Queer Pride
A poem about the trials and tribulations of the LGBTQ community, by Kabir, for Different Truths. We know what fails to suit us Yet we believe that it is...
Will Palm Vein Patterns become the New Identification?
A new identification technology based on palm vein recognition has been developed by a former army officer. Mahima finds out more about this innovative approach, in the weekly column,...
Supreme Court Lands in another Major Crisis: Judicial Impropriety in Conflicting Judgements on Land Acquisition
Conflicting judgements on land acquisition exposes a major crisis in judicial impropriety. Here’s a weekly round-up of the major decisions of the courts in India as also legal policy...
Policy Experiments May Sabotage Food Self-Sufficiency
The keenness of the BJP-led government runs contrary to its party’s pledge of ‘flourishing agriculture’ taken in its 2014 election manifesto, as well as the government’s own emphasis on...
Trolls in Their Internet Sprawls: Modi Helps Create New Kind of Jobs
The reality is often brushed under the carpet by Modi’s rivals whose numbers will increase manifold as general elections 2019 approach with a deadly certainty. A huge number of...
The Third Gender: Why Transgender Are Seen as a Different Community?
The LGBTQ community is in a cheerful mood since the petition quashing of section 377 of IPC has been considered for their good; the Supreme Court of India has...
Does Your Smartphone Have Salami Theft Alert?
Salami thefts are aimed mostly against two types of targets – individual or organisation and that defines the course of the attack. Cases where individuals are targeted, their money...
Do Corruption and Democracy go Hand in Hand?
The funding of political parties in India is kept a largely secret affair, thus, the chances of the influence of policy or rules by fund giver is a big...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Was it Just a Vision? – LXII
Nilanjana recounts a tale from the Bhagavatam about how Nanda, and the gopas of Vrindavan, realised the divinity of his son, Krishna. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively...
Islamabad Shaken by Pashtun Resurgence: Traumatised by Terrorism, Racial Profiling
The Pashtun resurgence, hyphenated from political parties, is the expression of a new identity politics. Anger got accumulated out of individual and collective experiences of Pashtuns in the distinct...