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  • Is the Naga issue simply a game of calculations without a solution?
    Earlier, the ‘Naga Issue’ generally meant only a single dimension – the ‘Indo-Naga issue’. But now the “Naga Issue” may be said to be comprising of at least two dimensi
  • NO CHARGE FOR LOVE
    A  farmer had some puppies he needed to sell.  He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups and  set about nailing it to a post on the edge  of his yard. As he was  driving the last nail in
  • Irom Sharmila and Anna Hazare—A Comparative poem
    Today every pore of my body is screamingFor you IromThe screams were suppressed since when...Anger was coming out in my screams and protestsAs I was screaming and shouting for your release at VT stationMy being
  • Perspectives on ‘Journey of common hope’
    As the ‘Journey of common Hope’ looks forward to the proposed ‘highest level  meeting’ of the Naga political parties for its consummation, the mood in the  interim swings betwe
  • Mission Calling
    EASTERN THEOLOGICAL COLLEGEComposed on September 17, 1956, at JorhatDown in the plains , Close to the shiny hills,Back in the fall of fifty,To the saints cry both in the plains and Hills,As a lone star bright a
  • South Sudan: Reflections on a fragile state
    Despite continuing North-South tensions, intra-Southern fragility is now one of the most pressing concerns in Sudan, whether or not Khartoum is fuelling the flames of these insurrections. With independence due
  • Win a battle, lose a war
    CIVIL SOCIETY has won a profoundly important battle against corruption. But it could still lose the war. The activists who spearheaded the victory do not have a clear idea of what they are fighting for. They ru
  • RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005
    After almost 55 years since the coming into force of the Constitution of India, a national law providing for the Right to Information was passed by both House of Parliament on 12/13th May, 2005. It is undoubted
  • End of first-past-the-post voting?
    On May 5, Britain will hold a referendum on whether to ditch the time-tested voting system in favour of Alternative Vote, a light variety of proportional representation. There are two big dates coming up in Bri
  • Death, Restoration and Life
    One has read that there will be a special service for reconciliation, led by the Forum for Naga Reconciliation this Easter. This creates a mixed feeling of both happiness and sadness. Happiness because God is t
  • Naga History: We Missed Our Flight Thrice
    To be able to take the right path in our journey forward, it is also important to find out where we have gone wrong in the past. So this is what this article is about –examining our missed chances to coll
  • Cheap Medicine For Good Health
    There are many ways of practicing the healing art. In India, Ayurvedic and Naturopathic medicine are highly respected along with conventional western medicine. And right here in Nagaland, every tribe has some k
  • Clarification on the article ‘Cross cultural marriages’
    In response to Abhijeet, pastor, NMBF Church, dated April 16, 2011, I put down in writing what he missed as I was also in that very same sermon. During my student life, sometimes I wonder why some students unde
  • Earth Day open letter to MLAs of Nagaland
    Honorable Member of the House.Greetings to you all on this ‘Earth Day’ as the world celebrates it for the 41st time since Gaylord Nelson, a United States Senator, founded the first Earth Day in Apri
  • Wash Others Feet
    Yesterday was Maundy Thursday. It is also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, and Last Supper. On this day, the Church reflects specially on the scene of Last Supper that Jesus had prior to his arrest th
  • In The Pursuit Of Healthy Happiness
    Since times immemorial, the human race has sought health, happiness and wealth —not necessarily in that order.  Wars have been fought and lives have been lost due to the overwhelming desire of posses
  • A dose of OMG!
    A week ago, I witnessed an incident that left an awful taste in my mouth. I was at a petrol pump near the city tower.  While I was waiting in my car, I saw a man chasing after this younger guy, a non-local
  • Troubleshooter Pranab Mukherjee wants to become prime minister
    Sonia Gandhi’s leadership of the Congress is facing two major problems, one or both of which may be insurmountable. Manmohan Singh has proved a non-asset in securing the Congress moral and political high-
  • Jan Lokpal: an alternative view
    After 42 years of hesitation and uncertainty, an institutional mechanism to deal with the all-pervasive incidence of corruption in India is in sight. What apparently moved the state machinery was the agitation
  • UN needs reality check
    In 2000 when every member of the United Nations agreed to focus on eight areas of universal concern, such as poverty and hunger, healthcare, primary education and status of women, there was enthusiasm that deve
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