Long years ago we made a pledge with destiny and now the time has come when we shall redeem our pledge, not in full measure but substantially… when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom, so s
Wednesday, 25th February, 2026
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Some have said that Hope is what threatens power; Hope is what drives the revolution forward. If hope is a decisive element that defines the line between status quo and transformation, between oppression and ju
The continuous task to collectively envisage imaginatively a better relational society is by no means a recent attempt; it has been the ideal yearning of all who contemplate in thought and in action to lead a p
Terrorism wherever and against whomsoever it is perpetuated against, inevitably creates a fear psychosis in the minds of ordinary people. Terrorism today feeds on the fear that it is able to generate in the min
A major terrorist plot to commit mass murder on an unimaginable scale by blowing aircraft flying from Britain to the US has been unearthed by the police in London. There should be no two opinions that the Briti
Pressure is now mounting on Coca-Cola and PepsiCo even as two more Indian states banned the sale of their soft drinks at government-run schools and colleges amid allegations they contain high levels of pesticid
There has been much persuasive analysis and opinions on the increasing climatic changes taking place around the world. But as it often happens, such pre-emptive signs are ignored and when reality hits, panic se
After more than nine years of ceasefire, fifty-odd rounds of political negotiations in about nine different countries from three continents, the effort to find an honorable and peaceful solution to one of the o
In a now famous quote, President Abraham Lincoln was said to have commented to a visitor to the White House in 1865: If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respec
August 9 of every year is recognized as the International Day of the Worlds Indigenous People. It was in 1994 that the United Nations General Assembly took the historic decision to observe August 9 as the day f
Once aptly named in the media as the Union Minister Without Portfolio, K. Natwar Singh seems to be turning into a political hot potato for the ruling Congress party. As a man now desperate to rebuild his sullie
The word Shri seems to have become part of the Naga in-culture while addressing a person, particularly people holding some position of an official nature. While it is quite obvious that the word Shri comes from
The manner in which merit students, deserving seats from the allotted MBBS quota, had been snubbed by powerful vested interest politicians and bureaucrats has obviously not gone down well with the student commu
Recognizing the present course of human events, it is not difficult to discern the acute need for existing policies to shift from a politics of want to the politics of need. At the moment, policies are reflecti
According to a recent study Gender impact of HIV/AIDS in India, carried out by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the number of women living with HIV/AIDS is on the rise in the country and it has be
The one critical lesson emerging from the ongoing Israeli military operations in south Lebanon is, that military force can no longer guarantee absolute victory. Yes, it can contain and maybe weaken the perceive
At this time in history, what people of faith need to do is not to go left or right, but to go, deeper. In essence life issue should not divide people of the same faith, and yet in reality it does. The presence
The last few days, people in Nagaland are waking up to find that funds meant for providing basic health and education services are either going missing or is being misused by unscrupulous elements who are out t
Despite claims of significant technological and economic progress the world is plagued by small wars where 95% of which 90% are caused by small arms. It raises questions on whether the world has not been unable
Finally a road map appears to have been sketched for an amicable solution to the Government of India-NSCN (IM) dialogue process. Concurrently, both sides have now agreed to extend the ceasefire in Nagaland by o
