Drowning under Waste
Hong Kong faces a huge waste disposal problem. Hidden under many of its beautiful parks, golf courses and sports grounds are millions of tons of garbage. Only three of...
Quintessentially Beautiful Chaukori: A Jewel in Uttarakhand
m. The panoramic view of the mountains and valley and the sunset gave the feeling as if paradise has come alive on earth. There were some locals whom we befriended on our...
Spicy Orange Chicken: A Fusion Chinese Cuisine
Sonali tells us how she tweaked the Orange Chicken, spiced it up to suit her Indo-Chinese cuisine taste. Read more about it, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...
Allahabad Fort: From the Grandeur of Akbar to the Tyranny of Raj
Allahabad Fort was built by Emperor Akbar due to military compulsions. After Akbar, the fort was under several rulers. During the British regime, General Kyd was its commandant. The Britishers had...
Diets, Alcohol and Millionaires
Here’s a tongue-in-cheek account on how our diets and alcohol affect our longevity, and how the rich and the famous lived and died, by Dr. Kulmeet. He dispels many...
Trifle
Here are four micro-fictions – Air, The Peacock Strut, Helmets, and Repartee – presenting four slices of life, Trifle, by Sumita, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths....
The Girl Who Married a Stranger
Tutu recounts a popular folktale from the Calabar region of Nigeria. It’s about a stunning young woman, Afiong. She had bright eyes and velvety smooth skin, the colour of...
Travelling the World in NYC: Conversations with Cab Drivers and Other Multi-Cultural Excursions
The interplay of different cultures – read multiculturalism – opens the horizons to a person, who is compassionate and deeply observant. As a Dance/Movement Therapist, nonverbal communication is the...
Snapshots from South: A Redux
Ruchira tells us about two getaways, both quaint, in Kerala. These are Poovar and Padmanabhapuram Palace, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. While writing my memoirs about...
Oxytocin Ban Would Put Many Patients in Serious Difficulty
Oxytocin is not the only the drug; several medicines which have been used in the past are now banned. Byproducts of opium, which are useful in many cases in...