Three Findings on Learning to Live with Alzheimer
Ritambhara reminds us what we need to do to ensure that elders in our family, in the neighbourhood or around us, are taken good care of to avoid one...
Bollywood Films: Mélange of Coincidence and Fantasy
Ruchira journeys through the masala Bollywood movies and tells us, tongue-in-cheek, with oodles of humour, who gains from it. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths....
Technology Addiction: A Big Concern
Technology addiction, also known as IUD or IAD, is described as a life-threatening problem involving the inability to control the use of various kinds of technology, specifically the Internet,...
Education, Employment, and Empowerment of Women in India: From 1986 Onwards
Deblina and Debjani’s research shows that women are in better position than before, which was unimaginable even two or three decades back. They talk about the various initiatives taken by...
Shreeja: The Journey from Three Tulsi Leaves to a Football Academy for Tribal Girls
About 30 years ago, a sage had told Dr. Shib Shankar Dasgupta about the magical mystery of three Tulsi leaves. The fire in his belly made New York-based Dr....
Working your Panties off!
Women were at a huge disadvantage at home and workplace till the 1960s, both in India and the US. Things had improved for women on paper, in India. The...
Thomas Hardy and Charles Darwin: Far From the Madding Crowd
The influence of Charles Darwin on Thomas Hardy is palpable. Basudeb critiques Hardy’s novel, Far From the Madding Crowd, in this context, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different...
Supermoon
A 25-year-old roadie, Nalin, meets a witch, Maya, an elderly widow. It’s a full moon night. Tapan takes us through many twists and turns, with sparks flying. Was Maya...
What Plagues the Development of Uttar Pradesh?
Uttar Pradesh (UP) is being advantaged by the fertile land and abundant natural resources. It ranks first by the size of the population. These could be the forerunner in economic...
The Balloon Man: Forlorn and Forgotten!
Decades back, the balloon man was a character straight out of child’s wonderland. For children, he was the richest person on this earth carrying the chromatic collection of a child’s...