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September 6, 2017
Payal Talreja
Gender, Human Rights

Why should Criminalisation of Marital Rape Destabilise Marriage?

Payal takes a hard look at the issue of marital rape, its criminalisation and the argument that it would destabilise the institution of marriage. India should learn from other...

September 5, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Education & Career, Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature

A True Teacher is a Beacon of Light, Dispelling Darkness of Ignorance

A teacher not only imparts gyan or information but also imparts knowledge and life skills to the student. It is said that a teacher is a motivator, an influencer,...

September 3, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Calamity, Crime, Environment, Poem

Hurricane Harvey, Mumbai Deluge, Unholy Baba and Blue Whale: Of Deaths, Shame, and Rape

From beating drums, fire signals and cries of the ancient man, we had travelling bards moving from villages to villages, recounting many stories (read news) in India and elsewhere....

August 30, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food, History & Culture

Patraani Machi and Macher Paturi: Parsi and Bengali Styles of Making Fish Wrapped in Banana Leaves

The Parsi dish Patraani Machhi, which literally means fish cooked in a leaf, has an almost identical cooking process as the Bengali favourite known as Macher Paturi. The spices...

August 28, 2017
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Potpourri

Three Reasons why you should Inculcate a Habit of Reading

Ritambhara tells us the benefits of inculcating a habit of reading, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Way back, in the early 90s, as a child, I...

August 22, 2017
Poornima Laxmeshwar
Poem

A Letter to You

Here’s a poem about love and identity, by Poornima, in Different Truths. Our dear unborn I wish we could breathe a breath somewhere To string together the violet stems...

August 15, 2017
Farheen Viquas
Poem

We are the Living Dead!

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of India’s independence, Farheen asks some pertinent questions and wonders where is the secular India that the Founding Fathers of our liberation had...

August 15, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor, Special Feature

Krishna Consciousness and the Story of the First Metrosexual Man in History

Krishna happily spends time with the women and his music, chills out with friends, takes care of his looks; in fact, he is the first metrosexual man in history....

August 14, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion, Special Feature

On the occasion of Janma-ashtami – variously known as Krishna-Ashtami or Gokul-Ashtami – Nilanjana retells the story of the birth of Krishna. This sampurna avataar (complete incarnation) was born with all...

August 14, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga: The Ancient Tradition of the Eight-limbed Path

The Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga codified and popularised by K. Pattabhi Jois, during the 20th century, and is often promoted as a modern-day form of classical Yoga. Our Yoga expert, Navodita,...

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