A Man in a Cage
Suveera tells us of a man living in a cage in the old part of Hong Kong, his struggle, strife, and victory, in the weekly column, exclusively in...
Protests against WTO Restrictions on Food Subsidy: India has the Largest Number of Hungry and Malnourished People
AIKMS has stressed that today India has the largest number of hungry and malnourished people. It has 48% of the under-fives who are seriously malnourished and 56% of its...
How the Ancient Mariner Lost his Albatross
Here’s a story within a story from Soumya, in a genre different from humour, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. He wasn’t that ancient really, being a...
Poetry and a Call for Change
Here’s an interview by Abha Iyengar, exclusively for Different Truths, with Aabha Vatsa, who brings the winds of poetic change to Faridabad. Vatsa feels that we are living in times...
The Path of Life Connects to me
Here’s a poem about life. Aishwarya travels within and without, in this verse, in Different Truths. Strange is life, stranger is its ways, filled as much with mystery as...
Self-acceptance: A Realistic and Subjective Understanding of our Worth
Self-acceptance can be nurtured. It is not anybody’s exclusive property. The first step towards promoting self-healing is to be self-compassionate. Cultivating this compassion, helps us to like ourselves and...
Can we Achieve Perfect Harmony through Gender Justice?
Kolkata-based young lawyer, Vedatrayee, dwells on the subject of gender justice. She examines it socio-politically, in the historical perspective, to challenge established biases, in the weekly column. A Different...
Vipassana: A Logical Meditative Process through Self-observation
Broadly, ‘mindfulness’ defines any sort of meditation. Vipassana means ‘to see things as they really are’. It is a logical process through self-observation. This form of meditation was discovered...
How Much Tax Should a Government Collect?
Higher tax should also translate into a higher development and social security. Are we also doing that, asks Tarun, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I must...
Rana Safvi: The Untold Story
The world knows her as a famous historian who came out with her first book at the age of 58, a firm believer in the Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb of India...