Desire Archives - Page 7 of 11

October 22, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Education & Career, Fairs & Festivals, History & Culture, People, Politics, Tourism

Festival Lights in Singapore, Blotting History, Stoned to Study, Lost and Found

Shail talks of four news, in the last week, in her regular column. Diwali-themed trains, a station and five buses in Singapore to run until October 31. Taj Mahal...

October 14, 2017
Mamta Joshi
Books, Creative Writing

Catching up with Kazuo Ishiguro and the British Class System

Mamta revisits a novel of the 2017 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Kazuo Ishiguro, and reviews it exclusively for Different Truths. With the announcement of the Nobel Prize in...

October 6, 2017
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Of Durga Puja, Wedding and Yummy Radhaballabhi

Radhaballabhi makes Sarika nostalgic. She recalls foodie Bengalis enjoy these and other eatables during Durga Puja. Interestingly, it brings back memories of her wedding. Read more, including its recipe,...

October 3, 2017
Payal Talreja
Gender, Relationship & Lifestyle

Simran and Other Bollywood Babes: Coming of age

Even though a slim minority, we are ready to own up to our hidden reality, rather than be the ‘good’ daughter/sister/wife that lives her lives for others rather than...

September 22, 2017
Shameena Abdurahiman
Beauty, Fashion, Health

Dental Bonding, Teeth Whitening and other Cosmetic Dentistry – II

Shameena tells us ways to improve our smiles. In the second part of the three-part story, she tells us about dental bonding, teeth whitening and bleaching, along with its...

August 28, 2017
Payal Talreja
Crime, Politics, Religion

Hokey Godmen and the Mask of Celibacy

Self-styled guru and father-figure Huzoor Maharaj Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh ji, is the latest Godman, who simply put could not control his urges and felt that his status in...

August 24, 2017
Farheen Viquas
Science & Technology

Technology: A Magical Wand

Bangalore-based Farheen tells us how technology has made our lives easier. Here she tells us about a translator devices, SmartHalo that is your personal Navigation, Light, Alarm, Fitness Tracker...

August 19, 2017
Ayub Khawar
Poem

When did you Love?

An intense love poem by Ayub, in Different Truths. (1) When did you love me? My soul! It was I, Who loved you? Your gray fragrance Is knotted with...

August 1, 2017
Payal Talreja
Cinema, Gender

Sex and the Indian Woman: More than Lipstick under our Burqas

Gender roles are defined and given in a patriarchal society. The ‘good’ versus the ‘bad’ girl/woman mindset in the backdrop of the film Lipstick under my Burqa and marital...

July 29, 2017
Madhumita Ghosh
Fiction

The Music Room

Here’s an enigmatic and eerie ghost story, by Madhumita, exclusively for Different Truths. There were days and there were nights, one rolling into the other, fading, mingling and engulfing each...