Colour Archives - Different Truths

June 25, 2026
Farheen Viquas
Science & Technology

Technology: Pain, Sweat, Blood and Body Heat

Technology can now quantify pain experienced by a patient and help doctors’ prognosis. It won’t be easy to fake pain anymore. A device made from paper detects biomarkers and...

December 5, 2025
Sonali Chakraborty
Food

Christmas Delight: Jewel Tutti Frutti Cake with Colourful bits of Fruits

The fairy lights, the Christmas tree, Christmas carol and most importantly the smell of the baked goods wafting in the air. Christmas is incomplete without a fruit cake. There...

November 7, 2025
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food, History & Culture

Of Udaipur, Padmavati Controversy and Yummy Laal Maans, a Rajasthani Dish

Sarika takes us through enchanting Udaipur, its palaces, and forts, the many tales of valour, the controversy surrounding a film, Padmavati. She shares a yummy Rajasthani cuisine, Laal Maans,...

July 15, 2025
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Round is a Shape

Humourist Soumya talks about workouts, gym, swimming, and his resolve to exercise seriously, in his typical style, exclusively for Different Truths. I love workouts. I enjoy watching people sweating...

May 9, 2025
Deeya Bhattacharya
Poem

The Revenge of Tashi

A bold and intense prose poem by Deeya, in Different Truths. Tashi breathes the mud of magic. The cold windy day translucently blows and his bones rattle against a tepid...

January 14, 2025
Nilakshi Roy
Poem

Us, just us

Here’s an evocative love poem by Nilakshi, as we celebrate the season of fertility and bounty, in Different Truths. Will there be a time When there’ll be usJust usWaiting for...

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....

June 24, 2024
Tapati Sinha
Cover Story, Health, History & Culture, Opinion

The Game of Life and Death…

The concept of ‘good death’ (euthanasia) existed in the ancient world. Medical assistance was not needed when the Homeric warrior died as a hero and was expected to accept...

May 25, 2024
Martins Tommyson
Poem

On my Darling’s Cheekbones

A love poem by Martins, where he likens her sensuousness to the intoxication of Palm-wine, for Different Truths. I see on her cream, fleshy cheekbonesa pellucid colour glimmerslike of a pink...

March 18, 2024
Tapati Sinha
Short Story, Special Feature, Special Needs

A Child Lost in his Special World

The pain and agony of a mother of of a child with autism, crushed by the pressures of her life, takes a grim toll. Tapati recounts a heart-wrenching account,...