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February 12, 2018
IPA Service
Legal Issues

MPs Petition Gives New Twist to the Judge Loya Case

In the Supreme Court, Indira Jaising, appearing for Admiral Ramdas, argued that there were sufficient reasons to suspect the alleged death of Judge Loya, including several inconsistencies in documents....

February 9, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
History & Culture, Travel & Food

Lucknow: Of Nawabs, Kebabs, and Tehzeeb

Ruchira takes us on a tour of Lucknow, where currents and crosscurrents of divergent cultures intermingled and blended, to finally emerge as a new composite whole. Read more in...

February 5, 2018
IPA Service
Legal Issues

Supreme Court Upholds Property Rights of Daughter: Anomalies in Hindu Succession Act Removed

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has upheld the right of daughters to be entitled to equal shares in the ancestral property as the sons. Here’s a weekly...

February 1, 2018
Tarun Gupta
Economy

Debt: Good for Banks, Bad for Individuals or Vice Versa?

Debt is seen as a financial necessity and accounting treatment in today’s world. But the old worldly wisdom of living within one’s means is challenged by debt, persuading Tarun...

January 30, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

A Nude Interlude!

Soumya, our humourist, recounts a real-life story, an incident from the life of his maternal great-grandfather, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. This is a story of...

January 29, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Business, Economy, International Relations

China Factor in Trade and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Essential for Economic Growth

Thailand’s ambassador to India and a key official convening the ASEAN-India summit this week, Chutintorn Sam Gongsakdi said before the media that India needs to focus on the China...

January 13, 2018
Suveera Sharma
Crime, History & Culture

Lawless Kowloon was a City within a City, a Hub of Vice

The dark past of one of the major hubs of the city was the infamous walled city of Kowloon. It became a city within a city. A haven for...

December 2, 2017
Suveera Sharma
People, Place, Relationship & Lifestyle

A Sprinkling of Joy

Nisha, our helper, is like thousands of other women, who have left behind their home and families in their countries, to seek a better future for themselves and their...

November 18, 2017
Suveera Sharma
Health, People, Place

The First Step

Motivation comes easy in Hong Kong. People take time out to exercise and work on their health. Every region has its own swimming pools and sports clubs and they...

November 5, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Fiction

Vanished – I

Sumita tells us an engrossing story, in two parts. Here’s the first part, a horror-humour, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Dainagri: Police and government officials admit their...

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