As Harnaz Sandhu, with self-assurance and assertiveness, strong voice and spirited speech swept the Miss Universe title, she threw a message, not a bouquet of flowers to a waiting, receptive audience, but a bou
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Hamza Ameer IANS In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and its capital Kabul, which is the hub of global attention with questions being raised on rights to women and education for girls under the Taliban rule,
T Ningreichon In the words of Tapan Bose, a noted defender of human rights and democracy, ‘AFSPA is evil. It is not only against human rights but against humanity.’ A friend, who was working w-
It was a strange sound I heard from the trees the other day, and there through the branches saw stuck a coloured paper kite, along with taut string stretching and un-stretching and pulling the helpless kite tha
Ellen Konyak Jamir This past weekend, Nagas woke up to a horrifying reality – the death of 15 young men. The name Oting was unknown to many Nagas and the outside world until this past weekend. Sudde
IANS India is the most pro-vaccine country in the world with more than 98 per cent of the country's eligible population showing willingness to get inoculated against the deadly Coronavirus, as per
A few years ago my daughter sent me a photo, where she is sitting on a cycle in Central Park, New York. Under the photo, she has written, thank you for teaching me cycling daddy! It was while looking at her pic-
Was walking along the aisle of one of the most magnificent cathedrals in the world, looking with wonder at its lofty columns, how they arched into holding the spectacular roof, way, way above my head when I saw
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DIPR feature Kohima The survival of human beings and animals, both directly as well as indirectly, depends on biodiversity; as their basic needs in the form of food, water, and shelter are met from biodiver
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Every day I saw him with his terrified dog.Leash in one hand and stick in the other, he screamed, shrieked and shouted commands to the poor dumb creature and if the four legged fellow failed to comprehend or re
Nirendra Dev IANS Things have come a full circle yet again. What has changed between 1995 and 2021? Over 26 years. This columnist was 25 then and a bachelor; and today - I am a father of a doting-
Over one hundred and fifty years old, St Patricks Cathedral on 5th Avenue, Manhattan, once the tallest building in New York, still manages to captivate with its sheer magnificence! I walked in awestruck by its
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Dr Vikuosa Nienu The massacre of innocent civilians in Mon district last Saturday unequivocally reassertedthe ulterior motives of the Indian Armed Forces.Of the more than a dozen people killed, none were pro
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Rev Dr VK Nuh It would have been different story today if Mahatma Gandhi lived little longer, he said victory does not come from force but moral courage to resist submission from imposition. He continued if
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If youve been thinking that cricket is only discussed and talked about by men on the field or commuters traveling in Mumbai locals or Delhi to Agra buses, youre in for a surprise as my friend a bachelor, whose
Its December, and here in New York, Christmas décor is already seen everywhere. I saw a Santa Claus, Hey Santa! I said to the sad looking Santa Claus standing near a mall, You look a little sad, come on give u
My mother, God bless her soul, always told me I was well loved because I had three mothers! What she meant was that I was loved by not just her but also her two sisters, and I equally loved them back. The-
It lies on my table; a piece of wood, actually a bamboo with holes in it. I pick it up, glance at it, nothing spectacular in its looks, nothing to talk about, actually, what's there to talk of a dirty bamboo wi
Many years ago in the Land of Andhor, there lived a mighty king who loved to do pleasing things for his subjects the people of Andhor! One day while holding court there came to him many wise men from his kingdo
Kethoser (Aniu) Kevichusa I want to begin by asking two questions. The first question is: What is a university or a college? According to the great nineteenth-century thinker, John Henry Newman,
