Heroes Archives - Different Truths

July 19, 2025
Payal Talreja
Gender

Sexism and Literature

Payal re-examines classics and popular comics to explore how sexist their content is, exclusively in Different Truths. Recently, I decided to recycle through all the old books that I...

June 10, 2024
Payal Talreja
Gender

Boys will (Not) be Boys: Towards a more Human Society

We talk all the time about what we would teach our daughters, but we equally need to engage in reorienting that which is taught to our sons, not just...

December 9, 2019
Dr. Brajesh Kumar Gupta
Poem

The Calm Mountains and Tall Trees

Dr. Brajesh Kumar GuptaDr. Gupta has mentored many and also assisted many in unleashing his creative potential. Through his talks, seminar presentations, creativity workshops and personal interactions, he has...

March 28, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Mamata Bending the Bow to Blunt the Arrow of BJP: Bengal Challenge Frustrates Foot in Delhi

Mamata Banerjee has one foot in West Bengal, the other in New Delhi, giving her all to cobble a Third Front which is a resurrection that always fails at...

March 20, 2018
IPA Service
Advocacy, Health

Cough Campaign to Smoke out TB: 4.32 Lakh Indians Died in 2016 Due to Killer Disease

Earlier this month was held the ‘End-TB Summit’ in New Delhi and prime minister Narendra Modi re-launched the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) “cough”, a national mass...

March 5, 2018
Arindam Roy
Curtain Raiser, Edit

Still I Rise: Celebrating Womanhood on IWD 2018

Our Editor-in-Chief, Arindam, tells about this year’s theme of the International Women’s Day (IWD) 2018. He introduces three erudite editors and includes their editorials in this editorial. His thank...

February 15, 2018
IPA Service
Films, Potpourri

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...

February 7, 2018
Mahima Sharma
Education & Career

How to Restart your Career?

Mahima shares some practical tips that helped her not only to resume work after a break but also switch to her passion as work, in the weekly column, exclusively...

January 24, 2018
Mariyam Zafar
Cinema

Revisiting Rafoo Chakkar: Villainy, Crossdressing, and Chuckles Enliven the Comedy

At a time when men – Dev (Rishi Kapoor) and Salim (Paintal) – dressing up as women wasn’t a comedy norm, the mere transformation of both the actors is hilarious. Not...

January 21, 2018
Sreelata Menon
Cover Story, Politics

Rajnikanth: The Advent of a New Star-Politician

Convinced of the need to now play a true-life saviour to the masses in real life rather than in reel-life Rajnikanth, who is yet to name his party believes...

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