Fish - Different Truths

November 25, 2025
Arindam Roy
Poem

Our Love is on the Scale, the Fish Weighs More

Arindam’s poem, tongue-in-cheek. explores how a Bengali spouse navigates a life where their partner’s true, eternal love belongs solely to fish, for Different Truths. My darling, your eyes are...

September 19, 2025
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Rain, Flora and Shrimps in Pumpkin Leaves Fritters – Sylheti Style

Sarika tells us about rain, resplendent flora and ethnic style fritters from Sylhet, shrimps wrapped in pumpkin leaves, a side dish. An exclusive for Different Truths. Rain is like...

August 2, 2025
Madhumita Ghosh
Short Story

A Rainy Day

Here’s an uncanny story from Madhumita. Three-day long rains had inundated the locality where the young couple stayed. The lady of the house cooked khichudi (rice and lentil porridge) and crisp...

June 2, 2023
Anumita Roy
Food

Two Quintessential Bengali Style Fish Recipes

Anumita, our Managing Editor, shares two quintessential Bengali style fish recipes, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Fish is a quintessential food for most of the people...

April 11, 2023
Tapati Sinha
Folk Stories, History & Culture

Fables are Never Too Old

The continuity of the oral tradition attested by The Fox and the Crow story found on the pottery of Mohenjo-Daro and Lothal archaeological sites of a civilisation six thousand...

March 31, 2022
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Food, Potpourri

Babumoshai’s Passion for Fish isn’t Fishy!

Ruchira tells us how fish and Bengalis are inseparable. She recounts their favourite fishes. An exclusive for Different Truths. A Bengali takes to fish just as a duck takes...

January 18, 2022
Mitali Chakravarty
Humour

How do I Fish…

Mitali talks about fishing, replete with wit and humour. An exclusive for Different Truths. How do I fish? Let me count the ways. I love to fish to the...

May 24, 2018
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

Child Labour

A poem about social awareness and a protest against employing a child as a labour, by Sarala, exclusively for Different Truths. Carrying heavy loads on their tender heads going...

May 2, 2018
IPA Service
Agriculture, Economy

Farm Crisis: Solution Lies in Raising Farm Income, Technology-Driven Smart Agriculture

Where we have gone wrong and why is it agrarian crisis keeps recurring in India. The answer is simple: Despite big strides in farming, India is yet to develop...

May 1, 2018
IPA Service
Homage, Profile

Time has come to Rediscover Karl Marx

Marx sought to question every new socio-economic projection. He rejected dogmatism. Such was his contempt of the dogmatists in his own days that shortly before he died in 1883,...

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