The Bethlehem of Portugal
It was here, where the River Tagus meets the Atlantic, that Vasco da Gama set sail to search for the new world. The name Be’lem has been derived from...
South Sudan: A Country in Perpetual Turmoil
Salva Kiir Mayardit took oath as the first president of the Republic that day in 2011, the new nation not only gratefully savored its first moments of independence from...
Big Boss Kamal and Dark Horse Rajini
Who is the dark horse – Kamal the Big Boss or Rajini the Kaala? The only ‘similar’ about Rajini and Kamal is that both are actor-turned-politicians. Superstars! Both have...
Trends in Indian Consumption and Retail
As the consumer moves towards more evolved and emotional buying, the need for finance options, both for consumption, as well as high returns on savings would grow more than...
Our Shantiniketan: Where the World Meets in a Single Nest – II
Education was treated as a matter of individual concern and not a method of mass production, as of today. The ancient Indian education was not merely theoretical but was...
Playing Ducks and Drakes with the Unique Ethos of Kerala
The distrust of the RSS-BJP whose professed ideology is at variance with and is abhorrent to the local populace, who are all equal participants in the political narrative of...
Air Travel Becoming Awesome: Hats Off to Technologies!
Farheen tells us how technology is making air travel much easier these days. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Air travel is one of the...
Gayathri had a Story to tell…
Strange are the twists and turns of life. A doctor, who had built a clinic, was being dispossessed of it by his sister, informed Gayathri. Life had a pleasant...
Do not Explore, just Ecoplore: Change the way you Holiday, for Mother Earth
Mahima, a Delhi-based freelance journalist gives us a sneak-peek of Ecoplore, which promotes eco-tourism, on World Environment Day, as Special Feature, exclusively on Different Truths. My esteemed readers, on...
Trees: The Givers!
Sunita celebrates the tree in a poem replete with rich images, in Different Truths. A row of trees Looks the same And yet so different- These glowing greens- Some...