Transparent Archives - Different Truths

May 9, 2026
Tapan Mozumdar
Fiction

Waiting for Network…

This week’s fantasy fiction by Tapan is an interesting sci-fi, with engrossing twists and turns, exclusively on Different Truths. “Will you call the verses I write my off-springs?” In...

February 22, 2023
Smita Agarwal
Poem

The Breakdown

Here’s an intense and evocative poem by Smita. And then she was goneAnd he paced the apartment,A lone wolf, restless,Its tongue hanging out . . . He stood by...

June 27, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

An Invalid Character Certificate

A senior officer made a passing remark about the author’s character in front of her husband, which was humiliating for both of them, as they are officers in the...

June 8, 2018
Anumita Roy
Food

Delicious Maacher Kaliya: A Fish Delicacy in a Bengali Home

Maacher Kaiya is a fish delicacy in a Bengali home. Anumita, our Managing Editor, shares the recipe, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Geography has a vital...

June 6, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Fossil Fuel

Foolhardiness: Government Tries to Pull the Wool over the Eyes of People

The problem with high retail prices is due to the fact that the government treats petrol and diesel as cash cows to make money. The retail price of petrol...

June 5, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Report Card of Modi Government: More Misses than Hits amid Hindutva Backdrop

Four years on, are people happy? Under Modi government, there has been some success, but many failures. Despite all its achievements, which has driven by a deeper political agenda,...

May 29, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Politics

In Four Years, Modi has Transformed Despair into Hope: India is Now Fastest Growing Major Economy

The country’s mood from despair has transformed into hope and aspirations. Good governance and good economics have been blended with good politics. The result of this has been that the BJP...

May 25, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Four Years of Modi not a Bad Bargain for Economy: Probity in Decision-Making Seen Restored to a Degree

The first positive score would be that in four years we have not had one single instance of a major scandal. Accusations of money making on the sly by...

May 21, 2018
IPA Service
Legal Issues, Politics

Constitutional Crisis Post-Karnataka Election Results: Supreme Court has set Precedence

Much has been written about the significance of the Karnataka developments for the wider Indian politics, and whether it signifies the coming together of the major opposition parties to...

May 14, 2018
IPA Service
Aviation

Overseas Bidders for Air India Trying to Twist Sale Terms: Air Traffic Boom Sends AI on a Fast Recovery Track

It is not clear why the government wants to retain a 24 percent stake in Air India. Any holding below 26 percent is hardly of any use to a...