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
What is most widely implied in the term self-determination is the right to participate in the democratic process of governance and to influence one’s future – politically, socially and culturally.Se
There is much anticipation in Beijing and Washington DC about this week's summit between Chinese President Hu Jintao and United States President Barack Obama, with US ambassador to China Jon Huntsman characteri
“To serve and to protect”. This is the motto of the Philippine National Police, a pledge proudly emblazoned on its vehicles and usually displayed in its offices. Unfortunately, the spate of recent a
A bumpy ride from North Tripura’s Kanchanpur to Naisingpara -- the largest settlement of Bru refugees in Tripura – brings one face-to-face with the trauma of thousands of Bru refugees who have been
There is a heightened focus on Rabindranath Tagore today, as we engage in preparations to celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth. This year it will also be 87 years since Tagore made his memorable visit t
The State of Arunachal Pradesh is currently facing a crisis as illegal Chakma immigrants from Bangladesh continue to arrive surreptiously in the state. The situation is complicated by the imprecise language of
The Group of Ministers constituted to tackle the controversy arising out of the Environment and Forests Ministry’s policy to prevent coal mining in forested areas will need to do a delicate balancing act
One of the latest books and, perhaps, one of the most important for humanity in its search for right values and directions, (in the sense of the communications industry finding inspiration and for this industry
At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, concepts like freedom, peace and information have acquired new meanings. Internal debate in democracies is giving a new meaning to old concepts The easiest wa
No sophistry, no jugglery in figures can explain away the evidence that the skeletons in many villages present to the naked eye. I have no doubt whatsoever that both England and the town dwellers of India will
As the new year begins, the price of wheat is setting an all-time high in the United Kingdom. Food riots are spreading across Algeria. Russia is importing grain to sustain its cattle herds until spring grazing
Humans are in danger of making large parts of the Earth uninhabitable for thousands of years because of man made climate change, according to new evidence based on geological records. The US study predicted tha
BACKGROUNDNorth East India (NEI) comprises of 8 states that are straddled by the Eastern Himalayas and are co-joined to the Indian mainland by the narrow 33KM “chicken’s neck” north of Banglad
There is a check dam in Laxmipur village, R Udayagir gram panchayat, in Orissa’s Gajapati district, which irrigates around 40 acres of land belonging to 70 small and marginal farmers. Premlata Raita, 48,
Mao Zedong, the first Chairman cum President of the independent People’s Republic of China, had spent more time to assess weaknesses of India than Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Premier of independent India,
China has opened a new consulate in Sudan’s autonomous south, determined to tap greater economic potential from the undeveloped region. As the world anxiously watches the southern Sudanese vote on wh
Violence in Manipur driven by separatist groups and state actors has now been ongoing for decades - and children of Manipur are paying the price for this violence. They have been pushed to greater poverty, and
Science when hyped loses credibility. Two separate incidents in a span of three weeks show how scientists who hype up and sensationalise their work end up diluting the significance of their discovery. In a pape
Political analysts may have their own explanations as to what were the factors that thwarted an ‘anti-incumbency’ tide in Bihar and turned it completely in favour of Mr Nitish Kumar, but definitely