Implementing 6S at Your Work Place
The concept of 6S is derived from the Japanese 5S method used in industries and in this write-up. Preeyan touches upon how things can be if we follow this...
The Magical Flying Ambulance: A Redeemer
The cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) by bystanders who witnessed a cardiac arrest can considerably improve survival. Farheen tells us how drones can...
Universalism Vs Relativism: Honour Killings of Women in India
Cases of honour killings represent an old tussle between universality of human rights and particularity/relativism – in this case, particular. Against this background, this article critically examines the role...
Tagore in Love: Letters from Shillong, Khublei Shibun
It was in the month of May, Lovita was in Shillong with a sole sojourn to be there, where Tagore lived, 99 years ago (first time in 1919)....
Rendering Four Million People Stateless: Hidden Agenda to Disenfranchise Settlers
About four million people will become stateless in Assam. They will cease to be citizens of India. Losing citizenship means they will not be able to get the Aadhaar...
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....
Human Rights Justice: Who are the Torture Victims? – I
Amit, our Editor-at-Large (Europe) analyses role of an India based Non-Governmental Organisation working for the torture victims of marginalised groups (such as Dalits, Muslims) using novel methods of testimonial...
Love is Not Love Till You Give it away!
Hemashri pays tribute to a former IAS officer, who was also a pro bono lawyer. His immense love and compassion for others set him apart. In him, she found...
Do Not Fall Prey to Janus Attack at Free Wi-Fi Hotspots
Janus was the double-headed Roman God of Gateways, depicting a transitional connection between our past and future. In light of cybercrime, the message sender or originator is pigeonholed as...
Prayers, Process, and Reforms: Some Things do Not Change for Ordinary People
The state administrative service is rife with arbitrariness and discrimination. Hemashri recounts how her study-leave prayer for higher studies at JNU, New Delhi, was denied, while two other batchmates...