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April 5, 2018
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion & Beauty

Turbans are the Identity of the Sikhs – IV

Shameena tells us about the importance of turbans amongst Sikhs. It’s a part of their identities, she says, in the fourth part of her weekly column. A Different Truths...

April 4, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Irani Circular and a Government Running Scared but I&B Minister Persisting with Filmy Style

The Modi-led NDA government was in a hot-and-sour soup, spicy to the tongue of Modi detractors like Shourie, thanks to Information & Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani, who overnight sought...

March 28, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Gender, Governance

Will Things Ever Change for a Girl?

Here’s a case study of Maya (name changed), her trials and tribulations, in office and at her in-law’s place. Hemashri takes a hard look at the life of this...

March 27, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Giving out the Prizes

A new legislation made it mandatory to spend money on CSR. This excited the author and brought him back to his activist college days, before decades of selling to...

March 26, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Business, Economy, International Relations, Trade, World

Conflict Resolution in the Face of Trade War Unleashed by the US is a Tightrope Walk for the New Delhi Meet

Narendra Modi said that Doha round of talks was yet to be implemented and made a case for countering the challenges posted to the multilateral trading system. He emphasised...

March 21, 2018
IPA Service
Cinema

A Great Film on the Man Who Changed the World: Raoul Peck Gives a New Dimension to the Life of Young Marx

The director, Haiti’s former culture minister Raoul Peck, who made the Oscar-nominated I Am Not Your Negro in 2016, wondered if he would find finance for his film. He...

March 21, 2018
Different Truths News Service
Book Launch, Poem

The Launch of Dilliwali: Celebrating the Woman of Delhi through an Anthology in English, Hindi, and Urdu Poems

This anthology, Dilliwali, is remarkably distinctive as it contains poems written not just about women but about the women of Delhi. Who is a Dilliwali, what are her thoughts,...

March 20, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

Marriage Blues

Our humourist tells us about two married couples in a train journey, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. I was on a Calcutta-bound Rajdhani when a fascinating...

March 18, 2018
Tapati Sinha
Gender, People

Women Achievers Inspire Us to Fight Against all Odds

As we look into the lives of the women achievers who could overcome extreme situations and hurdles of life against all obstacles, we are forced to mull over reasons...

March 16, 2018
Different Truths News Service
Advocacy, Gender

Week-Long Campaign to Curb Child Marriage

To build awareness against child marriage and address the issue in a holistic manner, Jawhar Jyoti Bal Vikas Kendra (JJBVK), a grassroots level organisation supported by CRY-Child Rights and You, announces...

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