Reviews - Different Truths

August 15, 2016
Neelum S. Gour
Mass Comm.

Independence Day Reflections: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Neelum revisits the August 19, 2002, issue of the India Today. The special Fifty-Five Years of Freedom issue carries a lead article listing fifty-five things that made India...

August 9, 2016
Urooj Murtaza
Music

Rejuvenating Pakistan with Music

Pakistani music television series, Coke Studio took music to unparalleled heights and ruled all the charts worldwide. The programme focussed on the fusion of the diverse musical influences in...

August 8, 2016
Neelum S. Gour
Mass Comm., Potpourri

Reminiscing Independence Day Plays to Merry Christmas Readings

Neelum revisits a 1976 issue of Imprint. It was a wonderful literary magazine that carried short stories, poems, travel pieces and book supplements, of superlative quality, with R.V....

August 1, 2016
Neelum S. Gour
Cricket, Mass Media

Cricket, a Gentleman’s Game

Mahatma Gandhi once showed his preference for Cricket, when asked for an autograph, by putting his name down as the 17th member of D.R. Jardine’s team. He revealed...

July 26, 2016
Arindam Roy
Books

Poetry of Politics in Koshy’s Allusions to Simplicity

Ampat V. Koshy’s latest anthology of poems, Allusions to Simplicity: Collected Poems, is a political statement of the celebrated poet. He is in the tradition of Wordsworth, Coleridge and Arnold in...

July 25, 2016
Neelum S. Gour
Mass Media, People, Science & Technology

Over the Moon

The Apollo 13 Moon Mission failed to deliver. Its three astronauts, James Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise, returned alive in a brilliantly salvaged operation. The Moon Walk is...

June 30, 2016
Maya Khandelwal
Books

Nastanirh: A Lyrical Love Story of Tagore in Translation

Maya reviews a translation of Tagore’s love story, Nastanirh, into English by Lopa Banerjee. It is one of the most lyrical love story, which was made into a film, Charulata,...

April 15, 2016
Ampat Varghese Koshy
Books

An eminent poet, Ampat Koshy reviews Rochelle Potkar’s collection of poems, Four Degrees of Separation, for Different Truths. Rochelle needs to be read for her images, her vocabulary, her language, her...

March 31, 2016
Shreya Verma
Sports, Youth Festival

Youth Fest Avirbhav 2k16 Inaugurated with Sports

The week-long youth fest Avirbhav 2k16, organised by JK Institute, Allahabad University, opened with sports. The day commenced with an Opening Mile in which every student ran a Marathon across the...

March 30, 2016
Shreya Verma
Events, Youth Festival

Youth Fest Avirbhav 2k16: In the Cradle of Ancient Civilisations

The curtain raiser to the much awaited Youth Fest Avirbhav 2k16, a week-long extravaganza, opens the celebration and zeal of the forthcoming events. Participants from various colleges in the city have...

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