Advocacy - Different Truths

August 24, 2017
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy

Eye Care Tips for the Elderly

Rita tells us about the necessity of eye care for the elders, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Problems with eyesight can occur at any age, but...

August 21, 2017
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Gender

Three Reasons why Women Need to Safeguard Themselves through Self-Defence

Ritambhara tells us how self-defence techniques are important for women. We are introducing a new weekly column, every Monday, Three Questions. A Different Truths Exclusive. In the present scenario,...

August 15, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Gender

Freedom! Woman, you hold your Key

Mahima was inspired by her cousin to pen this poem. Most of the women are chained to their thoughts. They have to set their minds free first. A tribute...

August 9, 2017
Payal Talreja
Crime, Gender, Opinion, Politics

The Perpetrator Beta vs. the Victim Beti: Tales from a Chauvinistic Society

Varnika Kundu, daughter of an IAS officer, was terrorised and almost kidnapped, in Chandigarh, by Vikas Barala, son of BJP Haryana chief. Our New Delhi-based columnist, Payal says that...

August 8, 2017
Payal Talreja
Gender, Relationship & Lifestyle

Women and the Art of Saying No

Women do not know how to say, ‘No’. They get into trouble for hesitating and not speaking their minds, clearly. Here’s a bold and gutsy reaction to this problem...

August 3, 2017
Different Truths News Service
Human Rights

Joint Campaign by VRCO and CRY to Address Child Health and Malnutrition

Giving Children of Odisha a Healthy Start’, a six month-long initiative organised by VCRO and CRY, will reach out to children and mothers of 158 villages of five tribal...

August 2, 2017
Eswar Anandan
Advocacy

Three Incidents, One Cause: Deaths to Liberate Tibet

Eswar tells us about the supreme sacrifice of Tibetan people to liberate their land. For the first time in the history of Mankind, a Nobel Prize winner died in...

August 1, 2017
Payal Talreja
Cinema, Gender

Sex and the Indian Woman: More than Lipstick under our Burqas

Gender roles are defined and given in a patriarchal society. The ‘good’ versus the ‘bad’ girl/woman mindset in the backdrop of the film Lipstick under my Burqa and marital...

July 30, 2017
Nikita Goel
Gender, Relationship & Lifestyle

What Would Happen if Suddenly, Magically, Men Menstruate and Women Could Not?

Male-female role reversals have intrigued most of us. In a 1978 satire for Ms. Magazine, feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem answered the question that so many women have asked: “What would happen,...

July 26, 2017
Different Truths News Service
Advocacy, Education & Career

Students Debate Global Child Rights Issues at Model United Nations

CRY organised a two-day debating session called Model United Nations in Kolkata. A report in Different Truths. The rain-soaked city of Kolkata witnessed a bunch of young students step...

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