Ring - Different Truths

January 24, 2018
Mariyam Zafar
Cinema

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...

January 21, 2018
Shail Raghuvanshi
Health, International Relations, Politics, Potpourri, Science & Technology

Political Kite Flying, App Looking at the Big Picture, Child-Friendly Police Station, Mice Have a Field Day

Narendra Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu, two PMs, bond over kite-flying at Sabarmati Ashram and they paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi. The App WeCroak is born of Bhutanese folklore saying that to be...

January 16, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Were the Britishers Wrong?

Hemashri, takes a stock of how government offices work, with all the accompanying absurdities, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. They say life begins at forty! That...

January 8, 2018
Manthena Damodara Chary
Poem

Be a Paragon of Peace

Here’s a poem of hope and peace by Manthena, for Different Truths. When you love all foes you have no woes Embittered enmity flees with fear on toes Loyal...

January 3, 2018
Mira Pawar
People, Profile

Homaji Vyrawalla, the First Lady of the Lens from India

Late Homaji Vyrawalla, the first lady photojournalist of India who was absolutely at ease in the then male-dominated bastion. She captured the birth and growth of a new nation....

December 31, 2017
Preeyan Abraham
Education & Career, Travel & Food

Different Truths Honed the Writer in me in 2017

Preeyan, an HR professional, began writing a column for this webzine, in 2017. Here he revisits his journey as a writer, in the year gone by, in the Special...

December 30, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Oral Traditions, Religion

A Year of Musings: Recounting the Bhagavatam in 2017; the Story Continues

Srimad Bhagavatam skillfully combines all the aspects of creation, where the divine in various forms create, preserve and annihilate only to transform and create again. A close look at...

December 29, 2017
Mamta Joshi
Potpourri

Ring in the New but do Not Ring out the Old

The new coexists with the old – that’s what ancient civilisations teach us. Here’s Mamta’s take on the year has gone by and the New Year coming, as Special Feature, exclusively...

December 25, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Economy

Can the Indian Economy Swim Against the Tide of Scams, Scandals, Demonetisation and GST?

Populist of Pragmatic Budgets before Eight State Elections in 2018-19? Navodita Pande Scams and scandals often slow the growth rate of the Indian economy, which is already ailing. The...

December 23, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
International Relations, Politics

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...

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