Dream Vacation
Dr. Sona, a scholar of subaltern studies, connects with the tribal people of Kerala in this verse, for Different Truths. In near future one day,I hope to defeat scorching...
Is Empowerment of Women a Distant Dream?
Women roughly constitute half the population, but in every aspect, women remain grossly under-represented. Certainly, the women in the world’s largest democracy rank well below the top 100 in...
India Wage Report of ILO: Some Hits, Many Misses
The ILO report estimates that the real average daily wages in India almost doubled between 1993–94 and 2011–12 but fails to mention that the Indian GDP quadrupled between 1991...
Quoting Vajpayee to Bring Modi to Heel: When Insaniat with Pakistan Could Not Deliver
Told by Nehru when young that he will become PM one day, Vajpayee never looked far for a role model. Vajpayee wept “like a child” at Nehru’s death, says...
Opening the Door to Gay Room
Gay activist Harish Iyer, in a counter to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, who says homosexuality is “deviant”, insisted that homosexuality was a “variant” and that psychiatrists have said that....
The Hunger of Oleg Sentsov
On the 15th of May 2018, one month before Russia celebrated the opening of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Oleg Sentsov began an indefinite hunger strike, which continues today...
Discretion is the Better Part of Valour
Hemashri recounts how she handled a violent mob – an experience she shared during a training session for officers. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths....
What Makes Jaitley Go Berserk: His Hitler or the Historical Hitler of the Yore?
The Hitlerian mindset is in full force. This time it might be an expensive gaffe by the great nonperformer, Arun Jaitley. That millions died, killed by barbaric methods under...
The Ancient Walled City
The walls around Toledo are an example of one of the most fortified complex systems of the Middle Ages in Europe. It is one of the oldest cities of...
Why is Arun Jaitley Wrong on Petrol Tax?
The Narendra Modi government’s oil policy has been so convoluted that it punishes the consumers when international crude oil prices move both ways. When prices go up, the dynamic...