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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...

May 22, 2018
IPA Service
Epidemic, Health

Nipah the Virus on a Killing Spree in Kerala

The fruit-bat borne virus has already killed 11 in Kerala’s Kozhikode and Malappuram districts after the first three deaths in a family were diagnosed as Nipah, the name that...

May 19, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Cyber Security

Time to be Conscious About 4G Downgrade Attack

Have you ever pondered what does 4G really mean? Why is it beneficial to you? What are the security flaws in it? How can it be misused by cyber...

April 11, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Dalits are Unhappy with Yogi Government: BJP Leadership Worried at Developments

Addressing the well-attended rally in the state capital, Savitri Bai Phule announced that she was willing to face any action from the party leadership but her fight will continue....

March 11, 2018
Tapan Mozumdar
Short Story

Relieved

Here’s an interesting short story by Tapan, exclusively for Different Truths. The twenty-something driver of the Auto-rickshaw was cruising like he owned every inch of the road. Neera had...

December 21, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Forest Fire – LIV

Nilanjana recounts a tale of the Maya or Cosmic Game of Lord Krishna, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. “The innocence of the cowherds is amazing. They...

September 24, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Business, Dissent, Human Rights, Migration & Diaspora, Poem, Politics

South Indian Actors in Politics; UK Bans Uber; Jack Ma Promises Moon; Booze & Aadhar; Tim Cook on Social Issues; Faux pas by Rahul Gandhi

Here are six news last week that caught the attention of our columnist, Shail. She verses about two prominent South Indian actors rooting for Arvind Kejriwal and PM Narendra...

July 13, 2017
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy, Health

Bad to the Bone: Everything You Need to Know about Osteoporosis – I

Kolkata-based Rita, who works with the elders, tells us about a geriatric problem, osteoporosis. Here’s part one of her write-up. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...

July 13, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Baby Steps – XXXIV

Kamsa’s ally Trinavarta had come to Gokula looking for the little child. He assumed the form of a whirlwind. Child Krishna vanquished a mighty asura for the third time....

December 18, 2016
Mira Pawar
Cover Story, Health

The Mystery and the Return from the Comatose State: A Near-death Experience!

How to bring a coma patient back to consciousness? As we all know that before the surgery, the doctors administer anesthesia on the patient so that there is no pain...

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