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August 1, 2017
Payal Talreja
Cinema, Gender

Sex and the Indian Woman: More than Lipstick under our Burqas

Gender roles are defined and given in a patriarchal society. The ‘good’ versus the ‘bad’ girl/woman mindset in the backdrop of the film Lipstick under my Burqa and marital...

July 30, 2017
Nikita Goel
Gender, Relationship & Lifestyle

What Would Happen if Suddenly, Magically, Men Menstruate and Women Could Not?

Male-female role reversals have intrigued most of us. In a 1978 satire for Ms. Magazine, feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem answered the question that so many women have asked: “What would happen,...

July 27, 2017
Farheen Viquas
Science & Technology

The Future: Embeddable Technology

Bangalore-based Farheen tells us how embedded microchip can bring about a huge paradigm shift in our day-to- day life. Read more about these wondrous innovations, in the weekly column, exclusively...

July 21, 2017
Preeyan Abraham
Education & Career

There are no Shortcuts to Success

Bangalore-based Preeyan, an HR professional, tells us what it takes to succeed. Read more to know the elusive mantra, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. In the...

July 15, 2017
Mamta Joshi
Poem

Contradictory Shuffle of Planets

The tussle between Karma and destiny decided by planetary positions has been explored and exposed in this poem, by Mamta. It’s a powerful social commentary, in Different Truths. Gaining...

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 11, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Defence, Obituary

The 1971-War Hero Commander B N Kavina VrC Passes Away in Australia

Commander Bahadur Nariman Kavina is the Navy officer we are talking about. As a husband, father, friend, boss and even stranger he was extraordinary, adoring, sensible, sensitive, wise, kind,...

June 29, 2017
Samrudhi Dash
Poem

Petrichor Dreams

Women are different in many ways, yet bound to a web of patriarchy. They knit dreams and rise again like a valiant warrior after every fall. Here’s is a...

June 5, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Environment, Travel & Food

Do not Explore, just Ecoplore: Change the way you Holiday, for Mother Earth

Mahima, a Delhi-based freelance journalist gives us a sneak-peek of Ecoplore, which promotes eco-tourism, on World Environment Day, as Special Feature, exclusively on Different Truths. My esteemed readers, on...

May 11, 2017
Kabir Deb
Poem

Hitherto

This poem deals with the difficulties faced by the transgender community. Here’s a humane poem by Kabir, on the people most misunderstood in South Asia, in Different Truths. ...

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