Infocus

  • Painting a Rosy Picture..!
    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
  • Study reveals link between brain cell development, schizophrenia risk
    IANS  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
  • Walking or Treadmilling..!
    “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
  • Taking The Easy Road..!
    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
  • On Mandatory Vaccination
    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
  • Police were Mute Spectators..!
    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
  • AFSPA - The Evil Within
    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
  • The 28th Act of 1958
    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
  • Good Looks.!
    '……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
  • Leaving Footprints in Yer Home..!
    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
  • Inflation and a Hundred Rupee Note..!
    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
  • Pandemic fatigue, casual approach making Indians more complacent
    IANS 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
  • The Fake from Charleston..!
    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
  • As Is Where Is Condition..!
    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.
  • Passion, It's Free..!
    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
  • Throw Those Glasses Away..!
    “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
  • AFSPA review panel: More to it than what's seen
    Nirendra Dev IANS  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
  • Poems on AFSPA
    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
  • Sniff Scents and Smells..!
    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
  • Reflections on Oting*
    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
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