Shadow - Different Truths

February 3, 2018
Ayub Khawar
Poem

I have to do a Lot of Chores

An inward-looking, poignant verse, by Ayub, for Different Truths. Someone plucked out my lashes, And twisted them into a cord, Then fastened my dreams, With the same cord, And...

February 1, 2018
Tarun Gupta
Economy

Debt: Good for Banks, Bad for Individuals or Vice Versa?

Debt is seen as a financial necessity and accounting treatment in today’s world. But the old worldly wisdom of living within one’s means is challenged by debt, persuading Tarun...

January 24, 2018
Bindita Sinha
Poem

Combustion

Here’s an intense, woman-centric, inward-looking poem, by Bindita, for Different Truths. I am standing on the sea coast Inside me, there is a silent shout I am smoldering…I am...

January 13, 2018
Suveera Sharma
Crime, History & Culture

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...

January 12, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Politics, Potpourri

Will this Land Never be Clean?

Ruchira tells us about the unhygienic and unclean habits of Indians. Despite the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, a much-hyped cleanliness campaign, the brainchild of our honourable PM, the ground realities are contrary....

January 10, 2018
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Poem

Hearty Heaves

Here’s an intense and inward-looking love poem by Anouchika, for Different Truths. I bit my lips hard and faced Love Love, bold and pretentious Mindless of my heart’s tidal...

December 31, 2017
Geethanjali Dilip
Poem

Silver Cloud

Geethanjali Dilip revisits the year 2017, in this evocative prose-poem, as part of the Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths. Feet move forward much like time. So do days,...

December 5, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor, Travelogue

Close Encounters of the Wild Kind –1

Fancy-free and footloose, three friends decide on an adventurous trip. They meet an Australian bicyclist and decide to visit a wildlife resort, meeting villagers and a sadhu. Here’s the...

November 20, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Zen Meditation for Inner Peace and Salvation

Our Yoga expert, Navodita, tells us about Zen meditation, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Meditation is an important technique to get you grounded in yourself and...

October 22, 2017
Tapati Sinha
Cover Story, Environment, History & Culture, Religion

Old Habits Die Hard

Thinkers had started eulogising light and darkness and various other elements of nature, a leading factor towards the concept of gods; this thought created stories imagining evils being killed...

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