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July 3, 2018
IPA Service
Legal Issues

Continuing Assaults on Lawyers is a Disturbing Trend

This government has increasingly persecuted outspoken lawyers, whether Indira Jaising, Teesta Setalvad, who has been on the verge of arrest several times in the last few years, lawyers of Jagdalpur Legal...

July 3, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, Travel & Food

Jambo: Welcome to the Endless Grasslands

We drove on through the Ngorang Ngora highlands and into the Savannah, where the great animal migration was gathering steam. We encountered thousands of herbivores from the gigantic giraffe...

July 3, 2018
Syed Kabir
Governance

The Unnamed Fame

Here’s an evocative short story by a young storyteller, Kabir. He penned this story, during a recent Creative Writing Workshop, conducted by our Editor-in-Chief, Arindam Roy, under the aggies...

July 3, 2018
Dr. Kulmeet Singh Soin
Opinion, Politics

What Makes Jaitley Go Berserk: His Hitler or the Historical Hitler of the Yore?

The Hitlerian mindset is in full force. This time it might be an expensive gaffe by the great nonperformer, Arun Jaitley. That millions died, killed by barbaric methods under...

July 2, 2018
IPA Service
Cinema

Fire Raging Over Re-Admission of Accused Actor

The newly elected Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) president, actor Mohanlal, told actor Dileep, accused in a sexual assault case, to stop moping and start embracing AMMA once...

July 2, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Congress in a Bind on Possible Alliance with Nitish

Nitish’s manoeuvring to join the grand alliance is nothing but a shrewd attempt to increase his bargaining power to claim more seats in the BJP-led NDA. When he meets...

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,...

July 2, 2018
Ayub Khawar
Poem

To My Own Demise

An evocative poem about life and death, where Ayub talks to his demise, exclusively for Different Truths. O! My demise, Alter your route, Dislodge yourself from my heart, Walk...

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

Mexico is Poised for a Regime Change on July 1

Trump denounced Mexican migrants to the U.S. as rapists and murderers and promised to build “a big beautiful wall” at the U.S.-Mexico border – and get Mexico to pay...

June 30, 2018
IPA Service
International Relations, Terrorism, War & Conflicts

Pakistan Fails in Bid to Keep Off Terrorist Funding List

Like China, Saudi Arabia has adopted contradictory attitudes towards Pakistani militants, supporting those that serve its geopolitical objectives while seeking to neutralise militants that either threaten its interests or...