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August 15, 2016
Neelum S. Gour
Mass Comm.

Independence Day Reflections: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Neelum revisits the August 19, 2002, issue of the India Today. The special Fifty-Five Years of Freedom issue carries a lead article listing fifty-five things that made India...

July 21, 2016
Uday Biradar
Science & Technology

The Dawn of Everipedia

Crowdsourcing comes with its own boons and banes. For one, the potential of having the world as your team and the diverse talent as your crew is awe-inspiring! Imagine the...

June 3, 2016
Niladri Ranjit Chakraborty
Poem

Fireflies

Niladri demystifies freedom in this verse and exposes its delusions red in tooth and claw. Freedom is an orgy, it is the burning of an effigy. Intoxicated fireflies illuminate...

May 29, 2016
Maya Khandelwal
Cover Story, Relationship & Lifestyle

Why Some Men Love to be Househusbands?

Role reversals are not new. In the Vaishnava paintings, we see Radha play the flute instead or Krishna decorating Radha’s feet with alta (red colour) or tie her hair. Assigning...

May 23, 2016
Ritamvara Bhattacharya
Potpourri

Buddha Smiles

An enigmatic story from Ritamvara, where relations and realities collapse with Kafkaesque horror. The salvation is in Buddha’s smile. The freedom of the sky was an intervening rebellious act in...

April 26, 2016
Lenin Raghuvanshi
Dissent, Human Rights

The 2016 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights Awarded to Nguyen San Que and BERISH 2.0

Human Rights activist Lenin profiles the recipients of the 2016 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights, Nguyen San Que and BERISH 2.0, profiling the struggles, resilience and recognition for the cause of...

April 4, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Dissent, Economy, Politics

III AIKMS Conference: Commoners Betrayed after Independence, says Prof Ravi Srivastava

On the second day of the delegate session of the third AIKMS conference noted economist from JNU, Prof. Ravi Srivastava, anguished that aspirations or better life among the common...

March 4, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Economy

‘Liberate India’s Mining Industry to Create Lakhs of Jobs’

The president of SBS, Vishal Singh, called for a reform of the Indian mining policy. He pointed out that this would help create lakhs of jobs. Here’s a report. Swarna...

January 4, 2016
Shruti Nagvanshi
Health, Human Rights, People

Amit: Global Connect through Human Rights and Yoga

An active Human Rights activist and Yoga master, Amit’s areas of interest are religious conflict, multiculturalism, refugees, extremism, freedom of expression, and international human rights law. Shruti profiles the Varanasi-born youth,...

December 7, 2015
Santosh Bakaya
Potpourri

The Card Players

A renowned writer, Santosh vividly depicts a scene of a street corner in urban India. She presents a slice of vibrant throbbing life in paroxysm of emotions. In a surprise...

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