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January 20, 2018
Suveera Sharma
People, Place, Relationship & Lifestyle

The Bridge across the Oceans

It is a concern for most expats, with increasing number of people finding employment overseas, it’s a continuous endeavor to strike a balance between aging parents back home, and...

January 19, 2018
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Tempting Soft Red Velvet Cookies

Sarika shares the recipe of red velvet cookies, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. I didn’t cook during December holidays. I know it is hard to believe....

January 18, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna and the Art of Unconditional Service – LVIII

Nilanjana retells a tale of seva (unconditional service) that Krishna narrated, from the Bhagavatam. He cites the examples of a tree and wives of wise men. Read more in...

January 17, 2018
Mamta Joshi
Poem

Here’s an intense and powerful women-centric poem by Mamta that celebrates her love despite countless sufferings, for Different Truths. Throbbing with exhaustion and pain Cramped muscles ache for rest...

January 16, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Politics

RaGa and NaMo Need to Review their Leadership Styles Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections

Narendra Modi cannot afford to sit on his laurels as the margin of votes declined despite his party’s victory in Gujarat elections, recently. Rahul Gandhi needs ha a daunting...

January 16, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Were the Britishers Wrong?

Hemashri, takes a stock of how government offices work, with all the accompanying absurdities, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. They say life begins at forty! That...

January 15, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Advocacy, Economy

Will the Union Budget Respond to the Demand of the Civil Society for a Universal Pension Scheme?

The letter written on behalf of the Pension Parishad, a network of 100 civil society organisations in it, is in response to recent reports indicating that the Centre was...

January 15, 2018
Ashu Arora
Literary Festival, Potpourri

A Letter to my Favourite Books

Ashu pens a letter to his favourite books, as gratitude, in the regular column, exclusively for Different Truths. Dear Books, I hardly remember the day we met for the...

January 15, 2018
Mira Pawar
Education & Career, Potpourri

The Class of 92 of Hyderabad Public School Celebrated Silver Jubilee Reunion

Established in 1923 as Jagirdars College by the Seventh Nizam of Hyderabad, Sir Osman Ali Khan, the school was meant exclusively for the aristocrats and elites. Sometime in the...

January 14, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Fitness, Health

Buddhist Meditation Aims at the Development of Awareness

Zen meditation uses two different tacks: the first is the direct plunge into awareness by sheer will. You sit down and just sit, meaning that you toss out of...

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