Thoughts - Different Truths

June 4, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Dissent, Mass Media, Opinion

Shaming the National Bird is like Smearing Mud on Your Face: Jaago Indians, Jaago!

Delhi-based freelance journalist, Mahima, makes an ardent appeal to stop cracking jokes and shaming the National Bird. Why give so much space to such petty and insignificant incident (read...

May 23, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Science & Technology

Telomeres: The Aglets of our Cells

Telomeres are the aglets of human cells. Like the plastic tips at the end of shoelaces, these are sheaths or caps at the end of each strand of the...

May 23, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Desperately Seeking Readers

Desperately seeking suggestions, humourist Soumya, a newbie blogger, seeks advice from the veterans, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Dearest Sir or Madam, more likely the latter,...

May 11, 2017
Bina Pillai
Relationship & Lifestyle, Wellness

Being Grateful Keeps us Happy

Suddenly everything became magical. Bina got everything she wanted. She got abundant love, beautiful children, adorable grandchildren, loving friends and a lovely home. It was magical. She didn’t ask...

May 9, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

Awakening to Every Breath

Awareness means being awake to every breath, thought, and action. We become unbiased and more receptive, learning to recognise all as a part of our self. We start to perceive...

May 4, 2017
Anindita Bose
Poem

Puffing Thoughts

Here’s an intense love poem by Anindita, where she sets her lover free. A poignant verse, in Different Truths. I will not take the effort to reach back if...

May 3, 2017
Dr. Roxy Arora
Advocacy, Gender

Bina Pillai, Everything but an Underling

Bina Pillai is someone who was vetoed out of her graduation but she remained staunch in the face of adversity. She clung onto her dream to write and ultimately...

May 1, 2017
Chhavi Mehra
Criticism, History & Culture

Language is Power

Just like privilege, language structures the interactions in such a way that it increases our chances of having things our own way and lays down ‘scripts’ consisting of cultural...

May 1, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Wellness

Yoga: The Awareness that all Problems are within us is the Key to Self-realisation

The awareness that the real problem lies within us opens up completely new options: the possibilities to create solutions to external problems are very limited. We cannot change other...

April 30, 2017
Farheen Viquas
Poem

Dear Mia

Dear Mia is a poem written on the experience (Volunteer Time Off) of Farheen at a local zoo with a child with special needs. Little girl, Mia (not her...

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