Art - Different Truths

July 24, 2016
Joyce Yarrow
Poem

The History House is Rocking

Joyce also wears the hat of a musician and singer, when she is not writing. An interesting poem where the writer-poet and the musician-singer meet. The world’s five greatest composers...

April 29, 2016
Arindam Roy
Opinion

Art and Reality

Arindam delves into the issues of art and reality, its interrelations and interdependence in this opinion piece. “Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with...

April 25, 2016
Cholena Nashan
Painting

Don’t call me an Artist

Life is full of contradictions and paradoxes. Here’s a personal account of Cholena. She tells us about the deep prejudices against art and artists when she was growing up. She...

April 18, 2016
Anumita Roy
Architecture & Monuments, Heritage, Ruins

Mahabalipuram: Chariots of Stone

Mahabalipuram is the epitome of Dravidian art between 6th and 7th century AD. It was named after the Pallava king Narashimhavarman-I. Situated on the coastal Bay of Bengal, it has...

March 11, 2016
Arindam Roy
Arts, Opinion

Art and Artiste

This is perhaps the longest intro in Different Truths. Please hear me out and you’ll know why I am saying what I am saying. Am not blaming or condemning anyone....

February 9, 2016
Reema Gulati
Fairs & Festivals

Know Thy Neighbour: Women Forge Community Bonding

A small group of women of Thakur village, Mumbai, wished to do something to know each other better. Their strong urge to revive community and camaraderie bloomed into Streetkonnect. They organised...

December 5, 2015
Ratan Bhattacharjee
Literature, Poem

Two Dark Poems

Different Truths introduces poems from this issue. Ratan pens two dark poems that deal with hatred, violence and deaths, unleashing untold miseries that men in the supreme ignorance bring...