Infocus

  • IF GOD COULD SPEAK
    I do not recognize who I am'I've been in darkness for so long,That I am blind,I am afraid.I wish that I could talk to God,To ask Him what I need to do?But deaf am I,From long nights of screaming.Such pain I now
  • Development, justice and the Constitution
    Three judgments by the Supreme Court, in July, demonstrate the significance of social action. They draw important connections between courts, social sciences and social movements; connections that are often for
  • Why are we the only target?
    Of late, the NSF has been agitating about their so-called “backdoor appointments” in the power department and there have been various opinions about it. Though we are being made the fierce target, w
  • ON BACKDOOR APPOINTMENT...What Needs to be Done?
    The agitation against backdoor appointments in the power Department initiated by the NSF is definitely noteworthy. While appreciating its efforts I've been left to wonder whether it is only the Power Deptt that
  • Quota syndrome-a serious issue
    STs/SCs/OBCs have the privilege of reservations in Central government jobs, admissions to educational institutions etc. However, that privilege of reservation is applicable only when those candidates attain the
  • Letter from a Norwegian in Vienna
    People comfort each other outside Oslo City Hall as they participate in a "rose march" in memory of the victims of Friday's bomb attack and shooting massacre on Monday, July 25. Anders Behring Breivik
  • For Amy
    In this poignant and sensitive piece, comedian Russell Brand talks about the tragic loss of his friend, singer Amy Winehouse. In an impassioned conclusion, Brand surmises that "We need to review the way so
  • Grave Injustice
    As per the government orders published in the local dailies on 19th and 20th July, the Nagaland government has reappointed and regularized the services of over 1500 bogus teachers who had been under suspension
  • NAGAS LET US NOT BE IN OBLIVION
    We were split into groups arising from both known and unknown reasons. And even after so long years of decades we still remain split. As a matter of fact, so long has the process of reconciliation been. Reconci
  • Appointing the best qualified workforce through fair play
    Apropos of the reports regarding the unearthing of illegal appointments made in government departments and the ongoing agitation by the NSF against such appointments, and in what it appears to be targeting only
  • Peace and Development in Northeast India
    Many people talk about peace and development, but how many of us sincerely want peace and development in North East India? Arms Force Special Power Act (AFSPA) was introduced in NE regions in 1957 and re-impose
  • Pig production in Nagaland: Problems and Prospects
    Meat and meat products are a great demand in Nagaland. Meat is an integral part of a Naga meal. Almost cent percent of the population consumes meat and also there is no taboo associated with consumption of any
  • Mapping South Sudan
    Six months before South Sudan officially declared its independence, becoming the world's newest nation on 9 July, eight people met in an unremarkable boardroom in Glasgow over tea and biscuits to plot one of th
  • Wendi Deng: The real power behind the throne
    What did Wendi Deng first see in the billionaire Rupert Murdoch? It's the oldest joke in the book and one that has long been directed at this relationship – by everyone from supposedly hostile Murdoch fam
  • Heads: A Toast to the New Naga Generation
    Let us take a break from all the negative energy and pessimism growing within and give a round of applause to all young Naga achievers taking us to the Global stage within a span of just one week! They have pro
  • State Consultation on Responsible Tourism in Nagaland
    Foreign tourist dance with Naga dancers on the last day of the state annual week long Hornbill festal at Kisama, outskirt of Kohima, Nagaland on Tuesday, December 7, 2010. (File Photo: Caisii Mao) The prog
  • Targeting Gaps in the Food Supply Chain
    Agricultural production is only the first step in moving the world's food from farm to fork, according to Nourishing the Planet, a project of the Worldwatch Institute. The other links in the food chain - harves
  • Enemy of the Government
    The site which created history became an important tool for the social activist to vent out their anger and frustrations at the corrupted elite. Since its launch in 2006, Wiki leaks has gained fame and attentio
  • Darjeeling is smiling once again
    India's ethnic Gorkha women dance during a ceremony to mark the signing of a landmark accord offering greater autonomy to the Gorkha ethnic group in the hill town of Sukna, about 480 kilometers (300 miles) nort
  • Duck rearing- a promising enterprise in Nagaland
    Ducks are being reared all over the world and almost 75% of them are found in Asia. Domestication of wild ducks first started in china (as early as 4000 BC) and it posses the highest duck population in the worl
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