Tagore and the Indian Press: Chintamani Babu Acted like a Friend, not a...
Reading Time: 2 minutesTagore sent his emissaries to Babu Chintamani Ghosh with a request to make some arrangement for the benefit of Vishwa Bharati. At that time Tagore was in Colombo. Tagore had...
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Reading Time: 3 minutesMotivation comes easy in Hong Kong. People take time out to exercise and work on their health. Every region has its own swimming pools and sports clubs and they are put to good...
View ArticleAmma Meri, a Bold Film, Exposes the Bitter Truth of Agrarian India
Reading Time: 5 minutesHere’s an exclusive interview, by Mahima, of the independent writer-director Tarun Jain whose short film, Amma Meri, has got the honour to be screened at the IFFI, Goa. A...
View ArticleThe Last Visit of Rabindranath Tagore and the Continuum of his Legacy in...
Reading Time: 3 minutesHere’s the third and concluding part of the three-part article on Tagore and his Allahabad connection. Arindam suggests that the Central/State governments need to act and help...
View ArticlePut Life into Your Years
Reading Time: 3 minutesA couple of days back, we went for a picnic, to a picturesque country park. One of many in Hong Kong. We set base on top of a hill, where it was particularly windy. It is...
View ArticlePadma Shri Sardar Gurcharan Singh: Father of Studio Pottery in India
Reading Time: 3 minutesSumita profiles Ceramicist Sardar Gurcharan Singh, a Padma Shri recipient, who pioneered the Delhi Blue Art Pottery, which later became the Delhi Blue Pottery Trust. Read more...
View ArticleA Sprinkling of Joy
Reading Time: 3 minutesNisha, our helper, is like thousands of other women, who have left behind their home and families in their countries, to seek a better future for themselves and their loved ones....
View ArticleBangkok: As You Like It!
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ruchira takes us on a trip to Bangkok, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. “You will find Bangkok a lot like older parts of New Delhi,” the guy at the...
View ArticleThe Chosen Family
Reading Time: 3 minutesSuveera tells us how her family-of-friends became her family in a distant land in Hong Kong, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. I still remember very clearly...
View ArticleEmbrace the Spirit of Travel when you cannot get Away!
Reading Time: 4 minutesTravel is a state of mind, other than the journey. Mahima tells us how she was bitten by the travel bug. She tells us how to prepare for a getaway, in the weekly column,...
View ArticleThe Curtain Call of 2017
Reading Time: 3 minutesRuchira recalls the year gone by with mixed feelings. She moves from the individual to the social and political realms, exploring the many layers, in the Special Feature,...
View ArticleLooking Back, Looking Forward: In the Twilight of a Year-end and a New Year
Reading Time: 4 minutesOur Editor-in-Chief, Arindam, and the entire Different Truths Team celebrate the twilight of a year-end and a New Year. Here’s a three-day long Special Feature, exclusively in...
View ArticleThe Future is Smiling in Hong Kong, the Jewel of Asia
Reading Time: 4 minutesSuveera began penning the Hong Kong Diary, a weekly column, in 2017. She glances back at the close of the year and tells us what life has been in the Far East. Her gaze is...
View ArticleHomaji Vyrawalla, the First Lady of the Lens from India
Reading Time: 3 minutesLate Homaji Vyrawalla, the first lady photojournalist of India who was absolutely at ease in the then male-dominated bastion. She captured the birth and growth of a new nation....
View ArticleIdiosyncrasies of the Administrator
Reading Time: 3 minutesNo amount of agitation, street theater, or NGOs can accomplish what one civil servant who is ‘civil’ and believes in ‘service’ can. So the time and energy spent in deciding how...
View ArticleBraveheart Captain M.N. Mulla Chose the Dignity of Death over Dishonour
Reading Time: 4 minutesBraveheart Capt. Mahendra Nath Mulla MVC wilfully chose never to forsake his men; leave them behind when a torpedo fired from the Daphne-class Pakistani submarine PNS Hangor...
View ArticleThe Bridge across the Oceans
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt is a concern for most expats, with increasing number of people finding employment overseas, it’s a continuous endeavor to strike a balance between aging parents back home, and...
View ArticleThe Year of the Dog: Chinese New Year 2018
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe 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 to go...
View ArticleCalcutta Cameo: Of Fetidness and Joy!
Reading Time: 3 minutesHumourist Soumya presents two snapshots of Calcutta as he saw it, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. During a recent visit to my hometown – the city that...
View ArticleA Life Coach Reveals the Secrets of Happiness
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn spite of high-stress levels at work, Rachana Gupta rarely experienced Monday blues. People around her were intrigued. But, over a period of time fancy designations, income,...
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