World - Different Truths

February 9, 2018
IPA Service
Economy

RBI Dampens Budget Hopes with Rising Inflation: Fiscal MSP and Global Risks Rule out Rate Cuts

Indian economy is headed for another tough fiscal year (2018-19) both from a likely budget-fuelled inflationary surge within and from global rate rises across booming economies. Here’s a report...

February 9, 2018
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion

The Captivating Story of Mysore Silk, Irkal, Paithani and Banarasi Saris – II

Shameena tells us about other popular verities of saris, Mysore Silk, Irkal of Karnataka, Paithani and Banarasi saris, this week, in the second and final part of the two-part...

February 8, 2018
Madhumita Bhattacharjee Nayyar
Poem

Love

An intense love poem by Madhumita, for Different Truths. The air is thick with the grey damp fog, wet and cold, as the frost gradually froze, Yet I still...

February 7, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Majority of Indians have not Voted for BJP: Is Tyranny of the Majority in India Real?

The Muslims of India should strive to assimilate. Muslims with modern secular education who are not mullahs and maulvis should take over the leadership of Muslims. Here’s an analysis, for...

February 5, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Health, Politics

Confusion over New Health Protection Scheme: Insurance is no Substitute for Healthcare

The newly proposed insurance-backed national health protection scheme (NHPS) in the budget may protect insurance firms and private healthcare outfits, but not the common man’s health. Here’s an in-depth...

February 5, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Economy, Politics

The Pro-poor Stance of the Modi Government in the Union Budget is Sham, a Mere Lip Service

Income inequality in India is at its highest since 1992, say Chancel and Picketty and according to Credit Suisse, 2017, India’s richest 1% hold 58% of its wealth. This...

February 5, 2018
Devesh Chandra Mishra
Poem

I am Thinking

Devesh imagines a beautiful world and wishes it is true, in the verse, for Different Truths. I’m thinking So I’m a thinker I ‘m writing So I’m a writer...

February 1, 2018
IPA Service
Crime, Politics

Both India and Pakistan Have Rape Capitals

Indians and Pakistanis were joined at the hip, twins separated at birth, carrying the same worthless, gutless genes that make men both sides of the border do the awful...

January 31, 2018
Mahima Sharma
Book Review, Criticism

Mothering A Muslim by Nazia Erum Bares the Ugly Fangs of Social Reality in Contemporary India

Mahima discusses Nazia Erum’s best seller ‘Mothering A Muslim’ with the author’s take as well as reader’s reviews from across the world, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different...

January 31, 2018
IPA Service
Economy

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,...

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