Beauty Archives - Different Truths

July 3, 2026
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion & Beauty, History & Culture

Tattoo: A Primeval Art Form and an Individual Style Statement

Our fashionista, Kula Lumpur-based Shamina, delves into the history and traditions of tattoos, a primeval art form. She also sees its relevance as a contemporary style statement of an...

June 19, 2026
Anumita Roy
Fashion & Beauty

Health and Beauty Benefits of Turmeric

Turmeric is a panacea. It has several health and beauty benefits. This is an ancient Ayurvedic component, which is now seen in mainstream medications for curing ailments. Anumita enlists...

May 9, 2026
Tapan Mozumdar
Fiction

Waiting for Network…

This week’s fantasy fiction by Tapan is an interesting sci-fi, with engrossing twists and turns, exclusively on Different Truths. “Will you call the verses I write my off-springs?” In...

November 6, 2025
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Beauty, Lifestyle

Unleash Your Radiance: The Ultimate Guide to Beauty Parlour Secrets

Ruchira observes that in a cosmetic haven, the modern beauty parlour is a vibrant hub of transformation and essential social connection, for Different Truths. That’s a familiar line from...

February 6, 2025
Tirtho Banerjee
Poem

Urban Resilience: Finding Beauty in the Broken

The city’s stark realities, poverty and labour, contrasted with the privileged life within, creating a dissonance that Tirtho’s poem struggles to reconcile, exclusively for Different Truths. Every time that...

November 5, 2024
Monika Ajay Kaul
Handlooms & Handicrafts, History & Culture

Spotlight: The Timeless Beauty of the Shawl Across Cultures

Monika delves into the history of shawls, a culturally significant cloth that has been woven for centuries, providing warmth, beauty, and identity, exclusively for Different Truths. The story of...

August 1, 2024
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
History & Culture, Travel & Food

A Roman Holiday

Ruchira tells us of her visit to Rome, the eternal city, many moons ago, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Rome has as sobriquet: The Eternal City....

July 15, 2024
Suveera Sharma
People, Place, Relationship & Lifestyle

Mind and Muscle

Hong Kong is the world’s tallest city. The iconic buildings that dot the skyline of this wonderful city are by no means second-fiddle to its natural beauty. Each one...

July 15, 2024
Meenakshi
Literature, Poem

A Place of Beauty

MeenakshiMeenakshi is an alternative therapist/ healer, recruitment freelancer, volunteer at the Spastics Society of Karnataka, works for a women-centric NGO, Durga, and an entrepreneur. Recently she started an enterprise...

June 20, 2024
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Critique, Poem

Finding Beauty in the Scorch: Tagore’s Love for Summer

Ruchira explores Rabindranath Tagore’s appreciation for summer in his poetry, highlighting its beauty and power, and Tagore’s use of long robes in the heat. An exclusive for Different Truths....