Smarting v3.0
What would happen if a smart phone had emotions and a mind of its own? Here’s a fantasy fiction by Tapan, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths....
What are the Central Problems of the Indian Economy?
It is difficult to point out what are the central problems of the Indian economy. How does one find out the central problems in such a diverse society, asks...
The New Women Poets
Women theorists agree that the literature of women depends on biological, social, psychological facts that govern her existence. In fact, if one is asked to name a single most characteristic feature...
Will the Enhanced Budget Allocation make Women Safer in NCR and Elsewhere?
Enhancement of budget allocation for the police for the Nirbhaya Fund, for the safety of women, though welcome, is not enough to ensure their protection. The government might have...
Your Siblings are the only People who Truly Qualify as Partners for Life
Siblings were our worst enemies when we were little but as we grow old, we realise that they are the only friends who have always stood beside us and will...
Akashganga: Daffodils in the Sky and Butterflies in the Belly – XIV
Akashganga never had it so good. Enthused and awed by the sense of spectacle, for the first time in the history of the Air Force, a full load of 37...
Despite Hearing Disability Kadar ekes out a Living Selling Socks
Life is not easy for 61-year old Kadar. Though he is neither sad nor depressed, asking about his hearing disability is a delicate task. He lost his hearing ability at...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Sankhya Yoga – VI
In the sixth part, Nilanjana tells us few wonderful stories about the three sons of Brahma, who were asked to populate the world by the Creator. Here Narayana says how...
Bamboo Weaving, a Dying Craft, Makes Life Difficult for Gopi
Fifty-two-year- old Gopi had been working on a Chennai sidewalk for the past 30 years. Maybe, the tree that was a part of his handmade work hanging on one...
No Girls are Safe in the Badlands of India!
Bhaskar talks of the regularity of girls’ assaults, repetitively, in our society that shows that something is terribly wrong in the upbringing of the boys, be it inside their houses,...