Giving out the Prizes
A new legislation made it mandatory to spend money on CSR. This excited the author and brought him back to his activist college days, before decades of selling to...
BJP Gets a Black Eye in Statue War: Parivar is a Poor Learner
Post-Tripura-Lenin-Statue-Topple, Subramanian Swamy, Kiran Rijiju and H Raja went after the Leftist bust. And a little-known Tamil Nadu BJP small-fry called Muthu Raman took a hammer to Periyar’s head...
The Fine-Print: Budget None too Encouraging but Intent is Good
Grandiose healthcare and higher MSP without allocation makes the Budget ineffectual. An analysis for Different Truths. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has attempted to do what he ought to have...
Faction Battle in African National Congress Intensifies: President Zuma Wants to Sack His Deputy
South African presidency spokesman Bongani Ngqulunga was aghast on Tuesday at Communist Party (SACP) demands that President Jacob Zuma confirm or deny plans to sack his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Polluted Lake – XLIX
Nilanjana recounts the tale of the polluted lake and Kaliya, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Parikshit observed, “The life of Krishna was most certainly not easy....
Olympus to Meru: Pantheons of Gods and Goddesses
Ruchira draws a parallel between the Hindu and Greco-Roman pantheons of gods and goddesses, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I am an avid reader of fiction....
Prem Kumar Dhumal and Rajendra Singh Rana: Friends turned Foes in a Faceoff in Himachal 2017 Assembly Election
Rana – who was once in the BJP and was considered close to Dhumal – parted ways with the saffron party and won the 2012 assembly polls from Sujanpur...
Was it a Brush with Ghosts?
What do we fear more, ghosts or the scare of ghosts? In black humour, Soumya tells us that he almost had three brushes with ghosts, in his weekly column,...
Out of the Mouths of Babes and Infants
Our humourist, Soumya, shares hilarious moments with his baby daughter, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. There was a popular American Television programme where a celebrity host...
Do Games Kill: Lonely Children, Companionship, and Secure Future
Despite technological advances, we have little time for our children. The Blue Whale Challenge is a grim reminder. Tapati reminds us of the Indus Valley Civilisation, where archaeologists had...