War & Conflicts - Different Truths

October 27, 2025
Rita Biswas Pandey
Environment, Politics, War & Conflicts

Focus: The Role of Cultural Politics in the Environmental Debate

Rita questions, why do the environmental spotlight intensely target Diwali’s spike, overlooking the catastrophic, year-round pollution from industry and conflict? An exclusive for Different Truths. The question raised cuts...

July 28, 2025
Dr Baljeet Singh Virk
Cover Story, International Relations, War & Conflicts

Unfolding Crisis: The Perilous Expansion of the Israel-Iran Proxy War

Since October 7, 2023, the Middle East has plunged into crisis. What began as a local conflict now escalates, threatening global stability and economies, opines Baljeet, exclusively for Different...

June 2, 2025
Dr Azam Gill
Crime, War & Conflicts

Focus: The Surprising Life of Hijacker Hashim Qureshi in Jail

Praveen Swami’s analysis of “False Flags” precedes this account of Dr Azam’s 1975 jail encounter with Hashim Qureshi, the 1971 Ganga hijacker. The author met him in jail, an...

May 7, 2025
Dr Amitabh Mitra
Defence, Special Feature, War & Conflicts

Focus: Corruption Unleashed and the Plague on Pakistan’s Progress

Dr Amitabh writes from an Indian surgeon’s unique vantage point across borders. This narrative delves into his intriguing encounters with Pakistan and its people against the backdrop of Operation...

January 31, 2025
Dr Ketaki Datta
Poem, Tribute, War & Conflicts

Resistance Poetry: Victoria Amelina’s Voice in the Ukraine War

Dr Ketaki examines the influence of the Ukrainian poet Victoria Amelina on war poetry, comparing her work with other war writers, exclusively for Different Truths. In 2022, whenever I...

January 22, 2025
Dr Baljeet Singh Virk
International Relations, Special Feature, War & Conflicts

Focus: Repercussions of Foreign States’ Intervention in Syrian Crisis

Dr Baljeet discusses Syria’s decade-long crisis, characterised by political instability, economic collapse, and a diverse society of Sunni Muslims, Shias, Alawites, Ismailis, and Christians, exclusively for Different Truths. Syria,...

December 17, 2024
Dr Baljeet Singh Virk
Cover Story, International Relations, War & Conflicts

Focus: The Peril of Nuclear Escalation in the Russia-Ukraine War

Dr. Baljeet emphasises the global peace threat posed by the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas conflicts, urging urgent international attention, exclusively for Different Truths. At present, world peace and tranquillity are gravely...

December 4, 2024
Dr Azam Gill
History & Culture, Special Feature, War & Conflicts

Love Across Borders: A Family’s Journey in Time and Traditions—Part Two

Azam’s memoir explores the complexities of partition, highlighting loss, reunion, cultural exchange, and the power of human connection in a family’s journey across borders, exclusively for Different Truths. Bad-dad...

November 21, 2024
Dr Azam Gill
History & Culture, Special Feature, War & Conflicts

Love, Hope and Heartbreak: A 1960-Journey Through History—I

In 1960, the Indo-Pakistani conflict impacted Azam’s family reunion, highlighting the enduring bonds of family across borders and the human cost of political strife. An exclusive for Different Truths,...

November 18, 2024
Dr Baljeet Singh Virk
Cover Story, War & Conflicts

The Genesis of Iran-Israel Conflict and its Fallout

Dr Baljeet examines Iran-Israel relations, highlighting tensions stemming from Khomeini’s views on Israel, and the Gaza War’s escalating conflict, affecting global geo-political dynamics, exclusively for Different Truths. Before the...

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