A Potion to Heal and Kill
Since thousands of years poisons have been both a deadly threat and a protective tool used around the world. Poisons have played a dominant role in our history and...
From Order-Order to Social Order!
Ram Krishna profiles Late Justice Palok Basu, a humanist and a devout person, exclusively for Different Truths. Times change. People depart. Events pass away. Yet, some stories remain, because...
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,...
Marxism is the Only Potent Power for Change: Political Correlation of Forces Must Shift to Left
Marxism is not a dogma but a ‘creative science’. It is based on, amongst others, “a concrete analysis of concrete conditions”. Marxism is an approach to the analysis of...
Modi Fails to Make Wave in Karnataka Campaign: BJP Unnerved by Deft Moves by Siddaramaiah
Notwithstanding the BJP leaders and cadres feeling elated, Modi’s speeches have failed to motivate the average Kannadiga. People expected him to talk about the economic development of the state,...
Dinner Diplomacy of Sonia does Some Good to the Unity Efforts of the Opposition
Sonia Gandhi’s dinner diplomacy reminisces her initiatives that had culminated in the formation of the UPA against the NDA. It was expected of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi that he...
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...
Three Incidents, One Cause: Deaths to Liberate Tibet
Eswar tells us about the supreme sacrifice of Tibetan people to liberate their land. For the first time in the history of Mankind, a Nobel Prize winner died in...
Why do Men woo Women on Social Sites?
Are men lecherous and debauch? If not, why do men flirt, woo and sextet women? Quoting personal experiences and studies, Samrudhi attempts to answer this question, in the new...
Right of Housing in India and Forced Eviction: Does the Disadvantaged have Enough Protection?
This article examines the protection mechanism of housing rights in India. The roles of Supreme Court and High Court have been discussed. In addition, NGOs roles are illustrated. For...