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September 21, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna and Vatsa – XLIII

Nilanjana recounts the tale of Krishna slaying the demon Vatsa, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Now that the gopis and gopas had migrated to Vrindavan, they carried on with...

August 3, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna Playing with Mud – XXXVII

Nilanjana retells a well-known tale from the Bhagavatam, about Lord Krishna eating mud. Read more to know the enchanting details, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. One...

July 4, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Wellness

Rain, Rain, go Away…

This ‘season of discontent’ seems to be perennial in some people’s lives. They are the kill-joys who squash our enthusiasm with their expectations of gloom and doom. Their blame...

June 18, 2017
Smriti Maheshwari
Cinema

Ashish Vidyarthi and Amrish Puri, well-known Villains, were Theatre Actors Initially

Two well-known villains, Ashish Vidyarthi, and Amrish Puri, celebrate their birthdays this week. Ashish graduated to cinema from theatre and TV. Despite winning several awards, he could not make...

June 5, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Environment, Travel & Food

Do not Explore, just Ecoplore: Change the way you Holiday, for Mother Earth

Mahima, a Delhi-based freelance journalist gives us a sneak-peek of Ecoplore, which promotes eco-tourism, on World Environment Day, as Special Feature, exclusively on Different Truths. My esteemed readers, on...

April 27, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Vishwamitra – XXIII

Nilanjana retells the story of Rishi Vishwamitra and how he changed, through penance, from a proud King Kaushika, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. King Kaushika was...

March 30, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Ambarisha, the Yogi King – XIX

Nilanjana retells the story of Ambarisha, the Yogi King, a devotee of Narayana, and what happens to Durbasha Rishi, when in a fit of anger, he curses king. How...

February 12, 2017
Sarika Sarkar Das
Travel & Food

Destination Bali: Fun, Food and Frolic in an Enchanting Island

What an island in the midst of beaches, monkeys, temples, foods and active volcanoes! Sunsets that make you smile without any reason. Warm people, beautiful dances, easy communication and temples...

February 11, 2017
Michele Baron
Book Club

A Modest Menu Encourages Dialogue on Poverty, Hunger, Ethics and Inclusion

A Modest Menu looks beyond the measurable aspects of poverty, hunger, global land use and food security, waste and pollution, human trafficking, exclusion, and the myriad other challenges which affect our...

May 28, 2016
Saheli Mitra
Poem

Shades of Eve

An enigmatic poem about a girl, and later a woman, by the cool banks, pebbles and tears by Blue Eve. ‘By your cool banks, I sat down at last....