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March 8, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Political Delicacies: KCR to Visit State Capitals for Third Front Talks

Political tidbits from various parts of the country for Different Truths. co is set to visit Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, and Bengaluru as part of his effort to forge...

March 4, 2018
Tapati Sinha
Gender, History & Culture, LGBTQIA+

A Historical Perspective of Transgender, a Different Community

In the earliest ages, these people were quite often thought to possess the wisdom that traditionally-gendered people did not, and were venerated for this. As civilisations transformed from matrilineal...

February 20, 2018
IPA Service
International Relations, Politics, World

India Ought to Adopt Pragmatic Approach towards Neighbours: Policy Flip-Flops Alienate New Delhi

The Maldives action cannot be described as a good neighbourly gesture. This has been the primary reason for neighbourhood hostility. The Maldives knew of India’s reservations about Beijing’s Belt...

February 19, 2018
IPA Service
Crime, Economy, Politics

The Massive PNB Nirav Modi Scam has the Makings of a Political Thriller

The Congress and the BJP both have their hands in the PNB Nirav Modi Scam, which reads more like a political thriller. Here’s the expose for Different Truths. So...

February 17, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Politics

Bank Frauds: Congress, BJP Cannot Pass on the Buck to Each Other

The massive banking fraud by Nirav Modi, the diamond dealer to the world’s glitterati was originally estimated to cost Rs 12,300 crore. The value of the plunder is now...

February 6, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

When Names Determine the Sex!

Humourist Soumya tells us the gender confusion that names create, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. In the days before gender identity became infra dig and when...

January 28, 2018
IPA Service
Films, Politics

Karni Sena Provides a Preview of Hindu Rashtra Institutions: Constitution Face Survival Threat

The reason why the Karni Sena, the gau rakshaks, the love jihadis and others belonging to the Hindu Right have come to the forepost-2014 and have been able to...

December 26, 2017
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance, Relationship & Lifestyle

A Babu-Crazy Bureaucracy: Alexander the Great Syndrome Bamboozles Dignity!

Hemashri, an officer in the Northeast, gives us an insider’s view on exploitation, discrimination, the rude and arrogant behaviour of the creamy layer of people in the administrative services....

December 14, 2017
Bushra Alvi Razzack
Poem

The Culprit

A powerful protest poem by Bushra. Here we see the poet as a Social Journalist, in Different Truths. My poem, The Culprit, was written when I was in the...

November 22, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Films, Interview, People

Amma Meri, a Bold Film, Exposes the Bitter Truth of Agrarian India

Here’s an exclusive interview, by Mahima, of the independent writer-director Tarun Jain whose short film, Amma Meri, has got the honour to be screened at the IFFI, Goa. A thought-provoking film...

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