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  • Citizens demand to stop India's nuclear programme
    Recent nuclear emergency in Japan leaves no doubt that this world needs to renounce nuclear power for military and civil/ energy purposes, as soon as possible, to put an end to any further catastrophe in the na
  • Judgment Day (A short skit)
    Archangel (in White Dress): The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for that is the whole duty of everyone. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every s
  • India and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
    India is home to the largest population of indigenous peoples of any country in the world. Roughly a quarter of the world’s indigenous population – around 80 million people – are scattered acr
  • To assert a right is to go against the current order
    For the past weeks, I have been involved in the campaign of different youth organizations against Tuition and Other fee increases (TOFI). Last week, I was part of the group of students from all schools of Bagui
  • The Arab counter-revolution is winning
    The current Arab counter-revolution is brought to you by the House of Saud - and enabled by the Pentagon. The Gulf has been plunged into pre-emptive war. After the initial euphoria of the great 2011 Arab revolt
  • War and love in Kohima
    It is not widely remembered in India today, but Kohima was the scene of an Allied victory in the World War II, a victory so decisive that it changed the contours of the war in Asia. The Japanese who had been ad
  • My Tribute To Rev. Deo Vihienuo
    (from a former junior associate Rev. Kevi Meru)It is Tuesday evening now (Wednesday morning in Nagaland) as I write this.  I have just come to learn of the passing away of Rev. Deo Vihienuo as I logged onl
  • Best way to make peace out of war? Women
    Today marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day – a time to take stock of the global picture for women. While the last century has been marked by the remarkable progress of women in m
  • Nagas need to preserve bountiful creation of God
    The Communities from Peren District felt the need to go for Eco-tour to some successful wildlife conservation site before it is too late. While realizing our responsibility entrusted by our Creator to conserve
  • Replicating Facebook revolutions
    Those analysing the feasibility of “Facebook revolutions” in authoritarian countries have so far veered between utopian visions and non-utopian smackdown. These approaches undermine what is in fact
  • Ad-hoc Teachers are not second-class citizens of Nagaland
    In January 1933, Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany and the Jews living in Germany were automatically turned into second-class citizens. Of course, Hitler did not straightaway sign any official paper
  • The wellspring of judicial activism
    So cynical has the public become about the impartiality and seriousness with which corruption cases against the rich and the powerful are probed, that hardly an eyebrow is raised when the judiciary starts activ
  • A new era for Tibet’s rivers
    Construction of a massive dam on the Yarlung Zangbo marks a turning point for Tibet, write He Haining and Jiang Yannan. A development boom is coming.The rushing waters of the Yarlung Zangbo, the last of China&#
  • Serious in Singapore
    I am in the Gan Eng Seng Primary School in a middle-class neighborhood of Singapore, and the principal, A. W. Ai Ling, has me visiting a fifth-grade science class. All the 11-year-old boys and girls are wearing
  • Japan: From Tsunami to Change
    The closer the view of the effects of the tsunami along Japan’s north-east coast on Friday 11 March 2011, the harder they are for the mind to absorb. A vast stretch of coastline where human settlements an
  • Challenges of developing a dengue vaccine
    In 18th century America, it came to be called “break bone fever,” a grim testament to the excruciating pain the sufferers experience. Dengue, according to the World Health Organisation, is the most
  • Nagas in the light of King Hezekiah’s life
    This questionary is meant to prickle the minds of the Young Nagas and old alike for biblical moral sound, spiritual strength and prosperous Nagas in the light of King Hezekiah’s life (2 Kings 18 - 20).Hez
  • Real woman empowerment
    Last week while driving home, I was shocked to see a girl in broad daylight, in full public view, opposite a thana, being thrashed by a young boy holding her by the hair. My driver hesitantly slowed the car and
  • Sign of the end days
    The picture was taken through mobile phone in the year 2010 between the months of March to November I am Smti. Ayinla Rawther from Yimchunger Community married to a Keralian and presently living in Pandala
  • The Greatest
    Left, 1. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). From top left, 2. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), 3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 91). 4. Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828). From middle left, 5. Claude Achille D
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