Culture Archives - Page 10 of 26

November 9, 2020
Dr Jayita Sengupta
Criticism, Films, Folklore, Gender, Music, Painting, Poem

Shivelight: The Semiotics of Resistance Through Storytelling

In Shivelight and Other Stories, Jayita talks about the semiotics of resistance through storytelling. It’s from a woman’s perspective. An exclusive for Different Truths. ‘Shivelight’ is the title story of...

July 16, 2020
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
History & Culture, People, Travel & Food

Ludhiana: Manchester of India

Ruchira Adhikari GhoshRuchira Adhikari Ghosh brings a liberal, wide-ranging outlook shaped by extensive travel across India and abroad. Educated at Holy Child School, New Delhi, Sacred Heart Convent, Ludhiana,...

June 18, 2020
Dr Pratima Chaitanya
Gender

Patriarchy and Inequality: Questioning the Notion of Purity and Pollution

Dr Pratima ChaitanyaDr Pratima Chaitanya works as an Assistant Professor in Jagat Taran Girls’ PG College, Allahabad. She is a prolific writer and has published several articles in national...

February 21, 2020
Dr. Navodita Pande
Mass Media, Opinion

Understanding the Elements of Mass Culture

Dr. Navodita PandeNavodita Pande teaches Mass Media and Communication and English to ICSE/ISC school in Assam. She also trains students in Yoga, gratitude and healing. She loves to paint,...

January 9, 2020
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Food, History & Culture

Nutrition Coupled with Variety: Eggsactly!

December 12, 2019
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Travel & Food

The Story of Our Daily Bread

January 22, 2019
Balaka Ghosal
Humour

Snow from India

Snow was very different to Phoolmashi and the British doctor, in London, in 1966. Balaka gives a hilarious account of snow from India in June. An exclusive for Different...

September 23, 2018
Michele Baron
Cover Story, Special Feature, Travel & Food

tea, salt, and teranga

Not all salt harvesters are held in equal esteem. As in many economically-challenged zones across the world, outside Dakar, in the shallow basin of Senegal’s Lac Rose, salt workers...

August 18, 2018
IPA Service
Environment, Natural Calamity

Malayali Greed has Come Home to Roost: Unprecedented Flood Devastation is Man-Made

It is no time for a blame game. And yet it may be not be inappropriate to do a reality check. The agonising experience has put the fear of...

July 31, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
History & Culture, Travelogue

The Story of Masai, a Fascinating African Tribe

The most fascinating tribe who constitute the largest section of the population are the Masai. Their language, Swahili, is the official language of both Tanzania and Kenya and is widely...