Other Archives - Different Truths

November 4, 2025
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

My Silence/ I Cherish a Leap of Love

Here are two poems by Sarala, in Different Truths. The first poem is inward-looking, a tribute to a mother. The second verse is an outward journey, where the poet...

August 19, 2025
Kabir Deb
Poem

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...

April 21, 2025
Sreelata Menon
Cover Story, History & Culture

India through Her Stamps

Sreelata tells us about the journey of India through her stamps. With the first General Post Office being opened, in 1774, in Calcutta, followed by Madras (1778) and Bombay (1792)...

August 3, 2024
Anika Ghei
Fiction

House Number 23.

Here’s a mysterious story by Anika. From this Saturday, we are introducing a talented teenage fiction writer, exclusively in Different Truths. After hours of inspecting every nook and corner...

August 1, 2024
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
History & Culture, Travel & Food

A Roman Holiday

Ruchira tells us of her visit to Rome, the eternal city, many moons ago, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Rome has as sobriquet: The Eternal City....

July 15, 2024
Suveera Sharma
People, Place, Relationship & Lifestyle

Mind and Muscle

Hong Kong is the world’s tallest city. The iconic buildings that dot the skyline of this wonderful city are by no means second-fiddle to its natural beauty. Each one...

July 10, 2024
Suveera Sharma
People, Place

That Old Lady in the Plaza

One in three elderly in Hong Kong aged 65 and over are living in poverty. They spend the remaining of their lives, looking through trash that we throw, trying...

May 30, 2024
Ayub Khawar
Poem

Another Verse between Me and My Poem

Amidst harsh cruelty and metaphors of violence, the poet, and his poem are split apart, in this verse by Ayub, exclusively for Different Truths. In the yellow muddled morn,Thinking...

December 22, 2023
Anumita Roy
Food

Yummy Motorshutir Kochuri, a Winter Delicacy

Motoshutir kochuri (pea-filled puffs) are winter delicacies in Bengali homes. Anumita shares the traditional recipe made by her ma (mother), in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Winter is...

September 29, 2023
Sonali Chakraborty
Food

Spicy Orange Chicken: A Fusion Chinese Cuisine

Sonali tells us how she tweaked the Orange Chicken, spiced it up to suit her Indo-Chinese cuisine taste. Read more about it, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...

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