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  • BEYOND PERCEPTION
    Critical assessment of women’s safety in NagalandSentsuthung OdyuoIntroduction: Nagaland has often been portrayed as one of the safest places for women in India, with reports suggesting that crime rates again
  • Oh, Happy Day Tony...!
    Some people sing a song, and some people live it.Tony David did both.If you ever had the privilege of hearing him sing Oh Happy Day, you would have closed your eyes, felt his voice and the music seep into your
  • Washing or Kissing Feet..!
    As we try to save endangered animals from extinction, there is an endangered species of humans who are fast disappearing, and can hardly ever be found, and that is the servant leader!Ah, the Servant Leader! Tha
  • Musk Jr. In the White House..!
    Ah, the White House! The seat of power and dignity. Where presidents pause before every syllable, where journalists cross their legs like they belong to a ballet troupe, and where historical furniture sits with
  • A Real Women’s Day Gift..!
    The morning papers headlined PM Modi’s latest announcement, of handing over his social media accounts to women on Women’s Day, March 8.Sounds like a grand gesture, doesn’t it?A modern-day digital chariot
  • Divide Them-You Fall..!
    As I hear about roads being renamed and unjust laws being passed, let it be noted, there’s a curious thing about governments that thrive on dividing people: they rarely survive long enough to enjoy the fruits
  • Song of Election Freebies and Rising Debt of Indian States
    Prof Mithilesh Kumar SinhaDepartment of Economics, Nagaland University, LumamiIn the recent elections of three states, political parties have done the work of distributing freebies to middle class people which
  • Tapping and Nudging..!
    Something that happens during our wet monsoons is the stubborn defiance of jammed doors, unyielding windows, and cupboard drawers with an attitude that could put the most obstinate of politicians to shame.We pu
  • An India We Would Hate to Leave..!
    Some of the reactions by our own people, about the deportees from America, were hilarious and ridiculous. Some cursed them, others ridiculed them and many laughed at them.But….I know that most of these same p
  • Through the Eyes of a Child...!
    John believed engines made more sense than people. As a mechanic, he found comfort in gears, bolts, and oil-stained overalls. Machines were predictable; God, on the other hand, was a concept he had long discard
  • Look Beyond the Lie...!
    Very often I hear men and women telling me, “For me there is only black and white, it’s either a truth or a lie!”While I respect such people, and feel it’s commendable to be that way, I also see that ma
  • Elections Are Not Wars!
    I chuckle to see the quips and jokes put up by friends on WhatsApp groups after the recent Delhi elections. We must remind ourselves that there’s a certain madness that grips people when elections roll around
  • Don't Take Them Seriously..!
    On one hand I see the common man like you and me working hard to build a great country, and alas on the other, politicians doing their utmost to destroy our land; it's depressing to watch such happen."So you're
  • Your Tight-Fitting Shoes..!
    There’s something strange and peculiar happening in our country: Many have given up their freedoms, just for the sake of a narrow narrative, a narrative being repeated that their religion is being robbed from
  • Avoiding Another Joggers Park Incident..!
    I’m sure you felt a sense of sadness after reading the story that I penned yesterday.Many wrote to me expressing their disappointment that our world had reached such a state. So I decided that it would be hel
  • As the Myanmar junta’s hold on power weakens, could the devastating war be nearing a conclusion?
    Adam Simpson, University of South Australia and Nicholas Farrelly, University of TasmaniaIt has now been four years since the Myanmar military launched its cataclysmic coup against the democratically elected go
  • DeepSeek: how a small Chinese AI company is shaking up US tech heavyweights
    Tongliang Liu, University of SydneyChinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek has sent shockwaves through the tech community, with the release of extremely efficient AI models that can compete with c
  • Buried alive? The surreal story of how COVID took over a remote city in the Amazon
    Japhy Wilson, Bangor UniversityJuan Pablo Vaquero was pronounced dead in the Peruvian Amazonian city of Iquitos in the first wave of COVID-19 in April 2020. His sister wasn’t allowed to see his body. Three da
  • ‘Sorry, I didn’t get that’: AI misunderstands some people’s words more than others
    Speech recognition systems are less accurate for women and Black people, among other demographics. Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty ImagesRoberto Rey Agudo, Dartmouth CollegeThe idea of a humanlike artificia
  • Trump says he wants to take Greenland. International law says otherwise
    Donald Rothwell, Australian National UniversityOne of United States President Donald Trump’s more startling claims since taking office for his second term – and there have been many – is his insistence th
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