Harvest - Different Truths

February 24, 2018
IPA Service
Agriculture, Economy

Policy Experiments May Sabotage Food Self-Sufficiency

The keenness of the BJP-led government runs contrary to its party’s pledge of ‘flourishing agriculture’ taken in its 2014 election manifesto, as well as the government’s own emphasis on...

February 3, 2018
Ayub Khawar
Poem

I have to do a Lot of Chores

An inward-looking, poignant verse, by Ayub, for Different Truths. Someone plucked out my lashes, And twisted them into a cord, Then fastened my dreams, With the same cord, And...

February 2, 2018
IPA Service
Economy

Budget 2018: Game-Changing Reform for Bharat; a Major Impetus to Rural Economy

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, presenting the last full budget of Modi government before it goes to polls in May next year, announced a game-changing health insurance scheme to 10...

September 21, 2017
Farheen Viquas
Science & Technology

Technologies Help us See a Better Tomorrow

Bangalore-based Farheen tells us about brilliant innovations that has been made possible because of technologies making life easier. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Technologies...

July 2, 2017
K Pankajam
Books, Politics, Subaltern & Dalits

A Retrospective of Concern for Human Values: Letters to Namdeo Dhasal by Chandramohan S

Chandramohan’s poems portray subaltern life with exactitude and his concern for human values is quite evident in almost all poems in this collection. Poem after poem one can sense...

May 27, 2017
Parna Mukherjee
Fitness, Food, Health

The Green Blood: Wheatgrass Juice – II

Wheatgrass juice proves to be an elixir for those suffering from hypertension, fatty liver because it is a rich source of Magnesium and Potassium. These minerals lower blood pressure...

January 20, 2017
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Mouth-watering Malpua, Indian Pancakes, for Bhogali Bihu and Sankranti

Last Saturday, it was Bhogali Bihu and Sankranti, in the Northeast and Eastern parts of India. This is also known as ‘Paush Parbon’. A harvest festival, it celebrates plenitude and fertility....

November 19, 2016
Anumita Roy
History & Culture

Thanksgiving: Yesteryears and Now

Anumita tells us about the tradition of Thanksgiving, tracing its genesis. What began in the north of the US is a nationwide celebration. Sarah Josepha Hale, a prolific writer and...

November 12, 2016
Anumita Roy
Photo Feature, Potpourri

Autumn: When the Leaves Blush!

Autumn brings in a riot of colours. As Albert Camus said, “autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower,” nature blushes into the brightest colors of red,...

September 22, 2016
Michelle Yost
Advocacy, People

The Harvest

The labour of love never goes waste. It is always blessed with fruition. Michelle, our columnist, and her partner, Md. Kaushik put their shoulders to the wheel. Against all odds,...

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