Party-Paradise Tamil Nadu has Voters Spoiled for Choice
TTV has beaten the rest to it and there is nothing the rest can do about it. Actor Rajinikanth, who was feeding sadhus in Rishikesh when TTV was launching...
Ensuring Dignity in Life and Death Selectively: Majority of Indians Live in Wretched Conditions
Perhaps more significant is the part of the verdict that deals with a distressed person’s right to end life voluntarily. As a first step towards giving judicial support to...
Big Boss Kamal and Dark Horse Rajini
Who is the dark horse – Kamal the Big Boss or Rajini the Kaala? The only ‘similar’ about Rajini and Kamal is that both are actor-turned-politicians. Superstars! Both have...
Queer Pride
A poem about the trials and tribulations of the LGBTQ community, by Kabir, for Different Truths. We know what fails to suit us Yet we believe that it is...
Policy Experiments May Sabotage Food Self-Sufficiency
The keenness of the BJP-led government runs contrary to its party’s pledge of ‘flourishing agriculture’ taken in its 2014 election manifesto, as well as the government’s own emphasis on...
Khaki RSS Insults Olive Uniform: Modi Government is Strangely Seen Turning Anti-Army
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said the RSS could assemble its cadres to fight a war much faster than the Indian army could. Either he was not in his senses...
RBI Dampens Budget Hopes with Rising Inflation: Fiscal MSP and Global Risks Rule out Rate Cuts
Indian economy is headed for another tough fiscal year (2018-19) both from a likely budget-fuelled inflationary surge within and from global rate rises across booming economies. Here’s a report...
Military Parade Plan of Trump Creates Furore: Army Veterans, Democrats Oppose Move
The Republican president plans demanded a monster parade, complete with tanks and weapons and reminiscent of pageants tyrants’ stage, marching down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White...
Budgetary Rural Push not enough to Deal with Farm Distress
The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has given no sops to the middle classes by offering any concessions in the income tax rates. The industrial sector has been assured of...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna Lifts the Govardhana – LX
Nilanjana recounts the famous tale of Lord Krishna lifting the Govardhana to save the people of Vrindavan, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Sukha said, “Now Krishna,...