It is Christmas time, a season of activities to which we have waited for so long. It is a time for shopping and gifting and a time for reunion of families and friends. It is also a time to attend Church service
It is the other Guantánamo, an archipelago of federal prisons that stretches across the country, hidden away on back roads. Today, it houses far more men convicted in terrorism cases than the shrunken popu
ABSOLUTE ONENESSComposed on March 22, 1998 Hong KongWhen the rain from the sky falls upon a riverThe rain water mingles with that of the riverAnd form absolutely, inseparably one!Two bodies from two places ! Bu
An Indian policeman scuffles with an activist of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) during a protest march to mark International Human Rights Day in Srinagar, India on Saturday, December 10. More than 68,000
It was exactly at 10:22 pm (10/12/11) that I received a text message from my wife (whom, I had just left at Guwahati, a few hours back) that her pet dog ‘ROVER’ had been killed by some unknown (dog)
Manipur was in the news recently due to blockade of the only two highways NH 39 and NH 53 which is the lifeline to the State connecting to rest of the country! The blockades of the Kukis were for 20 days and th
If the measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable, then societies everywhere have cause to be ashamed. In a changing and dramatically unequal world, the global human rights system must prove its
Delhi and Naypyidaw had very recently countersigned the agreement on constructing a very huge hydroelectric dam in the Chindwin River viz. Tamanthi Dam whose actual site is at Tazone-Lawayyan around 35 km away
Hornbills are beautiful birds familiar to many as farmers of the forest that ensure the dispersal of fruit seeds. Nine species of these large birds are found in India, mainly in the Northeast and the Western gh
Over the past few weeks, Indian newspapers have been consistently giving prominent display to stories concerning FDI in retail. Naysayers and others were both quick to voice their opinions on the issue. Propone
A leader of the Naga pacifist organization, the Forum for Naga Reconciliation, has challenged Naga civil society and citizens’ stakeholders to the task, necessity and importance of imparting ‘educat
We have had a tiring but rewarding time this month in our "Save the hornbill" awareness campaign at Hornbill festival. Public support has been overwhelming. The online petition has enabled people from
We are living at a time when anti-corruption movements are gaining the strongest momentum with Anna Hazare spearheading the Jan Lokpal Bill. The bone of contention is how to present a strong Lokpal which includ
New York – Based on country data available, between 15 to 76 per cent of women experience physical or sexual violence from men in their lifetime. It happens everywhere – at home and at work, on the
New York – Smallholder farmers, who produce up to 80 per cent of all food in some areas, mainly in Africa, “face the risk of exploitation under contract farming arrangements with processing or marke
Perhaps for the first time, environment and related livelihoods issues figure in several chapters of a 5-Year Plan approach paper. But it is far from achieving the kind of integration of environment, economy, a
The most important piece of news yesterday, this week, this month, and this year was a new set of statistics released yesterday by the Global Carbon Project. It showed that carbon emissions from our planet had
ToThe Public Information Officer,Department of Power,Nagaland, Kohima.SUB: APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE RTI ACT 2005Sir,Kindly furnish me the following information:1. What is the standar
After weapons and drugs, human trafficking is the third most lucrative criminal business in the world – a 32-billion dollars global industry, which is estimated to be exploiting over 2.4 million people, t
The theme of the recently concluded 42nd Union World Conference on Lung Health was ‘Partnerships for Scaling Up and Care’. The large number of delegates who attended this 5 day yearly event came fro