Tough Challenge Ahead for a Cornered BJP
The UP verdict is a clear indication of the shape of things to come if a coalition of SP, BSP, RLD, Congress and other smaller parties were to take...
Confessions of a Tech Challenged Blogger
It’s worth noting that an author is an incurable multitasking addict – he is writing the blog, reading Fay Weldon, watching Anger Management on TV channel, has FB open...
174 Children Go Missing in India Every Day, Half of Them Remain Untraced
The data released by MHA suggests that more than half of all missing children in the country are concentrated in just five states, namely West Bengal, Delhi UT, Madhya...
A Total Anti-BJP Unity can bring down Saffron Strength to 150 Seats
In the aftermath of Karnataka state government formation, the way has opened up for forming a solid platform of the non-BJP parties who do not want the saffrons to...
Caught Between Files and Life: Diagnosis of a Restless Bureaucrat
Hemashri recounts the harrowing incident of a government decision gone wrong when her father, a mid-level police officer, faced tough times. It had a serious impact on the family....
Mutual Consent Paramount in Adult Relationships: Latest Supreme Court Decision is of Great Significance
If to exercise the basic rights of choice and intimate relationships, one has to knock on the doors of the highest court of the country every time, then the...
One Less Ma
The trials and tribulations of staying far away from homeland are many. Our Managing Editor, Anumita, shares the grief of losing one of her Mas (mothers). Here’s her soulful...
The Making of my Mother
Nanditaa recalls her time with her mother. She perhaps realised the meaning of motherhood when she became one. An inward-looking, reflective piece, as Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths....
Why I Respect the Dogs!
In this reflective and soul-searching outpouring, Tapati takes a hard look at our weak-kneed legal system, where rapists commit their dastardly crimes with impunity. She also talks of an...
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. ...