Bengalis - Different Truths

September 10, 2025
Sohini Roychowdhury
Humour

Unveiling the Bengali Taxonomy: A Bold Cultural Classification – I

Sohini explores the Bengali taxonomy of India, a witty, reductionist system dividing the subcontinent into four cultural categories, in two parts, exclusively for Different Truths. By Prof. (Self-Appointed) Bhadrakali...

July 19, 2024
Madhuri Bhattacharya
Potpourri

Spotlight: How France & Bengal Resist the Far-Right

French and Bengalis, despite differences, share a common stance against far-right ideologies, opines Madhuri, exclusively for Different Truths. I always felt that the French and Bengalis had a lot...

April 2, 2024
Lalee Chatterjee
Humor

The ABC of English

Lalee’s hilarious take on the misuse and abuse of English language by Bengalis is refreshing. Her prognosis of the problem and possible solutions gives a serious undertone to this humorous piece....

January 26, 2024
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Yummy Nolen Doi, a Bengali Sweet Yoghurt Dessert to Die For!

Nolen Doi (curd/ yoghurt) is a winter delicacy in Bengal. Sarika shares the recipe of baked yoghurt with palm jaggery, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. We,...

October 13, 2023
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Kolar Mocha or Banana Flower: An Ethnic Bengali Delicacy

Sarika tells us the many benefits banana trees. Its flower, known as Kolar Mocha, is a vegetarian delicacy in Bengal. Here’s the recipe, in the weekly column, exclusively for...

April 15, 2023
Sonali Chakraborty
Food

Celebrate Noboborsho with Delicious and Healthy Aam (Mango) Sandesh

In India, a varied array of mangoes is available during the summer months and people throng the markets to get a big batch to bring back home. A plate...

November 3, 2022
Devika Raghave
Travel & Food

The Essential Gypsy: The Journey Continues

Though we are civilised, the essential gypsy, the forever nomad, lives within each of us. We want to travel to places we have not been. The hunger for voyage and...

September 30, 2022
Sumita Dutta
Nostalgia, Religion, Special Feature

Durga Puja: A Five-day Extravaganza of Food, Feast, Fun, and Frolic

Eyes closed, each of us disappears into our own consciousness where we perhaps see a beloved departed parent or remember a past when they stood above us uttering these...

February 9, 2022
Madhumanti Sen Gupta
Cover Story, Migration & Diaspora

Crossing the Prohibited Boundary

The issue of illegal immigrants has several ramifications. Madhumanti discusses this issue, brilliantly, in the backdrop of global phenomena. Indo-Bangladesh, the fifth longest land-border in the world, is porous. She...

May 12, 2021
Dr. Partha Banerjee
Dance, Language, Migration & Diaspora, Multiculturalism, Music, People, Place, Special Feature, Theatre, Tribute

One Last Tagore Birthday before My Death

A Diaspora, Dr. Partha shares the agony of a Bengali far away from his homeland. He confesses, there are quite a few other Bengali immigrants both from Bangladesh...

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