identity - Different Truths

July 8, 2021
Dr. Deepanita Bhanja
Education, History & Culture, Multiculturalism, People, Place

Migration of the Mind: A Search for Identity

Students from varied nationalities, states and languages came together sharing information about culture, language, and lifestyles. It encouraged interest and acceptance among the classmates for each other, informs Dr....

April 22, 2021
Dr. Jaya Kapoor Chadha
Poem

My Name

An intense woman-centric poem, where she struggles for her identity, exclusively for Different Truths. Ever since I married My name was such a bother I had a ready package...

January 11, 2021
Sarba Roy
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

My Money is Not my Identity!

Money is not the be all and end all of life, says Sarba. An exclusive for Different Truths. On a bright summer day a few years ago, with thousands...

June 19, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Nemesis

Fears and karmas often catch up with us. Soumya shares a real-life incident, when rivals in hockey field, met as friends, years later. How were the worst fears of...

June 14, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna in Mathura – LXXVI

Nilanjana recounts the tale of Balarama and Krishna in Mathura from the Bhagavatam, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. “A city must be very new for Balarama,...

May 23, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Prayers, Process, and Reforms: Some Things do Not Change for Ordinary People

The state administrative service is rife with arbitrariness and discrimination. Hemashri recounts how her study leave prayer for a higher study to JNU, New Delhi, was not granted, while...

April 7, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Crime, Cyber Crime

Do Not Allow Safo Pirates to Ransack You

Millions of fraudulent websites and traders are available who deal in pirated copies against thunderbolt discounts or totally free of cost. But should money be the ultimate decision maker?...

April 4, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

India-Hater Shahid Afridi is Out of Favour in Dubai: Police Chief Wonders why Pakistanis are Troublemakers

The only thing going for Shahid Afridi is the Muslim identity he shares with the Kashmiri. Otherwise, he is lost Pashtun in the Valley like his ‘Pashtun Idol’ Imran...

March 31, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Cyber Security

Beware of Fake Celebrities Created by SocBots

Social Networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc – recently Facebook has been accused of malicious electoral influence (though still in debates), it might probably have been made...

March 30, 2018
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion

Turbans are an Integral Part of Sikhism – III

The next two parts deal with turbans amongst the Sikhs, tracing its genesis, how it’s worn and other details. Here’s an in-depth research by Shameena, in the weekly column,...

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