The Fire Within
Lata reports about a book launch of Neelam Saxena Chanda and picks the mind of the able poet-writer, exclusively in Different Truths. Neelam Saxena Chandra, a bureaucrat, a thinker,...
Sexual Harassment at Workplace: 20 Years after Vishaka Verdict
The Apex Court, for the first time, laid down a volume of guidelines and principles, apparently to be followed by all employment institutions state governed or private. In 2013,...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: From Gokula to Vrindavan – XLII
Nilanjana recounts the story of the migration from Gokula to Vrindavan, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The gopas in Gokula were not blind to the series...
Reclaiming Pink: The Story of Sampat Pal and her Gulabi Gang
Payel profiles Sampat Pal Devi and the lathi wielding Gulabi Gang that stood up against violence and other wrongs perpetrated by husbands, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...
Godmen: Happiness Comes with a Price Tag
Gurus whose USP is smart marketing; Swamis whose fortunes would shame a Rockefeller; Godmen with unbridled libido who believe it is their right to rape and murder; Babas in...
Why should Criminalisation of Marital Rape Destabilise Marriage?
Payal takes a hard look at the issue of marital rape, its criminalisation and the argument that it would destabilise the institution of marriage. India should learn from other...
Another Godman Convicted; Justice for Rape Victim
The special CBI court sentenced Dera chief Ram Rahim to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment, on Monday. Additionally, a fine of Rs. 15 lakh has been imposed on him...
We are the Living Dead!
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of India’s independence, Farheen asks some pertinent questions and wonders where is the secular India that the Founding Fathers of our liberation had...
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...
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...