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...
Chennai Express
Humour writer Rachna writes about the comical derailments on a frequent train route she takes. These days, I take the train from Bangalore to Chennai. I have stopped taking...
Varanasi’s Lodge: Ganga, Six Men & Strange Ghost
Here’s an interesting story of six men, based on true life incidents, by Arindam, for the regular column, exclusively in Different Truths. On the rooftop of a well-known lodge...
Discretion is the Better Part of Valour
Hemashri recounts how she handled a violent mob – an experience that she had shared during a training session of officers. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively for...
Human Rights Justice: Who are the Torture Victims? – I
Amit, our Editor-at-Large (Europe) analyses role of an India based Non-Governmental Organisation working for the torture victims of marginalised groups (such as Dalits, Muslims) using novel methods of testimonial...
Tombstone Attack can Prosecute Your Dead Parents
Tombstone scammers steal dead identities mostly for three reasons – to commit financial frauds, enjoy medical benefits or perform criminal acts behind a cloned individual. But the best part of...
Red Star Flutters Radiantly in Kathmandu: Union between Two Communist Parties Opens New Era
The PM of Nepal, Khagda Prasad Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal signed an agreement, according to which the new unity party will be named ‘Nepal Communist Party’, whose...
Deve Gowda Becomes the Good Father, but another Baby Goes Out With the Bath Water
Siddaramaiah has lost more than one arm. BS Yeddyurappa lost his cup of joy because there are these things called ‘slip’ and ‘lip’. Amit Shah lost his confidence. Rahul...
Diplomatic Struggle of India against Racial Apartheid[1] in South Africa and its Contemporary Hypocrisy on Human Rights
India since its Independence until the 1970s has played a central role in mobilising third world countries on the issue of Self-determination and racial equality. Amit, our Editor-at-Large (Europe)...
Cooped up in Kodaikanal
Continuing with the backpacking trip in the South of India in the last column, Soumya tells us about a trip to Kodaikanal, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different...