Hypnotism
Here’s a political poem by Kabir that lays bare the schemes by those in power, in Different Truths. Larger, engulfing voids are being hidden With a bunch of small effective...
The Weighing Scale: From the Harappan Times to the Present
The Harappan people developed the most precise measurements people had six thousand years ago. Harappan people developed the most precise measurements people had six thousand years ago, informs Tapati,...
DST: The Ebb and Flow of the Flux of Time
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus likened time to the constant flow of river water. Time present is always in flux. It’s ephemeral. Man has grappled with time since eons. Here Anumita...
The World Today…
Kabir agonises about the meaninglessness of contemporary existence, giving us a slice of the urban life, in this verse, in Different Truths. More kisses, fewer conversationsOne truth is yet...
The Geopolitical Rivalry: USA vs China in the 21st Century
The rise of China poses a challenge to the USA’s global dominance, as it has been a rival to the USSR since the Second Great War – an exclusive...
Fables are Never Too Old
The continuity of the oral tradition attested by The Fox and the Crow story found on the pottery of Mohenjo-Daro and Lothal archaeological sites of a civilisation six thousand...
Crossing the Prohibited Boundary
The issue of illegal immigrants has several ramifications. Madhumanti discusses this issue, brilliantly, in the backdrop of global phenomena. Indo-Bangladesh, the fifth longest land-border in the world, is porous. She...
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...
The United States of Ballad
An evocative poem, by Krish, about the US, exclusively for Different Truths. NY lures, NY burns Hard workers and Restaurant Urns NJ Hums and NJ scores Sinatra’s Hoboken to...
Trump, the American Dream and Popular Culture
Dr. Navodita PandeNavodita Pande teaches Mass Media and Communication and English to ICSE/ISC school in Assam. She also trains students in Yoga, gratitude and healing. She loves to paint,...