For centuries, world politics has been organized around kingdoms, empires and states, but with the development of alternative political movements the understanding and perception of governance is being transfor
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One reason why Nagas in recent times find themselves in a perpetual state of arrestation is because of the manner in which ‘monologue’ has become so embedded into the ethos of daily life. Indeed the healthy
IN the summer of 1999, three young men and one woman came to the Summer Peacebuilding Institute to participate in a two-month long program on various issues concerning the question of peace. Their presence at s
Human beings are eternally dependent on water for survival. It’s a natural law of life and over time water has become the core natural source that will decisively define the destiny and quality of human life.
The necessity to create a viable and secure political, social, cultural and economic environment that would allow people to exercise their rights continues to be the primary essence of peoples’ movement, the
The supposed ‘global village’ is filled with internal contradictions, which if not addressed constructively could have detrimental consequences to the question of human co-existence. The more aggressively t
Human trafficking constitutes one of the leading categories of violence in the world today. It is estimated that each year “1 to 2 million people are trafficked worldwide of which 225,000 are believed to be f
One of the most violent forms of violence is silence. In the face of compelling unjust circumstances, silence becomes violence itself. While it is true that silence can be a powerful medium of protest, one need
Over the years, the world of wrestling has gotten more glamorous with more showmanship while making a quite definite emphasis from sports to entertainment. I first new it as World Wrestling Federation, as it wa
The World Wide Web or the ‘free world’ as I would like to call it has revolutionized information and technology to such a degree, that the world of today does not seem the same anymore. Just in the last few
When Columbus found himself in the ‘Turtle Island’ he believed he had reached India and insisted, despite knowledge to the contrary, that the people he encountered were Indians. This encounter elucidated by
The headlines in recent weeks have sent shock waves through Naga society. In ways like never before, the public imagination is having to seriously contemplate upon the moral and social questions around the natu
The recent incidents of crime being reported in the State mostly involving young people is a matter of deep concern and requires public attention to the gravity of the situation if left unattended. It goes with
For centuries, world politics has been organized around kingdoms, empires and states, but with the development of alternative political movements the understanding and perception of governance is being transfor
Two years ahead of the general elections, a group of eight regional parties recently launched a new national front as an alternative to the Congress and BJP. The announcement came after a meeting of regional pa
With competition intensifying in every area of human affairs, the desire for a more meaningful and productive human resource has also gathered momentum, which in the present day has come to be measured by origi
The presidential race from afar is now looking more akin to the game of chess where each move is weighed and given much prudence before the decision is made. Just the other day, I marveled at how Sonia in her d
Recently an article was carried in the In-Focus column of this news paper commenting on the striking similarity between the UPA government and Team India (Cricket). Having likened Manmohan Singh to Rahul Dravid
Indigenous peoples, the world over have witnessed great destruction, despair and suffering meted out against them; challenging the very core of their social, political, economic and moral fiber. Yet, it is thes
As the news flooded the newsroom that Pratibha Patil, a relatively unfamiliar, yet veteran political figure in national politics was declared the UPA-Left consensus presidential candidate to the Rashtrapati Bha
