silence Archives - Page 6 of 11

July 2, 2018
Manish Kaithwas
Cover Story, Crime, Gender, Human Rights, Legal Issues

When Solutions are worse than Problems: Analysing Amendments in POCSO and Rape Laws

The death penalty of convicts, definitely, does not hold an answer to the burning question of a rise in rape and related crimes. Even Justice Verma Committee has said,...

June 20, 2018
IPA Service
Mass Media

Fake News: The Octopus in the Newsroom

The hard fact these days of impact journalism and paid news is that perception managers run newsrooms, not newspersons; and journalists get to become ‘made guys’ when they’re promoted...

June 19, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Nemesis

Fears and karmas often catch up with us. Soumya shares a real-life incident, when rivals in hockey field, met as friends, years later. How were the worst fears of...

June 9, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Yogi in Deep Trouble after Humiliating Defeats

Both Yogi and state BJP president Mahendra Nath Pandey have been summoned to Delhi by party president Amit Shah to seek a firsthand report on the defeat. Both Yogi...

June 9, 2018
IPA Service
Humour, Politics

Tharoor in the Dock Kicks Up a Farrago of Emotions

Here’s a humourous, fictional account of Shashi Tharoor and the pending court case against him, for Different Truths. Jocko Street cut short the overseas call. “Shashi Tharoor is in...

June 8, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Rahul Rally Creates Positive Vibes for MP Congress

It was shocking to learn that family members had been warned not to meet Rahul Gandhi. That pressure was mounted was confirmed by the family members of the victims....

June 1, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Tough Challenge Ahead for a Cornered BJP

The UP verdict is a clear indication of the shape of things to come if a coalition of SP, BSP, RLD, Congress and other smaller parties were to take...

May 26, 2018
Ayub Khawar
Poem

O! My Enemy

An evocative poem, by Ayub, exclusively for Different Truths. O! My enemy, There was no route to reach you, The wastelands of my eyes and heart In the...

May 23, 2018
IPA Service
International Relations

Redesigning Indo-Russian Strategic Friendship: Perceptible Change in Tone and Tenor of Modi

Russia had nursed the feeling that India will speak out its mind on the US sanction against Moscow. The US had imposed the sanctions earlier this year under CAATSA...

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...