Saved Archives - Different Truths

April 25, 2026
Sumita Dutta
Fiction, Short Story

Friends Online

Chennai-based Sumita tells us a story about online friendship, exclusively in Different Truths. September 11 Monday, 09:45 pm Aryan Chelvam hi rams, what’s up man? T. Ramesh hey Aryan!...

March 1, 2022
Santosh Bakaya
Poem

When the Words Committed Harakiri

Santosh, in her humourous poem, tells us how words handle a writer. “They misuse us, abuse us Malappropriate us,” said words of every hue Confabulating in a word-conference Quivering...

July 11, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

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....

May 23, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Fossil Fuel

Indian Economy on a Slippery Oil Slope: Centre Must Give up Part of Bounty Collected through Duty

It is appalling to see the authorities openly stating that the time had not come to cut excise duty as global crude prices had not reached that high. Embarrassingly,...

May 21, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Ominous Silence of Advani on Karnataka Crisis: BJP Patriarch Must be Regretting Backing Modi

Advani’s friends and well-wishers describe him as a real statesman, it is doubtful whether he could be accorded with this salutation. None of his actions in recent times, precisely...

May 19, 2018
Arindam Roy
Politics

BS Yeddyurappa Resigns: BJP Fails to Lure MLAs from Congress and JDS to Vote in its Favour

Putting all speculations to an end, BS Yeddyurappa, declared that he was resigning. He did not face the strength of the house. A flash report by Arindam, exclusively for Different...

May 18, 2018
IPA Service
Legal Issues, Politics

Supreme Court has Prevented Horse Trading by Advancing Floor Test: Karnataka Episode Should be a Lesson to Governors

According to latest judicial pronouncements, if an alliance of two parties gets a majority, its leader should be invited to form the government. It hardly matters if the alliance...

April 14, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Cyber Security

Keylogging: Boon or Bane

Keylogger is a hardware or software plugin which can secretly capture all the keystrokes entered through the keypad of a typing device without the knowledge and consent of the...

March 6, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Short Story, Special Feature

(T)hank (G)od

Here’s a short story on a non-conventional and satirical aspect of womanhood. The central theme is relevant to the present social conditions and brutal crimes that happen on women, for the...

February 24, 2018
IPA Service
Economy

Crocodile Tears on Breakdown of Banking Controls: Chief Economic Advisor Owes the Nation an Explanation

Arvind Subramanian, the CEA, does not feel shy in admitting that he failed to respond to the decay, though he was aware of it. It is indeed shocking to...