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January 11, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: What did Krishna Promise to the Gopis – LVII?

Nilanjana recounts a popular tale from the Bhagavatam where Krishna steals the clothes of the Gopis, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Pariskhit was all ears as...

January 3, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Personal Transformation through Meditation

Meditation deals with levels of consciousness that lie deeper than conceptual thought. There are deeper ways to understand things than just words, explains Navodita, our Associate Editor, a yoga...

December 30, 2017
Sutapa Basu
Book Review, Creative Writing, Potpourri

Kaleidoscope 2017

An eminent writer, Sutapa, whose talked-about book is soaring the bestsellers charts tells us about her journey in the year that was. She also shares her review about some of the...

December 25, 2017
Kabir Deb
Poem

Banned Girl

An intense ballad about the perversity of the society for a woman, her sexuality, and salvation, by Kabir, in Different Truths. One night, two souls united Breaking many customs...

December 23, 2017
Devraj Singh Kalsi
Book Extract, Fiction

Grief

Bibi Amrit, fondly called Biji, doubled her thunderous output on realising that she had an opportunity to overpower Nasib, to show the train of mourners that a mother’s grief...

December 3, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Book Extract, Fiction

The Heart of Donna Rai – I

Here’s a book extract from the forthcoming novel of Sumita, who writes under the penname ‘Shoam’. It is a coming of age story of a thirteen-year-old girl, set just before...

December 1, 2017
Shameena Abdurahiman
Beauty, Health

Why is Sleep Important? – III

In the third and final part of the three-part article on sleep, our fashionista, Shameena, tells us why sleep is important. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in...

November 23, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Kaliya and Krishna – L

Nilanjana retells the story of Krishna slaying the mighty poisonous snake, Kaliya, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. “Krishna jumped into the poisonous waters?” Parikshit said. “Oh,...

November 19, 2017
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

Masquerade

Here’s a ballad from Sarala about the sensuousness of a woman, ready to unmask and take revenge, in Different Truths. Don’t take me for granted She swayed her curvaceous...

November 17, 2017
Preeyan Abraham
Education & Career

Mind Your Language

Preeyan tells us the importance of language and body language in a work environment, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. We work in a multilingual, multicultural and...

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