A Suitable Boy
Our humourist, Soumya, travels down the memory lane and talks about the apprehensions of parents about the choice of a life partner for their child(ren), in the weekly column....
What is a Perfect Job?
Bangalore-based HR professional, Preeyan, tells us about the perfect job and the ‘jumpers’, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. To me, a perfect job is doing...
Can a Government Really Stimulate Economic Activity?
Delhi-based businessman, Tarun, examines the role of the government in stimulating economic activity. The options are limited and few. We are introducing a weekly column, every Thursday, from this...
The Perpetrator Beta vs. the Victim Beti: Tales from a Chauvinistic Society
Varnika Kundu, daughter of an IAS officer, was terrorised and almost kidnapped, in Chandigarh, by Vikas Barala, son of BJP Haryana chief. Our New Delhi-based columnist, Payal says that...
How Important is Leadership in your Career?
Bangalore-based HR professional, Preeyan, talks about leadership, in the regular column, exclusively in Different Truths. I would like to mention that the column that I present to you today...
Sex and the Indian Woman: More than Lipstick under our Burqas
Gender roles are defined and given in a patriarchal society. The ‘good’ versus the ‘bad’ girl/woman mindset in the backdrop of the film Lipstick under my Burqa and marital...
What Would Happen if Suddenly, Magically, Men Menstruate and Women Could Not?
Male-female role reversals have intrigued most of us. In a 1978 satire for Ms. Magazine, feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem answered the question that so many women have asked: “What would happen,...
The Future: Embeddable Technology
Bangalore-based Farheen tells us how embedded microchip can bring about a huge paradigm shift in our day-to- day life. Read more about these wondrous innovations, in the weekly column, exclusively...
…And the World Heard the Sisak of the Actors Jitin and Dhruv
Our columnist Mahima brings you the candid and bold interview of the two actors Jitin Gulati and Dhruv Singhal, as the second and final part of the two-part interviews...
Did we Choose the Career or the Career Chose us?
Our careers got shaped by choices we made along the way and not because we had a plan. Very few ambitious, self-driven, extremely studious friends who ended up getting...