Remains of Love
An enigmatic poem about love and its loss by Nandita, for Different Truths. We have reached into the depths of a void plucked from the carnage of vestiges of...
In Praise of Boredom
Where is the time for the kids to be bored and tap into their inner creativity? Are the kids able to occupy themselves, even when there is no set...
Budgetary Rural Push not enough to Deal with Farm Distress
The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has given no sops to the middle classes by offering any concessions in the income tax rates. The industrial sector has been assured of...
Debt: Good for Banks, Bad for Individuals or Vice Versa?
Debt is seen as a financial necessity and accounting treatment in today’s world. But the old worldly wisdom of living within one’s means is challenged by debt, persuading Tarun...
Economic Survey: What Will Jaitley Choose Between Prudence and Populism?
The Survey, authored by the scholastic Chief Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Arvind Subramanian, is right in claiming that it strives to “combine rigor with readability,...
National Youth Day at the FTTI Pune
The birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda is celebrated as National Youth Day in India in most educational institutions. In 1984, the Indian government had declared that his birthday which...
Karni Sena Provides a Preview of Hindu Rashtra Institutions: Constitution Face Survival Threat
The reason why the Karni Sena, the gau rakshaks, the love jihadis and others belonging to the Hindu Right have come to the forepost-2014 and have been able to...
Cakes or Kebabs: We owe it to the Alien Cultures
Ruchira tells us how the composite Indian culture developed synergizing with other cultures, which the jingoists prefer to call alien, something that is corrupting the pure Hindu culture. Read...
Revisiting Rafoo Chakkar: Villainy, Crossdressing, and Chuckles Enliven the Comedy
At a time when men – Dev (Rishi Kapoor) and Salim (Paintal) – dressing up as women wasn’t a comedy norm, the mere transformation of both the actors is hilarious. Not...
What it is to be a Wife of a Geologist!
Here’s a tongue-in-cheek account by Dr. Preeti about what it’s to be a geologist’s wife. A humourous account of a rocky relationship, exclusively for Different Truths. “Civilisation exists by...