A Sense of Humour is not Being Funny!
Having a sense of humour is not the same as being funny. The latter implies being able to tell a joke well or perfectly timing a pun to lighten...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: From Gokula to Vrindavan – XLII
Nilanjana recounts the story of the migration from Gokula to Vrindavan, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The gopas in Gokula were not blind to the series...
Killing those Voices
Why the people who raise their voices are being silenced, perpetually, asks Vedatrayee, a young Kolkata-based lawyer, and an eminent danseuse, reflecting on the death of Gauri Lankesh –...
Gauri Lankesh Gunned Down, Brit Paedophile Assaults Blind Children, Personal Data as Currency and Golf through Fire
Shail re-creates four news of the week gone by in verse. A fearless journalist, Gauri Lankesh, was gunned down at point blank range at her Bangalore home, by unknown...
Whose Interest Rate is it! Who does it Interest!
Tarun explains the intricacies of interest rates on Fixed Deposits (FDs). Why are lower interest rates hitting the senior citizens hard? Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in...
Yoga Vashishtha: Renunciation Stands for Fearlessness
Our Yoga expert, Navodita. Tells us about Yoga Vashishtha, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Yoga Vashishtha is full of words of wisdom that succinctly explain the...
How Susceptible are we to the Boom Bust Cycles?
A boom is a period of increasing demand, increasing productivity, increasing sales and increasing wages. A bust is a period when inflation decreases, unemployment rises, income falls, and demand...
Let the Heart of Dream be Revealed
An evocative love poem by Ayub, in Different Truths. Let the heart of dream be revealed, Just as drunkenness reveals upon The quivering lashes of the eyes sunken in...
Somewhere in the Midst, I Lost my Voice…
A gender sensitive poem, by Ritambhara, that depicts the over-protectiveness for girls that stifle her, and how she overcame it, in Different Truths. Since my childhood, To blossom like...
Is Kashmiriat dead? Long live Kashmiriat!
In the backdrop of fundamentalism, gloom, terrorism, there is hope. Arzan Nath and Gul Nisaar, a Kashmiri Pandit and a Muslim, had to suffer. Here’s a story how humanity...