Full Moon - Different Truths

July 29, 2025
Ayub Khawar
Poem

The Full Moon in the Dark

An evocative poem, celebrating nature, by Ayub, exclusively for Different Truths. The ocean was destined to dance, But what happened to the moon! Whose evil eye has caught The...

May 6, 2025
Dr. Ranjana Sharan Sinha
Poem

Ranjana’s poem is about working women, metaphorically represented by Kojagiri Lakshmi, exclusively for Different Truths. The night glowswith the silver moon:Hypnotic, surreal, beyond beautiful,but it becomes a mixed bag for...

May 25, 2024
Martins Tommyson
Poem

On my Darling’s Cheekbones

A love poem by Martins, where he likens her sensuousness to the intoxication of Palm-wine, for Different Truths. I see on her cream, fleshy cheekbonesa pellucid colour glimmerslike of a pink...

March 27, 2023
Aishwarya Damodar
Poem

Worlds Apart…

There are the tussle and turmoil between the mundane and the noble worlds, in Aishwarya’s verse, in Different Truths. En route this journey of life... through the concrete jungle,...

September 29, 2022
Anumita Roy
Myth, Rituals & Practices, Special Feature

Goddess Lakshmi Bless my Home!

Anumita takes a trip down memory lane and recalls the Lokhi (Lakshmi) puja at her Kolkata home. She tells us how the Goddess is a part of everyday discourse...

January 6, 2022
Sutapa Basu
Novella, Special Feature

Black Magic

With grit, faith and hard work, she built a whole new world for herself literally out of thin air. But when Jharna was attacked by the forces of Evil, will...

May 10, 2018
Sutapa Basu
Aesthetics, Dance, Multiculturalism, Painting, People, Place, Special Feature, Theatre, Tribute

The Abode of Peace: A Nest Formed in the Universe

Badly in need of funds for his ashram, Tagore sought donations from abroad notably England and was dismayed to encounter the cool British snub. This was a fallout of...

March 29, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna and the Gopis – Rasa Krida – LXVII

In this episode, Nilanjana helps us understand the many colours and hues of love that Lord Krishna explained to the gopis of Vrindavan. It culminates in Rasa Krida, in...

March 1, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Moonlit Night – LXIV

Nilanjana retells a story from the Bhagavatam about the magical divinity of Krishna’s flute, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Parikshit was looking forward to the next...

December 30, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Oral Traditions, Religion

A Year of Musings: Recounting the Bhagavatam in 2017; the Story Continues

Srimad Bhagavatam skillfully combines all the aspects of creation, where the divine in various forms create, preserve and annihilate only to transform and create again. A close look at...

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