Rooted
Ipsita walks down the memory lane to visit the ancestral home of her maternal grandparents, where Durga Puja was held every year. She brings alive the grandeur of the...
The Real-life Ramlila
Enakshi worries that Ramlila is being organised by the organisers despite the restrictions of the Pandemic. She concludes that each one of us, in real life, must learn from...
An eAnthology of Poems on Durga
Different Truths PoetsMahua Sen, Shree Ganguly, Amita Sanghavi, Rituparna Khan, Parvathy Ramachandran, Tabassum Tahmina Shagugta Hussein, Rajashree Mohapatra, Kamrun Nahar, Lily Swarn, Shail Raghuvanshi, Anoucheka Gangabissoon, Dr. Chandra Prakash...
Religion & Politics: Calcutta High Court Restrains Devotees’ Darshan in Durga Puja
Throwing caution to wind, Mamata Banerjee sought to appease the Hindus to counter the Right-wing dent on her vote bank. Assembly elections are round the corner. Calcutta High Court...
9/11: A Tale of Two Events
The day was 9/11 but the contrast was sharp. Swami Vivekananda addressed the Parliament of Religions, in 1893, in the US. In 2001, on the same day, there were four...
Hindu Mythology and Flawed Moral Values
Enakshi critiques Hindu mythology and finds several flawed moral values. An exclusive for Different Truths. If you are asked why does the moon have spots on its surface that...
Gods’ Prasad of a Different Kind
Ruchira Adhikari GhoshBorn in Guwahati and raised across Delhi and Punjab, Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh is an alumna of Sacred Heart Convent, Ludhiana. She holds a master’s degree in English...
The Conversion of Hagia Sophia: Humanity and Secularism
Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta HusseinTabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein is an aesthete from Dhaka, Bangladesh and MA holder in British and American literature. She is a poet from unheard voices that...
Negotiating Negotiations: Lessons from the Mythology
Soumya MukherjeeSoumya Mukherjee is an alumnus of St Stephens College and Delhi School of Economics. He earns his daily bread by working for a PSU Insurance company, and lectures...
The Holy Quran: The Gift of Ramadan and Laylat al Qadr
Bushra Alvi RazzackBushra Alvi Razzack, Founder of Delhi by Verse, loves weaving words, emotions and opinions while creating rhythm and imagery to make sense. Apart from being therapeutic, writing...