History - Different Truths

November 12, 2017
Arindam Roy
Book Review, Criticism

Love Bloomed Amongst Hatred, Revenge Violence and Deaths of the 1984-Carnage in When a Mighty Tree Falls by Amrinder Bajaj

Despite the deep hurt, Amrinder Bajaj’s novel, When a Mighty Tree Falls, remained objective. In the novel, she described how some Hindus, risking their lives and limbs, saved their...

November 10, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Religion

Olympus to Meru: Pantheons of Gods and Goddesses

Ruchira draws a parallel between the Hindu and Greco-Roman pantheons of gods and goddesses, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I am an avid reader of fiction....

November 4, 2017
Suveera Sharma
People, Place

I Got Your Back

Hong Kong is one of the safest places in the world, made so not just by the governing bodies, but by each and every citizen of this city. Law...

October 28, 2017
Tooba Masood
Book Club, Criticism, History & Culture

Bhaswati Bhattacharya: Coffee House became the Nerve Centre of Adda, Politics, Literary and Cultural Discourse

Bhaswati’s intensive and meticulous six-year-long research on Indian Coffee Houses in Kolkata, Allahabad, and New Delhi, has fructified in the form of a book, Much Ado Over Coffee. Here’s...

October 27, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
People, Place, Travel & Food

Sultanate of Oman: Pristine Beauty Blended with Modernity

Ruchira takes us on a tour of the Sultanate of Oman, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. I am footloose by nature. My fondest dream is to...

October 25, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food, History & Culture

Where did Baklava Originate: Greece or Turkey?

Baklava’s origin is always surrounded by the claims of both the Greeks and the Turks. The most ancient recipe from 2nd century BCE that resembles a similar dessert, is...

October 24, 2017
Payal Talreja
Gender

Sexism and Literature

Payal relooks at classics and popular comics to find how sexist in content these are, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Recently, I decided to recycle through...

October 22, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Cover Story, Gender

The Me Too Campaign: Women Stand Tall Against Sexual and Domestic Violence

The “Me Too” campaign has brought together women in a show of solidarity, of courage to make visible the enormity of sexual and domestic violence against them – their...

October 19, 2017
Tarun Gupta
Business, Economy

125 crore India(n)s: Demographic Asset or Liability

It has taken 70 years as an independent nation to reach where we are today, from an underfed nation of 40% people to an underfed nation of 20% people....

October 18, 2017
Maj Gen Raj Singh Mehta
History & Culture, War & Conflicts

The 1962 Sino-Indian War: Recalling a War that was not …it was an Indian Rout

Fought both along the 890 km long McMahon Line and opposite Western Tibet in the Ladakh region of our 4056 km long Sino-Indian borders, the 1962 War showed us...

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