Domestic - Different Truths

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 21, 2017
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion & Beauty, History & Culture

The Emergence of Plastic Surgery from the Renaissance to the Present Day – II

In the second part, Shameena tells us about the brief rise of plastic surgery during the Renaissance. The two World Wars led to the innovations, making plastic and cosmetic...

July 12, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

The Many Legends, Tales and Travels of Coffee

Dating back to the 10th century or even earlier, coffee has legends and stories galore surrounding its origin. The undomesticated nativity of coffee seems to be of Ethiopia. Evidence...

May 16, 2017
Payal Talreja
Calamity, Gender

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...

May 14, 2017
Tapan Mozumdar
Fiction

Spirited

Here’s an interesting fantasy fiction about the world of the spirits, by Tapan, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I don’t know how much you are aware...

April 24, 2017
Chhavi Mehra
Education & Career, International Relations

International Students and their Financial Challenges in the US

According to the Institute of International Education, over one million international students enrolled in American institutions in the year 2015-2016 (International Students). International students face acculturation issues such as...

April 11, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

A Walk in the Park

Humourist Soumya talks about the many sights and sounds of morning walk in Mumbai, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The gentle musical notes of the...

April 4, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Balancing the Books

We just crossed over to a new financial year in India, on April 1. This is the time to balance the books, says humourist Soumya, tongue-in-cheek. Read more in...

March 8, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism, Gender, Special Feature

Tehmina Durrani: A Champion of Women’s Empowerment in Pakistan

Tehmina Durrani arrests worldwide attention immediately after the publication of her first novel Blasphemy. Her second novel My Feudal Lord exposes the miserable position of a woman pitted against the patriarchal background...

March 6, 2017
Debjani Guha
Economy, Gender, Special Feature

Girl-child in Labour and Learning: A Case Study in North-24 Parganas

Twenty five girls of age group 7 to 13 years from ten National Child Labour Project schools of North-24- pgs were studied. It was found that 72% girls are from...

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