The Orbit
An engrossing fiction about changing values and relationships, by Sandeep, exclusively for Different Truths. “Aryan, beta hurry up or we will miss the beginning of the movie.” “I am...
Health Watch: Why Pharmaceutical Marketing Code Must be Mandatory
The NPPA, after hearing all the stakeholders, did not agree to increase the price of stents. No wonder it would have irked the industry, which would have lobbied intensely...
A Damp Squib Budget that is neither Prudent nor Populist: Customs Duty Hike Runs Counter to Modi Claims
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, presenting his fifth budget, has not refrained from creating hostages to political fortune. With elections to as many as eight assembly states due this year...
Health: Care or Scare?
Every profession has black sheep. The health sector is ailing with deep-rooted corruption. Shernaz exposes the rot, as one section of ethical doctors go hammer and tongs on the...
How the Ancient Mariner Lost his Albatross
Here’s a story within a story from Soumya, in a genre different from humour, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. He wasn’t that ancient really, being a...
95-year Astronaut John Glenn, the Oldest Man on Space, Passes Away
John Glenn, other than being the senator from Ohio, was also the oldest man in space. He is, and will always be, one of us, an Ohioan’s favorite. His demise...
Poor Iron Will
In this verse, Elsy takes an example of a little speck of iron that could not escape the attraction of a Big Magnet. Here’s an evocative love poem, in Different...