Varanasi Archives - Different Truths

September 12, 2026
Lopamudra Banerjee
Poem

Resurgence

A voice that cannot be stifled, a protest that breaks shackles is the poetic voice of Lopamudra. Her protest poem envisions change. Here’s her firebrand poem for Different Truths. Every single...

April 15, 2026
Mowmita Sur
Religion, Rituals & Practices

Forbidden Rituals: Why Aghoris Meditate Among Burning Corpses

Mowmita explores the radical spiritualism of the Aghori in this gripping piece, exclusively for DifferentTruths.com, delving into life beyond death. AI Summary On the ghats of Varanasi, where the...

April 11, 2026
Abhishek Srivastava
Book Review

Revolutionary Kashi: How Marginalised Voices are Reclaiming the Eternal City

Abhishek highlights a pathbreaking new book on DifferentTruths.com, exploring the invisible voices and the spirit of resistance in modern-day Kashi. AI Summary Varanasi, i.e. Benares or Kashi, the oldest...

August 1, 2024
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
History & Culture, Travel & Food

A Roman Holiday

Ruchira tells us of her visit to Rome, the eternal city, many moons ago, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Rome has as sobriquet: The Eternal City....

January 4, 2024
Bruce Louis Dodson
Poem

Ganges Satori / Oarsman

Bruce celebrates the beauty of Ganges, in Benares (Varanasi), in his two poems here. In the first poem, he is speechless by the magnificence of the river as mother. In...

November 11, 2023
K. S. Subramanian
Short Story

A Remarkable Auto Driver’s Compassion in the Alleys of Varanasi

Ramanathan and Mangala embark on a pilgrimage in Kasi, a city rich in spiritual traditions, encountering a humble auto driver who becomes an integral part of their journey. A...

March 7, 2023
Satadal Sarkar
Fairs & Festivals, Photo Feature, Rituals & Practices

Holi in the Land of Radha-Krishna

A happy go lucky photographer, Satadal shares his experience of shooting Holi pictures in the Braj Bhumi – the land of Radha, Krishna, Dauji and Gopis. It was a sheer...

October 14, 2022
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
History & Culture, Place, Travel & Food

Varanasi: Nirvana and the Holy River Ganga

Dr Roopali takes us on a tour of Varanasi, the world’s most ancient city, exclusively for Different Truths. Varanasi, or Banaras, is a mythical and mystical city. Father’s siblings...

May 17, 2022
Arindam Roy
Potpourri

Enigmatic Shekhar

In his over three-decade journey as a journalist, Arindam shows us the many faces of newsrooms in India, at the turn of the Millennium. He calls this series, ‘The Life...

November 27, 2021
Dr. Sutanuka Ghosh Roy
Book Review, Fiction

Where Silence Speaks Louder than Words

Dr. Sutanuka reviews, No One an Outsider: Varanasi Tales, by Vivek Nath Mishra. An exclusive for Different Truths. No One an Outsider is Vivek Nath Mishra’s second collection of short stories,...