wind - Different Truths

May 24, 2018
IPA Service
Electric Energy, Politics

Electricity to all Villages, but Issues Remain: Mission Unfulfilled until Every Home has Power

There are six lakh villages in India and majority of the population still lived in rural areas. What Modi government has done in the last four years is to...

May 22, 2018
IPA Service
Epidemic, Health

Nipah the Virus on a Killing Spree in Kerala

The fruit-bat borne virus has already killed 11 in Kerala’s Kozhikode and Malappuram districts after the first three deaths in a family were diagnosed as Nipah, the name that...

May 19, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Democracy is Dead; Long Live Democracy!

The truth is that democracy is being murdered in this country every day. No party has the moral right, at least none among the mainstream parties, to criticise any...

April 22, 2018
Michele Baron
Poem

heart of things

Michele connects with nature in an evocative poem, for Earth Day, exclusively for Different Truths. “do you know,” I wrote, trailing words behind my finger in the rich,...

April 12, 2018
Dr. Preeti Talwar
Health, Parenting

Dengue: Symptoms, Care, and Prevention in Children

Preeti tells us about the symptoms, care, and prevention of Dengue in children, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Dengue (DEN-gee) fever is a tropical disease caused...

April 10, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Conflict Resolution, Politics, Security

Supreme Court Order, Largescale Violence by Dalits and its Political Ramifications

The last few days have been very traumatic for India. TV screens have been filled with images of violent mobs on the rampage, scenes of wanton destruction of public...

March 19, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Energy, Trade, World

India wants to be Global Solar Power without Module Capacity: China and Taiwan find it a Great Opportunity to Dump Cells

The last two years witnessed a big boom in China’s global solar cells and modules exports, mainly to feed India’s sudden demand spurt. Why is the government abruptly pushing...

March 15, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Who Wants Kichdi-Pulao: Politics Will Soon Return to Normal in Hindi Heartland

The SP-BSP informal alliance was a machine-killer, the EVM manipulators stood no chance against this safe combination. In Gorakhpur and in Phulpur, the Yadav and the non-Yadav OBC, the...

March 6, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Short Story, Special Feature

(T)hank (G)od

Here’s a short story on a non-conventional and satirical aspect of womanhood. The central theme is relevant to the present social conditions and brutal crimes that happen on women, for the...

February 19, 2018
Dr. Amrinder Kaur Bajaj
Politics

Stop the Jingoism about Holy Cow!

Before the gaurakhshaks cruelly lynch or hang another human being, let’s ask them to pause and ponder. Pause to ask one question, “How do they and their pious Hindu brothers look after their gau...

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