Punjabi Archives - Page 2 of 3

November 24, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Food, History & Culture

Potatoes on My Plate!

Ruchira tells us about the antiquity and history of potatoes and its varied uses, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I am a non-vegetarian, by default, since...

November 7, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
People, Place, Travel & Food

Impressions of Italy

Our humourist dabbles in the travelogue. He likens Italy with India, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Italy is just like India. I didn’t meet a single...

July 11, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Human Rights, Migration & Diaspora, People, Place

Memories of Sangla Hill

This is a question that we all have to answer. Shia, Sunni, Catholic, Protestant, Bengali, Marathi, Brahmin, Jathav, Black, White, Brown, Yellow, do we all mark our territories and...

June 20, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Cities I Have Lived in and Loved

Humourist Soumya talks of the cities that he lived in, the four metropolises. In his tongue-in-cheek style, he compares the four cities to women, in the weekly column, exclusively...

June 13, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

My First Dance

Humourist Soumya talks of his first dance, in his tongue-in-cheek manner, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I grew up in the East, where leaping about and...

June 11, 2017
Smriti Maheshwari
Cinema

Actor-Politician Kirron Kher is a Style Diva with Grace and Elan

Smriti profiles the stunning and graceful Kirron Kher, an actor-activist-politician. The style diva turns 62, later this week. Read more about her, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...

June 10, 2017
Samina Naqvi
Cinema

Naushad got into the Soul of Music, Blending Classical, Folk and other Forms

Samina profiles the musical genius of Naushad, a Lucknow lad, who created a niche for himself in Bollywood. Read more about him and his music, in the weekly column,...

June 5, 2017
Smriti Maheshwari
Cinema

Four Geminis, Ekta Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Amisha Patel and Sonam Kapoor, Celebrate Birthdays this week

Four Gemini film personalities, Ekta Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Amisha Patel and Sonam Kapoor, present an array of talent in Bollywood. They celebrate their birthdays between June and 9, this...

May 28, 2017
Sehar Siddiqi
Criticism

Urdu and the Influence of Punjab

Urdu, which was till now thought to have roots in Delhi, actually took birth in Lahore and adopted Old Punjabi contrary to Braj as its base language. Later, the...

May 21, 2017
Kumar Gautam
Fiction

I will get you a Condom!

Here’s a fiction by Kumar, where a university student shares his experiences among his group of friends, guzzling beer. An interesting story, full of twists and turns, exclusively in...

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