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  • Priority of the days 
    Rev Dr Phuveyi Dozo, Naga United Village, Dimapur The world is going through a blustery wave of adversity with crumbling and fluctuating scenario. At this time of dire need, it is amazing and impressive to
  • Pointing Beauty to a Despairing World..!
    Even as musicians carefully wrap their instruments in satin felt, and place them inside cases, I urge them to bring them out. In a despairing world, it is art and creativity that shows beauty that will soon be
  • Right Connections..!
    In our great country not many awards are won through merit or hard work, most are won through right connections!The stationmaster of the local suburban station came and stood by me, leaving his office in the ca
  • Unlearning During a Lockdown
    Simone Galimberti Inter Press Service Children all over the world are having tough times while coping with the consequences of the pandemic but the circumstances affecting them in the Philippines are even m
  • Jes' Keep Playin'..!
    Players win, players lose, players prepare, players practise, players gethurt but players get up. No matter what the outcome is, players keep playin..!.After years of hard work, Thomas Carlyl finished the manus
  • Amazing Spectacles..!
    If I’ve started writing late today, it’s because I spent the last hour or two, searching for my writing glasses. Now there’s something about searching for them;  you need another pair to search for t
  • Green Grass on the Other Side..!
    They were quiet as they came back from their neighbour's house with their little one fast asleep on his father’s shoulder; they’d gone over for dinner, and the husband had noticed his wife growing quiet as
  • Said Zahari: Unsung Mandela of Press Freedom
    Jomo Kwame Sundaram Inter Press Service  Have you ever heard of a workers’ strike or similar labour action for press freedom? And how long do you think it lasted? A day? A week? A month? And wher
  • What Politicians Who Lost Are Doing..!
    Since elections are over I decided to visit some of those who had stood for the elections and lost and find out what they were doing, “Where is your husband?” I asked the wife of an independent candidate, w
  • She Won in Nandigram..!
    Yes, Didi did!Most often battles are won by valiant and brave fighters who give up their lives to win a war. An army advances but from a particular vantage spot a sniper shoots relentlessly at the same forces,
  • Is It Well With Your Soul?
    One of my saddest moments at any concert was hearing a quartet of four men, singing, “It is well with my soul” It wasn’t the song that made me sad, nor the way rendered, it was the fact that one among the
  • Little Woman..!
    I don’t know what the results are going to be tomorrow, with exit polls varying in their proclamations but whatever it is, we in our country will not forget the picture of a small, diminutive woman fighting a
  • Just Another Woman..!
    She was beautiful! She was Pakistani!She strolled over to where I sat, on the banks of the St Lawrence, just before it rolled into the Great Niagara. “May I sit here with you?” she asked. “Sure,” I said
  • Rise Up and Win..!
    And as Covid lays low, not just lives but jobs and businesses and there is a feeling of despair all around, I decided I would fill today’s piece with quotes from those who spoke about failing, getting up and
  • No Victory Processions..!
    The three men looked at each other fearfully, “We are being called murderers!” whispered the chief to the other two, “How ever could a court call us that?”“Next, they may hang us!” said the junior o
  • Speed Breaker Psychology..!
    “In our country,” said the important looking official, from the transport department, “the speed breaker is a symbol. Do you know the kind of training the speed breaker makers undergo?“No,” I said.
  • Partnership or Settling Her Down..!
    “Bob, please look for a suitable boy for my daughter!” said the voice of an old friend of mine on the phone.“So your daughter has finally decided to get married?” I asked surprised.“No, but I want her
  • Living In A Lousy Place..!
    He was a cheerful fellow, with a wide grin as I came out of the airport. “Rough flight?” he asked. “You bet,” I said as I got into his car. I was there to address a group on the role of the press, I loo
  • Lockdown Evolution..!
    With the second major lockdown being imposed all over, there is a growing concern among renowned doctors of WHO, which after Donny Trumps frequent outbursts against it is not taken as seriously as they were onc
  • Not Just Fancy Legs..!
    "Doesn’t he love showing off his fancy legs!" I said loudly at the park last January. Loud enough for my companions to hear and they sniggered as the bald man in faded white T- shirt and shorts walked by at h
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