commissioner Archives - Different Truths

December 21, 2021
Lovita J. R. Morang
Fiction, Special Feature, Special Needs

God of Everything Falls

Lovita J. R. MorangLovita J R Morang is a Karmaveer Chakra Awardee, iCongo, United Nations. Awarded Filmmaker, artiste, writer, and a poet. Twenty-six anthologies of short stories and poems,...

July 23, 2021
Stanslaus Kyando
Short Story, Special Feature

The Punishment

A young student had to face punishment because he had spoken against the corrupt principal. Stanslaus tells us about the deep-rooted corruption in schools in Tanzania. A Different Truths...

July 30, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, World

With Imran Khan at Helm, Pak Army Grip Gets Stronger

A former cricketer great, Imran has been bowling on a doctored pitch and had the help of the third umpire— Pakistan’s army-ISI combine. According to an Islamabad High Court...

July 18, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Of Pizzas and Governance

Hemashri likens Domino’s money-back pizza policy to government departments. Sadly, no one is accountable for the giant delays, in some cases, of nearly 100 years. Two state governments, Madhya...

July 11, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Discretion is the Better Part of Valour

Hemashri recounts how she handled a violent mob – an experience she shared during a training session for officers. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths....

May 2, 2018
IPA Service
Gender, Politics

Biplab Deb Insulting Diana Hayden no Surprise: Tripura CM Betrays Sangh View of Minorities

Biplab Deb is a product of this xenophobic tradition, which gives pride of place to religion over the constitutional rights of every citizen, irrespective of his or her faith. ...

April 11, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Gender, Governance

Of Midnight Knocks, Uncouth and Lecherous Men

A midnight knock on a circuit house had scared Hemashri. She was about to raise an alarm to punish the drunkard. But other incidents crowded her mind. She tells...

April 9, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

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...

March 21, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

An Ode to my Mentor

Indian bureaucracy thrives on sycophancy, and the most favoured officer is the one who is most flexible in pleasing certain people. However, whenever there was a major crisis, this...

March 14, 2018
IPA Service
Business, Economy, Trade, World

Trump Dumps Global Trading Rules for Political Gains

The rest of the world may rail against Trump for triggering off a trade war by his action to slap 25 percent tax on steel imports and 10 percent...