Rajat NarangWhenever I hear the word ‘Reservation’, the first things that come to mind are trains, planes and movie tickets – where you need to make a reservation for a seat. But, of course, there is also

Fiona HarveyScientists at Nasa, instead of staring into the skies, have been using satellites to look down at the world and track how it is changing. Within a year, the US space agency disclosed this week, an a

In a democratic set up, a government is run by the body which has the mandate of the people known as the government of the people, by the people and for the people. On the other hand, people’s mass based orga

Mukoma Ngugi  The Berlin Wall is dismantled brick by brick in November of 1989. It becomes a symbol of freedom and new beginnings. A few months into 1990 the Soviet Union collapses and from its ruins a ple

The selection process of the Nagaland Public Service Commission for recruiting officers to the Nagaland civil and allied services has evolved over a period of time. Through past shortcomings and failures, the C

Girish Mishra  In Western Uttar Pradesh, the State government has allotted agricultural land, acquired from peasants on very low rates, to industrialist Anil Ambani for building power plants and setting up

Johann RossouwThe African National Congress is losing the support of its communist and trade union allies in South Africa after 12 years in power. The growth rate there is rising impressively but economic divis

B S PrakashConcentration or constant diversion; one track or multi-task – that is the question confronting many parents today. If you are a parent, you know the story, but let me explain how it hit me recentl

David ShoshaniNot every belief that you hold needs to be directly related to TrueLove. Often times many of our world-views just slightly touch that issue. Take for instance a girl who has experienced several un

Jai Arjun Singh It’s only human to think of one’s own generation as somehow more significant than others. I’m 29, and my conversations with friends of the same age (or two to three years in either di

Siddharth VaradarajanIN INTERNATIONAL affairs, minor details often tell us more about the big picture than ponderous declarations and weighty documents. Next week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will travel to B

Shivam Vij “If one seeks to remove violence from everyday life, the place to begin should be the classroom”September 5 was Teacher’s Day, a day when students go to school and present their teachers w

Cynthia Boaz and Jack DuVallThe future of Iraq is in jeopardy, not primarily because of foreign occupation, aborted reconstruction, Iranian interference, unregenerate Baathists, venal Iraqi politicians, Islamis

Nirupama Subramanian On Saturday, Pakistan gave Balochistan the martyr the region’s nationalist cause lacked these last 58 years, when security forces killed Akbar Khan Bugti. The irony: the 79-year-old

Uri AvneryIn his latest speech, which infuriated so many people, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad uttered a sentence that deserves attention: “Every new Arab generation hates Israel more than the previous one

Cahal Milmo While his peers from St Augustine’s Catholic school were this month contemplating university careers or first jobs, Jason Chelsea was preoccupied with a different future: his first tour of du

Satya Sagar  ‘Arab-looking Sri Lankan journalist’ said the caption of the photo in the Sunday edition of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. That was me, a bearded Indian working for a Sri Lankan video prod

Noam ChomskyThough there are many interacting factors, the immediate issue that lies behind the latest US-Israeli invasion of Lebanon remains, I believe, what it was in the four preceding invasions: the Israel-

Dolly KikonOn 9 August, 2006, the Manipur education minister, Mr. Nandakumar warned the hill districts of Manipur, government of Nagaland, and civil society to refrain from interfering in Manipur’s issues. He

Nanda WickramasingheOngoing fighting initiated by the Sri Lankan military against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is creating a social catastrophe. More than 160,000 people have been displaced since