World - Different Truths

February 5, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Economy, Politics

The Pro-poor Stance of the Modi Government in the Union Budget is Sham, a Mere Lip Service

Income inequality in India is at its highest since 1992, say Chancel and Picketty and according to Credit Suisse, 2017, India’s richest 1% hold 58% of its wealth. This...

February 5, 2018
Devesh Chandra Mishra
Poem

I am Thinking

Devesh imagines a beautiful world and wishes it is true, in the verse, for Different Truths. I’m thinking So I’m a thinker I ‘m writing So I’m a writer...

February 1, 2018
IPA Service
Crime, Politics

Both India and Pakistan Have Rape Capitals

Indians and Pakistanis were joined at the hip, twins separated at birth, carrying the same worthless, gutless genes that make men both sides of the border do the awful...

January 31, 2018
Mahima Sharma
Book Review, Criticism

Mothering A Muslim by Nazia Erum Bares the Ugly Fangs of Social Reality in Contemporary India

Mahima discusses Nazia Erum’s best seller ‘Mothering A Muslim’ with the author’s take as well as reader’s reviews from across the world, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different...

January 31, 2018
IPA Service
Economy

Economic Survey: What Will Jaitley Choose Between Prudence and Populism?

The Survey, authored by the scholastic Chief Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Arvind Subramanian, is right in claiming that it strives to “combine rigor with readability,...

January 30, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance, Potpourri

Life is about moving on. Hemashri shares the transient world of love and affection, working in different offices, in the inward-looking realisation. Here’s the weekly column, exclusively for Different...

January 28, 2018
IPA Service
Films, Politics

Karni Sena Provides a Preview of Hindu Rashtra Institutions: Constitution Face Survival Threat

The reason why the Karni Sena, the gau rakshaks, the love jihadis and others belonging to the Hindu Right have come to the forepost-2014 and have been able to...

January 25, 2018
Tarun Gupta
Business, Economy

Is the Stock Market Overvalued?

There are various metrics to measure the value of a stock market. The most common or popular is Earning per share, or EPS, for short. That one metric gives...

January 25, 2018
Madhumita Bhattacharjee Nayyar
Poem

Love

Here’s a poignant 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...

January 23, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Politics

Three Northeast States go to Polls in February

Three northeastern states of Tripura, Meghalaya, and Nagaland go to polls in February, the Election Commission announced that counting will be held on March 3. It is going to...

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