A Roman Holiday
Ruchira tells us of her visit to Rome, the eternal city, many moons ago, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Rome has as sobriquet: The Eternal City....
A Day with the Maasai Tribe
The Maasai people are one of the tallest tribes in Africa. They are a unique and popular tribe of Kenya due to their long preserved culture. Their distinctive culture,...
Wildlife Tourism: Who Gains and Who Loses?
Aruna enquires who are the beneficiaries of wildlife tourism, in the context of Ranthambore National Park. Here’s an in-depth analysis, exclusively for Different Truths. Have you ever visited a...
tea, salt, and teranga
Not all salt harvesters are held in equal esteem. As in many economically-challenged zones across the world, outside Dakar, in the shallow basin of Senegal’s Lac Rose, salt workers...
Snapshots from South: A Redux
Ruchira tells us about two getaways, both quaint, in Kerala. These are Poovar and Padmanabhapuram Palace, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. While writing my memoirs about...
The Ancient Walled City
The walls around Toledo are an example of one of the most fortified complex systems of the Middle Ages in Europe. It is one of the oldest cities of...
Mehbooba Mufti is a Darling, But Whose?
Year-round foreign and Kashmiri terrorists go on a killing spree in J&K and Mehbooba wants to give them the Ramadan month off to rest their guns and limbs. She...
India Must Avoid Military Action in Maldives: Situation is Completely Different From 1984
The recent crisis in the Maldives has to be seen in the larger and long-term context of Sino-Indian rivalry to gain supremacy in the Indian Ocean Region and the...
Crisis in the Maldives has Greater Ramifications in the Power Games in South Asia
The Maldives, a contested terrain for power is actually undermining democracy and goes ahead to show that all is not well in the South Asian region. China is flexing...
Beauteous Sunset at Kanyakumari, the Southernmost Tip of India
Ruchira takes us to Kanyakumari, where the waters to two seas mingle with an ocean, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Mahatma Gandhi had once remarked about...