Karl D JohnThe capitalist credentials of Vietnam’s Communist Party will be under the global spotlight when the country hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. [1] At the same time, the mass

The tribals of Manipur constitute a sizable percentage of total population consisting of abut 30 odd tribes living in the five hill districts namely Chandel, Churchandpur, Tamenglong, Senapati and Ukhrul.  

Pallavi Aiyar Even as China has become a “model” that India’s political and business classes look to emulate whether it comes to special economic zones or urban planning, the Chinese until recently w

Sudha Ramachandran A recent media report has pointed out that Muslims have been kept out of some wings of India’s intelligence apparatus. While the thin presence of Muslims in jobs and education is well

Shawn W Crispin For those looking for chinks in Thailand’s new government’s armor, they’ll be hard-pressed to find any vulnerability in the military-appointed interim administration’s economic stew

Benjamin MaikhoThe famous mind boggling Pink Floyd song ‘Another brick in the wall’ goes ‘hey teachers leave the kids alone, we don’t need no education’. Today our kids need education. Education is so

Dhruba Adhikary The deal reached on Wednesday in Nepal is being described as historic. Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, who has been leading a coalition government since May, told the Nepali people th

Brian MurphyThe death threat came on simple white fliers blowing down the streets at dawn. A group calling itself “Friends of Muhammad” accused a local Palestinian Christian of selling mobile phones carryin

M. Shahid AlamIn a recent interview published in Haaretz, Naftali Tamir, the Israeli ambassador to Australia, articulates a perennial need for ‘white’ collaborators that has defined the Zionist project sinc

Roni Ben EfratChallengeAmerica’s entrapment in Iraq creates a vacuum through the Middle East. The way out of that war has become the great question of US politics. Mid-term Congressional elections are due on

It is good news for the Naga students of Manipur four hill districts that the Nagaland government has decided to allow the students of the four Naga districts to appear for the Class X Examinations to be conduc

Richard HumtsoeGod knows that acrimony and detestation can cause severe headache; a desire for revenge can cause ulcers.These attitudes hurt other people too. God showed his love for us by setting certain limit

Manoj JoshiEven as a coalition government reaches the mid-point of its five-year term in India, and its economic growth settles around a handsome 8 per cent, our neighbours — east, west, north and south — a

Harry de QuettevilleWhen Avigdor Lieberman, a populist Israeli politician frequently compared to Austria’s Jörg Haider and France’s Jean-Marie le Pen, proposed to bus thousands of Palestinians to the Dead

Minister of education Mr. Imkong Imchen’s statement that the state government would not remain silent on the affiliation of schools of Naga-dominated areas of Manipur to the Nagaland Board of School Education

Gopal KrishnaKeeping in mind the characteristics of Indian municipal solid waste, a Supreme Court committee had recommended composting and recycling. Still, in our cities and towns, on an average, only 60 per c

George Monbiot It is a testament to the power of money that Nicholas Stern’s report should have swung the argument for drastic action, even before anyone has finished reading it. He appears to have demon

K. RatnayakeTalks between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Geneva last weekend broke up without agreement on any issue, including the convening of another round. The

Zakie Khate One-day future generation of Nagas will look back at the present times and say that it was one of the darkest periods in the Naga History. They would say that the present time was the most sens

Aseem ShrivastavaIn an article concerned with the rapid urbanization of India and China, a writer for London’s Financial Times (August 5/6, 2006) points out that Bangalore “has become a byword for a catastr