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December 13, 2025
Tapati Sinha
History & Culture

The Weighing Scale: From the Harappan Times to the Present

The Harappan people developed the most precise measurements people had six thousand years ago. Harappan people developed the most precise measurements people had six thousand years ago, informs Tapati,...

December 13, 2025
Subhajit Sanyal
Short Story

Penchant for Petrichor

Monsoon is a time of love and romance. It has been associated with the fertility worship from ancient times. It awakens the primeval passions in us. Subhajit romances the monsoon...

December 12, 2025
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Lip-smacking Dhaba Style Mutton Keema Curry

Continuing with our delicious street food, Sarika tells us about the Dhabas (roadside) eateries. Initially, these were cheap food joints for the truckers. Now, there are many swanky dhabas too that...

December 6, 2025
Aparajita Dutta
Fiction, Special Feature

His Story

Here’s an intriguing short story by Aparajita, exclusively in Different Truths. Emotions add colour to old buildings, giving them the energy to thrive the blows of time. The sundry...

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...

December 2, 2025
Tatjana Debeljacki
Poem

Aquarius/Living out of Poem

Aquarius A poem of longing and wish by Tatjana. Dedicated to Dragoljub Djuričić While it’s raining, and when there is happiness,And while dreaming the green knight,When the fear is...

November 26, 2025
Moinak Dutta
Poem

The Missing*

A heart-wrenching poem by Moinak about missing tigers, raising awareness against illegal poaching of the wild cats. Every year, they are going missing,From Parks, Sanctuaries,From registers as they are christenedBy...

November 19, 2025
Muddasir Ramzan
Poem

What Then?

(After Yeats) An evocative poem by Muddasir "He must grow a legendary man,”His chosen teachers thought at school.He spent his life according to a youthful plan.‘What then?’ sang Nietzsche’s...

November 10, 2025
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Why are we a Nation of Citizens Without Conscience?

Are we a nation that plays the blame game best and points fingers at others? All these are done to shirk away our own responsibilities, states Hemashri, in the...

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,...

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