Kaimangchoba Chang
Assistant Prof, Department of English
Modern College
Empowerment can mean so many things. As defined by Oxford dictionary, empowerment is the process of gaining freedom and power. Women
Baher Kamal
Inter Press Service
Every now and then, experts remind that the Indigenous Peoples are the best (and last?) custodians of the essential web of life: biodiversity.
There are more than 370 mill
Maanal Gauri, Abhigyan Mehrotra, Prachi Parakh, Vaishnavi Rathi, Tanya Sravan Plaksha UniversityMark Zuckerburg bought an island to protect his privacy. What are you doing to protect yours?As we all know,
“Why me?” I cried out, looking up to the sky.It happened many years ago when my wife and I had driven down to the sea side with a group of friends for a holiday. One morning we decided we would go down to t
Dr Brainerd Prince
Idol worship, an important religious practice that has been at the heart of distinguishing one person from another, one community from another and one religion from another, particularly i
Satya Raj Hazarika, IPS
Deputy Inspector General of Police,
(Central Range), Assam, Diphu
With the creation of Bangladesh in 1971 across a landmass of 148,460 2km, Chittagong extends like a boot in t
Maybe it's my late mother, whose birthday falls today on the 2nd of May, who's telling me, "Bob, write about mothers today!" And I will: A few years ago I attended a very interesting seminar o
Tali Longkumer
The next election in our State, if normally held, is at the distance but then ambition and aspiration could push the matter much ahead of the actual election. Many aspirants are already embroi
“Hi!” “Hi! Why are you waiting outside? I thought our meeting to lay out my strategy for your party to win elections was taking place inside?”“Yes, it is, but I thought it would be better if we c
This morning the first piece of news was from a classmate telling me, “He’s gone Bob!”“Who?” I asked.“My brother!” she said, “I’m now on a plane, on the way to attend his funeral!”How terrib
Beni Sumer Yanthan (YanbeniYanthan)
Centre for Naga Tribal Language Studies,Nagaland University
Easterine Kire is a very highly regarded writer of our generation, and in her novel, Journey of the Stone, pub
Let’s stop being parrots!Years ago, I had a class master who was very fond of dictating notes. That was okay by me because it was a lot better than listening to his otherwise very boring lectures. But what go
Barbara Ortutay and Amanda Seitz
The Associated Press
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is spending $44 billion to acquire Twitter with the stated aim of turning it into a haven for “free spee
Alex Veiga and Michael Liedtke
The Associated Press
Twitter’s acceptance of Elon Musk’s roughly $44 billion takeover bid brings the billionaire Tesla CEO one step closer to owning the social med
Z Lohe
Kudos to RPP for exposing the racket of fuel adulteration for the second time within 7 years period. The local papers splashed the story of the detection of the continuous business of adulteration of
‘He looks so peaceful!’ is often what we hear when we go to pay our past respects at a funeral! Quite often after hearing those words, I wonder what he or she looked like when they were alive: Harried, worr
Lauran Neergaard
The Associated Press
COVID-19 vaccinations are at a critical juncture as companies test whether new approaches like combination shots or nasal drops can keep up with a mutating corona
This could happen soon when cricket’s T 20 World Cup begins!“Get me the Pakistan prime minister, I want to speak to him!” shouts Biden.“I can’t get him Mr President!” says his Secretary of State.“
Alfio Leotta
The Conversation
When images from Ukraine of abandoned Russian tanks tagged with the word “Wolverines” circulated in early April, movie buffs got it right away: Ukrainia
The puzzled chairman entered the precincts of his company, and stared at the peons, clerks, stenographers and other employees, huddled together outside his MD’s office. He wasn’t too startled as he heard th