One of the saddest sights seen is when a husband or wife dies and leaves behind a partner. You can literally see the one left behind asking silently, “Why did you leave me here? What will I do alone?” And t
During this festival time, there will be many who will visit religious places asking and praying for this or that:“I want a new car!”“A big house!”“I want the latest cell phone!”“An iPad!”And th
Monsoon weather isn’t the most cheerful weather! It certainly isn’t, and persistent rain, along with rumbling thunder adds to a feeling of impending doom. My daughter who studied in Seattle told me even the
The mother of the little boy was intrigued. Her shy son, who liked more than anything else the company of only himself, had suddenly got attached to his grandfather. “He just loves going out with him!” she
Dr Aniruddha Babar
Tetso College Dimapur
I am writing with heavily disturbed mind while sitting in some distant corner of India away from my beloved Nagaland amidst the majestic company of Himalaya.
My grandmother a woman of God, was of simple but great faith, and it was while growing up on her knee I learnt to trust the same God she worshipped with same childlike faith she had. A lot of which came to me t
This could happen after May, in the year 2024!“There’s something wrong!” I see myself shouting.“What’s wrong?” asks the wife.“I have been cheated, swindled, a fraud has taken place!”“What frau
Many years back while in business for my father, an interior designer, we would get a contract for the home of the managing director of some big company. Now in all probability I had already visited him in his
When all over the world, better roads allow vehicles to be driven faster, t’was strange the Madras Hight Court ordered the reduction of speed limits from 120 kmph to the old limit of 80 kmph.But they were rig
Rev Fr Dr P S Varghese
Principal, MGM College
“Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.”
Often our own fears tell the most untruthful stories. Rudyard Kipli
While having a discussion with a close friend of mine, “I told him, “There’s so much of anger, about rapes, potholes, economy mismanagement and poverty in the country! But I don’t see any change!”“B
How nice life would be with no problems, right? You get up in the morning, and there’s a calm, a peace, a wonderful feeling of quiet because, wow, there’s no problem!You smile to yourself, and drift back in
Rev Fr Dr PS Varghese
Principal, MGM College
"To teach is to learn twice over." - Joseph Joubert.
When I was a Pre-Degree student around two and a half decades ago, one of our English teachers,
David Balaban
Inter Press Service
Ransomware is deploying its encryption right on your computer. The malicious process runs in the background as you continue your everyday activities suspecting no cyber dis
Paul Rogers, Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
The Conversation
The September 11 attacks in New York and Washington were visceral in their impact. In less than three hours, the twin towers
Today what the world needs are individuals.What we see more than before are clones. Though we are all created to look different, think different and speak different, we find safety in being similar, and therein
Every day on opening my email I find kindly souls from Africa and now even India offering me vast sums of money if I hide the wealth some dictator has siphoned out of their country or that I’ve won a lottery.
“The China Virus!” spouted Trump, every time he opened his mouth about Covid-19, and now with Afghanistan taken over by terrorists, terror may get a new name: Virus-T!The world looks fearfully at the world
Abu Metha
In 1947, post-independent India inherited an administration which was created by its rulers to serve the interest of the British crown and its parliament. The whole set of Indian Civil Servic
Even now, nearly forty years after his death, from different households throughout the world flows out the rich, powerful voice of Jim Reeves. A strong baritone, he sang country, pop and gospel and even beat th