British Raj Archives - Different Truths

February 8, 2022
Soumitra Dasgupta
Cover Story, Food, Travel & Food

Food, Friendship and Fantastic Stories

An Irani grandpa, with a Devil’s charm, has nine names. His grandson calls him Batman. His fantastic stories add to the taste of the delicious food. He casts a spell....

August 5, 2021
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
History & Culture, People, Place, Travelogue

Vignettes from the Emerald Andaman-Nicobar Islands

Ruchira takes us on a tour of the beautiful Andaman-Nicobar Islands. During the Raj, it was meant for deportation of the revolutionaries, a Kala Pani. An exclusive for Different...

May 12, 2021
Dr. Rashid Askari
Language, People, Place, Special Feature, Tribute

Tagore and Bangladesh

Had there been no stay in East Bengal, Tagore would have been a split soul – a divided personality. A complete and undivided Tagore is that Tagore who is...

October 31, 2019
Prof. Sanjoy Saksena
Poem

Prof. Sanjoy SaksenaProf. Sanjoy Saksena was educated at the Universities of Allahabad and Oxford where he was a Commonwealth student St. Catherine’s College. Various academic errands and programmes have...

July 10, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, Sports

Matching up to England and Bowling out the Raj

With the current India-England series on, Soumya recounts the life and times of his grandfather, a civil servant of the Raj, and his glee when India defeated England in...

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 3, 2018
Mira Pawar
People, Profile

Homaji Vyrawalla, the First Lady of the Lens from India

Late Homaji Vyrawalla, the first lady photojournalist of India who was absolutely at ease in the then male-dominated bastion. She captured the birth and growth of a new nation....

December 17, 2017
Nikita Goel
Cover Story, Relationship & Lifestyle

Hinduism Never Considered Homosexuality a Disease or a Crime

The lines dividing male and female, heterosexual and homosexual were blurred in ancient India. These tales have been passed on from one generation to another with pride. Perhaps they...

November 24, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Food, History & Culture

Potatoes on My Plate!

Ruchira tells us about the antiquity and history of potatoes and its varied uses, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I am a non-vegetarian, by default, since...

May 1, 2017
Smriti Maheshwari
Cinema

Balraj Sahni, Anushka Sharma and Satyajit Ray Celebrate Birthdays on May 1 and 2

While Satyajit Ray, the God of Cinema, was born on May 2, Balraj Sahni, who lived the characters he portrayed with realism, shares his birthday with bubbly, bouncy Anushka...