The Supernova
Lopamudra’s dedication to the icon of Goddess Durga, the creative feminine force at the core of our religious, cultural and mythological milieu, is a poem that attempts to transcend...
Durga Puja Nostalgia: Opening an Old Album and the Paroxysms of Emotions
Freshly returned from South America, first time Durga Puja to experience yet the vast unsettled feeling from being brought to a quite stringent and conservative environment in Batanagar from the...
A Slice of Divine Life: Live from Kailash
Here’s Tapati’s fictional Durga-Shiva dialogues, full of banter, repartee, wit, and humour, create a laughter riot, an exclusive Special Feature for Different Truths. “Shiva seems too busy these days!...
The Fever and Frenzy of Puja Grips Kolkata with Renewed Vigour
With the advent of Durga Puja, Bengalis in Kolkata – and elsewhere – go berserk with joy. The fever and frenzy of Puja grip the city. A month or two...
Festivity in Kolkata – II
Tapati SinhaTapati Sinha is educated from schooling to Post-Graduation from Visva-Bharati University with a Doctoral degree from Nagpur University in A.I.H.C.A. She loves Indian literature, Indian and world history...
Durga Pujo in Delhi: Then and Now
Ruchira remembers Durga Pujo of her childhood days. She tells us about the slow and sure changes that are taking place, for various reasons, in the celebrations. Read more...
The Bengali Fever called Durga Pujo
Anumita, our Managing Editor, travels back to her childhood days, in her nostalgic piece. She recalls the military-like-parade of six girls along with her Jethu and other interesting details,...
Devi in Dilemma
Here’s a tongue-in-cheek account of the plight of Goddess Durga, on Earth, her parents’ abode, in verse, by Tapati, in Different Truths. Here arrives autumn with sky, a deep...
Durga and her Entourage in a Jawed Habib Salon: Reverence, Irreverence, Trolls, Erotica and the Liberal Hindu Mind
There’s public outrage on the social media about the newspaper advertisement of Goddess Durga’s family dolling themselves in a Jawed Habib salon. The celebrity hairstylist is being trolled on...
Open Letter of a Woman to the New Year Star
She is the woman of the world. She loves stars, those twinkling little stars that dangled on her poetry book and sparkled on cold nights to give her company and...