Teachers - Different Truths

May 12, 2021
Dr. Gauranga Mohanta
Aesthetics, Environment, Language, Multiculturalism, People, Place, Special Feature, Spirituality, Tribute

Revisiting the Idea of School Education of Rabindranath Tagore

Tagore wanted to defend the freedom he enjoyed in his family, for all humanity. He remained firmly opposed to colonial education that aimed at material prosperity. He believed...

May 12, 2021
Dr. Partha Banerjee
Dance, Language, Migration & Diaspora, Multiculturalism, Music, People, Place, Special Feature, Theatre, Tribute

One Last Tagore Birthday before My Death

A Diaspora, Dr. Partha shares the agony of a Bengali far away from his homeland. He confesses, there are quite a few other Bengali immigrants both from Bangladesh...

December 15, 2020
Enakshi J
Education & Career

The Other Side

Enakshi empathises with her students and tries to understand the problems that lockdown had on the students. An exclusive for Different Truths. It has been quite rightly said that...

September 8, 2020
Enakshi J
Potpourri

Look Beyond What You Already See!

Enakshi tells us about many teachers in our lives, including our parents, siblings, friends, books and Nature. An exclusive for Different Truths. Rejoice in the things that are present;...

February 4, 2020
Shernaz Wadia
Cover Story, Education & Career, Religion

Secularism in Deed: None of us were Converted in a Convent

June 5, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Return of Gussy Fink Nottle

The principal of an international school has read my book and admired it greatly and has shared her opinion and appreciation of the book in particular and my writing...

June 4, 2018
Arindam Roy
Cover Story, Education & Career, Humor

Is our Education System a Farce? – I

These days if a student secures 70% marks, s/he is sad. It like bad second division in our times. Arindam reminisces about examinations during his time. Here he recounts...

May 16, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Caught Between Files and Life: Diagnosis of a Restless Bureaucrat

Hemashri recounts the harrowing incident of a wrong decision by the government, when her father, a mid-level police officer had to face tough times. It took its toll on...

May 2, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance, Literature

Her Ozymandias and Mine!

One class by a teacher was so different. Hemashri talks about her daughter’s and her experiences of studying Ozymandias, three decades away, from their respective teachers and the stark...

April 17, 2018
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand
Book Review, Criticism

Poetry of Basudeb Chakraborti is Rooted in the Indian Tradition – I

It can be safely said that academicism and creativity often have an inverse relationship, as most the creative giants had nothing to do with the teaching of literature, and...

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