Do Corruption and Democracy go Hand in Hand?
The funding of political parties in India is kept a largely secret affair, thus, the chances of the influence of policy or rules by fund giver is a big...
Islamabad Shaken by Pashtun Resurgence: Traumatised by Terrorism, Racial Profiling
The Pashtun resurgence, hyphenated from political parties, is the expression of a new identity politics. Anger got accumulated out of individual and collective experiences of Pashtuns in the distinct...
The US Military: Extended Reach and Challenges in the Face of Budgetary Pressures
The fundamental forces shaping the US military for a long time have been the extended reach and challenges of extended operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, it faces new...
The Peace Anthology – People against Genocide: Stop Chemical War in Syria. Save Humanity!
Different Truths presents The Peace Anthology – People against Genocide: Stop Chemical War. Save Humanity! It features 56 poets, with as many poems, from various parts of the world....
Women in Contemporary Democracy: Is Politics Gender Neutral?
Is the society really democratic for women? Have women been excluded from formal politics? It raises a number of specific questions about how to reform democratic institutions since these...
Akbar Allahabadi Infused Humour in Serious Subjects to Enrich Urdu Literature
The name of Syed Akbar Husain, popularly known as Akbar Allahabadi, seems to echo quite loudly from books written on Urdu literature, Allahabad and the plural culture of our nation. Given...
Torture is Illegal and Inhuman
Torture is the worst ever human invention. The main focus of this article is on the preventative measures against torture and ill-treatment by state agents, particularly law enforcement officials....
To Forgive or Not!
Shernaz talks about forgiveness, what it is and what is does. Here she tells us what forgiveness is not. We are introducing a new column, Shernaz Scribbles, beginning this week. Our...
Demonetisation: Did Modi Violate Democratic and Human Rights Principles?
Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has called the Narendra Modi government’s demonetisation move “despotic action that has struck at the root of the economy based on trust.” “It (demonetisation) undermines notes, it undermines...
Bihar Education Budget: High on Inclusion, Low on Per-Student Spending
With one-fifth of its state budget earmarked for school education and allocating provisions for the most marginalised children, Bihar has shown positive intent, while the state lags behind in per-student spending...