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
Wednesday, 19th November, 2025
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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
Sukant Deepak IANS Author and Chairperson of Infosys Foundation, Sudha Murthy feels that the virtual classes being held by schools owing to the pandemic need an overhaul in order to make them more interesti
In the good old days, cowards drew out dagger or spear and hiding in a crowd, thrust their weapon into intended victim! Nobody knew who did the deed because the assassin was hidden well.Today, with CC TVs insta-
Fr PS Varghese Principal, MGM College “The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives.” Malala Yousafzai Desp
Many years ago, I worked as a salesman in my dad’s interior decoration company. Something that I feared and dreaded was to get a call in the morning from dad, that a customer who’s place we were supposed to
I see many people talking on their cell phones while driving or riding their bikes, and to such as these do I bring back an article from my archives: The young man driving the latest fancy car had one arm on th
Many years ago while reading the book, Silas Marner by George Eliot, I remember the way one of the characters, Molly dies in a snow storm. She trudges through the falling snow and finding it increasingly diffic
India may be tops in IT, but for those who have not mastered mouse and motherboard, the changeover is a nightmare!A few years ago a writer friend of mine who was a diehard typewriter faithful finally was persua-
Fr Dr PS Varghese Principal, MGM College, Dimapur “Education is not filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” In modern society, education isn’t just about filling a bucket with w
D.C. Pathak IANS Soon after the capture of Kabul by the Taliban the radical outfit announced that the regime in Afghanistan would be based on Shariat leaving no one in doubt about the return of the Emirate
‘..truth is both a sword and a shield in a democracy…” Justice Chandrachud“Impossible!” we shake our heads and say in disbelief.“That there’s actually someone who believes in the truth!” we whis-
Tali Longkumer None will raise objection to the concept of forging unity among different parties as unity is a pleasantly accepted word that promises stability and progress. Nevertheless the idea of constitu
Three years ago Mumbai woke up to the scary news that a portion of a bridge in Andheri had collapsed. Soon all bridges were hurriedly scrutinized and the next morning’s paper mentioned three bridges had been.jpeg)
Arul Louis IANS The US has ended its longest war in a confused retreat amid a swirl of recriminations and a subdued reflection of its international role as Tuesday dawned in Afghanistan and the last US Air
The old man looked out of his window. He saw his neighbour very surreptitiously placing a ladder on his side of the wall, then as he watched, the man very quietly climbed up, put his hand onto the other side wh
SC Jamir Former Chief Minister & Governor The opposition-less Nagaland United Government as propounded by 60 MLAs of Nagaland is a new concept totally alien to democratic system of governance. It looks
