A Child Lost in his Special World
The pain and agony of a mother of of a child with autism, crushed by the pressures of her life, takes a grim toll. Tapati recounts a heart-wrenching account,...
An Anthology of Poems Celebrating Womanhood
We are pleased to present An Anthology of Poems Celebrating Womanhood, as part of the International Women’s Day (IWD) Theme that we, in Different Truths are featuring, spread over three days,...
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...
Katnataka Poll Results Give One Big Lesson for 2019 Poll: Only a Total Opposition Unity can Meet BJP Challenge
This victory will give BJP a major boost in its coming campaign in the assembly elections in the three states – Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh by the end...
Activist Poets are Making Waves in Britain
The poetry provoked an enthusiastic response – perhaps surprisingly – but a change is as good as a rest and some informed entertainment provided something different for the pickets...
Always Listening, Always Recording Masters of the Universe: No Matter Phone on or off, Snooping is on
Facebook has data about complete strangers, never logged, never clicked ‘like’ or ‘share’. That is the bigger cover-up. Tech giants like Facebook and Google, besides being evasive, are also...
Offensive Song Sung in Muslim Marriages for Ages
Asked what she felt being declared the ‘National Crush’ after winking to glory and fame, Priya Prakash Varrier expressed happiness: “I feel so happy to be loved by so...
RBI Dampens Budget Hopes with Rising Inflation: Fiscal MSP and Global Risks Rule out Rate Cuts
Indian economy is headed for another tough fiscal year (2018-19) both from a likely budget-fuelled inflationary surge within and from global rate rises across booming economies. Here’s a report...
Political Kite Flying, App Looking at the Big Picture, Child-Friendly Police Station, Mice Have a Field Day
Narendra Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu, two PMs, bond over kite-flying at Sabarmati Ashram and they paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi. The App WeCroak is born of Bhutanese folklore saying that to be...
The Grim Sufferings of Musahars and Dalits
Sangita is in India under the youth exchange programme. She visited villages of Dalit and Musahar to report on the squalor, poverty and sufferings of the people living in the margins...