The Custodian
Soumya shares the highs and lows of hitch-hiking in a truck, after a cancelled flight to Delhi, with two men and a lady. Read more about this adventure, in...
Tyger! Tyger! Burning Bright
Humourist Soumya narrates a real-life incident of tiger watching, in a different genre, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. The tiger, I had come to the conclusion,...
Wonder why we are distanced from Wall-mates at Workplaces!
In offices, we are often a wall away from our wall-mates. But, each of us seems to be walled within our small selves, seldom helping each other, agonises Hemashri,...
The Year of the Dog: Chinese New Year 2018
We celebrated Chinese New Year yesterday (Friday, Feb 16). Legend has it that ‘Nian’, a monster used to terrorise the people of a village. Everyone would leave their houses...
Florence: The City of Flowers
Ruchira takes us on a tour of Florence, the fountainhead of European Renaissance. The very mention of this movement conjures up names of legendary artists – Leonardo DaVinci, Michelangelo,...
Goodbye
A poignant love poem by Madhumita, for Different Truths. It feels like I am streaming through a mellow silvery flow, When the moonlight sieves in through the glass window,...
It Does Not Cost extra to be Polite!
Most senior officers in the government service are full of themselves. They do not have the courtesy to offer seats to juniors, anguishes Hemashri, in the weekly column, exclusively...
Lawless Kowloon was a City within a City, a Hub of Vice
The dark past of one of the major hubs of the city was the infamous walled city of Kowloon. It became a city within a city. A haven for...
Will this Land Never be Clean?
Ruchira tells us about the unhygienic and unclean habits of Indians. Despite the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, a much-hyped cleanliness campaign, the brainchild of our honourable PM, the ground realities are contrary....
A Lesson in Love
There’s an interesting place called Grandpa’s Garden, in Discovery Bay, in Hong Kong, hidden by the lush greenery, almost waiting to be discovered. It is a beautiful organic farm,...