Infocus

  • On Nagaland’s food safety index
    Moa Jamir Last week, the State’s citizens were greeted with a positive-sounding headline on various media outlets that Nagaland was ranked sixth in the latest State Food Safety Index (SFSI) 2020-21 rel
  • Not Yet..!
    A man who had just lost his job went over to a shop and with the last of his money decided to buy a beautiful teacup for his wife. On the display shelf, he saw the perfect cup and told the sales person to take
  • Tackle the Impossible..!
    Around the beginning of the last century, polio was rampant, irreversibly paralyzing thousands of children. Immunization programs were introduced and Rotary took this as their major project. In 1988 350,000 chi
  • Hurry Up and Be Patient..!
    I remember before the lockdown taking a long drive with a friend of mine to check out a problem with a trust in which we were both trustees. I enjoyed the drive and the comfortable car he took me in. He wasn't
  • The Universe and Our Destiny
    Book Review by Philatim Jagoi When I heard that an 11 year old child had authored a book about a complex area as that of the universe and humankind, I thought, “Nah...There’s no way that a 9 year
  • Don’t Grieve too long, Move On..!
    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
  • Be Thankful It’s Only Your Rolex..!
    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
  • Drawing Open the Curtain..!
    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
  • A Library of Patience..!
    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
  • Death of an ‘Invisible Man’
    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. 
  • A God of Miracles..!
    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
  • Breaking News Hangover..!
    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
  • An Unsuitable Suit..!
    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
  • Reduce the Speed Limit..!
    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
  • Proud to be a teacher
    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
  • Impotent Armchair Anger..!
    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
  • I Have Problems..!
    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
  • Proud to be a Teacher
    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,
  • How to Protect Your Data from Malicious Encryption?
    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
  • 9/11 did not change the world, it was already on path to decades of conflict
    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
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