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  • Reminiscence of a Manipuri Princess
    Newmai News Network (NNN): Being born in a royal family, tell me the advantages that you had in your life? Binodini: I am first of all proud of my heritage. Whatever I had achieved or what I am today is due to,
  • The Volcano beneath South Sudan
    The referendum for independence of South Sudan concluded on January 15th.  The popular mandate catapulted a collective dream toward the much awaited freedom, off the yoke of a presumptively terrorist state
  • The supreme supergroup that never was
    There's something tantalising and frustrating about the idea of musical megastars wandering around recording studios, passing each other in the corridors and toilets, chatting away, but not collaborating. What
  • Tunisian revolution & its fallout
    Hours after a group of stone-throwing youth braved frantic police beatings and confronted grey fumes of teargas outside the Interior Ministry building in Tunis, the unthinkable happened. As darkness thickened o
  • Healthcare in disarray
    A series of papers recently published by The Lancet points to worrisome trends in the management of India’s primary healthcare system, particularly in the area of infectious diseases. Clearly, the country
  • Frontier state? The other side & larger issues at stake
    The demand for frontier state did come quite as an unprecedented surprise and caught many people impromptu. At a time when fragile peace is dawning and reconciliation progressing, this demand came as an abrupt
  • To save the tiger, save jungle
    Last Tuesday it was Gurgaon. On Wednesday, it happened on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. On Thursday, it was near Guwahati. By the time January is out, the toll can only be anticipated to multiply. On an average
  • Urgent need to focus on agro chemical industry
    Government of India has once again increased the price of petrol, which obviously indicates that it is clueless about the strategies for maintaining the price of petrol and other petroleum fuel in India.  
  • Sudan needs English to build bridges between North & South
    Southern Sudanese women receive skills training at the Abu Shouq internally displaced people's camp north of Darfur. (Photograph: ALBERT GONZALEZ FARRAN/AFP) Last week the population of South Sudan went to
  • Africa: Security & development for the 21st century
    One thing is certain for Africa in the twenty-first century: its strategic importance in the world will continue to climb, for reasons such as resources, markets, and continued concerns over weak governance all
  • Telangana echo in Darjeeling hills
    It is well understood that the Telangana agitation is an inspiration for similar movements in other parts of India. The 26-day bandh called by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) in the Darjeeling district is an
  • Tunisia: the first Arab revolution
    Every July 23 for the past 58 years Egypt, my country of birth, has celebrated its “July revolution” that overthrew King Farouk and ended the monarchy and British occupation once and for all. It was
  • Has Berlusconi reached the end of the road?
    With their typical and incurable penchant for over dramatisation, the Italian media and many political commentators had dubbed December 14, 2010 “the day of reckoning”. Many firmly believed that, on
  • Boy, 13, the public face of Australian floods
    Jordan Rice was on the way back from a trip to buy a school uniform for the new term when, standing on the roof of his mother's car at a little after two o'clock on the afternoon of January 10, he made his choi
  • Prophetic message to the world
    While fasting and praying at Healing centre Pughoboto on 19/11/2010, time 9:36 am God revealed His prophetic message through His servant, the prophetic conveying to the world. Motto: Mathew 5:9. Deut 12:31/ 32:
  • The losing battle against corruption
    There are very few people in India who believe that New Delhi, as it is presently organised, is either capable or willing to go the whole distance to bring to book those who are suspected of having committed ir
  • ‘For unified lim and glory of Nagas’
    Ever since its inception, the Naga Students` Federation, keeping in mind its core objective i.e. ‘For unified lim and glory of Nagas’, have been struggling hard to bring the Naga family together. To
  • Census 2011 and Disability Making an ‘Invisible Minority’ visible
    Numbers are an interesting thing. More often than not, we do not even realise their significance or their impact on our lives. When policy makers of the country sit down to allocate resources for issues, they g
  • Solution To Frontier Nagaland Problems Lie In Nagaland And Not In Delhi
    FEELING has no Form or Color and therefore Feeling is not easily seen unless it comes out in visible Form. A man may feel angry but others would not know his anger unless it turns into action, a woman may feel
  • Indigenous Peoples' Involvement in National Politics
    Summary, Strategies, Recommendations General SummaryIndigenous peoples in all regions face similar problems concerning their involvement in national politics. The summary of this current state of things is as f
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