Style Archives - Page 9 of 28

May 24, 2018
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Economy, International Relations, Politics, Trade, World

When Economics Morphs into Politics and Diplomacy: Trump Policies Bring Exalted Status to Russia

Sochi and St Petersburg have become, in a way, the centre of the world this week. Leaders from across the world are converging on to the two hotspots, seeking...

May 24, 2018
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

Child Labour

A poem about social awareness and a protest against employing a child as a labour, by Sarala, exclusively for Different Truths. Carrying heavy loads on their tender heads going...

May 22, 2018
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Politics

Worry for NDA as Modi-Shah Duo no Longer Unassailable: Congress-JD(S) Victory in Karnataka Galvanises Opposition

The contest in Karnataka, the BJP apparently thought that a barnstorming campaign by Modi would be enough to enable the party to sail through. That it nevertheless had slight...

May 22, 2018
Mamta Joshi
Cinema, Music

Music and the Cusp between Day and Night: Songs on Dusk from the Fifties to the Seventies

Music and poetry have been beautifully wedded in the songs of dusk in Hindi film songs where words become perfect pegs to showcase music aesthetically. The collapse of the...

May 21, 2018
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Politics

G-String Holding the Alliance Together: Congress Slowly Getting Back to Centre of Action

Opposition unity has still a long way to go, blighted as it is by individual personal ambitions. There are wheels within wheels in the opposition. And when Rahul Gandhi...

May 21, 2018
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Politics

Ominous Silence of Advani on Karnataka Crisis: BJP Patriarch Must be Regretting Backing Modi

Advani’s friends and well-wishers describe him as a real statesman, it is doubtful whether he could be accorded with this salutation. None of his actions in recent times, precisely...

May 19, 2018
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Politics

Yeddy Bids a Sweet Adieu: Numbers Just Did Not Work Out for BJP

Third-time unlucky, Yeddy realised he couldn’t cobble the magic figure of 111/112 required to stay in power. But that number was just not possible after the Supreme Court set...

May 19, 2018
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Politics

When Indira Gandhi Could Have Eliminated Defections: Case of First Defection in Madhya Pradesh

The first defection took place in 1967. Through defection elected governments of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh were overthrown. After the general elections, Congress came back to power...

May 19, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Democracy is Dead; Long Live Democracy!

The truth is that democracy is being murdered in this country every day. No party has the moral right, at least none among the mainstream parties, to criticise any...

May 19, 2018
Elsy Satheesan
Poem

The Caste of Cars

Here’s a social commentary and protest through the caste of cars, by Elsy, exclusively for Different Truths. Cars are moulded in many casts, and they have their castes too....