Land - Different Truths

July 9, 2018
IPA Service
Agriculture, Economy

A rise in Domestic Demand will Keep India Busy with Food Security

It has been reported in the Agricultural Outlook 2018-2027, prepared jointly by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United...

July 2, 2018
Ayub Khawar
Poem

To My Own Demise

An evocative poem about life and death, where Ayub talks to his demise, exclusively for Different Truths. O! My demise, Alter your route, Dislodge yourself from my heart, Walk...

June 28, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Kuvalayapida and Krishna – LXXVIII

Nilanjana retells the famous story from the Bhagavatam about how Krishna vanquished Kuvalayapida, the mighty elephant of Kamsa, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. Sukha was narrating...

June 20, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance, Obituary

Love is Not Love Till you give it Away!

Hemashri pays tribute to a former IAS officer, who was also a pro bono lawyer. His immense love and compassion for others set him apart. In him, she found...

June 7, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Politics

Manmohan Singh was a Real Reformer with Innovative Policies

Manmohan Singh enlivened the service sector by ceding several tax concessions. Software companies sprang up, placing the country a pivot for global software exports. Notwithstanding Modi’s slow pace in...

June 6, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Poverty

India is the Second Most Unequal Country, Globally

New World Wealth, a Johannesburg-based company, published a report where it claimed that India is the second-most unequal country in the world, with millionaires controlling 54 percent of the...

May 31, 2018
IPA Service
Agriculture, Economy

Only Big Farmers Benefit from Write-Offs

Last year, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Punjab undertook large-scale farm debt waivers, costing half a percent of the entire GDP of India, and Andhra Pradesh recently announced a loan...

May 29, 2018
IPA Service
Legal Issues

Sterlite Plant Episode is a Clear Case of Violation of Laws: Tamilnadu Govt. Has to Bear Major Responsibility

On 22nd May 2018, thirteen protestors were gunned down in cold blood by the Tamil Nadu police, when they were protesting against the Sterlite Copper plant, a unit of...

May 25, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Neither Khaki-Knicker nor Coloured Boxers Fit: Question Mark Over Fitness of Government Itself

Rathore’s challenge was ill-timed. He should have also known that the information and broadcasting portfolio he recently took independent charge of is jinxed. I&B ministers invariably land in trouble....

May 21, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

G-String Holding the Alliance Together: Congress Slowly Getting Back to Centre of Action

Opposition unity has still a long way to go, blighted as it is by individual personal ambitions. There are wheels within wheels in the opposition. And when Rahul Gandhi...

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