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August 17, 2016
Arindam Roy
Advocacy, People

World Humanitarian Day: Spare the Humanitarian Aid Workers from Brutal Attacks

In December 2008, the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly decided to designate 19 August as World Humanitarian Day (WHD). It is the date on which a brutal terrorist attack on UN...

August 17, 2016
Lily Swarn
People, Potpourri

A Teenage Crush to be an Army Officer’s Wife!

As a gawky school girl she gazed adoringly at cousins, who had returned home from the NDA. It was her teenage crush to marry a man in uniform. Lily candidly...

August 17, 2016
Madhumita Ghosh
Poem

My Most Precious Find

A soulful poem by Madhumita. The seaside called and I went there The sands laid a bed for me the casuarina trees lined up cooled me fanning with their...

August 17, 2016
Mira Pawar
Architecture & Monuments, Travel & Food

Arg-e- Bam: The Oldest and Largest Mud House in the World

The mud house, Arg-e Bam, is built on about 44 acres of land. The origin of the UNESCO World Heritage site, on the strategic Silk Route, might be traced back...

August 16, 2016
Urooj Murtaza
Food, Potpourri

God Manifests in all Creations: Managing Biodiversity with Reverent Love for Nature – I

The universality of the Hindu consciousness is immense. The Supreme Being is in the inner psyche of all creatures. God is present in all things big and small – the...

August 15, 2016
Dr. Navodita Pande
Fitness, Health

Ashtanga Yoga:Yoke the Body, Mind and Soul into Harmony

Here are the many benefits of Ashtanga Yoga, the Eight-fold Path. Yama and Niyama, the first two steps before once practices Asanas. The columnist tells us how to chant ‘Om’,...

August 15, 2016
Neelum S. Gour
Mass Comm.

Independence Day Reflections: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Neelum revisits the August 19, 2002, issue of the India Today. The special Fifty-Five Years of Freedom issue carries a lead article listing fifty-five things that made India...

August 15, 2016
Dr. Amrinder Kaur Bajaj
Poem

Freedom

Amrinder pens a poem on the occasion of the Independence Day exclusively for Different Truths. Why do eagle wheel over The ramparts of Red Fort? Why do vultures perch, in...

August 14, 2016
Dr. Tripti Sharan
Gender, Short Story, Wellness

Dating, boozing, premarital sex are the ‘in-thing’ these days. It has confused teenage girls, who have to deal with hormonal rush and peer pressures. A gynecologist, Tripti, recounts the confusion of...