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July 1, 2017
Different Truths
Book Club, Poem

Ten Selected Poems of Prof. Pushpita Awasthi from Echoes in the Earth

Here are ten selected poems of Prof. Pushpita Awasthi, selected by her, in the Book Extract, from her book, Echoes in the Earth (2016) this week. A Different Truths...

June 8, 2017
Susmita Bhattacharya
Potpourri

My Adhaar Experience

Susmita shares her experience of a visit to the Adhaar card office, in Kolkata. The ennui and disinterestedness of the employees match the squalor and rot all around. Here’s...

April 11, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Cover Story, History & Culture, Travel & Food

A Tour into the Fearsome, Doomed World of the Freemantle Prison

The Freemantle Prison is the only World Heritage listed building in Western Australia. Built in the 1850’s by the prisoners themselves, it was used as a barracks for convicts...

March 8, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Gender, Politics, Special Feature

Women in Contemporary Democracy: Is Politics Gender Neutral?

Is the society really democratic for women? Have women been excluded from formal politics? It raises a number of specific questions about how to reform democratic institutions since these...

February 22, 2017
Nandita Samanta
Crime, Gender

Which Poison Killed Mandira: Murder Mystery of a Rape Victim – II

In the second and final part of the fictionalised true story of a rape victim, Aftermath, we find that the plot thickens. Mandira’s diary, found by her daughter, Ananya, convinces...

January 20, 2017
Different Truths News Service
Economy, Politics

Did the Modi Government sell its Soul to America?

A recent report on the Net titled “745-washington- s-role- in-india.pdf” exposes that cashless exchange was part of an agreement named, “Catalyst: Inclusive Cashless Payment Partnership” between India’s Finance Ministry and the...

December 8, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Dissent, Politics, Subaltern & Dalits

CPIML Protests Babri Demolition, Communal Attacks, Demonetisation, Attacks on Truth

There were a protest by CPIML New Democracy activists in Allahabad, on the occasion of Babri Masjid Demolition, on Tuesday (Dec 6), observed as Communal Harmony Day. They decried the demolition...

May 15, 2016
Amit Singh
Dissent, Human Rights

Pakistani Ahmadiyya Muslim Refugees in Thailand: In the Middle of Nowhere

A minority sect in Pakistan, the limbs, and lives, of the Ahmadiyya Muslims are under threat. They have faced religious and political attacks to the extent they have been declared...

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