Advocacy - Different Truths

September 24, 2018
Dr. Nachiketa Bandyopadhyay
Criticism, Gender, History & Culture, Human Rights, Special Feature

Black Women Celebrate Africanness: Identity, Rights, Culture and Gender Assertion

The cultural values of the ancient Africanness handed over to their children by Black mothers, even when values disappeared in history and ideas turned moribund through generations of slavery...

September 24, 2018
Dr. Ranjana Sharan Sinha
Gender, Human Rights, Profile, Special Feature

Sojourner Truth, First Feminist to Assert Black Identity: Intersectionality and Truth

What Sojourner Truth may have been most famous for, not unlike the firebrand anarchist Emma Goldman, was her public speaking. Illiterate throughout her life, she nevertheless had a remarkable...

September 22, 2018
Dr. Neela Bhattacharya Saxena
Cinema, Cover Story, Gender, History & Culture, Special Feature, Spirituality

Grace of Black Panther: Spirit, Self and the Shaman in the Mother Continent

It is a source of boundless energy and power that an animal totem like the panther represents. Shamans of the world intuit that secret. Let us journey into the...

September 19, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Advocacy, Development, Human Rights, Mass Media

Media Literacy: A Need for Development of India

There are very few mainstream news channels or news organisations that cover developmental issues with the aim of promoting ‘public service journalism’. Most organisations are lost in their need...

September 6, 2018
Rupa Rao
Human Rights, Music, Tribute

Respect Our Basic Human Right: Aretha Franklin

A tribute to the music Diva, Aretha Franklin, who blossomed into a fine acclaimed artiste, but also a Civil Rights advocate, Native Americans’ rights supporter, Women’s rights advocate, varied...

August 31, 2018
Rupa Rao
Advocacy, People

Living on in Death and Back to College Too

Rupa talks about her mother-in-law’s progressive views. In life and death, she carried her will. In death, her body is going to medical research which will benefit waitlisted organ...

August 20, 2018
Amit Singh
Advocacy, Cover Story, Subaltern & Dalits

Eliminating Caste System, Communal Fascism, Patriarchy, and Neo-Liberalism: Does Neo-Dalit Movement Provide an Answer?

Hindu caste system divides the society into social classes or castes. This graded inequality has the sanction of classical Indian religious scriptures. The caste hierarchy dictates the lives of...

August 15, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Advocacy, Gender, Politics, Special Feature

Freedom for Independence Day

A lot more barriers need to be broken and freedom needs to be realised in an imperfect ‘social structure’ that exists in India and abroad. You still need to...

August 12, 2018
Swati Kumar
Cover Story, Economy, Gender, Interview, World

Phil: Nigeria is Alive to the Demands of an Emerging and Demanding Job Market

In an extensive interview with Swati, Phil Diana Maduagwu addresses many queries about Nigeria as a middle-income, mixed economy and emerging market. A Different Truths exclusive. Phil holds a Master’s Degree in International Human...

August 8, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Gender, Governance

How Long Will the Earth, the Holy Cow and a Mother Endure!

The earth, the holy cow, and a mother have to endure (Dharti, Maiye, aur Gaye ko sahna parta hein), says a Bihari proverb. Hemashri details the insensitivity of the...

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