Peter WattA few years ago, the sanctimonious Tony Blair lectured us on the new era of humanitarian intervention. Now we would be fighting not for territory but for values, he proclaimed. The governments of West
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John Paul LederachI propose the following definition:Conflict transformation is to envision and respondto the ebb and flow of social conflictas life-giving opportunitiesfor creating constructive change processe
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Jeremy SeabrookBy 2005, there were 83,000 dollar millionaires in India. The country showed, after South Korea, the highest annual increase in millionaires (a 20 per cent leap over 2004). In the United States, a
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Girish MishraFor quite some months, the prices of goods and services, especially of mass consumption, have been increasing relentlessly. On July 3, the prices of petroleum products were increased by 25 to 30 pe
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Akang AoThe contemporary Naga is indebted to pay tons of requiem and sacred gratitude posthumously to our yesteryear freedom fighters for their political wisdom and sagacity whilst mooting our civil, political
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David ShoshaniIn one of our previous articles we have mentioned, somewhat in a poetic fashion, the four tools to find TrueLove. Those four simple and clear instructions would undoubtedly bring TrueLove if follo
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Subcommander MarcosThis is the tree of the free.The bread tree, the arrow tree,the fist tree, the fire tree.It is being drowned in the tumultuous watersOf our nocturnal age,But its staff balancesIts tumbling po
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T V R ShenoyI am writing this from Oxford, where I have just been a neutral, but silent, observer to a heated discussion on whether Cressida Dick should be prosecuted. Cressida who? you ask, and I cheerfully co
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Lynda BrayerBy using the War on Terror and security to justify a broad range of initiatives that compromise civil rights and liberties, the Bush administration is relying on the oldest and least rational argume
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Lynda BrayerBut if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. Exodus 21:23-25The lex t
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Ilan PappeImagine a group of high ranking generals who simulated for years Third World War scenarios in which they can move huge armies around, employ the most sophisticated weapons in their disposal and enjoy
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David ShoshaniWe are human beings. Each and every one of us has unique life-circumstances which have brought us up to this point in time. We do not live in a vacuum and there is always a give-and-take feedback
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Noam ChomskySince time is very tight I wont take my 20 minutes so we can have time to talk, which is more interesting. The idea that Europe – later the United States – is the guarantor of world order is ver
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Arkotong LongkumerThe Football World Cup happens every four years. During the month or so of it being displayed on giant TV screens, pubs in Britain crawl with pilgrims filling the stools as they watch, oblivio
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Through your esteem local daily, I the concerned citizen of Phek Village would like to make an appeal to the authorities of the Naga National Movement to kindly look into the grievances of the general public an
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Zakie KhateNaga story is a tale of a people yearning for self – determination, free from subjugation, dominance and control. It is a story of honour and integrity. It is also a story of restoring justice. It
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Pankaj MishraIndia is a roaring capitalist success story. So says the latest issue of Foreign Affairs; and last week many leading business executives and politicians in India celebrated as Lakshmi Mittal, the f
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Mathew Maavak Crude oil has breached the $70 psychological barrier again. This time, however, it will not be a one-day seduction by the stormy Katrina. The causative culprits are aplenty. Terrorist ha
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Michael AlbertThe idea of journalism is not overly complex. Societies involve huge ranges of activity and possibility. Each day events occur and processes unfold. The quality of our lives depends in two senses
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David ShoshaniIt is a plebeian tendency to predominately associate the dealing of relationships in general and TrueLove in particular with teenagers who have nothing else to do but to dream and fantasize about
