A Letter to my Favourite Books
Ashu pens a letter to his favourite books, as gratitude, in the regular column, exclusively for Different Truths. Dear Books, I hardly remember the day we met for the...
Buddhist Meditation Aims at the Development of Awareness
Zen meditation uses two different tacks: the first is the direct plunge into awareness by sheer will. You sit down and just sit, meaning that you toss out of...
Indigenous Publishing Industry under Threat from eBooks
With the advent of e-publishing, there has been a sharp decline in the traditional publication of books. Many peoples are getting e-books. This has plunged the publishing industry into...
Lawless Kowloon was a City within a City, a Hub of Vice
The dark past of one of the major hubs of the city was the infamous walled city of Kowloon. It became a city within a city. A haven for...
How Reliable Are the Indian Banks?
Will the FRDI Bill become a law with enhanced investor protection, as per the assurance of the finance ministry? Tarun examines the debate on the said Bill, in the...
Face Exercises: The Secret to Remain Young for Many Years
Shameena tells us the secret to stay and look young for many more years, in the regular column, exclusively for Different Truths. Your face is the first thing that...
Personal Transformation through Meditation
Meditation deals with levels of consciousness that lie deeper than conceptual thought. There are deeper ways to understand things than just words, explains Navodita, our Associate Editor, a yoga...
A Year of Musings: Recounting the Bhagavatam in 2017; the Story Continues
Srimad Bhagavatam skillfully combines all the aspects of creation, where the divine in various forms create, preserve and annihilate only to transform and create again. A close look at...
A Babu-Crazy Bureaucracy: Alexander the Great Syndrome Bamboozles Dignity!
Hemashri, an officer in the Northeast, offers an insider’s view of exploitation, discrimination, and the rude, arrogant behaviour of the creamy layer within the administrative services. Here’s a fictional account...
Doctors: The Hands That Heal are not the Ones That Kill!
A news is different from perceptions/rumour that is served as news by vested interest groups. Dr. Amrinder clears the fog about the five-month fetuses that were given by a...