Old Man Archives - Different Truths

November 2, 2023
Durgesh Verma
Poem

Gist of Fleeting Memories

Memories remain and often becomes part of our identity. Here’s a poem by Durgesh, for Different Truths, where he takes the ‘voyage within’ to emerge enriched. A Lotus blooms on the...

September 3, 2021
Arindam Roy
Short Story

Varanasi’s Lodge: Ganga, Six Men & Strange Ghost

Here’s an interesting story of six men, based on true life incidents, by Arindam, for the regular column, exclusively in Different Truths. On the rooftop of a well-known lodge...

May 10, 2021
Dr. Bina Biswas
Poem, Special Feature, Tribute

Organic Sensibility of Tagore

Bina tells us about the love of Nature in Tagore and compares it with Wordsworth. Nature was organic to both these poets. Here’s an interesting insight, as part of...

July 18, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Of Pizzas and Governance

Hemashri likens Domino’s money-back pizza policy to government departments. Sadly, no one is accountable for the giant delays, in some cases, of nearly 100 years. Two state governments, Madhya...

April 27, 2018
IPA Service
Cinema

Casting Couch as Livelihood Provider: Bollywood Makes Song and Drama of Rape Culture

The casting couch is just another piece of furniture that pretty girls aspiring to become Bollywood starlets should get familiar with in the prone position. The casting couch phobia...

April 4, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Sugar and Spice: Is Everything Nice?

In her weekly column for Different Truths, Hemashri shares two experiences that reveal the work environment in a government office. The retirement age for Supreme Court judges is 65...

March 24, 2018
Different Truths News Service
Book Club, Book Extract

Elixir, a Voyage of the Mind: Bestseller and a Critically Acclaimed Novel

Where does our mind go, when we fall asleep? Can dreams weave a layer of parallel existence? Can there be another reality beyond all that we touch, see or...

March 9, 2018
IPA Service
Crime, Law & Order, Security, Terrorism

Takla Who Knows Bald Truths of Dawood

A key member of the ‘D’ for Dawood Gang, ‘Takla’ has been remanded to a 19-day police custody after being deported from Dubai on Thursday, March 8. Produced before...

February 28, 2018
Kanchan Ghimire
Agriculture, Environment

Wastewater Management: Using Sewerage Water for Agriculture

Kanchan tells us how sewerage water can be treated to make manure and irrigate the farms by making a small plant at a corner of the field. It will...

February 17, 2018
Suveera Sharma
Celebration, People, Place

The Year of the Dog: Chinese New Year 2018

We celebrated Chinese New Year yesterday (Friday, Feb 16). Legend has it that ‘Nian’, a monster used to terrorise the people of a village. Everyone would leave their houses...