Lonely in a Crowd
Loneliness has become an epidemic in Hong Kong. A recent study of working persons found that about a quarter of people in Hong Kong showed some form of anxiety....
Bhaswati Bhattacharya: Coffee House became the Nerve Centre of Adda, Politics, Literary and Cultural Discourse
Bhaswati’s intensive and meticulous six-year-long research on Indian Coffee Houses in Kolkata, Allahabad, and New Delhi, has fructified in the form of a book, Much Ado Over Coffee. Here’s...
An Eerie Beauty in the Poems of Wani Nazir
Because beauty at its purest is fierce, powerful and terrible captivates the reader. Wani Nazir’s poems have that eerie beauty in them, says Samrudhi, reviewing his book of poems,...
Sultanate of Oman: Pristine Beauty Blended with Modernity
Ruchira takes us on a tour of the Sultanate of Oman, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. I am footloose by nature. My fondest dream is to...
Braces: Gaps In Between Teeth – II
Fashionista Shameena tells us about the benefits dental braces, in the second part of her four-part research article. Here she tells us about how to deal with gaps in...
Baked and Quick Yummy Bengali Misti
Anumita tells us about easy and quick method to prepare baked Bengali sweets at home, in the regular column, exclusively for Different Truths. Bengali and their sweet-tooth are synonymous. Misti is...
The Tadpoles Did Not See
Here’s a poem by Sumita that celebrates nature, the playful innocence of girls, memory, and identity, in Different Truths. The surface rippled, Three pairs of feet plopped in And...
Education, Economics and Happiness
The education in India is too straitjacketed to produce a progressive, happy society. It is not going to produce enough innovative people, or ideas, to really take on the...
Weather and Technology: Friends and Foes
Weather modification, alternatively known as cloud seeding, is the application of scientific technology that enhances a cloud’s ability to produce precipitation. Bangalore-based Farheen examines how technology can help and...
Loneliness: The Quintessential Wingman
The turbulence and turmoil that rages within the forsaken and forlorn person, after a break-up, has been portrayed by Anika, exclusively for Different Truths. An honest reply to ‘how...