My Jigsaw Fairy
Tooth Fairy or not, a fairy guided Shernaz through the jigsaw puzzle of life. Read more about it exclusively in Different Truths. When I lost my first milk tooth,...
Technology, a Haven for Wildlife
For animal lovers, knowing about different technologies that save animals perks them up, says Farheen, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. The climate and increasing human population...
Mandaravas
An enigmatic story that unfolds itself through metaphors and images, talking of dreams and desires, of love and lust and the quintessence of womanhood. This story is a part of the...
South Sudan: A Country in Perpetual Turmoil
Salva Kiir Mayardit took oath as the first president of the Republic that day in 2011, the new nation not only gratefully savored its first moments of independence from...
Some Problems of Translation: A Study of Red Oleanders by Tagore – I
The journey of the theme and the meta-theme, encoded into one language, to another language, is the kernel of the translation process. We need to remember in this connection that...
Seductive Chocolate: A Befitting Food of the Gods
The antiquity of chocolate may be traced back to nearly 4,000 years ago. The Cacao tree from which chocolate is derived is an evergreen tree growing naturally in the tropical...
Enchanting Bengali Wedding Rituals, Rites, and Banters
Ruchira tells us about the many rituals of Bengali wedding, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Twenty-six years ago I got hitched. However, I had neither the...
Dalits Uprooted: Houses Burnt Forcibly by SDM Karchana
SDM Karchana Kuldev Singh clandestinely uprooted and broke into the hutments with JCB machines and set fire to the 40-year-old houses of 19 Dalit landless labourers in Kaundhiyara yesterday....
Watch Out for Black Hat Cyber Hackers
Reetwika tells us about the four different hacking hat colours – White, Blue, Grey and Black; each colour signifies the degree of ethical breach attached to the committed actions....
Be Vigilant against POS and ATM Skimmers
Skimmers are very small or insignificant electronic devices, which are installed at the card insertion panel to steal user card credentials during legitimate transactions. As you insert the card...