Day - Different Truths

March 20, 2017
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Poem

Submission to Life

In this poem, Anoucheka, moves from the mundane, world of everyday existence, over which we have little control. She explores the higher meanings of life, of God and consciousness,...

March 14, 2017
Eswar Anandan
Advocacy, People, Religion

Children of Hope: Face to Face with Dalai Lama

Eswar reminisces meeting His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama for the first time. He recalls the deep reverence among the Tibetan people for their religious leader. Read more about...

November 11, 2016
Anumita Roy
Food

Five Layered Bean Dip: Yummy Americanised Mexican Starter

Five layered Bean Dip is an Americanised Mexican food. Its history is hard to trace. This dip has many ingredients readily available in cans and packets; it cannot be called...

September 29, 2016
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Poem

A New Morning

Anoucheka welcomes the dawn, the beginning of a new morning, evocatively in this verse, for Different Truths. A fresh morning With a new born sun With droplets of dew on...

July 4, 2016
Joyce Yarrow
Poem

The Detective and the Poet

The mystery writer and the poet in Joyce tells us what’s the brief of either in this interesting verse. The detective runs down digs up uncovers exposes and brings to...

March 1, 2016
Nirmal Kumar Paudel
Education & Career

A day in a Madrasa

Nirmal, a human rights activist, had a firsthand experience of working in a Madrasa, in Varanasi. He recounts his experiences to Different Truths. In 2008, PVCHR worked with Madrasa to...

February 28, 2016
A. G. Brace
Potpourri

How did the Leap Year Begin?

AG Brace reveals the story of the Leap Year. He explains how the Julian calendar differs from the Gregorian calendar. February 29 is truly a remarkably dauntless attempt by Julius Caesar...