Understand - Different Truths

May 22, 2017
Chhavi Mehra
Opinion, Relationship & Lifestyle

The Communication of Identity

We tend to unconsciously construct identities of ourselves but also form identities of other groups who we identify as different from through communication, based on stereotypes. These stereotypes or...

May 21, 2017
Kumar Gautam
Fiction

I will get you a Condom!

Here’s a fiction by Kumar, where a university student shares his experiences among his group of friends, guzzling beer. An interesting story, full of twists and turns, exclusively in...

May 19, 2017
Preeyan Abraham
Education & Career

What it Takes to Keep Your Job: Be a Team Player and Stay Focussed – II

In the second part of the three-part article, Bangalore-based HR professional, Preeyan, tells us about the importance of being a team player where the team comes first. Staying focussed...

May 14, 2017
Anumita Roy
Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature

Life is a Blessing when Four Mothers are there to Nurture!

Anumita pays tribute to her mother and mother-in-law, whom she calls Ma, and two mother figures on the occasion of Mother’s Day. She also tells about the person who...

May 9, 2017
Payal Talreja
Gender

Growing up in the Age of Eve Teasing

Bold and brutally honest, Payal knows her mind and calls spade a spade. She tells us about the sordid world of eve teasers. The flashers, the touchers, the perverts,...

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 9, 2017
Elsy Satheesan
Poem

Did You Know Me?

A heart-wrenching poem of lost love, of a marriage failing after 22 years. The agony of separation has been poignantly portrayed by Elsy in this verse, for Different Truths. That...

May 8, 2017
Chhavi Mehra
Multiculturalism, Subaltern & Dalits

How Media Constructs Identities and Influences us

Media uses language to construct public perception through style, structure, and images. It also presents an implicitly biased perspective to a wide audience on certain issues and sometimes,...

May 8, 2017
Vinita Bakshi
Gender

The Strange Paradox of Blessings and Abuses for the Indian Women

Gender bias reflects itself in many forms. From the language of the morality and ethics of the so-called society made stereotypes of good girl and bad girl behaviour. Shockingly,...

May 6, 2017
Parna Mukherjee
Food, Health

A Love Affair with Hot Okra – II

Continuing with her love for Okra, London-based Parna, a nutritionist and fitness expert, shares with us her version of Dhainrosher Jhaal from Bengal, which she calls Baked Mustard Okra....

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