Security - Different Truths

January 28, 2018
IPA Service
Dissent, Gender

Madhya Pradesh Women Fight Closure of Boozing Yards

Maintaining law and order situation is also far easier for police so long as ahatas are there, contended these women as they can reach anywhere easily if a fight...

January 15, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Advocacy, Economy

Will the Union Budget Respond to the Demand of the Civil Society for a Universal Pension Scheme?

The letter written on behalf of the Pension Parishad, a network of 100 civil society organisations in it, is in response to recent reports indicating that the Centre was...

January 14, 2018
Maj Gen Raj Singh Mehta
Defence, People, Tribute

Braveheart Captain M.N. Mulla Chose the Dignity of Death over Dishonour

Braveheart Capt. Mahendra Nath Mulla MVC wilfully chose never to forsake his men; leave them behind when a torpedo fired from the Daphne-class Pakistani submarine PNS Hangor struck his...

January 9, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Parenting, People, Relationship & Lifestyle

Wish Colleagues Could be Friends?

Hemashri looks inwards and wonders if colleagues could be friends, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Somewhere I read that colleagues are friends ‘imposed’ upon us! Just...

December 29, 2017
Sreelata Menon
Economy, Politics

10 Major Takeaways from 2017: The Year That Was and the Year That Could Be

Sreelata lists 10 major takeaways from 2017. She tells us the year that was and also the year that could be, in the Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths. 1....

December 26, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

Memorable Meals I Have Had

Humourist Soumya tells us of the many adventures of his, in the company of others, between 1983 and 2013. He mixes humour, food, drinks, fancy-free, and footloose bohemian life...

December 14, 2017
Bushra Alvi Razzack
Poem

The Culprit

A powerful protest poem by Bushra. Here we see the poet as a Social Journalist, in Different Truths. My poem, The Culprit, was written when I was in the...

December 2, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
International Relations, Politics, Terrorism

In Search of Silver Lining: Far-reaching Ramifications of the Kashmir Issue, Terrorism, Hafiz Saeed, UN Plebiscite, and Indo-Pak Settlement

It is a known fact that in Pakistan governments are formed and destroyed based on issues around Hafiz Saeed, terrorism, Kashmir and such ‘identity wars’. Which way then is...

November 25, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Cover Story, International Relations, Politics

The US Military: Extended Reach and Challenges in the Face of Budgetary Pressures

The fundamental forces shaping the US military for a long time have been the extended reach and challenges of extended operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, it faces new...

October 30, 2017
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Relationship & Lifestyle

Three Things in Life you should Value more than Money

Ritambhara reminds us that money is a means, not an end in itself. Here she tells us three reasons why money is not everything, in her weekly column, exclusively...

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