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July 10, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, Sports

Matching up to England and Bowling out the Raj

With the current India-England series on, Soumya recounts the life and times of his grandfather, a civil servant of the Raj, and his glee when India defeated England in...

June 5, 2018
IPA Service
Cinema, Politics

Rajini and Kamal Cross Swords over Tuticorin

The gloves are off between the two superstars, Rajini and Kamal. Politics has branded them apart and whose histrionics wins the day, and the state, is a topic of...

May 29, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Emergence of Regional Parties Strengthens Federalism: State Outfits Need to Show Pragmatism in National Interest

The regional parties and their leaders are facing criticism for responding to the Congress call to come together for defeating the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. This...

March 14, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Tremors in NDA Camp Can Alter 2019 Results

Instead of expanding the base the BJP seems to have lost both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Will this mar the expansionist vision of the BJP in the South? Here’s...

November 12, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Fiction

The Vengeful Five – II

Here’s the second part of the two-part story by Sumita. The narration in macabre humour is intriguing, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. “Make way, make way,...

November 5, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Fiction

Sumita tells us an engrossing story, in two parts. Here’s the first part, a horror-humour, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Dainagri: Police and government officials admit their...

October 17, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Corruption, Crime, Health

Health: Care or Scare?

Every profession has black sheep. The health sector is ailing with deep-rooted corruption. Shernaz exposes the rot, as one section of ethical doctors go hammer and tongs on the...

September 12, 2017
Tapati Sinha
Humour, Poem

Devi in Dilemma

Here’s a tongue-in-cheek account of the plight of Goddess Durga, on Earth, her parents’ abode, in verse, by Tapati, in Different Truths. Here arrives autumn with sky, a deep...

August 5, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Feisty, Controversial and Soft Porn Writer Shobha De showcases Multi-dimensional Images of Indian Elitist Women in her Novels

Controversial and feisty novelist Shobha De. She wears many hats, a model, magazine editor, wife, mother, columnist, a celebrity in the world of journalism, a commentator on various social...

June 18, 2017
Smriti Maheshwari
Cinema

Ashish Vidyarthi and Amrish Puri, well-known Villains, were Theatre Actors Initially

Two well-known villains, Ashish Vidyarthi, and Amrish Puri, celebrate their birthdays this week. Ashish graduated to cinema from theatre and TV. Despite winning several awards, he could not make...

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