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September 22, 2018
Swati Kumar
History & Culture, Religion, Special Feature

Togo: The Largest Voodoo Market in the World

Togo’s capital city of Lomé is the birthplace of the largest Voodoo market in the world – a kind of super supply store for fetishes, charms and anything else...

September 22, 2018
Different Truths Poets
Poem

Anthology of Poems on Africa of Earth and Beauty

We present an Anthology of Poems, on Africa, wherein 66 poets, with as many poems, spread across 19 nations [India (41); Nigeria (8); two each from the US and...

September 20, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Vrindavan Longs for Krishna – LXXXIV

Nilanjana recounts the tale of Vrindavan’s longing for Krishna, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Parikshit said, “So Krishna was now busy in his new role?” Sukha...

September 1, 2018
Dr. Ashok Chakravarthy Tholana
Poem

Beautiful and Peaceful

An evocative poem that sees the cruelty of modern times against the beauty of nature, by Dr. T Ashok, exclusively for Different Truths. Oh Earth and nature! Both are...

August 14, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Travel & Food

Meeting Simba, the Lion

Now in the third installment let us talk about a real folk we came all the way to the Dark Continent to meet up with, our colourful four-footed cousins...

August 11, 2018
Meenakshi
Novella, Relationship & Lifestyle

My Story: Renu – I

Here are four stories from a novella that deals with love, marriage, and relationship, by Meenakshi, in the weekly column. Here’s the first part, exclusively for Different Truths. Hi!...

August 11, 2018
Different Truths
Book Club

The Driftwood Portrays the Trauma and Graciousness of Braided in Life

The Driftwood is a sensitive portrayal of the trauma the Joshi family undergoes while carrying on with the mundane task of day-to-day living burying deep the memories of an...

August 4, 2018
Sushmita Mukherjee
Criticism

Pensive: The Gaze Within

Pensive is the mood that incubates and abets, facilitates and manifests as pristine creativity. Loads of works, through innumerable beings, bear testimony to the efficacy of a pensive mood...

August 3, 2018
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

When Life is Like a Jalebi, Eat it!

Caught amongst a busy schedule with too many things going around, Sarika, a teacher-mother-wife found that her life was more like a Jalebi, a yummy, crispy sweet. She decided...

August 3, 2018
IPA Service
People, Politics

Rendering Four Million People Stateless: Hidden Agenda to Disenfranchise Settlers

About four million people will become stateless in Assam. They will cease to be citizens of India. Losing citizenship means they will not be able to get the Aadhaar...