Infocus

  • Their only moments of passion..!
    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
  • Cheerleader Shouts versus Stillness..!
    “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
  • The India that I know
    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
  • Your Chair and You..!
    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.
  • The Peepul Leaf and I..!
    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!
  • The animal in us!
    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
  • To support or oppose meat ban in Nagaland
    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
  • Killer Rage..!
    ...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.."
  • Today Darlin’, I Didn’t..!
    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.&
  • What is True Education?
    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
  • Guns and State Warfare..!
    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
  • Ways Rwanda Is Building Resilient and Sustainable Transport Systems
    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
  • Building Statues, Changing Names..!
    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
  • Let’s Hate America..!
    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
  • In Sri Lanka, Things Fall Apart
    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
  • Historic Alabama church of ‘Bloody Sunday’ is on endangered places list
    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
  • The Buck Stops Here..!
    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
  • The Truth Alone Must Triumph
    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
  • Various voices on reduced areas of AFSPA
    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
  • Ambassadors of Our Country..!
    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
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