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February 17, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Crime, Cyber Security

Does Your Smartphone Have Salami Theft Alert?

Salami thefts are aimed mostly against two types of targets – individual or organisation and that defines the course of the attack. Cases where individuals are targeted, their money...

February 15, 2018
Tarun Gupta
Economy, Politics

Do Corruption and Democracy go Hand in Hand?

The funding of political parties in India is kept a largely secret affair, thus, the chances of the influence of policy or rules by fund giver is a big...

February 1, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Dividing South Indian Cutlet: The Final Frontier

The young protestors were angry at being served ‘beef cutlet’ at a college get-together. They were apparently “fooled” into eating beef by the college administration. Somewhere in the commentary,...

November 30, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna tames Kaliya – LI

Sukha continued narrating the tale of Krishna and Kaliya. Nilanjana retells the story from Bhagavatam, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. “However, Kaliya was enraged. Unaccustomed to...

October 31, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Was it a Brush with Ghosts?

What do we fear more, ghosts or the scare of ghosts? In black humour, Soumya tells us that he almost had three brushes with ghosts, in his weekly column,...

October 10, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Criticism, Opinion

A Sense of Humour is not Being Funny!

Having a sense of humour is not the same as being funny. The latter implies being able to tell a joke well or perfectly timing a pun to lighten...

August 27, 2017
Kabir Deb
Poem

Hypnotism

Here’s a political poem by Kabir that lays bare the schemes by those in power, in Different Truths. Larger, engulfing voids are being hidden With a bunch of small...

July 28, 2017
Preeyan Abraham
Education & Career

How to Manage Work Pressure Efficiently?

Bangalore-based HR professional, Preeyan, tells us how to handle work pressure, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Success does not come easy. And every successful professional will...

April 16, 2017
Muddasir Ramzan
Short Story

Fallen Life

Here’s a poignant short story, a sudden fiction, by Muddasir, dealing with the gloom of death, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. In a whirring euphoria of...

April 6, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Vamana Avatar – XX

Nilanjana retells a well-known story, of Vamana Avatara, one of the major Avatars of Narayana, from Srimad Bhagavatam. Here, we learn about King Bali, a generous king, grandson of...