Did You Know Me?
A heart-wrenching poem of lost love, of a marriage failing after 22 years. The agony of separation has been poignantly portrayed by Elsy in this verse, for Different Truths. That...
How Media Constructs Identities and Influences us
Media uses language to construct public perception through style, structure, and images. It also presents an implicitly biased perspective to a wide audience on certain issues and sometimes,...
The Strange Paradox of Blessings and Abuses for the Indian Women
Gender bias reflects itself in many forms. From the language of the morality and ethics of the so-called society made stereotypes of good girl and bad girl behaviour. Shockingly,...
Yoga: Find True Selves, be in Harmony with Nature and Rejuvenate Ourselves
Physically you are subject to the afflictions of hunger pangs, thirst, and fatigue, heat, and cold while mentally, emotionally and sentimentally, you are always subject to the affliction of...
Apala of Sonagachhi
This is a poem about the plight of a young girl, Apala, who was forced to work as a sex worker in Kolkata’s red light area, Sonagachhi. Forced into...
Two Taurean Beauties Hrishitaa Bhatt and Sunny Leone are Model-turned-Actresses
Hrishitaa Bhatt was a Liril model before she ventured into Bollywood as an actress. Sunny Leone too entered the film through modelling, though she was a porn queen, before she...
Creative Restlessness and Sufferings Shaped the Language of the Films of Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt, an enigma for many, a nonconformist, sensitive storyteller, bold and brutal, who weaves stories from the emotions experienced straight from his heart. A man who defies rules...
A Love Affair with Hot Okra – II
Continuing with her love for Okra, London-based Parna, a nutritionist and fitness expert, shares with us her version of Dhainrosher Jhaal from Bengal, which she calls Baked Mustard Okra....
An Overview of Early Indian Novels in English – II
Continuing with the theme of Indian Writing in English, Basudeb reiterates that the English language united various parts of India under the British rule. He talks about an early...
Those Blessed Urns…
A river has always been likened to journey. Sarala talks of the urns (with the mortal remains) floating in Sangam calmly. An evocative and poignant verse of the final...