Opinion - Different Truths

May 18, 2021
Prof Laksmisree Banerjee
History & Culture, Opinion, Politics

Election, Sociopolitical Reality and Multiculturalism in West Bengal

Despite tall claims of the BJP of winning the polls in West Bengal, much before it was over, the poll results proved that people’s mandate was against it. Prof...

February 26, 2021
Hemashri Hazarika
Dissent, Gender, Guest Blog, Opinion, Relationship & Lifestyle

‘I Refuse to be a Widow!’

Hemashri suffered the sad demise of her husband to Cancer. She challenges the societal taboos (read traditions) and stands tall. We have updated and republished her Facebook post, in...

February 20, 2021
Prof Laksmisree Banerjee
Cover Story, Dissent, Economy, Opinion, Politics

Are we Perched on the Precipice?

Democracy and the nobler values of our Founding Fathers remain challenged as greed, violence and other evil intentions gnaw at the sociopolitical fabric of the society, globally. The uncommon...

February 6, 2021
Rama Kashyap
Agriculture, Cover Story, Economy, Opinion, Politics

Farmers’ Protest: Resilience of Rural Punjab Mired in Controversy

An economist, Rama revisits the farmers’ protest that is mired in controversy after the Republic Day vandalism. An exclusive for Different Truths. Every night as I snuggle into my...

January 29, 2021
Prof Laksmisree Banerjee
Cover Story, Criticism, Opinion, Poem

Tagore, Sufism, Multiculturalism, and Liberalism of Thought & Practice – II

In the second and concluding part, Prof Laksmisree deepens her exploration of Tagore and Sufism in the light of multiculturalism and liberalism of thought and practice. She elucidates that by the end...

January 21, 2021
Prof Laksmisree Banerjee
Cover Story, Criticism, Opinion, Poem

Tagore and Sufism for a Better World – I

In this erudite research paper, in two parts, Prof Laksmisree explores Tagore and Sufism. In the first part, she discovers significant linkages and profound parallels between the compositions of...

December 24, 2020
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand
Cover Story, Gender, Opinion, Relationship & Lifestyle

Home, Family, Marriage: The Collapse of the Triad Patriarchal Institutions

Home, marriage, and family – are the hottest topics of sociologists today, for all these institutions that belong to the patriarchal society are under erosion because empowered women find...

December 21, 2020
Shyamal Mukhopadhay
Agriculture, Cover Story, Opinion, Politics

Battlefield Farmland: People, Protests, and Governments

The present impasse between the farmers and the government has thickened. Shyamal airs his opinion, exclusively for Different Truths. During the last twenty days, the capital city of the...

November 23, 2020
Dr. Amrinder Kaur Bajaj
Cover Story, Health, Opinion

Corporate Hospital: A Doctor’s Unceremonious Ouster for Failing to Generate Enough Revenue – Reactions

Dr Amrinder, MBBS MD (AIIMS) Gold Medalist, is one of the few doctors who did not succumb to generate ‘enough revenue’ for a corporate hospital. She informs, provokes and...

October 6, 2020
Enakshi J
Opinion, Potpourri

Is Man headed Towards Compulsive Decluttering of the Conscience?

Compulsive decluttering has been man’s habit ever since the inception of evolution. When man discovered fire, he rejected the idea of using the moonlight, which earlier aided him in...

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