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April 19, 2017
Dr. Roxy Arora
Gender

Nandita Venkatesan: The Girl who Refused to Throw in the Towel

Fighting against all odds, a life-threatening disease, Nandita Venkatesan, emerged victorious. Her ordeals were long and unforgiving. But her never-say-die spirit makes her an inspiration for many of us,...

April 19, 2017
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Poem

To my Unborn Child

Here’s a protest poem by Anoucheka. It transcends from the personal and individual plane to the Universal realm, in Different Truths. Learn to sustain yourself But also, learn to...

April 18, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Krishna and Karl

Marxism was formulated in the Geeta. Karl merely stole it from Krishna, says humourist Soumya. He tells us that the basic premise of Marxism is that History is a...

April 18, 2017
Anumita Roy
Beauty, Health

Miracle Water: The Benefits of Ginger Water and Cucumber Water – II

In the second part of the five-part article on miracle water, Anumita tells us of the medicinal and beauty enhancements uses of easy to prepare home remedies, ginger water,...

April 17, 2017
Sreelata Menon
Science & Technology, Technology

What is Big Data?

Most companies are exploring ways and means to streamline the information that is available to them. And Big Data is trending big time these days. So what then is...

April 17, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Wellness

Atheist or Theist are not Different: Be a Spiritual Seeker and Practise Yoga

An atheist cannot be spiritual. It is also difficult for a theist to be spiritual, too. The difference is that one believes in God and the other doesn’t. Both...

April 16, 2017
Smriti Maheshwari
Films

Three Aries, Bindu, Arshad Warsi and Babita Braved Odds, Emerged Victorious

Bindu, Arshad Warsi, and Babita, three well-known Aries actors, whose birthdays are in the coming week, have one thing in common. All of them had to face difficult situations....

April 16, 2017
Tapan Mozumdar
Fiction

Supermoon

A 25-year-old roadie, Nalin, meets a witch, Maya, an elderly widow. It’s a full moon night. Tapan takes us through many twists and turns, with sparks flying. Was Maya...

April 16, 2017
Muddasir Ramzan
Short Story

Fallen Life

Here’s a poignant short story, a sudden fiction, by Muddasir, dealing with the gloom of death, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. In a whirring euphoria of...

April 15, 2017
Sisir K Chatterjee
Cover Story, Fairs & Festivals, Rituals & Practices

Buro Shibtola: Oracles and Miracles Prove the Prowess of Shiva till date!

Tales of oracles and miracles have survived for about two hundred years surrounding a Shiva temple, known as Buro Shib, beside the Ganga, near the port of Budge Budge,...

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