My Jigsaw Fairy
Tooth Fairy or not, a fairy guided Shernaz through the jigsaw puzzle of life. Read more about it exclusively in Different Truths. When I lost my first milk tooth,...
Get Around the Molehills of Life
We often imagine situations far worse than they are. In short, we create a mountain out of molehills. Shernaz tells us how to overcome this problem, exclusively in Different...
Calcutta Cameo: Of Fetidness and Joy!
Humourist Soumya presents two snapshots of Calcutta as he saw it, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. During a recent visit to my hometown – the city...
Makar Sankranti: A Pan-Indian Solar Festival Celebrating Bounty
Makar Sankranti is an important pan-Indian solar festival, known by different names. It is known as Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Pedda Panduga in Andhra Pradesh, Bihu in Assam, Magha...
Yummy Motorshutir Kochuri, a Winter Delicacy
Motoshutir kochuri (pea-filled puffs) are winter delicacies in Bengali homes. Anumita shares the traditional recipe made by her ma (mother), in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Winter is...
Kolar Mocha or Banana Flower: An Ethnic Bengali Delicacy
Sarika tells us the many benefits banana trees. Its flower, known as Kolar Mocha, is a vegetarian delicacy in Bengal. Here’s the recipe, in the weekly column, exclusively for...
Just Friends
A poignant and intense poem about yearning and wishes. A poem with strong submerged love, by Sushmita, in Different Truths. That winter night,You should have stayed on,With me through,Instead...
Spicy Orange Chicken: A Fusion Chinese Cuisine
Sonali tells us how she tweaked the Orange Chicken, spiced it up to suit her Indo-Chinese cuisine taste. Read more about it, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...
Harmonised
An evocative poem by Elsy, in Different Truths. They moved into an abode new by the railway line when she was nine. Sleep became alien as chugged the...
Gori Bahu: An Indian Obsession for Fair-skinned Brides
Fair skinned brides are an archetype of the Indian society. Everyone wants a Gori Bahu (fair daughter-in-law). From trophy wives to the beauty industry, fairness creams and soaps dominate...