Journeys Lost
Here’s a story by Sumita, about a journey, exclusively in Different Truths. Dr. Sen’s house was in a state of excitement. His niece was bringing their grandnephews to meet...
Darjeeling Days
Rituparna KhanRituparna Khan is an Assistant Professor in Geography at Bidhannagar College, Salt Lake, Kolkata. Her inclination to Literature, especially poetry is no less. A few of her works are published and...
Darjeeling: Queen of Eastern Himalayas
Ruchira Adhikari GhoshBorn in Guwahati and raised across Delhi and Punjab, Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh is an alumna of Sacred Heart Convent, Ludhiana. She holds a master’s degree in English...
Darjeeling and Kurseong: Land of Misty Clouds and Monasteries
Shaili DhagatShaili is a prolific writer who has worked as a columnist and editor for the leading English newspapers like The Times of India, Indian Express, The Asian Age,...
The Chai that Cheers: The Inside Story
Ruchira tells us the story of tea. She traces the antiquity of this wonder drink and how it spread to other parts of the world. Read more in the...
Whose May Day is it: Kaamdar or Naamdar?
If you shout Mayday-Mayday! Don’t be shy. It is May 1, international workers day, which traces its origins to the Haymarket locality of the Chicago of the 19th Century, and...
Scrumptious Namkeen, Anyone?
Ruchira tells us about various namkeens, from different parts of India, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Indians are probably the most notorious foodies in the world....
GI Registry Needs to be Broad-based: Exclusion of MP from Basmati Cultivation Intriguing
The Chennai-based Geographical Indications (GI) Registry’s order in mid-March to exclude Madhya Pradesh from the area officially declared for the cultivation of the aromatic and widely consumed basmati rice,...
His Holiness the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, Thupten Gyatso
Eswar talks about His Holiness the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, likening him to the Sikh Guru Gobind Singh. Read more about His life and times, in the regular column, exclusively...
Army Life in Tea Gardens: Where Elephant Herds Robbed and Leopards Prowled
From the deserts we moved to the eastern part of the vast Indian land. Each state has such diversity that one never ceases to be goggle eyed at the alluring...