Chennai Archives - Different Truths

May 15, 2024
Shail Raghuvanshi
Oral Tradition, People

Minnal Braved Many Brutalities, Educated Children Against all Odds

Minnal Kodai, her name means ‘a streak of lightning’, had a harsh and brutal life. Orphaned at the age of 10, she worked as a maid from childhood. Marriage brought...

February 10, 2024
K. S. Subramanian
Short Story

Monsoon Arc: Chennai’s Story of Survival and Empathy

Subramanian’s exclusive short story for Different Truths delves into Chennai’s struggle with water scarcity amid the rapid urbanisation of the 1960s and 1970s. It navigates through the challenges posed...

June 3, 2023
Sumita Dutta
Fiction

Journeys Lost

Here’s a story by Sumita, about a journey, exclusively in Different Truths. Dr. Sen’s house was in a state of excitement. His niece was bringing their grandnephews to meet...

September 30, 2022
Sumita Dutta
Nostalgia, Religion, Special Feature

Durga Puja: A Five-day Extravaganza of Food, Feast, Fun, and Frolic

Eyes closed, each of us disappears into our own consciousness where we perhaps see a beloved departed parent or remember a past when they stood above us uttering these...

September 10, 2022
Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein
Health, Travel

Chennai, a Unique Healthcare Destination of Southeast Asia – II

In the second part of the article, Tabassum details the dos and don’ts for the caregivers of patients visiting Chennai, a healthcare destination in Southeast Asia – exclusively for Different Truths. The hospital cafeteria...

September 1, 2022
Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein
Health, Travel

A Helpful Guide to the Patients Travelling to Chennai – I

Medical tourism is a significant source of revenue for India as it has emerged as the health destination for many southeast countries. Tabassum shares her experience visiting Chennai with her mother...

February 22, 2022
Rachna Thakurdas
Humor

Chennai Express

Humour writer Rachna writes about the comical derailments on a frequent train route she takes. These days, I take the train from Bangalore to Chennai. I have stopped taking...

August 1, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Is it a Sin to be Sick?

Hemashri tells us about the red-tapism and babuism in government departments to get medical bills reimbursed, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. Watching the agony of the...

July 18, 2018
Mahima Sharma
Health, Relationship & Lifestyle

Work Hard, Spend Harder: Beware! It is Ruining Your Mental Health

India is the fastest growing market for any and every product you can find on the Earth. Why? Because we are 1.3 billion consumers base. Are you taking pride...

May 24, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Industry, Politics

Cop and Copper are the Villains of Thoothukudi

Tamil Nadu’s AIADMK chief minister Palanisamy says the ‘opposition in Tamil Nadu’ is to blame and he places Tamil Makkal Maiyam founder actor Kamal Haasan in the opposition camp,...

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