A Palace in the Desert
Dr. Roopali walks down the memory lane and recollects life of an army brat in a desert. A book extract exclusively for Different Truths. One day, after six months...
Did Rabindranath Tagore Love Mango?
Sarika tells us Tagore loved mangoes. She shares the recipe of Mango Pudding from the Tagore household. Food and poetry are an integral part of Bengali culture. An exclusive...
Revisiting the Idea of School Education of Rabindranath Tagore
Tagore wanted to defend the freedom he enjoyed in his family, for all humanity. He remained firmly opposed to colonial education that aimed at material prosperity. He believed...
Short Stories of Tagore: Vignettes from Human Life
Ruchira critiques eight short stories of Tagore, in the Special Issue, exclusively for Different Truths. Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Mini who lived...
An Overview of the Ideas and Visions of Rabindranath Tagore
Rooted in the Indian reality, minus its dogmas, the flight of Rabindranath Tagore’s creative genius made him a global citizen. Swapan delves into the world of his ideas and...
Rabindranath Tagore: An Inquiry into Ideas and Ideals
In order to acquire a worldview for himself, Tagore strove to achieve a balance between Humanism and Naturalism, Individualism and Determinism, Hedonism and Asceticism, all of them being...
Gitanjali: Interactions of Bengali Literature with the World
The English translation of Gitanjali, “Song Offerings”, encases only 103, amongst which one poem is a combined translation of two other poems. Fifty-three of the poems are from...
Bard Blues!
Soumya recounts his encounter with the Bard, with wit and humour, exclusively for Different Truths. My first encounter with the Bard was in a children’s book called Tales from Shakespeare by...
Phaniswarnath Renu: The Flickering Flame of an Earthen Lamp
Dr. Nachiketa profiles the revolutionary writer, Phaniswarnath Renu (1921 – 2021), on his centenary year. His 100th birth anniversary was on March 4, this year. A tribute, exclusively for Different...
Tagore, Sufism, Multiculturalism, and Liberalism of Thought & Practice – II
In the second and concluding part, Prof Laksmisree deepens her exploration of Tagore and Sufism in the light of multiculturalism and liberalism of thought and practice. She elucidates that by the end...