Worlds Archives - Different Truths

April 21, 2025
Sreelata Menon
Cover Story, History & Culture

India through Her Stamps

Sreelata tells us about the journey of India through her stamps. With the first General Post Office being opened, in 1774, in Calcutta, followed by Madras (1778) and Bombay (1792)...

January 29, 2024
Dr. Navodita Pande
Wellness

Overcoming Three Kleshas or Way of Life through Yoga

Yoga is another word for equanimity, poise, and harmony. Our Associate Editor, Navodita, a Yoga expert, tells us how to face the three Kleshas (way of life), exclusively in...

November 3, 2023
Sukanya Basu Mallik
Cover Story, Fairs & Festivals, Rituals & Practices, Special Feature

Festivals of Lights from Around the World

Most cultures and peoples celebrate the festivals of lights. Anumita reveals many traditions, which are basically same. ‘Tamso ma jotirgamaya’ of the Hindus find echo in the Biblical ‘Lead symbolises ignorance...

June 3, 2023
Sumita Dutta
Fiction

Journeys Lost

Here’s a story by Sumita, about a journey, exclusively in Different Truths. Dr. Sen’s house was in a state of excitement. His niece was bringing their grandnephews to meet...

October 6, 2022
Lopamudra Banerjee
Poem, Religion, Special Feature

The Supernova

Lopamudra’s dedication to the icon of Goddess Durga, the creative feminine force at the core of our religious, cultural and mythological milieu, is a poem that attempts to transcend...

March 10, 2022
Amidha Porter
Books, Gender

A Country Between Worlds

Amidha was amazed to think that Stephanie would, after this first book, Bread of Angels, return not to Syria – we know what tragedy is transforming that ancient culture beyond...

July 18, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Of Pizzas and Governance

Hemashri likens Domino’s money-back pizza policy to government departments. Sadly, no one is accountable for the giant delays, in some cases, of nearly 100 years. Two state governments, Madhya...

June 16, 2018
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Some Problems of Translation: A Study of Red Oleanders by Tagore – I

The journey of the theme and the meta-theme, encoded into one language, to another language, is the kernel of the translation process. We need to remember in this connection that...

January 29, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Where Cows Get Ambulances and Boys Bleed to Death

Soon after the ‘Yogi’ became CM, the state government had unveiled a fleet of ambulances to move ailing cows “to the hospital” and everyone cheered. But what about human...

October 22, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Education & Career, Fairs & Festivals, History & Culture, People, Politics, Tourism

Festival Lights in Singapore, Blotting History, Stoned to Study, Lost and Found

Shail talks of four news, in the last week, in her regular column. Diwali-themed trains, a station and five buses in Singapore to run until October 31. Taj Mahal...