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May 27, 2025
Prof. Bhaskar Majumder
Opinion

The Risky Commitment of Writing: Focus Truth vs. State Power

Prof Bhaskar questioned the value and risks of writing, particularly when it challenges authority, exemplified by the arrest of a professor for a Facebook post exclusively for Different Truths....

May 12, 2021
Pramita Mallick
People, Place, Profile, Special Feature, Tribute

Mahaguru and Mahatma: A Reflection on the Relationship between Tagore and Gandhi

There were many striking contrasts between these two personalities. Yet they found some common chord and there began a friendship which lasted till Tagore’s death in 1941. As...

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...

May 22, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, World

Maduro Re-Elected President of Venezuela: Trump Threatens to Impose Economic Sanctions

This election season has been a wild ride for Maduro and Venezuela. After the death of President Hugo Chávez in March 2013, Maduro, a former bus driver and labour...

May 12, 2018
IPA Service
Crime, Politics

Twin Gubernatorial Rebuffs in Two Days: Political Violence Haunts Kerala Government

Governor P. Sathasivam has sought a report from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on the political killings. This is the second time in the last six months that the Governor...

May 2, 2018
IPA Service
Crime, Mass Media

On Jey Day, Jigna Walks Free: Mumbai Scribes Take Reporting to the Underworld

The day came for journalist Jey Dey to get justice. Mafia don and Dawood eyesore Chhota ‘Chindi’ Rajan got convicted along with nine others, while another journalist, alleged femme...

April 28, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Cyber Crime, Cyber Security

Be Vigilant against POS and ATM Skimmers

Skimmers are very small or insignificant electronic devices, which are installed at the card insertion panel to steal user card credentials during legitimate transactions. As you insert the card...

April 26, 2018
Dr. Tzemin Ition Tsai
Criticism, Special Feature, Special Needs

The Intersection between the World Famous Books and the Picture Books

Reading a picture book is the interests and pastimes of many modern people. In the picture book world, the pictures are used as its compositions and colours, to show...

April 9, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Panchayat Polls in Bengal: Opposition Tries to put up a Fight against Largescale Violence Unleashed by TMC

Opposition candidates and workers from Coochbehar to South 24 Parganas were initially swept off their feet by hordes of armed TMC supporters, as their nominees tried to file nomination...

April 4, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Riots-by-Design Are Scaring the Allies of BJP

BJP’s allies are abandoning it progressively, triggered by Asansol riots. Here’s a report, for Different Truths. The restiveness among the BJP’s former and present allies has spread from the...

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