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A poignant story by Michele, concerning neurodiversity, for the Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths. “When I am not prepping or playing a concert, or teaching, I paint,” he...
Trump Regime Expanding Fast Foreign Military Bases: Peace Coalition Plans Massive Anti-War Demonstrations on April 14-15
The U.S. already maintains 800+ foreign military bases in at least 80 countries around the world, mainly surrounding China and Russia—although the U.S. also maintains its fortresses on Cuba...
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...
Rahul Usurps Bragging Rights of SP-BSP
The Congress heads the UPA. But the party has so far lacked innovative leadership. It was the SP and BSP which thought out of the box and won the...
The New Financial Year Ushers in Hope and Optimism
The past financial year was marked by the great disruption of the introduction of the goods and services tax (GST), a change which not just affected government revenues but...
China has Lessons to Learn from US-Japan Trade Tiff: India Could Benefit from Shift in Chinese Policy
To circumvent the trade war, China should increase its overseas investment in low-cost countries and re-route its exports to the USA. India can become a preferred destination for Chinese...
Sugar and Spice: Is Everything Nice?
In her weekly column for Different Truths, Hemashri shares two experiences that reveal the work environment in a government office. The retirement age for Supreme Court judges is 65...
Governance Affected by Failed Promises: Can More Jobs Mitigate Our Socioeconomic Woes?
The governance outcomes will remain below par till structural transformation is implemented. The top-down approach has the disadvantage of an overblown apex crushing the little people below. Change, sensitive...
GI Registry Needs to be Broad-based: Exclusion of MP from Basmati Cultivation Intriguing
The Chennai-based Geographical Indications (GI) Registry’s order in mid-March to exclude Madhya Pradesh from the area officially declared for the cultivation of the aromatic and widely consumed basmati rice,...
Trade War: More Rhetoric, Less on Impact
Currently, USA imports 90 percent of primary aluminum used domestically. Aluminum is used to manufacture diverse products from beer cans to fighter jets. US government argued that there has...