Travel & Food - Different Truths

April 15, 2022
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
People, Place, Travel & Food

Bali: A Hindu Kingdom in an Islamic Republic

Walking down the memory lane, Dr. Roopali takes us on a tour of Bali. She recapitulates Hindu rites and Ramayana. An exclusive for Different Truths. Just before the Covid-19...

April 15, 2022
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Of Classrooms, Career and Cookies

Performance pressure and career catches up with students early. Sarika suggests solutions and shares a recipe of butter cookies as stress buster, exclusively for Different Truths. Parent’s expectations and...

April 12, 2022
Soumya Mukherjee
Adventure-Literature, People, Place

The Haunted Hills of Uttarakhand

Quaint hilly villages tucked in the Himalayas are rife with haunting lore. Soumya tells us about one such encounter in an Uttarakhand village. An exclusive for Different Truths. Recently,...

April 10, 2022
Tinku Paul
Economy, Migration & Diaspora

The Nowhere Migrant

Tinku takes a hard look at the underbelly of labour trafficking. Railway coolies are paid a paltry sum to undertake this risky job. One poor man sells another for just...

April 8, 2022
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
People, Place, Sports, Travel & Food

Travel Trailing my Cricketing Days

Dr. Roopali walks down the memory lane to time travel with cricket and cricketers. How she wrote letters, met them and more. An exclusive for Different Truths. The game...

April 1, 2022
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
History & Culture, Multiculturalism, Travel & Food

A Travel into the Past: Colonial Williamsburg

Colonial Williamsburg, in the U.S., offers a time travel into the 18th century. Rooted in its history, it continues the cultural legacy into the 21st century, reports Dr. Roopali. An exclusive...

March 31, 2022
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Food, Potpourri

Babumoshai’s Passion for Fish isn’t Fishy!

Ruchira tells us how fish and Bengalis are inseparable. She recounts their favourite fishes. An exclusive for Different Truths. A Bengali takes to fish just as a duck takes...

March 25, 2022
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Place, Religion, Travel & Food

Tirumala Tirupati, a Secular God with a Muslim Wife?

Dr. Roopali talks of spiritual journeys, transformations and of serving the Lord Tirupati, in this memoir. She tells us how a principal Hindu God is secular, with a Muslim...

March 24, 2022
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Food, Health

Why Breakfast’s the Most Important Meal of the Day?

Ruchira tells us that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. She tells us about the many breakfast options – tasty, tangy, yummilicious to healthy. An exclusive...

March 17, 2022
Sarika Sarkar Das
Fairs & Festivals, Food, Pandemic

Pandemic, War and Festivities: Coconut Rabri for Holi

The festival of colours, Holi, brings hope in a world that was struggling with Coronavirus. The Ukraine-Russian war is a new threat. Sarika shares Coconut Rabri to make Holi...

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