Wait - Different Truths

February 19, 2018
IPA Service
Crime, Legal Issues

Centre Appoints New Prosecutor for 2G Spectrum Case

Here’s a report on the 2G Spectrum case and other weekly round-up of major cases for Different Truths. The Government of India, in a surprising development, appointed Tushar Mehta,...

February 17, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, War & Conflicts

Wronged Family of Slain Jawan Declines Govt. Cheque

The CRPF jawan Mujahid Khan died fighting militants in Jammu on Monday. He was offered an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh by the NDA government of Bihar, but intriguingly,...

February 14, 2018
IPA Service
Potpourri

V-DAY is Alien to our Culture: Dating has no Equivalent in Indian Languages

Growing up in India, many born before the millennial years did not need a V-Day to express love, get tied. It was so much more peaceful. The flirting was...

February 8, 2018
Madhumita Bhattacharjee Nayyar
Poem

Love

An intense love poem by Madhumita, for Different Truths. The air is thick with the grey damp fog, wet and cold, as the frost gradually froze, Yet I still...

January 21, 2018
Bushra Alvi Razzack
Poem

Birthing of a Muslim

Bushra fears the divisive and communal world her grandson would inherit in this poem, for Different Truths. In a world torn asunder With hate, prejudice, and conflict I gasp...

January 16, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Politics

RaGa and NaMo Need to Review their Leadership Styles Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections

Narendra Modi cannot afford to sit on his laurels as the margin of votes declined despite his party’s victory in Gujarat elections, recently. Rahul Gandhi needs ha a daunting...

December 20, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Poem

A Glass of Milk was Spilled Today

Here is a ballad from Sumita, wherein the storyteller-poet tells an interesting tale, in Different Truths. A glass of milk was spilled one day. Mother yelled and Sunny froze,...

November 29, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Advocacy, Gender, Parenting

Meet Sonia Jolly, a Mother and a Good Samaritan to 45 Daughters

Sonia Jolly, a lady from an affluent family, runs ‘Upkaar Hum Hain’, an NGO, at Satna, Madhya Pradesh. She has been taking care and looking after 45 girl children,...

November 22, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Films, Interview, People

Amma Meri, a Bold Film, Exposes the Bitter Truth of Agrarian India

Here’s an exclusive interview, by Mahima, of the independent writer-director Tarun Jain whose short film, Amma Meri, has got the honour to be screened at the IFFI, Goa. A thought-provoking film...

November 11, 2017
Maj Gen Raj Singh Mehta
Defence, People

Against all Odds: Showing Light Became the Mission of Jojo Blinded by a Missile

Cavalry officer Jojo was blinded by Cobra missile splinters in the 1965 Indo-Pak War. He overcame his challenges and devoted his life to empowering the differently abled people, says...

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