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November 26, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Arts, People, Pottery

Padma Shri Sardar Gurcharan Singh: Father of Studio Pottery in India

Sumita profiles Ceramicist Sardar Gurcharan Singh, a Padma Shri recipient, who pioneered the Delhi Blue Art Pottery, which later became the Delhi Blue Pottery Trust. Read more about the...

November 25, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Cover Story, International Relations, Politics

The US Military: Extended Reach and Challenges in the Face of Budgetary Pressures

The fundamental forces shaping the US military for a long time have been the extended reach and challenges of extended operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, it faces new...

November 20, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Zen Meditation for Inner Peace and Salvation

Our Yoga expert, Navodita, tells us about Zen meditation, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Meditation is an important technique to get you grounded in yourself and...

November 19, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Pottery

Deborah Smith and Ray Meeker: Founders of Golden Bridge Pottery

Chennai-based Sumita, an artist, and author, profiles Deborah Smith and Ray Meeker. She tells us how they came to Pondicherry and founded the Golden Bridge Pottery, exclusively in Different...

October 14, 2017
Mamta Joshi
Books, Creative Writing

Catching up with Kazuo Ishiguro and the British Class System

Mamta revisits a novel of the 2017 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Kazuo Ishiguro, and reviews it exclusively for Different Truths. With the announcement of the Nobel Prize in...

May 18, 2017
Farheen Viquas
Science & Technology

Artificial Intelligence is Becoming Intelligent

Bangalore-based technical writer, Farheen, tells us about Artificial Intelligence, and some of its latest use, in the popular column that’s back after a sabbatical. Follow Thursday Techguru, beginning this...

April 9, 2017
Tapan Mozumdar
Fiction

Smarting v3.0

What would happen if a smart phone had emotions and a mind of its own? Here’s a fantasy fiction by Tapan, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths....

January 26, 2017
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy, Cinema

Old is Gold: These are few of my Favourite Films about Aging and the Elderly

Rita revisits seven sensitive films that break the stereotypes of the elderly – grumpy old men or kindly, self-sacrificing grandmothers. Only once in a while does a movie with interesting senior characters...

August 29, 2016
Neelum S. Gour
Mass Media

Retrobrowsings: Different Times for Different Truths

Neelum revisits an editorial by Anees Jung, in Youth Times, in October 1976. The author states that if last week’s column had occasionally felt like a strange journey into a...

July 16, 2016
Lily Swarn
Potpourri

Hey, Chai Anyone?

There was a message outside the Tea Board office in Kolkata. It said, “All time is tea time.” That’s right in India. We hear the chai vendors at all hours...

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