Adieu Sweet Yeddy, 112 Times!
The Supreme Court judgement puts to rest at least one anxiety: No horse-trading. With the DGP told to provide security to MLAs till they arrive to vote, the Chief...
Supreme Court has Prevented Horse Trading by Advancing Floor Test: Karnataka Episode Should be a Lesson to Governors
According to latest judicial pronouncements, if an alliance of two parties gets a majority, its leader should be invited to form the government. It hardly matters if the alliance...
Khichuri: The Perfect Comfort Food – I
Our Managing Editor, Anumita, shares the finger-licking recipe of Khichuri, Bengali style, in the first part of her two-part article, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. It...
Petro Product Prices at Historic High: Demand Growth, Iran Sanctions to Blame
OPEC members cut down production by over 1.5 million barrels per day. Coming on top of that, the Trump decision to walk off Iran deal and impose sanctions, which...
Keeping India Awake for Height of Trivialisation? It is not about Numbers but Power, says Court
After the ‘Midnight Drama’, BS Yeddyurappa takes oath as Karnataka CM. The top court will take up the case again on Friday. In the meantime, the BJP has been...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Backup Plans of Kamsa – LXII
Nilanjana recounts the tale of a backup plan of Kamsa, aimed at killing Krishna and Balarama, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Sukha smiled, “Now Kamsa began...
In the Absence of God
An intense live poem by Ayub, exclusively for Different Truths. It was the secret you told me, I had faith in it too, That your heart is a trustee...
Great Chilean Musician Max Berrú Carrión Passes Away
Despite not being born in Chile, Max Berrú became Chilean by choice and lived five long decades in that country and became an emblem of trans-Andean music. Together with...
Bitter Cup of Woes of the Sugar Industry
The moot issue is whether the latest support would help mills, burdened as they were with payment arrears of a humongous Rs. 13,899 crore to the growers as on...
An Insight into the Psyche of the Modern Man in the Poems of Basudeb Chakraborti – III
Basudeb Chakraborti’s poems, on loneliness, offer mature insight into the psyche of the modern man. In his poem, ‘Love to be a Loner’, he declares: “A life of complete fulfilment I...