glass Archives - Different Truths

July 15, 2025
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Round is a Shape

Humourist Soumya talks about workouts, gym, swimming, and his resolve to exercise seriously, in his typical style, exclusively for Different Truths. I love workouts. I enjoy watching people sweating...

April 17, 2024
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

She

An evocative poem by Sarala that celebrates the innocence of a girl-child within an old woman, in Different Truths. Behind her silvery threads Creaking bones Wrinkled face Lifeless eyes Still,...

January 26, 2024
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Yummy Nolen Doi, a Bengali Sweet Yoghurt Dessert to Die For!

Nolen Doi (curd/ yoghurt) is a winter delicacy in Bengal. Sarika shares the recipe of baked yoghurt with palm jaggery, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. We,...

June 20, 2023
Dr. Amrinder Kaur Bajaj
Poem

Relief

An evocative rain poem, by Dr. Amrinder, exclusively for Different Truths. Raindrops knock on my window I do not let them in. They hit, the glass pane like pellets...

April 22, 2023
Sukanya Juno Biswas
Environment

Let’s Begin Small on Earth Day

Each of us is responsible to cut down senseless wastage of resources. It’s important that we save water, conserve energy, recycle and avoid the use of plastic. Sukanya, in a...

September 16, 2022
Parna Mukherjee
Fitness, Health

Sleep well for Recovery: Another Name for Results!

Sleep is very important for recovery of the body. London-based Parna, a certified nutritionist, and a fitness expert, tells us the importance of good sleep, in the new weekly...

September 5, 2022
Arindam Roy
Short Story, Special Feature

F**k Honesty!

It’s an era when reporters are called upon to be fixers. They have to do the dirty jobs. Those who cannot, like the protagonist, Badshah, are ejected out of...

September 23, 2018
Michele Baron
Cover Story, Special Feature, Travel & Food

tea, salt, and teranga

Not all salt harvesters are held in equal esteem. As in many economically-challenged zones across the world, outside Dakar, in the shallow basin of Senegal’s Lac Rose, salt workers...

July 3, 2018
Syed Kabir
Governance

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...

June 5, 2018
IPA Service
Epidemic, Health

Bat-like, Nipah Turns Kozhikode Upside Down: Frantic Moves to Deal with Second Outbreak

Already 17 of the 20 ‘Nipah infected’, who were hospitalised, are dead. That is a kill-rate of over 89 percent, much more than what heaven can accommodate in such...

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