Gender - Different Truths

January 14, 2017
Mahua Maharana
Book Club, Criticism

Rape, Secrets of the Virtual World dealt with in the Woman-centric Novel of Sujata

The novel, The Other End of the Corridor, by Sujata Rajpal, has a free flowing story line, with plots and sub-plots blending seamlessly. Changes happen, relationships changes, relationships crashes but these...

December 4, 2016
Sreelata Menon
Cover Story, Politics

Swigging Champagne and Spouting Socialism

We are in an age of double talk and double think. A Socialist advocates a more equitable distribution of everything including wealth. But if that individual were to be born...

November 20, 2016
Johanna Climenko
Cover Story, Dance, History & Culture

Wilma Casal: From Dance, to Healing, to Dance

Wilma is an upcoming choreographer in the US; in her native Germany she was a prima ballerina. She could have had her choice of major ballet companies in Europe...

November 8, 2016
Eswar Anandan
Advocacy, Politics

Flames of Truth

People who have been wronged, rendered homeless and voiceless are left with little choice but to set themselves afire, alive. It’s most shocking, terribly grotesque. Till date there are 153 reported...

October 2, 2016
Asmani Jamdar Surve
Gender, Opinion

How Fair is the War of Genders?

The war of the genders often boils down to the clichéd caliber vs competition argument. We fail to understand that why females have to prove that they are equal....

September 25, 2016
Rhiti Chatterjee Bose
Cover Story, Gender, History & Culture

The Lady and Her Smoke

In this article, Rhiti traces the trends of women and smoking* over the years in Indian, American, and general global scenario. If we look back at ancient Indian history, women have...

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...

November 29, 2015
Shruti Nagvanshi
Dissent, Human Rights

Dalits Walk Tall

A decade long movement leads to Dalit empowerment in Varanasi. Two authors, Dr. Archana Kaushik, a social work educator, teaching Social Work at the University of Delhi and Shruti Nagvanshi, a...

November 24, 2015
Ratan Bhattacharjee
Gender

Superwoman and the Fourth Wave of Feminism

Ratan examines the emergence of Superwoman and the fourth wave of feminism, in a historical perspective. The New Woman has to strive very hard to establish her identity in the oppressive...

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