Strike - Different Truths

March 1, 2022
Santosh Bakaya
Poem

When the Words Committed Harakiri

Santosh, in her humourous poem, tells us how words handle a writer. “They misuse us, abuse us Malappropriate us,” said words of every hue Confabulating in a word-conference Quivering...

June 20, 2018
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Mass Media

Fake News: The Octopus in the Newsroom

The hard fact these days of impact journalism and paid news is that perception managers run newsrooms, not newspersons; and journalists get to become ‘made guys’ when they’re promoted...

June 19, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Nemesis

Fears and karmas often catch up with us. Soumya shares a real-life incident, when rivals in hockey field, met as friends, years later. How were the worst fears of...

June 13, 2018
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Politics

Amit Shah Using Sampark to Redefine Political Contours

Modi rode to power riding on the support of the urban middle class. But unfortunately, this middle class has turned his bitter critic, notwithstanding every attempt to refurbish his...

June 5, 2018
IPA Service
Epidemic, Health

Bat-like, Nipah Turns Kozhikode Upside Down: Frantic Moves to Deal with Second Outbreak

Already 17 of the 20 ‘Nipah infected’, who were hospitalised, are dead. That is a kill-rate of over 89 percent, much more than what heaven can accommodate in such...

May 28, 2018
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Dissent, Politics, World

Fifty Years after May Revolt, France is Boiling Again: Formation of a Popular Front is on Agenda

Millions of people across France are reliving these momentous events of half a century ago in the most appropriate way: by downing tools and taking to the streets. Once...

May 22, 2018
Mamta Joshi
Cinema, Music

Music and the Cusp between Day and Night: Songs on Dusk from the Fifties to the Seventies

Music and poetry have been beautifully wedded in the songs of dusk in Hindi film songs where words become perfect pegs to showcase music aesthetically. The collapse of the...

May 19, 2018
Elsy Satheesan
Poem

The Caste of Cars

Here’s a social commentary and protest through the caste of cars, by Elsy, exclusively for Different Truths. Cars are moulded in many casts, and they have their castes too....

May 3, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, World

A Socialist Vision Can be a Reality in Britain: Communists Will Back Corbyn to Make That Happen

In 2017, the majority of the world’s 150 biggest economic entities were giant capitalist corporations. The largest 25 were countries, headed by those — the US, Germany, Britain, France,...

April 9, 2018
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Politics, World

Brazilian Right Determined to Keep Lula out of Poll: Imprisonment Verdict has Little Legal Sanctity

The most popular president in Brazil’s history, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is also the front-runner in polls for elections due in October. His Workers’ Party government oversaw massive...

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