Was at the Holocaust museum in New York once and as I walked in tearful silence, past horrible pictures of concentration camps, faded pictures of pretty girls, anxious mothers, despairing fathers and eager sons
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A team of scientists has discovered new links between the breakdown in brain cell development and the risk of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders.
The study, published in the journal
“It’s raining in January!” said my treadmill with a black disgruntled look.“So?”“Why did you go for a walk in the rains, you could have used me instead!”“What could you have offered me, “I ask
We walked towards the mountain, my friend and I. We knew we had to cross to the other side. We had heard, the valleys across were full of milk and honey, that jobs were aplenty, people sweet and friendly and op
Temjen Longkumer
Kohima
The affidavit filed by the Central government in the Supreme Court made it clear that the order, GR, SOP, by Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and other state government/District Coll
A line appearing almost daily in newspapers, after murders in broad daylight, religious places vandalized, or assaults committed is that the ‘police were mute spectators!’ I decided to visit a police statio
Rev Fr G L Khing
Much has been said and talked about Armed Force Special Power Act (AFSPA). However, those who suffered the pain and agony of AFSPA have more to say. The GOI seems to be enjoying the sufferin
C Talimoa
Article 355 of the Constitution of India enforces a duty upon the Union to protect States against external aggression and internal disturbance. Under the said provision, the Armed Forces (Assam &am
'……May the outer and inward man be one..' SocratesYears ago as a teenager, I remember seeing Gregory Peck in Mc Kennas Gold and telling myself that wow, I would love to be that man. He was one
Been watchin' an old video of the Chinese Olympic opening night over a decade ago, and been gazing spellbound at them eleven thousand sports people from all over the world, stampin' their footprints on huge par
I opened the morning paper and frowned as I read headlines about inflation in India, “This is ridiculous!” I muttered to myself, “as usual the USA is jealous of us, China wants to belittle us and the UK w
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Even after facing two devastating Covid waves that resulted in several deaths, Indians are yet to fully comprehend the dangers associated with Omicron. The pandemic fatigue, coupled with theories floati
It was at the historic city of Charleston I found the flute. I’d wandered into one of the oldest markets in the USA, the City Market, it’s old brick walls and tiled roof pouted history to all who ventured i
In many an auction you hear the auctioneer offering some particular piece in an ‘as is where is condition’! Which means that it is being sold in its current condition, whatever this condition happens to be.
Today as I'm flying back home from New York, something that stands out vividly in that city is it’s passion! A passion for enjoying work with subways and roads filled with millionaires and billionaires on the
“What’s happening?” I ask as a man on the street with a loudspeaker shouted, “Free! Free! Free!”“A political party is distributing spectacles free of cost for everybody!” says someone in the crowd
Nirendra Dev
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The Government of India has finally acted and announced the setting up of a special panel
to review the enforcement of the Armed Forces Special Powers in Nagaland (AFSPA).
Ther
AFSPA asked
Ningreichon
12.12.21
Aren’t you writing anything?
How do we write
when deprived of all emotions
when struck by barbarity
of great magnitude
Evil, they say provokes you
I, a moth
As I sit on the porch of the old house, in the historic city of Charleston, where we are holidaying I sip my coffee and sniff the morning air. It is crisp, fresh and highly invigorating. Even though temperature
Dr Aküm Longchari
Listening to the accounts of survivors and the people of Oting, reading the spot report of the Director General of Police and the Home Commissioner of the Government of Nagaland, and a