Hearts - Different Truths

July 20, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Naming the Children – XXXV

Nilanjana retells the story of the naming of two boys by Maharishi Garga, at Gokul, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Yashoda was busy feeding her baby...

July 11, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Defence, Obituary

The 1971-War Hero Commander B N Kavina VrC Passes Away in Australia

Commander Bahadur Nariman Kavina is the Navy officer we are talking about. As a husband, father, friend, boss and even stranger he was extraordinary, adoring, sensible, sensitive, wise, kind,...

June 29, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Putana – XXXII

Nilanjana recounts the tale of Putana and how she was slain by child Krishna, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Putana was loyal to her king, Kamsa....

May 9, 2017
Elsy Satheesan
Poem

Did You Know Me?

A heart-wrenching poem of lost love, of a marriage failing after 22 years. The agony of separation has been poignantly portrayed by Elsy in this verse, for Different Truths. That...

April 11, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

A Walk in the Park

Humourist Soumya talks about the many sights and sounds of morning walk in Mumbai, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The gentle musical notes of the...

April 4, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

The Strange World of Blind Rats and Pushy Pied Pipers

We have all turned into blind rats, lured by the flute of pushy Pied Pipers of the commercial and corporate world. Our needs, our ambitions, aspirations, dreams, even...

March 19, 2017
Vatsala Radhakeesoon
Poem

Be the Gentlemen

Vatsala finds the brute strength of men, when they are crass or gross, unacceptable. She asks them to be the gentleman and fulfil the divine design. Here’s the poem,...

January 1, 2017
Mamta Joshi
Potpourri, Special Feature

Ring in the New but do not Ring out the Old

Traditions are wearing away now, like a bar of soap; smaller in size though better packaged than before. If a moving advertisement doesn’t remind us to be, call parents or...

November 3, 2016
Elsy Satheesan
Poem

Strength is My Weakness

In this love poem, Elsy talks about the paradoxes of life and her calling as a poet, in Different Truths. An evocative poem that would linger on. Strength is my...

October 26, 2016
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Poem

The Right Approach to Life

Here’s an inward looking poem, where Anoucheka tries to search the meaning of life. Pray, if life is meant to be as it is Why should we fight it?...

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