Family Archives - Different Truths

June 19, 2026
Anumita Roy
Fashion & Beauty

Health and Beauty Benefits of Turmeric

Turmeric is a panacea. It has several health and beauty benefits. This is an ancient Ayurvedic component, which is now seen in mainstream medications for curing ailments. Anumita enlists...

June 10, 2026
Arun Dash
Poem

Nourishing Night

Here’s a poem, by Arun, in the tradition of the Romantics, wherein the poet’s love for the night, in Different Truths, is invigorating. The myriad conversations I hold with...

June 5, 2026
Shail Raghuvanshi
People

Life is no Magic Carpet for Salman in a Faraway Land!

Twenty-eight-year-old Salman is from Bhadohi, in East Uttar Pradesh. He was just 8 years old when he came to Chennai with his father. He misses home. Life is no...

April 28, 2026
Soumya Mukherjee
People, Potpourri

The Rites of Passage

Soumya walks down the memory lane and revisits his childhood, tween, and teenage years. An exclusive for Different Truths. Do we have any memories before we are two years...

April 24, 2026
Anumita Roy
Food

Delicious Jhatpat Mixed Rice

Anumita shares the recipe of Jhatpat (instant) Mixed Rice, a one-dish meal. It is a version of biriyani, polao and fried rice. It has the component of all of...

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,...

November 4, 2025
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

My Silence/ I Cherish a Leap of Love

Here are two poems by Sarala, in Different Truths. The first poem is inward-looking, a tribute to a mother. The second verse is an outward journey, where the poet...

October 29, 2025
Mamta Joshi
Poem

No Homecoming Ever

Three perspectives of an evocative poem by Mamta. A dinner thrown as farewellThe guests lovingly swellAmbience, menu perfectThe bar too well lacedThe mood quasi-festiveA loving couple restiveAfter three quarters of...

September 10, 2025
Debarati Sen
Poem

Captivating Verses of Nostalgia and Nature

Micro-poems capturing fleeting moments, vivid imagery, and deep emotions, weaving nostalgia, nature, and introspection in Debarati’s concise, evocative verses, exclusively for Different Truths. summer terrace granny adds oilto the...

August 19, 2025
Kabir Deb
Poem

The World Today…

Kabir agonises about the meaninglessness of contemporary existence, giving us a slice of the urban life, in this verse, in Different Truths. More kisses, fewer conversationsOne truth is yet...