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  • Anatomy of political defection & corruption in Nagaland
    R. C. Chiten Jamir, Former Deputy CMIn India, Nagas are regarded as Christians belonging to a Christian state because Nagas profess to be so. It is obviously a thorough case of misconstrues by the outside world
  • Right Kind of leadership
    With the advent of education in India and the world, many ambitious men and women wish to reach the top as leaders. Such people are found in politics, business, industry, religious organizations, cultural group
  • For the people or against the people
    I read with anguish about the events unfolding from the disputes over ownership of land in and around Jalukie-Zangdi to the ultimate battering of heads of the peaceful rallies. Some Naga people seem to be tryin
  • Politics of defection: A chronic problem in Nagaland
    Dr. MaongsangbaThe menace of defection is a national phenomenon in the Indian political system that appeared conspicuously in the post 1967 General Elections in India. The emergence of migratory legislators in
  • Nagaland: A time for peace or a time for war?
    Kaka D.IraluBecause of the Indo-Naga-Myanmar war, my generation has not experienced peace on earth for the entire duration of their lives. Hence if there is one common cry in the hearts of my generation as well
  • Intrigue and illness in Myanmar’s junta
    Larry JaganThis month's surprise announcement in Myanmar of a planned national referendum on a new constitution in May and multi-party democratic elections by 2010 are all part of Senior General Than Shwe's gam
  • Exotic Nagaland
    M. Konmei PhomLongleng, Nagaland    The phrase ‘Exotic Nagaland’  is a highly clichéd term where some get used to the term and others like me get fed-up with such catch phrases. In beauty pa
  • Let us search for what is good
    Rev. L Suohie MhasiSearching for a way to peace lies in the word of God according to Phil. 4:8, “Finally brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoe
  • ‘Bostiwalas’ & our prejudice
    Vekhozo NyengaOddly enough, numerous satirical sentences have been said about “Bostiwalas’. I never ascertain the word so much evaluate than a villager but truthfully our judgment has liable them a low- pro
  • The long road to Liberation
    Aung Naing OOWe left at dawn as villagers moved about in semi-darkness preparing for a new day. Our guide was a burly Mon man, about 45 years old, who had agreed to take us to the Karen rebel-held territory. &n
  • The unsung Church leaders
    Rev. L. Suohie MhasiSome Church leaders who had most suffered and sacrificed for the cause of peace in Nagaland are unremembered and unsung. I joined church ministry in 1966 only and was a member of Peace Consu
  • Towards adequate power availability for Nagaland
    I. Lanu Toy   Like many other states in India, Nagaland continues to suffer from inadequate availability of power particularly during dry seasons. News media and members of the public have, of late, s
  • What do we do with our education?
    Venusa Tinyi George W. Bush is admirable for the same reason that Osama Bin Laden is: their commitment to what they believe. They seem to know who they are and what they are doing, and they have done what
  • Needed, a renewed socialist concern
    V.R. Krishna Iyer Indian Independence is a political phenomenon that has the sovereignty of the people enshrined in the paramountcy of a Socialist Secular Democratic Republic created by the Constitution. O
  • Needed, a renewed socialist concern
    V.R. Krishna Iyer Indian Independence is a political phenomenon that has the sovereignty of the people enshrined in the paramountcy of a Socialist Secular Democratic Republic created by the Constitution. O
  • Sexual assaults at the workplace
    Neichu Dz. Angami & Tushimenla ImlongA serious emerging social concern needing urgent attentionTill recently, most of our perceptions about sexual overtures or assaults at the workplace were confined to sto
  • The Gift of Stubborn People to the Peacemaking Community
    Gene StoltzfusWhen I returned from Viet Nam I discovered a peace community ravaged by conflict within and shell shocked by stubborn people who insisted that their way was the only way, the right way. Frequently
  • THE LAST TESTAMENT
    Source: Times OnlineWhen Benazir Bhutto was assassinated she was putting the final touches to her hard-hitting memoirs. In this extract, she makes shocking allegations from the grave – and urges reconciliatio
  • Salman Rushdie in Central Washington University
     Dr.Paul PimomoFellow Kukers, I had an unusually hectic first month of the year and didn’t get the chance to write a column. So in place of a column, let me share with you, for what it’s worth, my intr
  • Apology for lost generations
    Stephen de TarczynskiWhile aboriginal groups have welcomed the Australian government’s pledge to apologise to the ‘stolen generations’, they argue that the gesture should be backed up with compensation. B
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