Governance - Different Truths

February 2, 2021
Enakshi J
Gender, Law & Order

Indian Women’s Safety in Dire Straits

Women and the civil society throughout India are protesting the recent controversial judgement by Justice Pushpa V Ganediwala, of the Bombay High Court, regarding a sexual assault case of...

January 22, 2021
Shantanu Mukharji
Defence, Guest Blog, International Relations, Profile

Flight to Pakistan

Shantanu, a retired IPS, reminisces about a flight to Pakistan, when he was a part of the SPG, to protect the then PM Rajiv Gandhi, in 1988. He profiles...

December 21, 2020
Shyamal Mukhopadhay
Agriculture, Cover Story, Opinion, Politics

Battlefield Farmland: People, Protests, and Governments

The present impasse between the farmers and the government has thickened. Shyamal airs his opinion, exclusively for Different Truths. During the last twenty days, the capital city of the...

December 15, 2020
Soumya Mukherjee
Riots & Violence

Riots

A new game called riot in a boy’s school to witness actual riots in 1984, along with the reference of the partition riots, Soumya records all these, in this...

December 2, 2020
Shormita Bose
Gender, LGBTQIA+, Politics, Subalterns

Will Transfeminism be a New Movement in India?

Transfeminism, a Spanish term, came into vogue in the late 1980s. During that period many feminist working group meetings called for the inclusion of trans women into feminist politics,...

November 24, 2020
Saanj Thimmaya
Governance

An evocative poem, by Saanj, exclusively for Different Truths. Quiet nights like these,Moistened eyes closed,Moonbeams on my face,Thoughts on a random flow.No time to make amends,The heart a lonely...

November 16, 2020
Urna Bose
Advertisement/, Business, Cover Story

A Copycat, a Clone, or a Chameleon? – Take Your Pick

As pandemic crippled businesses, some companies and brands diversified into adjacent products or services, by capitalising on emerging themes. With a focus on sustainability and environment-friendliness and a higher...

November 3, 2020
Enakshi J
Economy, Gender

Change is the Necessary Constant: Are we Gender Sensitive?

Despite progress, women in India are at a disadvantage with lower literacy rate, female foeticide, disadvantaged employment and the responsibility to run the home alone, states Enakshi. An exclusive...

October 12, 2020
Sarala Balachandran
Governance

Adieu September…2020 Puja with no Fun!

Corona has made Puja celebrations lacklustre, snatching livelihoods of many, rues Sarala, exclusively for Different Truths. Goodbye SeptemberSee you next year, you left us too fastWith your 30 days...

September 21, 2020
Anubrota Mondal
Cover Story, Economy, Politics

India: A Rich Country of Poor People

India, a country of 125 crores, still has 300 million people living in extreme poverty. Half of the country’s population is reaching the poverty line. Anubrota critiques the Indian...

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