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October 18, 2021
Prof. Swaraj Raj
Cinema, Music, Poem

Celebrating Saawan in Songs

Dr. Swaraj celebrates the beauty of Sawaan, in his seminal article, exploring its nuances in Hindi film and non-film songs, other than cultural overtures. An exclusive for Different Truths....

October 18, 2021
Mitali Chakravarty
Poem

Ruminations of an Eve

Mitali celebrates the beauty of a Chinese flower that bloomed in her garden, in China, many moons back. An exclusive for Different Truths. Long ago, when I had a...

October 16, 2021
Niharika Chibber Joe
Book Review, Gender, Health

Living with Stage-4 Cancer Indira Inspires to Defeat Disease & Death in her Memoir

Fast Forward to Hope: Choosing to Build the Power of Self by Indira Kaur Ahluwalia is an extraordinary new memoir about living with a Stage-4 metastatic cancer diagnosis. Niharika...

October 16, 2021
Shail Raghuvanshi
Animal Rights, Cinema, Gender, News, Poem, Religion, Sports

The Gender-Neutral Game, Drug Storm in Bollywood, A Dog’s Life, & Fake Belief Brought to Justice

Laced with wit and humour, Shail looks at the recent news to cast these in verse, be it the world of cricket which is becoming progressively gender-neutral, drugs in...

October 15, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
People, Place, Travel & Food

Wows and Woes of Train Journeys to Twin Cities – II

In the second and concluding part, Dr. Roopali, shares the wows and woes of train journeys to the Twin Cities. An exclusive for Different Truths. It is always past...

October 15, 2021
Dr. Sangeeta Sharma
Poem

Dreams

Dr. Sangeeta takes us into a surreal world of freedom, in this verse, exclusively for Different Truths. In dreams you do the dare-devil feats Climb up the golden steep...

October 14, 2021
Monika Ajay Kaul
Arts, Criticism

The Story of Renoir’s Famous Painting, Dance at Bougival

Dance at Bougival remains the most popular and idyllic amongst the three popular dance paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It inspired many artists. Monika, an art historian, tells us about...

October 14, 2021
Soumya Mukherjee
Poem

The Street

Soumya explores the many layered meanings of the street, in this verse, for Different Truths. To the homeless, it is his home To the hawkers, it is their mart...

October 13, 2021
Dr. Molly Joseph
Poem

Borrowed Moments

An evocative prayer poem, inspired by nature, by Dr. Molly, exclusively for Different Truths. The gentle wind moves, trees ...

October 12, 2021
Soumya Mukherjee
Guest Blog, Humour

A Rabindra Sangeet Lost in Translation

Soumya recounts how his younger daughter deciphered Rabindra Sangeet, losing its meaning in translation. A humourous take for Different Truths. When my children where very young we were living...

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