Infocus

  • Insuring Your Assets..!
    Holly Madison, the former girlfriend of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, insured an attractive part of her body for 1 million dollars. She said that she insured her famous assets with Lloyd's of London to protect t
  • Sweetened Tongues..!
    "Oh Bob!" she said as she held my arm, "where've you been?""Bbbut, bbbut," I stammered, "I just missed coming here once!""I missed you," she said and just as I was getting ready to fall into her arms I saw her
  • The Problem Could Be You..!
    A friend of mine called me desperately, Youve got to help me, Bob! he pleaded, My wife has started becoming very cold to me. I suspect she is having an affair with her boss. Hes a very moneyed man, and I am sur
  • Who would dare to do contract work in border areas?
    PL Leo KonyakKohimaIt is pitiable fact to note that during the recent NIT Notification for Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yajana (PMGSY) Road projects tender in Nagaland State, 80% of the Border Area Road projects w
  • Facing the Unfamiliar..!
    Facing the unfamiliar is not something we love, especially being children of routine, but it could turn out fun, as mine did, a few years ago, when there was no lunch laid out for me that day:Its a habit of min
  • Turning A Leaf From The Chola Cookbook: The Story Of The Tapela Idli
    Madhulika Naidu Varma ChozhaSeveral years ago, on an arduous journey to Gangotri, my hunger pangs were satisfied by warm, fluffy idlis served with tomato-ginger chutney. The hot and steaming plate in the chilly
  • Gestures of the Heart..!
    Even a small gesture impacts us, doesn't it?African-American poet Countee Cullen spent the summer when he was eight in Baltimore, Maryland. Shortly after he arrived he noticed a little white boy staring at him.
  • The human cost of a green energy transition without safeguards
    Olivier Ndoole BahemukeInter Press ServiceThe world is moving away from fossil fuels towards so-called green energies as a solution to the climate crisis, which has increased the demand for strategic minerals s
  • The Mahatma’s Cleanliness Drive...!
    Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world, but change ourselves, …… Mahatma Gandhi.And as the nation went on a cleaning spree yesterday, with most everyone taking a broom and sweeping beache
  • A Joker and His Jokes..!
    Theres not a day going by when we are not bombarded with jokes through Facebook, WhatsApp or other social media outlets. Billions of such gags, funny yarns and wise cracks travel cyber space tirelessly round th
  • The Mouse in Your House..!
    Spent some time this morning listening to a podcast, Shut Up!Now thats not a nice way to start a day, but quite often thats what we need to do, to have a successful day and lead a good life, simply, Shut Up!Do
  • Citizen journalism and social responsibility
    Sentinaro LongkumerEditor, Heritage Publishing House, DimapurIn this era of new media, anyone can be a citizen journalist but the question of social responsibility lies in stack. Citizen Journalism, also known
  • Waste Management & Energy Reconversion
    Kit K ChishiModel village, ChümoukedimaMicro Mini metros like Dimapur and Kohima town should have waste disposal plants, period! As our cities and town grows, there is a need to incubate waste products to a sa
  • My 2030 Vision for a sustainable, equitable and green Nagaland
    Otsungbong JamirMokokchung I am thirteen years old and when I heard about an essay competition being organized where young children like were invited to write on the topic My 2030 vision for a sustainable,
  • Rabies: All for 1, One Health for All
    Veterinary Hospital KohimaSeptember 28 is World Rabies DayWorld Rabies Day, the 28th of September is observed globally every year to create awareness among the pet owners and the general public about the import
  • Absolute Surrender...!
    Read the headlines this morning; that one of those who had masterminded the 26/11 terrorist attack in Mumbai, and who is now in a prison in the US, has had a charge sheet filed against him by the Indian governm
  • The Priest and the Pianist..!
    A couple of years ago, I was asked to conduct a wedding. Now Im no priest, but since the couple had already had a registered wedding, I was asked to give a blessing. So I did. I stood in front as the couple wal
  • Boredom, the Wise Man..!
    The wise man who could easily have been a preacher said to me, The best part of your day is when you are bored!Im never bored, I told him happily, Ive my phone, filled with stuff to keep me away from even a min
  • Parliamentary Banter..!
    Twas friendly banter taking place twixt the new Parliament building and the old one, as they stood opposite each other, one empty and about to be converted into a museum and the other spilling with elected memb
  • Bartering with the Divine..!
    Very often I pass church, temple or mosque and see crowds outside. Initially I used to think that God must be so pleased to have so many worshipping him, till I realized very few came to worship, most came to b
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