Progress - Different Truths

April 23, 2017
Amit Singh
Cover Story

Right of Housing in India and Forced Eviction: Does the Disadvantaged have Enough Protection?

This article examines the protection mechanism of housing rights in India. The roles of Supreme Court and High Court have been discussed. In addition, NGOs roles are illustrated. For...

April 20, 2017
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy

A Guide to Health Insurance Plans for Senior Citizens – II

Here’s the second part of the guide to health insurance plans for senior citizens, by Rita. She looks into the fine prints and reminds us what to be check,...

March 2, 2017
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy, Relationship & Lifestyle

Rights of the Elderly: Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens

More and more couples are working full time, families have become smaller and nuclear, migration, and consumerism have become the order of the day. At the same time, life expectancy of...

February 17, 2017
Jamuna Rangachari
Health, Relationship & Lifestyle

Why do we Need Attitudinal Healing?

We all need to work on finding a purpose in life and make ourselves feel better. Let us look for such a purpose all the time. If we can read...

January 29, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Cover Story, Criticism

Hindu World View of RK Narayan: Progress of Jagan from Egotism to Mysticism

The acceptance of one homogenised Indian culture, i.e., Hinduism, in general, and Brahminical cult, in particular, is the basic assumption of this article, which aims at examining the process of transformation...

December 29, 2016
Lopamudra Banerjee
Poem

Resurgence

A voice that cannot be stifled, a protest that breaks shackles is the poetic voice of Lopamudra. Her protest poem envisions change. Here’s her firebrand poem for Different Truths. Every single...

December 20, 2016
Dr. Krishna Hota
Religion

Srimad Bhagavat Gita Speaks of Universal Equality

Lord Krishna spoke on unity and equality of all creations and all creatures of this universe. In Gita, there are numerous Shloka, especially 116 shlokas that clearly explains the equality...

November 15, 2016
Sunil Kumar Banerjee
Sports

Akashganga: An Idea Whose Time had come! – VI

Even before PTS had started, Shamsher with his imaginative and resourceful handling made organised performances or demonstrations in skydiving in some areas of the country. Interestingly, some PJI officers had...

December 11, 2015
Soumitra Dasgupta
Technology

Can Digital Waste be Checked?

Hoarding is human impulse. The digital generation, as this generation is called, often downloads books, texts, pix, etc, which they might not refer to later. They are thus creating digital...

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