Relationship - Different Truths

April 14, 2017
Nikita Goel
Films, Relationship & Lifestyle

Women in Bollywood: A Journey from Sati Savitri to Mary Kom

Films are an integral part of Indian societies. They have constantly shaped the beliefs and mindsets of Indian people for over a hundred years now. A few decades ago,...

April 9, 2017
Tapan Mozumdar
Fiction

Smarting v3.0

What would happen if a smart phone had emotions and a mind of its own? Here’s a fantasy fiction by Tapan, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths....

April 7, 2017
Nikita Goel
Relationship & Lifestyle

How to Build Tolerance towards Behaviour of Other People?

If some people do not treat others properly, they need love and help. We do not know anything about their pasts, their burdens and baggage. Nikita tells us how...

April 6, 2017
Kavita Panyam
Health, Relationship & Lifestyle

Why Women Develop Depression and Weight Gain: Measures to Combat these Issues

Depression and weight gain in women are very common. In fact, women are twice likely to develop these as compared to men. Hyderabad-based Kavita, a practicing psychologist, tells...

April 4, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

The Strange World of Blind Rats and Pushy Pied Pipers

We have all turned into blind rats, lured by the flute of pushy Pied Pipers of the commercial and corporate world. Our needs, our ambitions, aspirations, dreams, even...

March 31, 2017
Nikita Goel
Relationship & Lifestyle

Are Marriage Jokes all about Wife-Bashing?

Is marriage a bad joke in the patriarchal society? Nikita wonders why all marriage related jokes are about wife-bashing and why is it so deeply sexist. Here’s the narrative...

March 27, 2017
Anumita Roy
Arts, Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle

Story Time Never Goes out of Fashion

Anumita recounts her childhood story time. How it helped the children develop social skills and helped them become a well-rounded person. She also talks about her special need child...

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...

March 25, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Tamas: Bhisham Sahni Explores the Reasons of the Indian Partition in 1947

In the acclaimed novel, Tamas, Bhisham Sahni shows how these two identities are made hostile to each other by the political ambition of some power-loving people, the colonial rulers’...

March 18, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

The Crises of Hindu Identity and Patriarchal Wounds in Ice-Candy Man

Continuing with the theme of partition, Basudeb profiles the crises of Hindu identity and patriarchal wounds in Ice-Candy Man. Through the eyes of an eight-year Parsee girl living with...

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