Scars and Stars
An evocative poem about pain and transcending it, by Elsy, exclusively for Different Truths. Almost everyone has scars, one, or many, mild, or deep, manmade, or nature made. ...
Tough Challenge Ahead for a Cornered BJP
The UP verdict is a clear indication of the shape of things to come if a coalition of SP, BSP, RLD, Congress and other smaller parties were to take...
Police Fails to Prevent Honour Killing of a Dalit in Kerala
Kevin Joseph, the Dalit Christian boy, was brutally murdered for daring to marry an upper caste Christian woman, Neenu Chacko, at the end of a three-year-old romance, against the...
Nobody in BJP Makes the One Paisa Cut
Amit Shah is too big for Modi’s boots and the Yogi, who people thought would wear the King’s crown on his bald head, also doesn’t qualify in the people’s...
By-Poll Results Give Big Boost to Opposition Unity
It is now obvious that a united opposition can defeat the BJP. As much is clear from the Kairana and Noorpur by-election results which are a continuation of the...
Enchanting Bengali Wedding Rituals, Rites, and Banters
Ruchira tells us about the many rituals of Bengali wedding, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Twenty-six years ago I got hitched. However, I had neither the...
World Record Holder Anshu Jamsenpa, Queen of the Everest, the only Woman to Scale Mt. Everest Five Times
Anshu is a world record holder to have scaled Mt. Everest five times. The first Indian woman, she is rightly called the ‘Queen of the Everest’. She is also...
AIKSCC Leaders Meet President of India to Press for Special Session of Parliament
AIKSCC leaders met the President of India on Saturday (May 28), presented to him the two bills prepared by the farmers of the country and requested him to call...
The Professor Challenged Me
What appears rude, crude or too strict to us, during our student days, are perhaps blessings in disguise. Hemashri pays her tribute to one such professor, in the weekly...
Emergence of Regional Parties Strengthens Federalism: State Outfits Need to Show Pragmatism in National Interest
The regional parties and their leaders are facing criticism for responding to the Congress call to come together for defeating the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. This...