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July 14, 2018
Sushmita Mukherjee
Criticism

Impromptu: I am Prompted by You

Are the appearances — words, things, beings — truly impromptu? Of course, that is not the subject, the matter of this outpouring, yet, has popped, seemingly impromptu, in the...

July 2, 2018
Manish Kaithwas
Cover Story, Crime, Gender, Human Rights, Legal Issues

When Solutions are worse than Problems: Analysing Amendments in POCSO and Rape Laws

The death penalty of convicts, definitely, does not hold an answer to the burning question of a rise in rape and related crimes. Even Justice Verma Committee has said,...

June 30, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

2019 Election Launch Pad of BJP is Out

Arun Shourie, like one BJP spokesperson says, is cursed with “too many grey cells for his own good” – he loses himself in the labyrinth. What to make of...

June 23, 2018
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Translation and the Readers Response Theory – II

Basudeb dwells into the complexities of translation and readers response theory, in the second and final part of his erudite research, exclusively for Different Truths. Translator’ construction of the...

June 23, 2018
Sushmita Mukherjee
Criticism

Hi Friend, Hyphen!

Sushmita dwells on the small dash, the hyphen. Other than its grammatical functions, it revealed something unique to this scribe. Read more, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different...

June 16, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Crime, Cyber Crime

Do Not Fall Prey to Janus Attack at Free Wi-Fi Hotspots

Janus was the double-headed Roman God of Gateways, depicting a transitional connection between our past and future. In light of cybercrime, the message sender or originator is pigeonholed as...

June 13, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

A Life-Enriching Training

Hemashri shares her experience of a training as a bureaucrat that enriched her. She shares her experience, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. I was nominated for...

June 2, 2018
IPA Service
International Relations, Politics, World

India is Top Sacrificer for Peace around the World

India is among the top contributors in terms of contingent troops, police, experts on mission, and staff officer. By 2016, India had emerged as the second largest contributor in...

May 24, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Southern Expansion Dream of Modi-Shah Fizzles Out

Modi and Shah have been treating themselves as the first among the equals. Party sources even maintain that, barring four or five leaders, none dares to speak out on...