Devi in Dilemma
Here’s a tongue-in-cheek account of the plight of Goddess Durga, on Earth, her parents’ abode, in verse, by Tapati, in Different Truths. Here arrives autumn with sky, a deep...
Killing those Voices
Why the people who raise their voices are being silenced, perpetually, asks Vedatrayee, a young Kolkata-based lawyer, and an eminent danseuse, reflecting on the death of Gauri Lankesh –...
Kripalu Yoga Integrates Various Yoga Practices
Kripalu Yoga integrates various Yogic practices and heals the body, mind, and emotions through intense meditative practices. Kripalu means compassion and acknowledges each and every human being as a...
Phase Where Gauri Died
Here’s a tribute for Gauri Lankesh, in verse, by Kabir, in Different Truths. I am a pen Many use me for pleasure By writing on domestic islands Few use...
Mean and Monstrous Hurricane Irma set to Batter Florida Brutally
The eye of the Hurricane Irma is scaring people affected by it and many others all around the world. Irma is mean and monstrous. Anumita, our Managing Editor, reports,...
Godmen: Happiness Comes with a Price Tag
Gurus whose USP is smart marketing; Swamis whose fortunes would shame a Rockefeller; Godmen with unbridled libido who believe it is their right to rape and murder; Babas in...
Shantiniketan: Tagore set a School Amidst Nature, Unfettered the Young Minds – I
Rabindranath was unhappy with the British schooling system of sitting enclosed within four walls of high raised solid buildings. It was a feeling of suffocation he experienced, when the...
Tragedy King Dilip Kumar, an Icon of Bollywood, a Charming Actor
Dilip Kumar was born Muhammad Yusuf Khan in Qissa Khawani Bazaar, in Peshawar, Pakistan. His father was a fruit merchant and owned large orchards in Peshawar and Devlali in...
A Nomad between Goodbyes and Hellos
Efficiency is what Hong Kong runs on. It drives the people here. A city that sees a good number of typhoons every year, still gets back on its feet...
Anita Nair, a Journey towards Melliorism: The Better Man to Chain of Custody
Basudeb critiques the novels of Anita Nair, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Shornur at the district of Palakkad, Kerala, is Anita Nair’s birth place. She...