The Fire Within
Lata reports about a book launch of Neelam Saxena Chanda and picks the mind of the able poet-writer, exclusively in Different Truths. Neelam Saxena Chandra, a bureaucrat, a thinker,...
Not in my Name: We all are Blood-Stained
The recent lynching of teenaged boy Junaid in the name of Beefeater left our columnist Mahima deeply shocked. Unable to participate in #NotInMyName protest as she was travelling, she...
Kannur: Where Beauty and Death go Hand in Hand
The agrarian peasant-landlord clashes that turned feudalism on its head in Kerala provided a fertile hunting ground for Communists. And this erstwhile fief of the12th Century Hindu Kolathiri Rajahs...
Pinnacle
Here’s a tribute to a war hero, who laid down his life in Kashmir, gallantly. A poignant verse in Different Truths. The valley of orchids now plays the...
Mother of Dalai Lala Gives an Account of the Escape into the Exile
It was in a nick of time because by then Chinese had picked the younger brother of Dalai Lama, Tendzin Choegyal to their military headquarters. They had also come to...
Resilience Based on Hope, Honour and Dignity
Without the awareness of their rights, these marginalised people suffer in silence and brokenness. Torture is an intentional use of intolerable pain to destroy/damage the physical and psychological integrity of...
Lesbian Lovers Together in Life and Death!
Two college friends, Reena and Minu, were lesbian lovers. They wanted to remain together. Reena was brutalised and married off in a distant state to a doctor. Could marriage separate the...
End Unlawful Torture in India: Political Consensus to Pass the Prevention of Torture Bill is Must
Use of torture, both physical and psychological torture, illegal detentions and filing of false cases go unchecked and are used as an instrument for forced confession, submission and extortion. Over the...