Spirit Archives - Page 2 of 7

October 6, 2022
Kabir Deb
Nostalgia, Poem, Religion, Special Feature

Spiritual, not Religious…

Spirituality empowers us, while religious dogmatism blinds us. Kabir finds the former in Durga. She helps us become socially responsive, in the special feature, in Different Truths. I do...

October 3, 2022
Susmita Bhattacharya
Nostalgia, Religion, Special Feature

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...

September 29, 2022
Sutapa Basu
Poem, Religion, Special Feature

Ode to Devi Durga

Which Durga we should worship, asks a little girl. Sutapa pays tribute to the mortal Durga and the Goddess, in this verse, in Different Truths. ‘Durga Puja?’ My little...

February 23, 2022
Anumita Roy
Poem

May Light Precede Footsteps

Anumita talks about Saptapadi(1). The groom leads three circumambulations around the fire but from the fourth, the bride leads. Seven vows unite them for seven lives. May your light precede...

January 6, 2022
Aarathi Kanthamani
Short Story

Here’s a short story by Aarathi that explores the complexities of relationships. It was penned during a Creative Writing Workshop, conducted by our Editor-in-Chief, Arindam. A Different Truths exclusive....

May 12, 2021
Pramita Mallick
People, Place, Profile, Special Feature, Tribute

Mahaguru and Mahatma: A Reflection on the Relationship between Tagore and Gandhi

There were many striking contrasts between these two personalities. Yet they found some common chord and there began a friendship which lasted till Tagore’s death in 1941. As...

May 9, 2021
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Environment, Literature, Music, Special Feature, Tribute

Musings of Tagore on Love and Mysticism

A relentlessly seeking, sensitive, intellectual soul, Tagore wanted to drink the elixir of life to the dregs. He found beauty in everything around him. Even the minuscule objects...

August 18, 2018
IPA Service
Environment, Natural Calamity

Malayali Greed has Come Home to Roost: Unprecedented Flood Devastation is Man-Made

It is no time for a blame game. And yet it may be not be inappropriate to do a reality check. The agonising experience has put the fear of...

July 3, 2018
IPA Service
Legal Issues

Continuing Assaults on Lawyers is a Disturbing Trend

This government has increasingly persecuted outspoken lawyers, whether Indira Jaising, Teesta Setalvad, who has been on the verge of arrest several times in the last few years, lawyers of Jagdalpur Legal...

June 26, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Travel & Food

Caught amidst Fierce Rain in Chail

With lightning flashes and thunder in the background taking shelter under the trees didn’t seem advisable. Anyway, we were reluctant to leave the track and enter the dark woods....

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