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April 14, 2020
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, Pandemic

Creativity in the Times of Corona

Soumya MukherjeeSoumya Mukherjee is an alumnus of St Stephens College and Delhi School of Economics. He earns his daily bread by working for a PSU Insurance company, and lectures...

October 15, 2019
Basudeb Chakraborti
Literature, Poem

An Autobiography of a Kite

Basudeb Chakraborti

October 14, 2019
Deeya Bhattacharya
Literature, Poem

The Sea, in Goa

Deeya BhattacharyaBorn in Durgapur, West Bengal, Deeya Bhattacharya has a PG in English Literature and a Graduate in Education from the University of Burdwan. Her poems and articles have...

June 4, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Gossip, Rumour and Test-Tube Sita: Guessing Game over Pranab Da or Mamata Di

There’s no limit to the cycle of birth and rebirth; to rumour and gossip. Mamata Didi’s post-mortem of the BJP in Purulia after leaving to the vultures the carcass...

June 1, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Marxist Scholars are Giving Big Focus on Environment

Marx and Engels were well aware of the wider, environmental aspects of human “conquest” over nature. And Marxists today have a good deal to say about the environment. An...

May 24, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Industry, Politics

Cop and Copper are the Villains of Thoothukudi

Tamil Nadu’s AIADMK chief minister Palanisamy says the ‘opposition in Tamil Nadu’ is to blame and he places Tamil Makkal Maiyam founder actor Kamal Haasan in the opposition camp,...

May 16, 2018
IPA Service
Agriculture, Economy, Industry

Bitter Cup of Woes of the Sugar Industry

The moot issue is whether the latest support would help mills, burdened as they were with payment arrears of a humongous Rs. 13,899 crore to the growers as on...

April 27, 2018
IPA Service
Disarmament, War & Conflicts

Speak Up to End Nuclear Arms Race and Save Life on Earth: Vital Resources Diverted from Health, Education and Development

The contention that nuclear weapons serve as deterrence is totally unfounded. Peace cannot be sustained on the basis of fear; peace is long lasting if it is based on...

April 22, 2018
Michele Baron
Poem

heart of things

Michele connects with nature in an evocative poem, for Earth Day, exclusively for Different Truths. “do you know,” I wrote, trailing words behind my finger in the rich,...

April 6, 2018
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Trials and Tribulations of Life and Yummy Steamed Sandesh

Sarika talks about the trials and tribulations life, heartbreaks and yummy Bhapa or Steamed Sandesh, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. There’s no free lunch in life!...