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  • Peace in a World of Massacre
    Mark Galli When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “
  • Looking beyond the chicken’s neck
    Surekha SuleThe economy in the North East is still largely based on subsistence-oriented farming. There is plenty of frustration arising out of inability to meet modern aspirations.What are the options for peop
  • Injustice, Lies and More Lies Endangers Peace
    Elf HmarIn the last fifteen months or so, human rights in Manipur has brought about a new dimension on the issue and also evoked a lot of murmurings. Most of them were, unfortunately, of disbelief on the role o
  • Enigmatic scenario of Naga struggle
    What is supposed to be is not. The clear and unambiguous political objective had been laid down by the Naga patriot under the aegis of the NNC since its inception comprising the leaders of the present NSCN (K)
  • DARK CORRIDORS Breaking the silence on child abuse
    Ambujam AnantharamanChild Sexual Abuse (CSA) and its prevention have become major problems in all countries, particularly in India, with the absence of specific laws against CSA and the lack of awareness on the
  • Struggle for Political Identity of Tikhirs and the Nagas
    Nagas are the indigenous inhabitants of Nagaland. It consists of various Tribes that speak different languages. It has its own custom, tradition, culture and originated places which vary from tribe to tribe. Si
  • A Tourist in Mon
    Abraham LothaWhen foreign tourists sign up to visit Nagaland to experience cultural tourism, their first choice of place to visit within Nagaland is usually Mon district to see the exotic Konyaks in their unspo
  • Easter Message 2007
    Bishop Jose Mukala Bishop of KohimaWhen the Risen Lord appeared to the apostles they were not expecting him. They were surprised. We may ask: did Jesus not foretell his resurrection more than once?Sure he
  • A Cry for Acceptance, Unification and Reconciliation
    Mhaphüvi NaleoOh what a pity for those like minded people. The famous Aristotle’s saying, “Birds of the same feather flock together” has finally become a reality where a community becomes exclusive. Thes
  • The Naga Predicament
    Azium ZeliangWhere are the Nagas heading? Leaving aside the many tribes or people where lots of hatred, killings, discontentment, struggling, crying with insecurity, looking and not knowing whether to confront
  • Junta Puts Political Reform Plan on Hold
    Larry LaganBurma’s military rulers have put the country’s political reform process on hold amid divisions and uncertainty on how to move forward on ‘national reconciliation’ as the junta calls its progr
  • Discovering Our Quiet Eminence
    Fr. T.C. Joseph SdbToday’s generation has to constantly combat the false list of criteria set by the campaigners of consumerism that make strong ones weak and weak ones weaker. We live in an era that is appar
  • “Diminishing Democracy”
    U A ShimrayIn Nagas society, leisure is entertained in the form of activities like hunting, fishing, Morung and gossip platform. Among these, gossip platform is considered important place where people debate an
  • The new transporters of WMDs
    Hugh GriffithsSmall arms and light weapons known as SALW kill more than 300,000 people per year leading retired UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to brand them “weapons of mass destruction in slow motion.”SAL
  • Democratizing Blame
    Somnath MukherjiThe release of a summary of findings by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in early February has created flutter around the world – it is as if the findings somehow actualise
  • The Promise of Liberation – The Delivery of Oppression
    Sonali Kolhatkar  Women’s liberation is a concept that has become widely touted though rarely applied. Men have promised us liberation to justify war, capitalist exploitation, and other forms of degradat
  • India, US to close nuclear deal
    Siddharth SrivastavaIt is one year since US President George W Bush visited India. To mark the occasion, a high-powered US business group is in India to take forward what will be a major milestone of Bush’s t
  • Women Take Brunt of Ethnic Minorities’ Struggles in Burma
    Marwaan Macan-MarkarAt 17 she was in Geneva, not as a tourist but as an invitee speaker at the annual sessions of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. In 2005, aged 24, she had a celebrated hour-long
  • Femininity Must Incorporate Strength
    Joan M. DawsonDefining Women:This time last year, police charged a peaceful assembly of women’s rights activists in Iran and beat hundreds of women and men. They did so again this year. Police have also marre
  • Liberated Community as the Making of History
    Mhaphüvi NaleoWhat is meant by liberation? It simply means ‘being free’- having a right or privilege. From the Biblical perspective, it is deliverance or redemption from any barriers that hinder one’s re
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