Philosophy - Different Truths

May 9, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Cracking the IAS Mains in Shillong Style

Humorist Soumya shares an interesting account of his friend cracking the IAS Mains exams, with a difference, in Shillong. Here’s a hilarious account, in the weekly column, exclusively in...

April 29, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

British Colonialism Contributed to the Growth of Indian Literature in English

How did the British rule in India contribute to the growth of Indian Literature in English? Basudeb probes into history and finds answers, in the weekly column, exclusively in...

April 27, 2017
Ashish Kumar Singh
Art

An Art Exhibition Called From Creative Destruction to Destructive Creation!

Ashish reviews an art exhibition currently on in New Delhi, till the end of this month, exclusively for Different Truths. Let’s talk about art. The question then comes how...

March 27, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Fitness, Health

Yoga as a Lifestyle

Yoga is being practiced in all forms today including Art Yoga, Dance Yoga, Dynamic Yoga and Power Yoga. It dates back to the time of the Indus Valley civilisation...

February 16, 2017
Kavita Panyam
Health, Relationship & Lifestyle

The Philosophy of Depression

When the symptoms of sadness grow stronger with time, it’s time to seek medical help. Kavita, a practicing psychologist, tells us about depression, its symptoms among men, women, and teenagers....

January 14, 2017
Marco North
Multiculturalism, People, Place

Indian Spice in Moscow: Love and Time

Jeeva opened his first spice market in Moscow over fourteen years ago, when he was a student importing bags of curry and turmeric in his luggage. The spices he imported...

January 3, 2017
Sunil Kumar Banerjee
Sports

Akashganga: The Old Maketh way for the New- XII

The Adventure Foundation had no skydiving equipment like parachutes, riggers, trainers or a training infrastructure. The shrewd Thapar used his niche knowledge to influence the unscrupulous but powerful Dolly Yadav. The...

December 25, 2016
Amit Singh
Cover Story, History & Culture

The Cultural Hegemony of Orientalism and India

India imagined as essentially irrational, others have described how darker aspects of Indian religious practice…reported cases of human sacrifices changed over time and came to be represented as primitive and barbaric,...

December 12, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Activism

Wockhardt Foundation Human Rights Awards: Lenin Raghuvanshi Honoured among others

Wockhardt Foundation Human Rights Awards were awarded to Lenin Raghuvanshi, Teesta Setalvad, Manoj Jena, Geeta Seshamani and Dr. Shayama Chona. A report. On International Human Rights Day, Wockhardt Foundation announced Wockhardt Foundation Human...

December 4, 2016
Sreelata Menon
Cover Story, Politics

Swigging Champagne and Spouting Socialism

We are in an age of double talk and double think. A Socialist advocates a more equitable distribution of everything including wealth. But if that individual were to be born...

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