The Power of Belief
Sarba looks at 2020, a difficult year, that is about to end. She offers hope in despondency. An exclusive for Different Truths. The year 2020 has been a difficult...
Bird of Luck
A dark poem about belief and struggle, by Sonali, exclusively for Different Truths. The bird of luckDoesn’t get lucky enoughUnless it spreads its wingsFighting inevitable windsUntying the reliance on luckThe bird swings...
Deadset Against the Myths, Aren’t I?
Enakshi JEnakshi is an educator, an author and a traveller. She loves to learn. Her writings have appeared in The Speaking Tree (Times of India), Woman’s Era, Alive, Infitithoughts,...
Living on in Death and Back to College Too
Rupa talks about her mother-in-law’s progressive views. In life and death, she carried her will. In death, her body is going to medical research which will benefit waitlisted organ...
Vajpayee Was Diametrically Opposite to Modi: Gujarat Riot in 2002 was a Dividing Line
Behind the current proximity between the party and its mentor is the attitudinal difference between Vajpayee and Modi. Unlike Vajpayee, Modi has always belonged to his party’s more hawkish...
Fake News: The Octopus in the Newsroom
The hard fact these days of impact journalism and paid news is that perception managers run newsrooms, not newspersons; and journalists get to become ‘made guys’ when they’re promoted...
Seductive Chocolate: A Befitting Food of the Gods
The antiquity of chocolate may be traced back to nearly 4,000 years ago. The Cacao tree from which chocolate is derived is an evergreen tree growing naturally in the tropical...
India among Worst Peaceful Nations: Terror, Instability, Internal Conflicts Affect Status
India is one of the most peaceful nations of the world, it has been declared 28th worst peaceful nation ranking 136th out of 163 nations measured for peacefulness by...
Rajini and Kamal Cross Swords over Tuticorin
The gloves are off between the two superstars, Rajini and Kamal. Politics has branded them apart and whose histrionics wins the day, and the state, is a topic of...
Anti-BJP Front Has to Avoid Fate of Janata Party in 1979: Regional Leaders Must Have a National Vision
There is a modicum of truth in Jaitley’s argument that the “chemistry” of a New India will overcome the “arithmetic” of “disparate” political groups because of Narendra Modi’s personal...