Yes, world over there are huge vacancies for cheerleaders! Even as you see glamorous, good looking girls and boys doing a professional job inside cricket stadiums and at baseball and football matches, unfortuna
Z Lohe
The Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) is the highest decision making authority under the Parliamentary system of government. All the laws of the State are enacted on the floor of the H
Many politicians in our country love talking about their humble beginnings, and since most of our country are poor, they manage to get votes doing so. I love people who have come up by their bootstraps, but oft
“Want a smoke?” asked my friend Mohan as we sat in the college cafeteria, many years ago.“No,” I said, but watched fascinated as Mohan pulled out a pack of twenty from his shirt pocket, lit a cigarette
"Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.." Chinese ProverbHow often we are approached by someone who wants an honest opinion about his short story, a poem, maybe a decision he has made
Paul Griffin
The Conversation
It seems every few weeks we hear about a new COVID variant, and it's hard to know how concerned we ought to be.
A recombinant variant has emerged, dubbed Omicron XE , wh
The other day while walking in the park, near my house I passed an eighty year old man, who seemed to be walking a tad slowly and pensively, “A penny for your thoughts?” I asked.“Just realizing I’m gett
In the realms of heaven, on that first Good Friday long ago, the angels were hushed. They could not believe what they were seeing down below; their Lord and Master, their very God, nailed to a rough wooden cros
Imlinungsang Longkumer
Dimapur
The existence of modern day gadgets, particularly smartphone have truly revolutionized our society and the way we perceive the world. The onset of cell phones has made life co
Tom came over to my home. He walked with a pronounced limp, dragging his leg behind him, his right hand hanging useless at his side. He sat down, his eyes wet with tears. “Why doesn’t God heal me?” he ask
Sorry folks I’m not talkin’ ‘bout those rejected by their lovers, but I’m talkin’ of we poor writers and the continuous rejection we face as we try to build a career in writing.History is replete with
Wapangla Imchen
To put it in two opposite perspectives: people attend book launch events to experience the intimate connection with the writer that can be priceless. While others attend simply to be in the c
Very often I see people adding one more alphabet to their name, or some other such thing, but here’s a magic inscription you should write on your ring, and it will do wonders for you!One day, a king decided t
...The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion: he has given it to them to protect the helpless…Sri Ramakrishna.As I hear about the deaths due to bombings in Ukraine my heart goes out
Was listening with tears in my eyes to a powerful talk by Monica Lewinsky!(Snigger! Chuckle! Giggle! Laugh aloud!)I know what images it conjures to your mind; a fallen woman, a slut, whore, home breaker!But eve
Dr Brainerd Prince
Guns and grenades or peace and non-violence are not the only two available choices! With Russia declaring war on Ukraine, perhaps, we all have nurtured deep questions about war, and partic
How do you handle a reunion, either school or college? Where one finds friends one hasn’t met in years, many who were very close, some unfortunately haven’t done as well as the others, and an awkward period
Will Smith whose resounding crack echoed into all our living rooms, as it nearly broke Chris Rock’s jaw, finally repented. He said, he had betrayed the trust of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc
People who come up to my garden wonder why I keep an old tire on which I’ve made a seat. Ah well, there’s a tale everywhere isn’t there? It happened some years ago, and I must say that watching your car g
Most of us go through life, thinking we are God’s gift to mankind or is it woman kind? We strut around, swagger and feel we are indispensable to home or company. “What would my family ever do without me?”