Value - Different Truths

July 18, 2017
Payal Talreja
Advocacy, Gender

The Housewife in the Dustbin

Payal traces the etymology of the housewife pointing out that feminists find it derogatory. She advocates for ungendered terminology to chuck the word, housewife, in the dustbin. Here’s her...

July 18, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle

Let the Eagle Soar

Shernaz tells us about effective parenting and the relationship that we must have with children, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Parents who keep hovering over their...

July 14, 2017
Preeyan Abraham
Education & Career

Be Focussed while Choosing a Career – II

Continuing on how to choose a career, Bangalore-based HR professional, Preeyan, talks of the various career options. The sport has also become professional and can make a great career....

July 7, 2017
Preeyan Abraham
Education & Career

Did we Choose the Career or the Career Chose us?

Our careers got shaped by choices we made along the way and not because we had a plan. Very few ambitious, self-driven, extremely studious friends who ended up getting...

June 23, 2017
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion & Beauty, History & Culture

Body Piercings: A Modern Style that is rooted in Ancient Traditions

What many seem like a simple puncture wound may have a very emotional and personal significance to the bearer. Body modification is just one way you can express your personality and...

June 9, 2017
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion

All about Nail Care

Our Kuala Lumpur-based fashionista, Shameena, tells us all about nail care, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Are you taking good care of your nails? Are they...

June 6, 2017
Payal Talreja
Gender, Opinion

Hairy Lesbians, Man-Hating Women, Rabid Feminists and Other Weirdos!

Payal takes a hard look at either side of feminism, with its various colours and hues. Her bold, erudite, tongue-in-cheek approach makes us pause and think. Read more about...

June 2, 2017
Preeyan Abraham
Education & Career

What it takes the Middle Level Leaders to Keep Jobs: Balance and Team is the Mantra – I

Bangalore-based HR professional, Preeyan, tells us what it takes for the middle-level managers to keep their jobs, in a three-part series. In the first part, he tells us the...

May 29, 2017
Chhavi Mehra
Criticism, Gender, Human Rights

Battle of Inclusiveness and Privacy

Seattle-based Chhavi analyses an Op-Ed piece, published in the New York Times, on October 15, 2016. She, thus, unveils the identity issue of a transgender girl, in the weekly...

May 27, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Kamala Markandaya: An Important Twentieth Century Indian Woman Novelist in English

Basudeb profiles one of the early woman novelists of India, Kamala Markandaya. A critique, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The Bronte sisters, Mrs. Gaskell, Dorothy Richardson...

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