Us, just us
Here’s an evocative love poem by Nilakshi, as we celebrate the season of fertility and bounty, in Different Truths. Will there be a time When there’ll be usJust usWaiting for...
A Saga of Diwali: Poverty, Love, and Resilience
Dr Molly’s Diwali song evokes childhood memories of a simple village celebrating harvests, while Diwali contrasts with the festive spirit of the wealthy, exclusively for Different Truths. “Ghar, ghar...
Festivals of Lights from Around the World
Most cultures and peoples celebrate the festivals of lights. Anumita reveals many traditions, which are basically same. ‘Tamso ma jotirgamaya’ of the Hindus find echo in the Biblical ‘Lead symbolises ignorance...
Three Delicious Bengali Sweets
Bongs and their Misti (sweet, both a noun and an adjective) are inseparable like a pair of old gloves. Anumita shares the recipes of three popular sweets, Misti Doi, Sandesh...
The Genesis of Mother Worship: Invoking 12 Autumn Goddesses
Our Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Arindam, traces the genesis of the mother worship from the Vedic, Upanishad, Puranic, the two epics and other religious texts. He discusses the Special Issue...
Durga Puja amongst Faith, Fallacy and Festivity
Arindam RoyArindam Roy has over four decades of experience in various newsrooms of renowned media houses. He is the Founder, Publishing Director, Editor-in-Chief of Different Truths, and Kavya Kumbh...
Heralding the Advent of Goddess Durga: A Homecoming
Goddess Durga is worshipped as vegetation, soil, and human form. Tapti elucidates her nine forms, Navdurga and tells us about her homecoming – an exclusive Special Feature for Different...
Meerut: Home is Where the Hermitage is!
Meerut dates to the Indus Valley Civilisation and is referred to as Ravana’s sasural. An industrial and a cantonment town, Dr. Roopali unfolds its many colours and hues. An exclusive...
Fun and Frolic during Durga Pujo!
Durga Pujo is a time to freak out, from binge eating to Pujo dating, Bengalis have come a long way, says Ruchira. A Special Feature exclusively for Different Truths....
An eAnthology of Poems on Durga
Different Truths PoetsMahua Sen, Shree Ganguly, Amita Sanghavi, Rituparna Khan, Parvathy Ramachandran, Tabassum Tahmina Shagugta Hussein, Rajashree Mohapatra, Kamrun Nahar, Lily Swarn, Shail Raghuvanshi, Anoucheka Gangabissoon, Dr. Chandra Prakash...