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May 22, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Christians Dressed in Crusade Mail

No names have been taken, neither that of man nor party, in the Archbishop’s letter. But the Church’s David versus Goliath slingshot is aimed at the Modi government. That...

March 27, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Mainstreaming Religious Politics can be Tricky

It is only now when the BJP has succeeded in exploiting the Congress’s mishandling of the secular concept that the latter is trying to erase the image of being...

March 19, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Rahul Gandhi, the Nest PM, Broadcasts a Message: Mamata, Maya and Akhilesh put on Notice

There cannot be any more questions asked on whether Rahul is Hindu, Christian or Muslim – he is all three rolled into one. Vote one, get two free! Great...

November 22, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

Olive Oil has been in use from the Neolithic Age to the Present Times

A native of the Mediterranean basin, the olive tree was known to people during the Neolithic Age, as early as the 8th Millennium BC. They were known to collect...

July 10, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Cinema, Dissent, LGBTQIA+, Relationship & Lifestyle

Faraz Ansari: Will India respond to the Sisak of the LGBTQ Community?

Director Faraz Ansari’s Sisak is the first silent LGBTQ film of India that is not only creating waves at international film festivals but winning awards too; seven, so far....

May 30, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, Religion

The Unique Satyanarain: Secularism, Goan Style!

Humourist Soumya keenly observes rituals in government offices in various parts of India. Goa holds the surprise. Smile with him, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Traditionally,...

May 21, 2017
Sreelata Menon
Cover Story, History & Culture, Politics

Kannur: Where Beauty and Death go Hand in Hand

The agrarian peasant-landlord clashes that turned feudalism on its head in Kerala provided a fertile hunting ground for Communists. And this erstwhile fief of the12th Century Hindu Kolathiri Rajahs...

March 10, 2017
Nikita Goel
Opinion, Relationship & Lifestyle

Women Subjugation and the Role of World Religions in its Continuance

There have been researches done on all religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Protestant and Catholic Christianity, Islam, and native indigenous religions – they preach the same beliefs on a...

October 17, 2016
Shail Raghuvanshi
People

Clarence John: A Bike Repairman, Wayward to Devout Christian

A native of Chennai, 51-year-old Clarence John has been running a bike repair shop on the pavement for the past 20 years. He was wayward, would drink heavily but...

July 24, 2016
Joyce Yarrow
Poem

The History House is Rocking

Joyce also wears the hat of a musician and singer, when she is not writing. An interesting poem where the writer-poet and the musician-singer meet. The world’s five greatest composers...

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