Delhi - Different Truths

September 10, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Crime, Human Rights, Science & Technology

Gauri Lankesh Gunned Down, Brit Paedophile Assaults Blind Children, Personal Data as Currency and Golf through Fire

Shail re-creates four news of the week gone by in verse. A fearless journalist, Gauri Lankesh, was gunned down at point blank range at her Bangalore home, by unknown...

September 6, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

The Story of Ker Sangri: Rugged Plants Survive in Deserts; Rich in Nutrition, Medicinal Properties

The exact country of Ker’s origin is impossible to pinpoint. The fruit’s native habitat is wide. Many caper variants are native to the basin of the Mediterranean Sea, parts...

September 5, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Education & Career, Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature

In Reverence

गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुर्गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः ।गुरुरेव परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥१॥Gurur-Brahmaa Gurur-Vissnnur-Gururdevo Maheshvarah |Gurureva Param Brahma Tasmai Shrii-Gurave Namah ||1|| Here’s an inspiring tribute to all teachers by Shernaz, as part of the special feature. She talks about exemplary...

August 20, 2017
Debjani Guha
Cover Story, Education & Career, History & Culture

A Comparative Evaluation of the Scholastic Excellence of Nalanda and Al-Qarawiyyin

Nalanda was primarily the Buddhist institution of higher learning, in India. Al-Qarawiyyin has been a centre of Islamic studies, in Morocco. While Nalanda was lost in the ravages of...

August 15, 2017
Sarika Sarkar Das
Law & Order, Politics, Terrorism

No Independence Celebrations Day in Assam: Are we Truly Liberated?

When the whole nation is decked up in tricolor, saffron, white and green, Assam is terribly silent. It observes bandh, year after year. The saddest part of it is...

July 22, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Novelist Manju Kapur Exposes the Reality of Generation Gap after 1947

Basudeb features Manju Kapur, a post-1947 novelist, an important feminist writer. He critiques her novels, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. One of the most important features of...

July 18, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

And a Chipko is Born…

Humourist Soumya tells us how a Chipko was born in their home. He shares the experiences with a young girl from the hills and her love for nature, weeds,...

June 27, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Advocacy, Interview, Religion

Eid Special: Rozas beyond Religion!

In a nation where the citizens stand tense and in fear polarised by those with secret motives, our Delhi-based columnist Mahima, in a weekly column, brings you the story...

June 21, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Advocacy, Cinema, Gender

Will the Strong Social Message from Phullu ever reach the Right Masses?

Our Delhi-based columnist Mahima tells us why Phullu, a film meant for the masses to educate them about menstrual hygiene at the right age, will not reach them. And...

May 31, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Gender, Opinion

PC meets PM: So will Dhoti-clad Society decide if Priyanka Chopra did a Leg-show?

Delhi-based journalist, Mahima, lambasts the patriarchal mindset about how Priyanka Chopra should have dressed while meeting the PM Narendra Modi, in Berlin, on Tuesday. An exclusive on Different Truths....

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