Preparations for a Big Fat Indian Wedding
Surabhi walks down the memory lane and tells us about a lavish wedding preparation in the family. She was a little girl, in class II then. An exclusive for...
If I were a Tree
An environmentally conscious poem, it raises many questions about how we have been abusing nature. An exclusive for Different Truths. If I were a tree, I would pluck my...
What is on Cards for 2021?
Looking forward to the year, Enakshi tells us how we are reacting to the pandemic. An exclusive for Different Truths. It is almost the end of the first month...
Death and an Autorickshaw
In an inward-looking column, Sarba talks about the colour and mood of a city and of death. An exclusive for Different Truths. As I sat in the auto that...
Woh Kaun Thi – III
Lt. Col. Ankita, in this write-up, replete with wit and humour, tries to find out more about someone. An exclusive for Different Truths. Having been blessed to have the...
Chapter 8: Trantor of the East & the Fish Graveyard – X
In the tenth part, Mitali tells us about Shanghai, tracing its antiquity and contemporaneity, with flashbacks and flashforwards to the recent incident at Capitol Hill in the US, graveyard...
My Money is Not my Identity!
Money is not the be all and end all of life, says Sarba. An exclusive for Different Truths. On a bright summer day a few years ago, with thousands...
Patriarchy and the Female Gender: As I have Seen it
As a small girl, at her home, Lopamudra came face-to-face with patriarchy, red in tooth and claw. She reveals the stranglehold of male domination in a Bengali Brahmin family,...
Chapter 7: Of Waterfalls & New Years – IX
In the ninth part of the In the Land of the Dragons (ILD), Mitali tells us about New Year celebrations, an indoor waterfall, and her interactions with Amitabh Ghosh....
The Boy was Lost in a New School, Big City
A tongue-in-cheek account of Boy’s life in a new school in a big city, by Soumya. An exclusive for Different Truths. The new school in the big city that Boy had...