A Love Story
Here’s a poignant prose-poem on love by Deeya, in Different Truths. The intensity, pain, and sensuousness come alive in her poetic lines. The futile weather-beaten pen failed to portray...
The Cold Winter Night…
A love poem in the backdrop of a cold winter night, by Madhumita, for Different Truths. Wintry night embraces, shivering, frigid and piercing, Lonely in love, my heart hibernates, gelid...
Anti-Trafficking Bill is the Worst Victim of Lok Sabha Logjam
The long-pending legislative initiative by Women and Child Welfare Minister Maneka Gandhi — The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018 — could not be introduced at...
Jai Ramji Ki to All in Cambridge Analytica: Truth of Wylie about What Indians Eat, Drink and Die For
Seventy years after the British left India, ending its colonial trip in the subcontinent, it was left to a Canadian expat in Britain to tell “we the people of...
A Quirky Reward of Stability in Governing
Manoj Baitha who fled to Nepal surrendered to police Wednesday morning. We’re seeing a degree of lawlessness in this country like seen never before. Lawlessness is everywhere; from Srinagar...
The Story of Dal Makhani
The original Dal Makhani, which was made in the Western part of Punjab, which is now in Pakistan was made by the Peshawaris. The Punjabis sold this dal with...
Revisiting Rafoo Chakkar: Villainy, Crossdressing, and Chuckles Enliven the Comedy
At a time when men – Dev (Rishi Kapoor) and Salim (Paintal) – dressing up as women wasn’t a comedy norm, the mere transformation of both the actors is hilarious. Not...
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...
Indo-Bangla Relations, Rohingya Crisis and the Rakhine State: What would bring the Two Friends Together Again?
It was Modi’s public statement during his Myanmar visit in September, which had led Dhaka to protest. India had always supported Myanmar in the international fora as Modi had...
Padmavati Priorities, Let us Talk 3-D Sanskrit, Cancer Sins, and Going Back Home
What would be the fate of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film on Padmavati? Claims and counter-claims galore, a section of the Hindus are enraged about Padmavati meeting Khilji, which they...