A Letter to You
Here’s a poem about love and identity, by Poornima, in Different Truths. Our dear unborn I wish we could breathe a breath somewhere To string together the violet stems...
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,...
Gayathri had a Story to tell…
Strange are the twists and turns of life. A doctor, who had built a clinic, was being dispossessed of it by his sister, informed Gayathri. Life had a pleasant...
In the age of Postcards
Souma remembers the romance of letters (snail mail these days) and misses its enigma in the era of advanced technology, exclusively in Different Truths. I was in class three...
Bad Apples at Workplace can Spoil Teams
Bangalore-based Farheen tells us how to deal with negative people and difficult situations at work. She also suggests the way out, exclusively in Different Truths. Suppose you join a...
Thomas Hardy and Charles Darwin: Far From the Madding Crowd
The influence of Charles Darwin on Thomas Hardy is palpable. Basudeb critiques Hardy’s novel, Far From the Madding Crowd, in this context, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different...
When you do not write to me
Here’s an intense and evocative love poem from Roula, in Different Truths. When you don’t write to me the night turns pierced colours of blue the stars flee, or...
Holi: Unifying the Electoral Colours of Politics, Ribaldry and its Spread in the West
With the trends and results of Assembly polls in five states in India, it’s celebration time for the winning parties and candidates in the largest democracy of the world....
Did Manto Suffer any Crisis of Muslim Identity?
Here’s a critical analysis of Saadat Hasan Manto’s three short stories, Toba Tek Singh, A Girl from Delhi and A Tale of 1947, by Basudeb, to understand the crisis...
How Internet, the New Age Therapist, is making the World More Vocal!
Before the Internet made its impact, people were wary of communicating openly but for a few extroverts (as they were called). It was tough to get people to speak...