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...
A Critical Analysis of Human Rights with Focus on Foundational Weakness and Dual Nature of Human Rights
Our Editor-at-Large (Europe), Amit, raises questions that are of immediate relevance to international politics, as human rights are increasingly ‘mainstreamed’ into the policy framework of states. He critically reflects on...
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...
Durga and her Entourage in a Jawed Habib Salon: Reverence, Irreverence, Trolls, Erotica and the Liberal Hindu Mind
There’s public outrage on the social media about the newspaper advertisement of Goddess Durga’s family dolling themselves in a Jawed Habib salon. The celebrity hairstylist is being trolled on...
The Blue Whale Challenge and other Suicides: Parental Guidance Must Stop this Menace
Mahima discusses the dangerous Blue Whale Challenge, an Internet game, and other causes of depression that affects the tender minds of teenagers, leading to suicides. Anitha, a student activist,...
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...
An Emblem of the Meteoric Emergence of Arundhati Roy as a Novelist
Basudeb profiles Suzanna Arundhati Roy and critiques her novel, The God of Small Things, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Suzanna Arundhati Roy (born on 24 November,...
The Cult of the Body Beautiful and Growth of Plastic Surgery to Enhance Sex Appeal – III
The post-war (World Wars) plastic surgery boom and the breaking down of traditional reluctance to undergo plastic surgery, particularly middle-aged, middle-class women, who were affluent and largely finished with raising...
Trolls and Their Dirty Underwear
Payal shows us the ugly face of trolls, red in tooth and claw. She explains the reasons for trolling and also suggests how to deal with these, in the...
Hairy Lesbians, Man-Hating Women, Rabid Feminists and Other Weirdos!
Payal takes a hard look at either side of feminism, with its various colours and hues. Her bold, erudite, tongue-in-cheek approach makes us pause and think. Read more about...