We often see Muhammud Bin Tulugh qualities in the Chief Minister of Nagaland. Historians often describe Muhammud as eccentric ruler for shifting capital from Delhi to Devagiri without preparation and for raisin

With State Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh around the corner, and its campaign clearly floundering, the Congress has embarked upon a dangerous path that can only lead to social conflict. The party’s cy

The United Nations says that the world’s population will reach 7 billion people this month.The approach of that milestone has produced a wave of articles and opinion pieces blaming the world’s envir

Gadaffi belongs to a generation of Middle Eastern and African leaders who sought to become heroes of the past, but ended up resembling the very invaders and oppressors their heroes fought against. Libya’s

Every year 3rd December is observed as World Disability Day. As we all (Disabled, parents/families of disabled children, NGOs, SSA IED, Vodafone, World Vision, District Administration, Church Youth, Media, indi

The speed with which the neighbouring States of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh recently started objecting to a possible supra State status towards finding a solution to the Naga Impasse will have convince

Disability is widely recognized as a cross cutting developmental issue that has relevance to all dimensions of social exclusion. Even today, if we link up disability to developmental issues, it raises serious c

In the face of the world’s urgent economic and environmental problems, political leadership is failing. But from the ground up, new tools of understanding are emerging to fill the gap and point a way forw

It was with great ecstasy women of Nagaland welcomed the Gauhati High Court verdict vis-à-vis the issue of 33% women’s reservation in local bodies. As has been published in all local newspapers, the

The anti-corruption drive that took India by storm over the last few months has calmed down a little. That said, it would be wrong to assume that we have seen the last of it. Team Anna did not get what they wer

Different colours of green swirled around us as we walked through the leafy canopy of the thickly growing trees, in the Godavari Project Centre in Kathmandu. Godavari is a 40 hectare pilot project of The Intern

As part of the Hornbill Bill festival, the Beauty & Aesthetics Society of Nagaland (BASN) will present the mother of all the pageants ‘Miss Nagaland 2011’ on 6th Dec 2011 at the State Academy Ha

What is ‘Hornbill Festival?’ I was asked by one of my friends the other day. ‘The answer is very easy, but difficult to describe the details in a few sentences and in a few minutes’, I t

Thirty years since the first reported cases of Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in 1981, the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been unprecedented, especially in terms of global and national initiat

In both Greece and Italy, the biggest threats to the European monetary union, technocrats rather than elected political leaders have been given the daunting task of salvaging the economies, a crucial step towar

STANDING TALL: Evelyn Dale and Theresa Nowlin, from left, received support at the Boston Living Center and now help others there. Decades after being diagnosed with AIDS. HIV continues to have a devastatin

On the 2nd of May 2011, the whole world woke up to the sensational and electrifying news that the world’s most wanted man Osama Bin Laden had been killed in a military operation undertaken by US elite com

ToThe Public Information OfficerRoad & Bridges,Kohima NagalandSub: Application under Section 6 of the RTI Act 2005Sir,Kindly furnish the information sought herein below1.    What was the tota

Deep in jungles far from the international spotlight, Myanmar's army continues to torture and kill civilians in campaigns to stamp out some of the world's longest-running insurgencies. Human rights groups say t

Recently there has been a huge hue and cry about the traffic problems faced in Nagaland. In my humble opinion it is a boon for us as we have come to a saturation point where each and everyone of us know that so