Easterine KireMetaphorically speaking, it is a disease of the heart, the Corona Virus disease or Covid 19. Although it attacks the lungs and rapidly damages them, the wider ramifications are that it causes dama
Easterine KireBuilding up your immune system is always a plus. One is via food, the other is via something we have all given up long ago. Exercise. Let us rethink exercise. It is good for us, very good. It
Easterine KireWhat is Faith Kitchen? Who is running it? To what purpose? You know, all these are unnecessary questions. The most important thing is that this is an effort to feed the poorest during the partial
Last week I received a book report by ten-year-old Samana Wungsek on my new book, The Rain-Maiden and the Bear-Man. It was frank and forthright, and I totally appreciated it. Young Samana is an avid reader. Her
Easterine KireCan you give a talk on the topic, Isolation? That was the question from a group of college students. Such a depressing topic. Instinctively, I wanted to say no.But after some thought, the possibil
Easterine KireCome to think of it, its very nice to be alive. Because, whatever the grumblers might say, there is still nothing else to replace it. And we all get one beautiful chance at it, beautiful because t
Easterine KireI know it has become quite the thing to send around an embarrassing picture of a public leader on social media handles like WhatsApp and others. I recently received a picture that had been forward
Easterine KireAuthor Shelmi Sankhil talks about the new realities, in his debut book, Flame on a Hill and the manner in which the community has accepted an uneasy but unavoidable cohabitation. The new realities
Easterine KireReading Avinuo Kires book, The Last Light of Glory days, I had the startling revelation that as a Naga, I was reading fiction where at an imperceptible point, fiction stopped being fiction.
Memory is our very fragile resource. Every day we are losing this resource as more and more elders die and take their stories with them to the grave. Many friends share that they have experienced the thoug
Easterine KireMaybe zoom meets will go down in history as the rage of the year 2020. We dont have to go far to find out zooming is not for everyone. Call us stubborn or old fashioned, the numbers of people who
I dont know of many people who are a hundred years old. Azuo Razoulhouü Vizol reached her 100th year in May 2019 and passed on seven months later. She was the wife of the former chief Minister Vizol. She was a
Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born until he has passed through death – Benjamin Franklin.One of the most beautiful things an 80-year-old woman said to a man
Kaguirong Gonmeis signature dish is Sweet, Sour and Spicy Roasted Pork Ribeye. And it is always in demand among customers. Kagui and business partner Rocky Peshai have created an intimate, inviting space with s
Easterine KireOne way of describing Dr Veio Pous debut novel, Waiting for the Dust to Settle, is to call it a revisiting of a historical time, a historical event that confounded the Naga people first by its bru
Easterine KireWe Nagas love being introduced to new fruits and flowers in order to find out if the newbies can grow in our hills or plains as the case may be. I dont know how long it has been since the exotic (
Easterine KireMany of us are mourning the unexpected suicide of former Governor Dr Ashwani Kumar. He was different from other governors of the state. In spite of having been the former CBI chief, there was litt
Easterine KireHe is often seen downtown steering himself along on his electrical wheelchair. Like a permanent fixture of the city centre. RH is also known as a city poet because he looks at the semi-urban lands
Easterine KireI dont think its hysterical to call it rampant plagiarism because that is exactly what is happening now. A published Naga scholar had an unnerving experience recently. His book is a sought-after b
Easterine KireIn the UK, 15th August was celebrated as VJ75 day. The allied victory over the Japanese was commemorated in a touching ceremony recognising the efforts of the men who fought to the last, and broug