Lawless Kowloon was a City within a City, a Hub of Vice
The dark past of one of the major hubs of the city was the infamous walled city of Kowloon. It became a city within a city. A haven for...
Will this Land Never be Clean?
Ruchira tells us about the unhygienic and unclean habits of Indians. Despite the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, a much-hyped cleanliness campaign, the brainchild of our honourable PM, the ground realities are contrary....
Will 2018 Politics be the Game Changer?
Our Associate Editor, Navodita, analyses the political scenario in the eight states that are slated to go to the hustings in 2018. Here’s her overview, in the weekly column,...
Idiosyncrasies of the Administrator
No amount of agitation, street theater, or NGOs can accomplish what one civil servant who is ‘civil’ and believes in ‘service’ can. So the time and energy spent in...
Can the Indian Economy Swim Against the Tide of Scams, Scandals, Demonetisation and GST?
Populist of Pragmatic Budgets before Eight State Elections in 2018-19? Navodita Pande Scams and scandals often slow the growth rate of the Indian economy, which is already ailing. The...
Three Ways to Tutor Your Brain to Cease Disquietude
Worrying in its severe form leads to depression as zeroing into events that we cannot actually choose to take action to help prepare for whatever one is overly thinking...
Grief
Bibi Amrit, fondly called Biji, doubled her thunderous output on realising that she had an opportunity to overpower Nasib, to show the train of mourners that a mother’s grief...
Exit Polls Predict BJP Victory, AAP questions these Polls
While the News Nation and Today’s Chanakya-News 24 polls predicted the BJP getting a mean of 120 and 135 seats respectively in 182-member Assembly, the Aaj Tak-Axis exit poll...
Will the Emergence of the Left in Nepal Erode Indo-Nepal Friendship to Benefit China Strategically?
That China has been assiduously wooing Kathmandu has been all too clear but that the people of Nepal would turn away from India through the democratic process was not...
Dish Garden: Beautiful Gardening in Limited Space
Hyderabad-based Meera tells us about dish gardens. An expert, Rekha Bayanker, gave invaluable tips at a local club. Here’s a report, exclusively in Different Truths. In big cities where...