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June 23, 2017
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion & Beauty, History & Culture

Body Piercings: A Modern Style that is rooted in Ancient Traditions

What many seem like a simple puncture wound may have a very emotional and personal significance to the bearer. Body modification is just one way you can express your personality and...

June 15, 2017
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy, Health

Recognising the Warning Signs of a Stroke FAST

There are four identifying factors in stroke as stated by the World Stroke Organisation, using the acronym FAST–Face, Arm, Speech and Time. Stroke or brain attack is now the...

June 12, 2017
Samrudhi Dash
Gender, Relationship & Lifestyle

Why do Men woo Women on Social Sites?

Are men lecherous and debauch? If not, why do men flirt, woo and sextet women? Quoting personal experiences and studies, Samrudhi attempts to answer this question, in the new...

June 11, 2017
Suman Sharma
Cover Story, Defence

Dogfight in a Typhoon on Delta 169, Atop Mediterranean, her Dream Sortie in a Red-Flag Eurofighter

Suman is the first Indian civilian and the world’s first civilian woman to experience a Eurofighter Typhoon sortie. It has been her dream sortie. It added another First to...

June 1, 2017
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy, Health

High Blood Pressure in the Elderly: Causes and Prevention

Rita dwells on the issue of high blood pressure among the elders. She tells us about its causes and preventions, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Blood...

May 29, 2017
Chhavi Mehra
Criticism, Gender, Human Rights

Battle of Inclusiveness and Privacy

Seattle-based Chhavi analyses an Op-Ed piece, published in the New York Times, on October 15, 2016. She, thus, unveils the identity issue of a transgender girl, in the weekly...

May 20, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Raja Rao and his Novels Echo the Gandhian Freedom Movement

Basudeb critiques the novels of Raja Rao and analyses the impact of Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy in his works, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Raja Rao was...

May 16, 2017
Payal Talreja
Calamity, Gender

Working your Panties off!

Women were at a huge disadvantage at home and workplace till the 1960s, both in India and the US. Things had improved for women on paper, in India. The...

May 14, 2017
Tapan Mozumdar
Fiction

Spirited

Here’s an interesting fantasy fiction about the world of the spirits, by Tapan, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I don’t know how much you are aware...

May 8, 2017
Chhavi Mehra
Multiculturalism, Subaltern & Dalits

How Media Constructs Identities and Influences us

Media uses language to construct public perception through style, structure, and images. It also presents an implicitly biased perspective to a wide audience on certain issues and sometimes,...

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