Bengali Archives - Page 7 of 13

February 20, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Politics

Tripura: Beyond the Politics

The important question of Tripura ethnonational identity, inevitable as the Tripuri masses come to self-consciousness in the course of their development, may no longer be ignored by any political...

February 17, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Northeast States Brace for High-Stakes Polls: All Eyes on Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland

Incumbents in the three states are expecting major challenges from the BJP which is making an aggressive campaign in Tripura, as well as Christian, dominated tribal states of Nagaland...

February 16, 2018
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion

India has over Eighty Ways of Draping a Sari

There are more than 80 recorded ways to wear a sari. The most common style is for the sari to be wrapped around the waist, with the loose end...

February 15, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

BJP Deploying Massive Resources in Tripura Elections

The saffron party is using every trick in its bag to bring Tripura under its rule: from giving ‘inducements’ to Congress leaders to cross over to remaining eloquently silent...

February 6, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

When Names Determine the Sex!

Humourist Soumya tells us the gender confusion that names create, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. In the days before gender identity became infra dig and when...

January 30, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

A Nude Interlude!

Soumya, our humourist, recounts a real-life story, an incident from the life of his maternal great-grandfather, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. This is a story of...

January 22, 2018
Kabir Deb
Drama

Slaves Still Rule: A Soliloquy from Kritodash

Kabir translates a famous soliloquy of a slave from the play Kritodash in Bengali. Crossing the barriers of time and place, the slave talks of the human consciousness from...

January 5, 2018
Susmita Bhattacharya
Food

Dry Malpua: A Heartwarming Winter Dessert

The dry Malpua may be preserved for a week without refrigeration. If you prefer you may dip this in light sugar syrup. For the syrupy taste keep in mind...

December 22, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Gender, Relationship & Lifestyle

Am I Modern or Liberated?

In introspection, Ruchira asks some hard questions, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I never blindly followed social norms and customs. Period. For this, I have to...

December 2, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism, Multiculturalism

American writers of the Indian sub-continent are women. They are Mary Anne Mohan Raj, Bharati Mukherjee, Jhumpa Lahiri and Bapsi Sidhwa, Pakistan’s important diasporic writer. In their writings, what...