History - Different Truths

August 9, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Potpourri

Umbrella: Saving Us from Sun and Shower

Ruchira traces the invention and antiquity of the umbrella, which is a must during the monsoon, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. An umbrella is a ubiquitous...

July 16, 2018
Amit Singh
Advocacy, Cover Story, Subaltern & Dalits

Human Rights Justice: Methods of Testimonial Therapy to Generate Human Rights Movement – II

In the second and final part of the research article, Amit, our Editor-at-Large (Europe) examines the methods of Testimonial Therapy (TT) to generate the human rights movement. He tells...

July 3, 2018
Dr. Kulmeet Singh Soin
Opinion, Politics

What Makes Jaitley Go Berserk: His Hitler or the Historical Hitler of the Yore?

The Hitlerian mindset is in full force. This time it might be an expensive gaffe by the great nonperformer, Arun Jaitley. That millions died, killed by barbaric methods under...

June 30, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

2019 Election Launch Pad of BJP is Out

Arun Shourie, like one BJP spokesperson says, is cursed with “too many grey cells for his own good” – he loses himself in the labyrinth. What to make of...

June 27, 2018
Dr. Kulmeet Singh Soin
Politics

Unworthy Political Manoeuvrings: Where the Nation Stands Today – II

In the second and final part of his political commentary, Dr. Kulmeet shows us the huge gaps between the promises and realities by the Modi-led government, in the Centre,...

June 16, 2018
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Some Problems of Translation: A Study of Red Oleanders by Tagore – I

The journey of the theme and the meta-theme, encoded into one language, to another language, is the kernel of the translation process. We need to remember in this connection that...

June 9, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Pranab Strikes Big Bang, Congress Hits Black Hole

Pranab Mukherjee did not have to “die first” to go back in time to retell history. He’s 82 and in his memory-cache there is enough of reading of history...

June 2, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, World

Iraq Elections Results Give Big Jolt to Trump

Journalists were puzzled by what the followers of Muqtada al-Sadr and the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) might have in common, and even more, by why they garnered more Iraqi...

June 1, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Farrago under the Cendre with Ankyloglossia-Cured: Idioms of Modi Begin to go Over Indian Heads

The fact of the matter is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hold on the political narrative might be slipping but the Indian-American’s hold on the world’s top spelling bee contest...

June 1, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Marxist Scholars are Giving Big Focus on Environment

Marx and Engels were well aware of the wider, environmental aspects of human “conquest” over nature. And Marxists today have a good deal to say about the environment. An...

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