Ibrahim Honjo: Creativity is not the Only Purpose
Creativity is not the only purpose on its own. An author seeks his work to live in people and with people as long as possible, to leave a mark...
Aarushi Denied Justice, Deadly Curse of Elphinstone, From Wagon R to Biopic, Bitcoin Billionaire and We Want Sauce
Shail reviews the fortnight that was in verse. Aarushi’s parents were acquitted of murder charges by the Allahabad High Court. In Mumbai, many died due to the collapse of...
The Other Side of Silence: Documenting Oral History – I
Continuing with the literature on Indian Partition, Basudeb examines an important treatise, The Other Side of Silence, by Urvashi Butalia, in two parts. In the first part, he tells...
India and Kleptocracy: Are we a Nation of Crooks?
Why is India so corrupt? An old license and rule-bound bureaucracy with cumbersome procedures and processes with the lack of transparency aided and abetted by unscrupulous henchmen, who have been elected...
Urdu-Hindi Literature Blossomed in Allahabad, the City of Confluences
The 18th century is considered to be an important phase in terms of artistic and cultural developments in the nation. The century witnessed the rise of Indian poets who used...
Three Books
Different Truths is introducing Book Club. If you are a busy corporate honcho, an executive-on-the-move, banker or homemaker, with little time to spare, you may send short book reviews...