Vegetarian Archives - Different Truths

August 23, 2025
Mamta Joshi
Short Story

A Bowlful of Elegy

A poignant and sensitive portrayal of two women, Badi ma and Choti ma, the two sisters-in-law, whose lives are strangely braided. Their glaring differences notwithstanding, they are totally dependent on...

July 25, 2025
Parna Mukherjee
Fitness, Food, Health

Super Soya: The Miracle Bean!

Soya is known as the miracle bean. London-based Parna, a certified nutritionist, and a fitness expert tells us the importance of including soya beans, in some form, in the daily...

October 13, 2023
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Kolar Mocha or Banana Flower: An Ethnic Bengali Delicacy

Sarika tells us the many benefits banana trees. Its flower, known as Kolar Mocha, is a vegetarian delicacy in Bengal. Here’s the recipe, in the weekly column, exclusively for...

September 29, 2023
Sonali Chakraborty
Food

Spicy Orange Chicken: A Fusion Chinese Cuisine

Sonali tells us how she tweaked the Orange Chicken, spiced it up to suit her Indo-Chinese cuisine taste. Read more about it, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...

April 7, 2023
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Sarika’s Sev Tamatar Curry: A Symbol of Friendship & Nostalgia

Sarika’s Sev Tamator curry recipe is more than just a dish; it’s a symbol of friendship and nostalgia. She shares her recipe and takes us back to her college...

September 30, 2022
Sumita Dutta
Nostalgia, Religion, Special Feature

Durga Puja: A Five-day Extravaganza of Food, Feast, Fun, and Frolic

Eyes closed, each of us disappears into our own consciousness where we perhaps see a beloved departed parent or remember a past when they stood above us uttering these...

August 21, 2021
Dr. Priyamita Ghosh
Humour, Short Story

Humour at Home: How Cheesy can Cheese be!

Dr. Priyamita tells us about a situational problem in a vegetarian household, after marriage. Laced with wit and humour, we see her trying to explain ‘cheese’ to the cook....

July 27, 2019
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
History & Culture, Food

Scrumptious, Crispy Fries: Inalienable Part of Bengali Cuisine

Ruchira Adhikari GhoshBorn in Guwahati and raised across Delhi and Punjab, Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh is an alumna of Sacred Heart Convent, Ludhiana. She holds a master’s degree in English...

January 25, 2019
Anumita Roy
Food

Yummy Palak Paneer

Anumita shares a veg recipe of Palak Paneer, the way she makes it. It’s yummy and healthy. A Different Truths exclusive. We all love non-veg food at home, but...

May 25, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Neither Khaki-Knicker nor Coloured Boxers Fit: Question Mark Over Fitness of Government Itself

Rathore’s challenge was ill-timed. He should have also known that the information and broadcasting portfolio he recently took independent charge of is jinxed. I&B ministers invariably land in trouble....

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