobita (Farewell Song), the Bard makes a clear distinction between style and fashion. A Special Feature,...

August 21, 2020
Different Truths News Service
Advocacy, Children's Right, Fashion

Helping India’s Most Vulnerable Children in COVID Times

Internationally acclaimed designers like Manish Malhotra, Sabyasachi Mukherjee & Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla come forward to support CRY in their endeavour to support children weather the crisis. A report...

July 13, 2018
Shameena Abdurahiman
Beauty, Fashion

How to Choose Contrast Colours to Create Fabulous Clothing!

Fashionista Shameena gives us invaluable tips on how to choose contrast colours that would complement our skin and hair colours. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively for Different...

April 13, 2018
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion

Turban in Europe and its Fashion Trends among Women – V

The turban was introduced into fashionable European dress in the early fifteenth century and its usage continued until the sixteenth century. It has been revived many times in women’s...

April 6, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Beauty, Fashion, History & Culture

Solah Shringaar: Enchantingly Dolled to Beauty in 16 Steps

In Hindu mythology “sixteen shringaars” correspond to the sixteen phases of the moon, which in turn is connected with a woman’s menstrual cycle. It is believed that Solah Shringaar...

March 30, 2018
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion

Turbans are an Integral Part of Sikhism – III

The next two parts deal with turbans amongst the Sikhs, tracing its genesis, how it’s worn and other details. Here’s an in-depth research by Shameena, in the weekly column,...

March 16, 2018
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion

The Development of Pugree in Different Historical Eras in India – II

In the second part, Shameena tells us the development of the turban or Pugree, in the Sunga period, Gupta period, Islamic era and the Sikh intervention in India. Read...

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