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April 5, 2018
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion & Beauty

Turbans are the Identity of the Sikhs – IV

Shameena tells us about the importance of turbans amongst Sikhs. It’s a part of their identities, she says, in the fourth part of her weekly column. A Different Truths...

February 27, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Poll Battle to Win Over Northeastern States of India: BJP Banking on Anti-Incumbency, Congress on Peace

The BJP is depending on the anti-incumbency as a result of unemployment, lack of infrastructure and improper implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission. The Congress, on the other hand,...

January 30, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance, Potpourri

Losing Out the Loved Ones…

Life is about moving on. Hemashri shares her experiences of love and affection in a transient world, working in different offices and reflecting inwardly. Here’s the weekly column, exclusively...

October 22, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Cover Story, Gender

The Me Too Campaign: Women Stand Tall Against Sexual and Domestic Violence

The “Me Too” campaign has brought together women in a show of solidarity, of courage to make visible the enormity of sexual and domestic violence against them – their...

September 20, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Gender, Interview

Rana Safvi: The Untold Story

The world knows her as a famous historian who came out with her first book at the age of 58, a firm believer in the Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb of India...

July 18, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

And a Chipko is Born…

Humourist Soumya tells us how a Chipko was born in their home. He shares the experiences with a young girl from the hills and her love for nature, weeds,...

April 24, 2017
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

Autism

Here’s a soulful poem about the innocent questions that an autistic child asks his mamma (mother). Sarala pens this poem in the month on autism awareness, for Different Truths....

April 2, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

The Other Side of Silence: Crisis of Identity for no Institutional Religion – II

In the second and concluding part of the column, Basudeb tells us how Urvashi Butalia’s novel, The Other Side of Silence, shows that the writer’s Ranamama at Lahore stayed...

January 30, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
People, Relationship & Lifestyle

Life is Hard for Amudha but she is Tender like the Coconuts she Sells!

It’s scary to see the bike riders in black coloured clothes in the backdrop of the Jallikattu protests in Chennai. Unfazed by all this is Amudha, who sells tender coconuts on...

January 20, 2017
Nikita Goel
Relationship & Lifestyle

Your Siblings are the only People who Truly Qualify as Partners for Life

Siblings were our worst enemies when we were little but as we grow old, we realise that they are the only friends who have always stood beside us and will...