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March 24, 2018
Different Truths News Service
Book Club, Book Extract

Elixir, a Voyage of the Mind: Bestseller and a Critically Acclaimed Novel

Where does our mind go, when we fall asleep? Can dreams weave a layer of parallel existence? Can there be another reality beyond all that we touch, see or...

March 21, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, Terrorism

39 Returning in Boxes Dash Hopes of Their Families: Confirmation Made Possible by ISIS Rout of Mosul

That truth is that ISIS was cleared from Mosul only towards the end of 2017, and only after then could a search be carried out by the Iraqi authorities....

February 26, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Economy

Will UP be Free from the Bimaru Tag by Attracting Investors or is it Another Fad of the Yogi Government?

If a substantial chunk of these investment proposals materialises in real terms, after the recently concluded investors’ summit, Uttar Pradesh will leave the ‘Bimaru’ tag far behind. As the...

February 20, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance, Relationship & Lifestyle

Workplace Toxicity: Is Care and Concern for Office Colleagues a Mission Impossible?

We spend seven to eight hours of the day in our workplaces. A healthy working environment is crucial for a happy life. Workers of vitiated environments have become victims...

January 15, 2018
Ashu Arora
Literary Festival, Potpourri

A Letter to my Favourite Books

Ashu pens a letter to his favourite books, as gratitude, in the regular column, exclusively for Different Truths. Dear Books, I hardly remember the day we met for the...

December 22, 2017
Kabir Deb
Mass Media, Opinion

Why Such a Hullabaloo Regarding Condom Advertisements on TV?

Why are we prudes even after 70 years of Independence? Condom ads are to be shown from 10 PM to 5 AM, as instructed by the Union Ministry of Information and...

November 28, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Adventure, Travelogue

Close Encounters of the Final Kind

Soumya tells us how he, with his two daughters, survived parasailing in the rough sea in Goa. Did the close brush with death break them or make them stronger?...

November 27, 2017
Vedatrayee Dutta
Arts, Law & Order

What is Art and What is Not: The Laws Relating to Graffiti in India

There are no express provisions of law regarding graffiti in India. However, the Constitution of India lays down certain provisions in this regard. Kolkata-based Vedatrayee discusses the issue of...

November 10, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Religion

Olympus to Meru: Pantheons of Gods and Goddesses

Ruchira draws a parallel between the Hindu and Greco-Roman pantheons of gods and goddesses, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I am an avid reader of fiction....

October 19, 2017
Arun Dash
Poem

That Divine Light

Here’s a poem, by Arun, on Diwali. The poet asks us to light the lamp of divinity, within us, in Different Truths. Light not just these mortal lamps, Ceasing...

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