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  • Rejoinder on publication of articles
    Three articles which appeared in The Morung Express on January 26, 2011 on this page, viz. ‘Reporting on a struggle means becoming part of it’, ‘Sensible media’ and ‘Media dubs mos
  • The National Security State, Secrecy, and The Miss America Pageant
    There is no end of bloody mischief done in direct violation of constitutional principles, which mischief has been perpetrated in the name of “national security” and its magic wand—the cult of
  • An Open Letter from Korean Civil Society
    Most of all, Korean civil society has had an interest constantly on the Pohang Steel Company (POSCO)'s project launched in Orissa. We, Non-governmental Organizations(NGOs) of the Republic of Korea, had visited
  • The political impasse of autonomous district councils in Manipur
    The hill, valley divide in Manipur owing to development disparity has already reached a point of territorial disintegration of the state and the United Naga Council has often voiced for severing political ties
  • A Wall of Faith and History
    BLISS was it in that dawn to be alive," sang William Wordsworth of the French Revolution of 1789, which, insofar as laws, customs and politics were concerned, promised to wipe the slate clean and offer the
  • Why ENPO demands Frontier Nagaland
    This article offers a pen-picture of the Eastern Nagas necessitating their movement for grant of separate state. The attempt made herein, may perhaps, answer various questions, confusions doubts, in this connec
  • Social costs of jobless recovery
    The world's economy may be recovering from what was the worst economic downturn since the 1930s, but all is not well on the employment front. The most critical factor that ensures a sustained recovery is the cr
  • Why you should quit Facebook now
    In this May, 26, 2010 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks in Palo Alto, Calif., about the social network site's new privacy settings. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP/File)In November 2009, I quit Facebook. I
  • Dictatorship for Dummies, Tunisia edition
    The world cheered as it watched Tunisians, who had long suffered under the stultifying weight of dictatorship, rid themselves of their tormentor. When protestors amassed in the Tunisian capital, something incre
  • Himalayan Glaciers and Water Diplomacy
    World got the shocking revelations on Himalayan glaciers before Copenhagen climate summit of 2007, and as we headed toward Cancun Conference during the end of 2010, concerns did spread across many nations. Clim
  • Happiness and production
    When David Cameron announced in November that Britain’s Office of National Statistics was to start collecting data on the nation’s happiness levels, reactions were mixed. A cheap policy fad, cried s
  • Church should introspect on the SC judgment on Graham Stains case
    We do not know about Justice Niyogi report. Anti-conversion bill is an attack on our freedom. D. P. Wadhwa report is a bunch of lies. Justice S C Mahapatra Commission report seems to have rightists influence, s
  • Change at Google
    After a decade of strong growth during which it launched a slew of successful online services, Google is now going back to its start-up roots. In pursuit of that goal, co-founder Larry Page will take over as Ch
  • Documentary shows dissent in Myanmar military
    It is the most vilified army in Southeast Asia, known for crushing pro-democracy demonstrations in Myanmar and for its brutal suppression of ethnic groups seeking self-rule in the region's longest-running civil
  • Mounting rage on the roads
    India may not have a very high incidence of road rage cases as compared with some of the Western countries, but it is fast emerging as a dangerous trend. It is in essence a reflection of aggression caused by st
  • International Day of Peace
    30th January 2011 is being observed as INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE, the day when the Father of our nation, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. On this day, as Indians, we must pledge to spread peace & harmony i
  • Montages Of A Distinctive Land
    East Of The Sun is an account by Siddhartha Sarma of his road trip across east Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and into western Myanmar in 2008. He says very clearly that “this is not a tourist guide” but
  • Unfated late memories
    (ode to beloved brother Ziekuirang Pütlang)(30th May 1987-18th November 2005)It was on 18 november 2005 that you left.It was only 18 years that you lived.So sudden,so silent,so stoic you left.So muzzy,so f
  • The selling of the ‘Palestine Papers’
    Anyone familiar with Israeli-Palestinian negotiations over the last decade will find nothing surprising about the supposed revelations in the "Palestine papers" published this week by the Qatar-based
  • The Holocaust & its implications
    It was World War II, the most terrible conflict in human history so far, that provided the context in which Auschwitz, the symbol of genocide, could happen, and that war had been initiated by Nazi Germany, larg
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