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August 8, 2026
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Puppy Love: The K9 Kind

Humourist Soumya talks about canine love, with paroxysms of emotions, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The first canine love in my life was my grandfather’s Daschund,...

December 16, 2023
Vatsala Radhakeesoon
Short Story

Vatsala tells us about a learned Vedic priest of the Arya Samaj, modelled on her maternal grandfather, Pandit Harikrishna Beeharee, whom she dedicates this short story to. The protagonist illuminates the...

June 25, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

BJP Has Taken a Selfish View of Political Situation in Kashmir

With Mufti now handing over her resignation and no other contender for government formation, Governor’s rule was inevitable in the state. While this may help step up security operations,...

June 22, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

The Straw That Broke the Back of the Camel

Aurangzeb’s father Mohammad Haneef took Modi’s name several times and warned that if Modi failed to deliver his son’s killers, his family would do the honours – “72 hours...

June 5, 2018
IPA Service
Defence, Politics

Grenades Thrown and Shortages Borne

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman clarified that there’s no “scam in Rafale”. She also reiterated that those shouting “ammunition shortage” should be asking themselves. There was shortage before 2014. A...

May 29, 2018
IPA Service
Book Review, Defence, Espionage, Terrorism, War & Conflicts

Pak Junta Grounds ISI Durrani to Grind Him: Book Reveals Games Played by Spooks across the Border

Lt. General Asad Durrani, once chief of Pakistan’s notorious Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), is in trouble. He danced a tango with ex-RAW head Amarjit Singh Dulat – who is in...

May 28, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, International Relations, Politics, World

Unpredictable Trump Puts World Diplomacy in Disarray: Policy Rift with the USA Pushing India Closer to Russia, China

India told the WTO that it proposes to raise duties by up to 100 percent on 20 products such as almonds, apple and specific motorcycles imported from the US...

May 17, 2018
IPA Service
Terror Attack, Terrorism

Ramadan Peace is all a Hoax: Data shows no Letup in Terror Attacks While Fasting

Let’s admit it, Ramadan or Ramzan has never been an excuse for Islamic warriors to stop fighting or firing. They continued to fast and say their five times a day...

May 16, 2018
IPA Service
Law & Order, Politics, Terrorism, War & Conflicts

Kashmir Developments Need a Strong Political Initiative

The situation has remained grim since the Modi government came to power, as it has treated the Kashmir problem merely as that of law and order and had been...

May 14, 2018
IPA Service
Exploitation, Marxism, Subalterns

Marxism is a Living Science 200 Years Later: Its Revolutionary Ideas are Guide to Action

Marxism is a revolutionary theory. Without it, protests against capitalist exploitation and oppression are limited to demands for reforms, to efforts to alleviate symptoms, without curing the disease. Here’s...