Korea - Different Truths

March 21, 2018
IPA Service
International Relations, Politics, World

Xi Makes a Changez Khan Pitch: Peaceful Life on Earth is Under a Threat

President Xi Jinping will be the ‘Changez Khan’ of the 21st Century. The man, like his sprawling country, is a glutton for land, a bear for ‘territory’; and when...

March 20, 2018
IPA Service
Business, Economy, Industry, Trade, World

High Tariffs of Trump Regressive to Global Trade: Open and Free Trade Being Challenged

Trump is championing the causes of domestic economic protection, instead of freedom. His anti-immigration policy is unwarranted and this is not going to help in reviving the US sagging...

March 19, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Energy, Trade, World

India wants to be Global Solar Power without Module Capacity: China and Taiwan find it a Great Opportunity to Dump Cells

The last two years witnessed a big boom in China’s global solar cells and modules exports, mainly to feed India’s sudden demand spurt. Why is the government abruptly pushing...

March 14, 2018
IPA Service
Business, Economy, Trade, World

Trump Dumps Global Trading Rules for Political Gains

The rest of the world may rail against Trump for triggering off a trade war by his action to slap 25 percent tax on steel imports and 10 percent...

March 12, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Politics, World

Economic Imperialism, Free Trade and Protection: Capitalist US is discovering the Virtue of State Control

The capitalist realtor-turned US president, Donald Trump, is a pseudo-socialist. In true capitalism, there is no place for government interference in economic affairs beyond the minimum necessary. But, Trump...

March 4, 2018
Tapati Sinha
Gender, History & Culture, LGBTQIA+

A Historical Perspective of Transgender, a Different Community

In the earliest ages, these people were quite often thought to possess the wisdom that traditionally-gendered people did not, and were venerated for this. As civilisations transformed from matrilineal...

February 3, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Trump-FBI Reflects Divided Ruling Class: Democratic Party has to Push Progressive Agenda More

The question is: What is the motivation of the Mueller forces, including the FBI and possibly other intelligence agencies, for going after Trump? What is really at stake here?...

December 30, 2017
Sutapa Basu
Book Review, Creative Writing, Potpourri

Kaleidoscope 2017

An eminent writer, Sutapa, whose talked-about book is soaring the bestsellers charts tells us about her journey in the year that was. She also shares her review about some of 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...

August 23, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Opinion

Does the World Really Deserve Democracy?

Mahima asks if we deserve Democracy, in her regular column, exclusively in Different Truths. I pen this piece in times, which I feel are dark times of Democracy, whether...

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