Reading - Different Truths

August 6, 2022
Tapati Sinha
Fiction

The Orchids

The beautiful patch of Orchids, in the neighbourhood of Neeta’s Hyderabad home, was mysterious. Rich women were vanishing. Here’s a short story by Tapati, that unfolds the mystery, exclusively in...

February 14, 2022
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, Special Feature

Valentine-Day Blues!

Humourist Soumya shares a fictionalised story of his daughter, Medha, and her Valentine’s Day blues. Here’s a special feature, on the eve of the V-Day, in the weekly column,...

December 30, 2021
Urooj Murtaza
Short Story, Special Feature

The Emerald Ring

Here’s an interesting love story in the backdrop of the partition of India. Urooj captures the tensions of the lovers belonging to different faiths. She also vividly describes the...

December 27, 2021
Sehar Siddiqi
Fiction, Special Feature

The City of Dreams

With a perfect image of small town girl carrying a suitcase full of memories and a diary full of dreams and longings, Varisha took her first step into 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...

July 28, 2021
Radhika Bhagat
Oral Traditions, Rituals & Practices, Special Feature

Osun: The River Goddess of Africa

The Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove is situated along the Osun River in the city of Osogbo and is a UNESCO world heritage site. Here, a statue of the goddess Osun...

July 6, 2021
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

A Foodie Cooks his Goose

Here’s an interesting account by Soumya, a humourist, on cooking, exclusively on Different Truths. I am a foodie. My girth hints at it. I take a keen interest in...

May 11, 2021
Ranjan Ghosh
Aesthetics, Education, History & Culture, Special Feature, Tribute

Aesthetics, Politics, Pedagogy and Tagore

Tagore rested on his desire for a far-off planet, listened to the invitation of a dream and did not allow the spaceship to rust. His journeys and envisagements, however,...

May 11, 2021
Lovita J. R. Morang
People, Place, Special Feature, Tribute

Tagore in Love: Letters from Shillong, Khublei Shibun

It was in the month of May, Lovita was in Shillong with a sole sojourn to be there, where Tagore lived, 99 years ago (first time in 1919)....

January 12, 2021
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

How Boy Got Hooked on to Reading?

Soumya tells us how Boy got hooked on to reading and became a book edict. An exclusive for Different Truths. We had left Boy, struggling to make sentences, lost...

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