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September 18, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Cyclic Meditation and Tai Chi: Connecting with Our Deeper Selves

Navodita talks about two meditation techniques, cyclic meditation, and the Oriental Tai Chi, which are the soul of Yoga, in her weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. India has...

September 17, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Cinema, Human Rights, Politics, Terror Attack

A Child murdered in Ryan; Tom Alter Fights Cancer; Sasikala Ousted; Blast in London Tube and Rohingya Refugees

This week, Shail recasts five major events in the week that was in verse. A seven-year-child was brutally murdered in Ryan International School, Gurgaon, actor Tom Alter fights Cancer,...

September 16, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Neelam Saxena Chandra Emerging as an Important Indian Woman Novelist

Basudeb profiles Neelam Saxena Chandra, an emerging important woman novelist of India, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Neelam Saxena Chandra is a versatile and prolific writer. She...

September 16, 2017
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Poem

Woes of Yesterday

Anoucheka warns us of yesterday’s woes that’s past and is gone, in this evocative poem, in Different Truths. Yesterday’s woes should be left where they are In a reality...

September 14, 2017
Tarun Gupta
Business, Economy

Fifty Shades of Black Money

Black money is something earned legally, but which has escaped the taxes. Illegal money is something, which is a result of illegal activities. No question of taxes arises here....

September 13, 2017
Mary Kaye Huber
Poem

Do not breathe in Ragged Breaths

Here’s an evocative, spiritual poem by Mary, in Different Truths, that seeks answers from the soul for humanity. Do not breathe in life in ragged breaths as though your...

September 12, 2017
Payal Talreja
Dissent, Gender, People, Place

Reclaiming Pink: The Story of Sampat Pal and her Gulabi Gang

Payel profiles Sampat Pal Devi and the lathi wielding Gulabi Gang that stood up against violence and other wrongs perpetrated by husbands, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...

September 12, 2017
Tapati Sinha
Humour, Poem

Devi in Dilemma

Here’s a tongue-in-cheek account of the plight of Goddess Durga, on Earth, her parents’ abode, in verse, by Tapati, in Different Truths. Here arrives autumn with sky, a deep...

September 11, 2017
Vedatrayee Dutta
Crime, Dissent, Human Rights, Law & Order

Killing those Voices

Why the people who raise their voices are being silenced, perpetually, asks Vedatrayee, a young Kolkata-based lawyer, and an eminent danseuse, reflecting on the death of Gauri Lankesh –...

September 11, 2017
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Fashion, History & Culture

Three Interesting Things about Body Piercing

Ritambhara tells us about the traditions and history of body piercing, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Body piercing isn’t a new concept. The two most commonly seen...

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