Belief - Different Truths

January 28, 2018
Amit Singh
Cover Story, Human Rights

Human Rights Reframed: Universal Declaration of the Rights of Peoples

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was mainly drafted by the colonial powers thus voices of third world countries could not be heard in the noble document since...

January 7, 2018
Tapati Sinha
Films, History & Culture, Opinion

Padmini in the Ocean of Controversies

Padmini’s narrative has found itself being retold in several ways over several centuries, in the form of poems, stories, dance dramas, comic books, plays, and films. Each retelling is...

December 19, 2017
Bushra Alvi Razzack
Gender, Human Rights, Law & Order

Voice against Violence: A Silent Protest Sensitises on Crime against Women

Crime against women has increased rapidly in India over the past ten years. A total number of 3,27,394 cases of crime against women were reported in the country during...

December 15, 2017
Preeyan Abraham
Education & Career

A Path to Personal Growth

Ethiopia-based HR professional, Preeyan, tells us how to charter a personal growth in our workplace. He differentiates between jobs and career, effectively, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different...

November 13, 2017
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Relationship & Lifestyle

Three Ways to Maintain Your Composure in the Continence of Quotidian Stress

Ritambhara tells us three ways to help us maintain composure in the continence of quotidian stress, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. “Calmness is the cradle of...

October 29, 2017
Tapati Sinha
Food

A Culinary Journey

A chutney prepared in a mixer-grinder would taste somewhat different from one made on a stone grinder. Heritage style of cooking from diverse regions, though elaborative and with a...

October 28, 2017
Samrudhi Dash
Book Review, Criticism, Poem

An Eerie Beauty in the Poems of Wani Nazir

Because beauty at its purest is fierce, powerful and terrible captivates the reader. Wani Nazir’s poems have that eerie beauty in them, says Samrudhi, reviewing his book of poems,...

October 3, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

Self-acceptance: A Realistic and Subjective Understanding of our Worth

Self-acceptance can be nurtured. It is not anybody’s exclusive property. The first step towards promoting self-healing is to be self-compassionate. Cultivating this compassion, helps us to like ourselves and...

September 8, 2017
Arindam Roy
Business, Opinion, Religion

Durga and her Entourage in a Jawed Habib Salon: Reverence, Irreverence, Trolls, Erotica and the Liberal Hindu Mind

There’s public outrage on the social media about the newspaper advertisement of Goddess Durga’s family dolling themselves in a Jawed Habib salon. The celebrity hairstylist is being trolled on...

September 2, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Is The Inheritance of Loss of Kiran Desai a Panoramic or Intimate Novel?

Basudeb critiques one of the novels of Kiran Desai, exploring the Weltanschauung of the Indian Diaspora novelists, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Born in Chandigarh,...

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