This is Life
Sumana BhattacharjeeSumana Bhattacharjee is an English poetry writer from India . She born and brought up in city Kolkata in a family of teachers . From her childhood she...
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...
Togo: The Largest Voodoo Market in the World
Togo’s capital city of Lomé is the birthplace of the largest Voodoo market in the world – a kind of super supply store for fetishes, charms and anything else...
Uncertain Times for German Politics
Dangerous developments connected with a rising fascist movement under the banner of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) are underway. Germany’s Left Party (die Linke), on the other hand, could...
Quoting Vajpayee to Bring Modi to Heel: When Insaniat with Pakistan Could Not Deliver
Told by Nehru when young that he will become PM one day, Vajpayee never looked far for a role model. Vajpayee wept “like a child” at Nehru’s death, says...
Opening the Door to Gay Room
Gay activist Harish Iyer, in a counter to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, who says homosexuality is “deviant”, insisted that homosexuality was a “variant” and that psychiatrists have said that....
The Unnamed Fame
Here’s an evocative short story by a young storyteller, Kabir. He penned this story, during a recent Creative Writing Workshop, conducted by our Editor-in-Chief, Arindam Roy, under the aggies...
The Wood Wide Web: Why we need a Mowgli in us!
Mowgli’s woody world is full of deep love for the jungle and animals of all shapes and sizes, within it. Rudyard Kipling’s story is laced with moral lessons to...
Three Easy Life Hacks for a Healthier Living
The modern lifestyle leaves little space to keep ourselves healthy and happy. The hectic schedule in this rat-race era demands consistent actions to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Ritambhara tells...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna in Mathura – LXXVI
Nilanjana recounts the tale of Balarama and Krishna in Mathura from the Bhagavatam, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. “A city must be very new for Balarama,...