Books - Different Truths

January 9, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, People, Potpourri

Idiosyncrasies of the Administrator

No amount of agitation, street theater, or NGOs can accomplish what one civil servant who is ‘civil’ and believes in ‘service’ can. So the time and energy spent in...

December 29, 2017
Mamta Joshi
Potpourri

Ring in the New but do Not Ring out the Old

The new coexists with the old – that’s what ancient civilisations teach us. Here’s Mamta’s take on the year has gone by and the New Year coming, as Special Feature, exclusively...

December 22, 2017
Kabir Deb
Mass Media, Opinion

Why Such a Hullabaloo Regarding Condom Advertisements on TV?

Why are we prudes even after 70 years of Independence? Condom ads are to be shown from 10 PM to 5 AM, as instructed by the Union Ministry of Information and...

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...

December 13, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Food, History & Culture, People, Place, Travel & Food

Embrace the Spirit of Travel when you cannot get Away!

Travel is a state of mind, other than the journey. Mahima tells us how she was bitten by the travel bug. She tells us how to prepare for a...

December 6, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food, Religion

The Antiquity of Gingerbread Houses, a Christmas Decoration

Christmas has many ancient traditions associated with it. Along with turkey, eggnog, Xmas cakes, Yule logs, cookies, there is a custom of baking gingerbread houses. Nuremberg, Germany was the...

December 2, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism, Multiculturalism

Salad Bowl and Americanism

American writers of the Indian sub-continent are women. They are Mary Anne Mohan Raj, Bharati Mukherjee, Jhumpa Lahiri and Bapsi Sidhwa, Pakistan’s important diasporic writer. In their writings, what...

November 24, 2017
Preeyan Abraham
Education & Career

The Power of Words

As we work in a very challenging environment even a small negative impact can have a snowball effect on the outcome. So, what we say or how we say...

November 21, 2017
Kabir Deb
Poem

The World Today…

Kabir agonises about the meaninglessness of contemporary existence, giving us a slice of the urban life, in this verse, in Different Truths. More kisses, fewer conversations One truth is...

November 18, 2017
Mariyam Zafar
Cinema, Food, Literary Festival, Music

Awaaz: Lending Assertive Voice to the Modern Women

Sanchaari showcased various aspects of the modern women, in its two-day cultural meet. Here’s a report by Mariyam, exclusively for Different Truths. Sanchaari’s motive to revive the cultural heritage...

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