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A poignant story by Michele, concerning neurodiversity, for the Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths. “When I am not prepping or playing a concert, or teaching, I paint,” he...
Media in the Times of Impeachment: Opposition Politicians, Mutineers Speak Same Language
Ideologies are basically left of centre and right of centre. Governments are ideological. The judiciary has to be above politics. And media has to walk the tightrope. So, when...
Pashtun Protest Escalates Braving Heavy Odds: People Overcome Fear to Fight for Their Rights
Ever since the 26-year old civil rights activist Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen emerged as the main voice of PTM from February, the focus is on protests to put an end...
Charlie Chaplin: The Tragicomic Tramp Who Won Many Hearts Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977), an English comic actor, better known as Charlie Chaplin, is the greatest comedian that the cine world has...
Keylogging: Boon or Bane
Keylogger is a hardware or software plugin which can secretly capture all the keystrokes entered through the keypad of a typing device without the knowledge and consent of the...
The Art of Public Speaking
We are in a world now where communication skills are the most important competency that will make or break your career. And public speaking is part of this competency....
Always Listening, Always Recording Masters of the Universe: No Matter Phone on or off, Snooping is on
Facebook has data about complete strangers, never logged, never clicked ‘like’ or ‘share’. That is the bigger cover-up. Tech giants like Facebook and Google, besides being evasive, are also...
Of Midnight Knocks, Uncouth and Lecherous Men
A midnight knock in a Circuit House had scared Hemashri. She was about to raise an alarm to punish the drunkard. But, other incidents crowded her mind. She tells...
Anti-Trafficking Bill is the Worst Victim of Lok Sabha Logjam
The long-pending legislative initiative by Women and Child Welfare Minister Maneka Gandhi — The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018 — could not be introduced at...
Turbans are the Identity of the Sikhs – IV
Shameena tells us about the importance of turbans amongst Sikhs. It’s a part of their identities, she says, in the fourth part of her weekly column. A Different Truths...