The First Encounter
Tripti, a gynecologist by profession, walks us through the world of a new medico. She shows us the fine line between a doctor-to-be and a young girl scared of ghosts...
The World Today…
Kabir agonises about the meaninglessness of contemporary existence, giving us a slice of the urban life, in this verse, in Different Truths. More kisses, fewer conversationsOne truth is yet...
Spiritual, not Religious…
Spirituality empowers us, while religious dogmatism blinds us. Kabir finds the former in Durga. She helps us become socially responsive, in the special feature, in Different Truths. I do...
Tagore and Sufism for a Better World – I
In this erudite research paper, in two parts, Prof Laksmisree explores Tagore and Sufism. In the first part, she discovers significant linkages and profound parallels between the compositions of...
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...
Slaves Still Rule: A Soliloquy from Kritodash
Kabir translates a famous soliloquy of a slave from the play Kritodash in Bengali. Crossing the barriers of time and place, the slave talks of the human consciousness from...
Why Such a Hullabaloo Regarding Condom Advertisements on TV?
Why are we prudes even after 70 years of Independence? Condom ads are to be shown from 10 PM to 5 AM, as instructed by the Union Ministry of Information and...
Bolshevik: It is Hundred
Here’s a poem by Kabir, on the occasion of the centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution, in Different Truths. Adhered to the wall They craved for freedom One after another...
Phase Where Gauri Died
Here’s a tribute for Gauri Lankesh, in verse, by Kabir, in Different Truths. I am a pen Many use me for pleasure By writing on domestic islands Few use...