December - Different Truths

December 31, 2017
Tarun Gupta
Business, Economy

The Year is Seventeen, Going onto Eighteen!

Tarun takes a stock of the business and economy, in the past year, in his write-up, as part of the Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths. Writing a year-end...

December 24, 2017
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

She Walks Tall

A poem of hope and courage that Sarala had penned keeping in mind the World Disability Day on December 3, earlier this month, in Different Truths. She is all...

December 19, 2017
Bushra Alvi Razzack
Gender, Human Rights, Law & Order

Voice against Violence: A Silent Protest Sensitises on Crime against Women

Crime against women has increased rapidly in India over the past ten years. A total number of 3,27,394 cases of crime against women were reported in the country during...

December 15, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Travel & Food

An Oasis of Serenity: Buddhist Stupa at Sanchi

Ruchira tells us about Sanchi, a famous Buddhist site, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. I had first read about the place in my New Horizon English...

December 13, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

The 500-year-old Legacy of Stuffed Turkey during Christmas Dinner in Britain Continues

William Strickland from Yorkshire introduced turkeys to Britain more than 500 years ago. Even though King Edward VII made turkey eating fashionable at Christmas, it was King Henry VIII...

December 11, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Politics

Development vs. Dynasty was the Pitch of BJP in the First Phase of Gujarat Assembly Elections

PM Narendra Modi has led the BJP A-Listers in the party’s campaign, pitching the Gujarat election as a contest between development and dynasty. Rahul Gandhi attacks the BJP for...

December 4, 2017
Mariyam Zafar
Films, Gender

Is it True that Women are for Women?

Making someone feel bad about themselves won’t make you feel any better. It’s about time we made “catfights”, jealousy and competition a thing of the past. Let’s not degenerate...

November 23, 2017
Tarun Gupta
Business, Economy

Did Demonetisation Really Happen: What Data Reveals?

Delhi-based Tarun discusses the far-reaching consequences of demonetisation, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. As I have said before, demonetisation really changed a lot of my thinking....

November 19, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Pottery

Deborah Smith and Ray Meeker: Founders of Golden Bridge Pottery

Chennai-based Sumita, an artist, and author, profiles Deborah Smith and Ray Meeker. She tells us how they came to Pondicherry and founded the Golden Bridge Pottery, exclusively in Different...

November 14, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Politics

Gujarat Assembly Polls 2017: Congress and BJP offer Sops, Engage in Social Engineering

The two major political parties, Congress and BJP, are offering sops and promising the moon. Both parties are also busy balancing caste factors and are into social engineering, opines...

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