The brutal killing of a seventeen year old student of Class XI Shimmei Shingnaisui at Kohima on Gandhi Jayanti and the incident at Zunheboto on September 29 when a four year old boy, Inato, fell victim to the b
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John Paul Lederach describes Reconciliation as “a meeting ground where truth and mercy have met, and where justice and peace have kissed.” Derived from Psalms 81:10, it suggests an ongoing process which inv
One of the most violent forms of violence is silence. In the face of compelling unjust circumstances, silence becomes violence itself. While it is true that silence can be a powerful medium of protest, one need
Fifteen blasts in 48 hours. Seventy-five dead. Over 300 injured. When the rest of India was celebrating Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday on October 2, 2004, insane elements were wreaking havoc in Nagaland and Assam.
It is quite perplexing to note that the Military regime in Myanmar is today everything that India is not and it should not surprise many that New Delhi does not come anywhere near to what Rangoon practices in t
Archbishop Tutu remarks that a nation divided during a repressive regime does not emerge suddenly united when the time of repression is passed … neither can anyone have the power to say ‘Let bygones be bygo
In situations of crisis that has resulted in causing injury and human casualty, there is an acute tendency to focus primarily on offenders, thereby, often overstepping those most affected and victimized. In mos
Not for nothing, the ULFA and now the People’s Consultative Group—nominated to hold direct talks with the Government of India—are feeling betrayed by Delhi’s insensitivity. Slighted, the ULFA has now st
In life, we suffer the loss of loved ones but none could be more painful when one loses them to unnatural circumstances. Many innocent Naga lives have been cheated off their youth and from their aspirations to
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the recent Chief Ministers conference on Internal Security made no bones about the fact that greater emphasis should be laid on intelligence gathering at the grass root leve
The endeavors of indigenous people for survival and realization of basic needs and fundamental rights has been complicated by compelling circumstances and exceptional challenges created by the homogenizing and
Nagaland Industries Minister Khekiho Zhimomi, who also holds the Border Affairs portfolio, hit the target right on when he commented that any decision taken by a court of law in relation to the Assam-Nagaland b
The timing of the military coup in Thailand could not have been better planned. With the attention of the world focused on leaders of governments converging together for the opening day of the United Nations Ge
The address of United States President George W Bush at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday will go down as one of his more important speeches to the world audience coming as it does in the ba
It seems that any and every organization which does not fall under the direct structure of the state-system is fairly or unfairly labeled as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). Indeed the term ‘NGO’ is w
Both India and Pakistan have agreed to resume formal peace talks and have pledged to work together to fight terrorism, ending a two-month interruption triggered by tension over the train bombings in Mumbai in J
The 14th Non-Aligned Movement Summit (NAM) formally opened in Havana, Cuba on Friday with exactly 116 member states present and at least 50 heads of state including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in attendance.
Recent conditions have unmasked the glaring numbness which is eating away the spirit of Naga society. It seems like the Nagas have come to a time where they have just stopped living, have become indifferent to
It is now quite common to experience the practice of promises contradicting performance, especially in relation to governments and political parties involved in electoral politics. Ironically it is through the
Going by the way the Congress is dealing with the question of Telangana there is the risk that the regional aspiration of several ethnic, linguistic and minority groups in the country could well end up on the w
