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February 18, 2018
Tapati Sinha
Cover Story, History & Culture

The Third Gender: Why Transgender Are Seen as a Different Community?

The LGBTQ community is in a cheerful mood since the petition quashing of section 377 of IPC has been considered for their good; the Supreme Court of India has...

February 13, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Bhagwat on a Mission to Saffronise Bihar

RSS is aware that it would be a tough proposition to win over the OBCs, EBCs, and Dalits and persuade them to sever their relations with their mentors. In...

February 12, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, Security, War & Conflicts

Khaki RSS Insults Olive Uniform: Modi Government is Strangely Seen Turning Anti-Army

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said the RSS could assemble its cadres to fight a war much faster than the Indian army could. Either he was not in his senses...

February 11, 2018
Shail Raghuvanshi
Potpourri, Religion, Travel & Food

Feel the Jail, Ice Chunks Fall from Skies, Temple Idol Goes Savvy, Shikkari Shambu Sued

The Telangana prison department runs the unique jail tourism programme called ‘Feel the Jail’ where anyone can stay for 24 hours inside the Sangareddy Prison, built during the Nizam...

February 6, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

When Names Determine the Sex!

Humourist Soumya tells us the gender confusion that names create, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. In the days before gender identity became infra dig and when...

February 5, 2018
Devesh Chandra Mishra
Poem

I am Thinking

Devesh imagines a beautiful world and wishes it is true, in the verse, for Different Truths. I’m thinking So I’m a thinker I ‘m writing So I’m a writer...

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...

January 25, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna and the Art of Unconditional Service – LIX

Sukha continued narrating the story, second subpart, continuing from last week, as retold by Nilanjana, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Sukha continues narrating the story. Krishna...

January 18, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna and the Art of Unconditional Service – LVIII

Nilanjana retells a tale of seva (unconditional service) that Krishna narrated, from the Bhagavatam. He cites the examples of a tree and wives of wise men. Read more in...

January 14, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Fitness, Health

Buddhist Meditation Aims at the Development of Awareness

Zen meditation uses two different tacks: the first is the direct plunge into awareness by sheer will. You sit down and just sit, meaning that you toss out of...

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