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January 20, 2022
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Beauty, Health

Turmeric: Spice, Cosmetic & a Panacea

Ruchira tells us about turmeric and its many qualities in the kitchen, cosmetic industry and homemade, grandmother’s remedy. It’s a panacea. An exclusive for Different Truths. It is conspicuously...

December 28, 2021
Tapan Mozumdar
Fiction, Special Feature

Raag Jhanjhavati

Here’s a story about Madhumalati’s marriage with musically illiterate Satish Mohan, who called her ‘Raaga Jhanjhavati’, given her temper and fuss. Through various twists and turns, they land in...

December 28, 2021
Dr. Tripti Sharan
Fiction, Gender, Health, Special Feature

A Spurious Existence

Two women in denial. One wanted a daughter from her second husband after 11 pregnancies – two deaths and six abortions. Belonging to Tajikistan, she donned a hijab but...

October 23, 2021
Shail Raghuvanshi
Cinema, Health, News, Poem, Potpourri, Protest

Pothole Puja, Onion Warpath, Syrian Wildfire, & Props Kill

Shail reviews the news of the week in verse. Bengaluru witnessed a unique rangoli protest and a warning for the CM, in the US, after Covid, a Salmonella attack was...

October 16, 2021
Niharika Chibber Joe
Book Review, Gender, Health

Living with Stage-4 Cancer Indira Inspires to Defeat Disease & Death in her Memoir

Fast Forward to Hope: Choosing to Build the Power of Self by Indira Kaur Ahluwalia is an extraordinary new memoir about living with a Stage-4 metastatic cancer diagnosis. Niharika...

June 29, 2021
Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein
Education, Health, Pandemic

Sense and Sensibility Regarding Educational Institutions Reopening in Bangladesh

Tabassum argues in favour of the government’s decision to keep educational institutions closed in the light of a new variant, Delta Plus, spreading fast. There are some people who...

March 3, 2021
Different Truths News Service
Advocacy, Health, Pandemic

World NGO Day: Celebrating the Role of Indian NGOs in Combatting the COVID Pandemic

As the world celebrated the World NGO Day on February 27, it is time to take a note of the huge efforts put forth by the non-profit organisations in battling...

March 2, 2021
Dr. Kulmeet Singh Soin
Cover Story, Health, Pandemic

The Indian Covid Mystery and Multiple Narratives

Experts speculate that several factors are likely behind the decline in India’s case numbers, such as the country’s younger population or the possibility of rising immunity in urban areas....

November 23, 2020
Dr. Amrinder Kaur Bajaj
Cover Story, Health, Opinion

Corporate Hospital: A Doctor’s Unceremonious Ouster for Failing to Generate Enough Revenue – Reactions

Dr Amrinder, MBBS MD (AIIMS) Gold Medalist, is one of the few doctors who did not succumb to generate ‘enough revenue’ for a corporate hospital. She informs, provokes and...

September 22, 2020
Enakshi J
Health, Potpourri

Mentally Sane or Morally Insane

Enakshi tells us about the latent or smiling depression and other mental health issues in this column. An exclusive for Different Truths. Stereotypes are like blinkers. They are necessary...

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