N Arhe
In the days leading up to the excitement of Christmas giving week, at a busy market in Dimapur, a middle-aged man, with little consideration for anyone else in line, pulled out a costly wallet a
Rev Dr Zelhou Keyho
General Secretary, NBCC
Nagaland has a long history of bringing the NLTP Act to black and white. The movement began in the early 1960s wherein, the church, and the civil societ
Dr Swaranjit Singh
Director SAS Polyclinic, Chandigarh
While I was studying in the Baptist English School, Kohima we planned to scale Mount Japfü with Nitso Shiza and other class mates. Nitso sai
Once in a while, when going with a friend to visit someone I am warned before I reach, “he is a henpecked husband!”“Oh!” I whisper, and go with quite some apprehensions of a wife pecking away at every s
Sara Bardhan
Inter Press Service
Coal—considered to be one of the most polluting fossil fuels and, therefore, one of the biggest contributors to climate change—took centre stage at COP 26. A las
In my book, ‘DARE’ I have a chapter, ‘Dare to Make and Keep Friends’, but thought that today we could talk about choosing friends!As the old adage says, “A Man is known by the company he keeps” and
As countries open up and we Asians start flying again, I thought it imperative to write this little piece, which I also recommend you take with a pinch of salt, though there is some truth in it.Most Internation
Bisma Bhat
Inter Press Service
My name is Bisma Bhat and I am a journalist in Srinagar, Kashmir. I currently work as a features writer at Free Press Kashmir, a weekly magazine.
I have lived in Srinagar a
Lhütü Keyho
NEHU, Shillong
One pleasant quality that has become characteristic of Easterine Kire’s writings, a trait that I have come to anticipate whenever I pick a new book of hers, is her
L Singsit
Dimapur
The student community welcomed the setting up of Nagaland Staff Selection Board (NSSB) with much happiness. Finally we can now get a proper opportunity to compete for jobs and do away with
Today, political rallies are all about candidates insulting each other. The days of dignified talk seem to be over, and just when I was beginning to feel sad about the bygone days, I suddenly started realizing
Imnajungla Jamir
Immanuel College, Dimapur
Have you ever been gaslighted? Or are you a gaslighter yourself?
Gaslighting is a form of psychological and emotional abuse that could occur among friends, coup
Robert ClementsShe greeted me like we were old friends, purring and wrapping herself round my legs, “Hey,” I said, “I don’t know you!” But from her friendly gestures I realized that, that didn’t mat
Robert ClementsIt was a narrow bridge one climbed from once a lazy station, onto the road above.Elphinstone Road station in Mumbai was hardly used previously, except by mill workers of old, going to work or ret
Here’s something special on Valentine’s Day:We seem to think the best relationships are between like-minded people, but not necessarily at all. Instead of changing your wife or husband to your way of thinki
A few years ago a friend came to me with a brilliant idea which required him resigning from his job and setting up business. The scheme seemed well thought off and it was some years later we met again and I fou
Many decades ago, on long train journeys, my father would take me to the end of the long platform and show me the mighty steam engine which pulled us. “Do you know how it works Bob?” he asked once. I shook
In the gigantic auditorium in Manila, in the Philippines, her voice richer than that of a nightingale filled the hall. We singers stood behind her. We were the choir she sang for, and felt proud, as the audienc
Mongsen Longkumer
Kohima
There is a saying I heard the other day, which said, ‘All art aspires to the condition of music’ which is profoundly true in many ways you wish to derive its meani
Robert ClementsHe had decided to end his life, and the place he had chosen was the railway track just before the last station, and just after the level crossing. He had given it careful thought, but decided he