They were holding hands at the next table.I have nothing against holding hands, I've held my own fair share and more during the springtime of my youth, but these two at the next table seemed to have hands meant
“Laughter can conceal a heavy heart; when the laughter ends, the grief remains.” Proverbs 14:13.This actually happened after a session with a group of company executives, where I’d spent almost a day trai
Rukewezo Wetsah & Kevitho Kera
Dimapur
‘Freedom is my birthright and I shall have it’ - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
I grew up reading and getting inspirations from the great freedom fighters of I
As a writer and journalist, I often had to visit men and women in different leadership positions at their offices. As soon as I was ushered into their offices, the chair on which they sat told me where I stood.
It seemed like a dance of death as the peepul leaf floated down to me, “You poor leaf,” I cried, “Let me get some glue, you know the quick fix type and paste you back to the branch you fell from!”“No!
Rev Fr GL Khing
Human beings and animals have much in common, yet the little differences make the two very different from each other.
Some people love human beings, some love animals and birds while some
ST Yapang Lkr
Kohima
Even though our Nagaland has different tribes, the practices of our traditions and customs are similar in various ways, in which rearing and killing of domesticated animals like pig, do
...When I lose my temper, I lose my reason too;I'm never proud of anything, which angrily I do..The child looked at his father, who red with rage yelled into the phone. "You idiot, d'you know who I am?""Dad.."
Many years ago, a friend of mine who was planning to get married sat with me one evening and discussed the kind of wife he would like to have. “She should be a working woman,” he said very definitely.&
Angel Phangcho
North East Christian University, Dimapur
True education is not concerned with the ideology, but true education is something in which we acquire the knowledge and apply it in our daily life. E
Somewhere in the US, arms manufacturers seemed to be throwing a party. There was the firing of cannon, rifle and pistol shots coming from their estates. The local police were baffled and rode over to see what t
Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya and David Toovey
Inter Press Service
Over the last decade, Rwanda has invested in building efficient and resilient transport systems. Guided by the country’s Green Growth an
Empty bellied Indians, poor and impoverished looked up at the platform, where a pre-election meeting was going to be held. They clutched their caved in stomachs and waited with anticipated breaths as the contes
Even as most of us strive to send our children to either settle in the US or study there, we are slowly developing an anger towards that country. Maybe it’s because of a visa refusal, and I’m not going into
Neville de Silva
Inter Press Service
When I ended last month’s column hoping that April would not prove to be hapless Sri Lanka’s ‘cruellest month’ (in the words TS Eliot), I hardly
Jay Reeves
The Associated Press
Like religious congregants all over, the people of historic Brown Chapel AME Church turned off the lights and locked the doors at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic becau
Something I’m beginning to hear very suddenly, is the government blaming everything on either Nehru, or Gandhiji, or some previous leader. It’s a blame game that doesn’t happen only in the government, it
Forum for Naga Reconciliation
Widespread public denunciation ensued after 14 innocent civilians were killed and many civilians injured by India’s military forces at Oting and Mon on December 4 and 5, 2
Z K Pahrü Pou
Pfutsero, Mission Colony
It was on March 31, 2022, that Amit Shah, Union Home Minister tweeted, “In a significant step, GoI under the decisive leadership of PM Shri @NarendraModi Ji
Something I used to do every morning in Chicago, as I holidayed there, was to sit on the porch with a huge jug of coffee and shamelessly sip time away! I enjoyed the fresh air of the beginning of Fall but also