Family - Different Truths

January 21, 2018
Shail Raghuvanshi
Health, International Relations, Politics, Potpourri, Science & Technology

Political Kite Flying, App Looking at the Big Picture, Child-Friendly Police Station, Mice Have a Field Day

Narendra Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu, two PMs, bond over kite-flying at Sabarmati Ashram and they paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi. The App WeCroak is born of Bhutanese folklore saying that to be...

January 21, 2018
Bushra Alvi Razzack
Poem

Birthing of a Muslim

Bushra fears the divisive and communal world her grandson would inherit in this poem, for Different Truths. In a world torn asunder With hate, prejudice, and conflict I gasp...

January 20, 2018
Suveera Sharma
People, Place, Relationship & Lifestyle

The Bridge across the Oceans

It is a concern for most expats, with increasing number of people finding employment overseas, it’s a continuous endeavor to strike a balance between aging parents back home, and...

January 19, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
People, Potpourri, Religion

Ruchira anguishes that the Indian society is becoming increasingly intolerant and parochial. The walls of religious divisions are sharper now. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...

January 17, 2018
Lily Swarn
Food, Religion

The Tamil Harvest Festival Pongal Celebrates Bounty and Camaraderie

Lily tells us about the four-day harvest festival, dedicated to the sun, in Tamil Nadu. It’s also celebrated in other states in South India. It means ‘spilling over’ of...

January 17, 2018
Mamta Joshi
Poem

A Scaffolding of Love

Here’s an intense and powerful women-centric poem by Mamta that celebrates her love despite countless sufferings, for Different Truths. Throbbing with exhaustion and pain Cramped muscles ache for rest...

January 15, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Advocacy, Economy

Will the Union Budget Respond to the Demand of the Civil Society for a Universal Pension Scheme?

The letter written on behalf of the Pension Parishad, a network of 100 civil society organisations in it, is in response to recent reports indicating that the Centre was...

January 14, 2018
Manthena Damodara Chary
Publishing

Indigenous Publishing Industry under Threat from eBooks

With the advent of e-publishing, there has been a sharp decline in the traditional publication of books. Many peoples are getting e-books. This has plunged the publishing industry into...

January 12, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Politics, Potpourri

Will this Land Never be Clean?

Ruchira tells us about the unhygienic and unclean habits of Indians. Despite the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, a much-hyped cleanliness campaign, the brainchild of our honourable PM, the ground realities are contrary....

January 10, 2018
Lily Swarn
Food

Gatte ki Sabzi

Lily tells us about Gatte ki Sabzi and the rich cultural heritage of Rajasthan, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. The land of Maharajas, deserts and scenic...

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