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March 16, 2020
Monika Ajay Kaul
Cover Story, Potpourri

Spring Celebrates Beauty, Bounty and Fertility

Monika Ajay KaulBorn in the breathtakingly beautiful vale of Kashmir, Monika had her schooling there. A postgraduate in Business Management, an academician by profession, she is an art history...

October 31, 2019
Tapati Sinha
Religion, History & Culture

The Festive Face of Kolkata – I

Tapati SinhaTapati Sinha is educated from schooling to Post-Graduation from Visva-Bharati University with a Doctoral degree from Nagpur University in A.I.H.C.A. She loves Indian literature, Indian and world history...

July 12, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Kamsa and Krishna – LXXX

Nilanjana recounts the well-known tale of how Krishna crushed the life out of Kamsa, from the Bhagavatam, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. Sukha took a pause...

June 28, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Kuvalayapida and Krishna – LXXVIII

Nilanjana retells the famous story from the Bhagavatam about how Krishna vanquished Kuvalayapida, the mighty elephant of Kamsa, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. Sukha was narrating...

November 25, 2017
Manthena Damodara Chary
Poem

Edifying Eminence

Here’s an evocative poem by Manthena, in Different Truths. Flowery fantasy facilitates felicitous festivity The poetry of symmetry springs rare activity Blissful birds sing in scintillating splendour This world...

August 25, 2017
Geethanjali Dilip
Poem, Special Feature

Elephantine

Geethanjali weaves a string of stories and parables to invoke Sri Ganesha, in the special feature, in Different Truths वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभ । निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा ॥ Meaning: 1: I meditate on Sri Ganesha – Who...

August 5, 2017
Anumita Roy
History & Culture, Travel & Food

From a Small Village to a Metropolis, 19th Century Montreal is Replete with History – I

Anumita tells us about Montreal, one of the most populous metropolis of Quebec Province, in Canada. The Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal is a magnificent Gothic Revival style structure. Here’s...

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,...

January 13, 2017
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Yummy and Finger-licking Chocolate Brownies add to the Festivities!

In India, people celebrate Christmas and New Year in different ways. It is an international festival and celebrated globally, almost the same way. But, India is unique in many ways, much...

January 10, 2017
Eswar Anandan
People

Losar: Tibetan New Year

The history of Losar dates back to the pre-Buddhism era of Tibet. Bon religion was widely practiced in Tibet before the advent of Buddhism in Tibet. During the winter season, it...

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