Excuse the cliché. But I keep finding many hidden gems in missionary literature from the Naga hills. Im reading Narola Rivenburgs The Star of the Naga Hills for the fourth or fifth time. The dedication says th
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Any good script is largely a result of good editing. To become excellent, a piece of writing has to subject itself to being scrutinized by other eyes than the authors. The blessing of other eyes sees the
Easterine Kire The Japanese are tending towards minimalism in a huge way, the gracious lady of the house remarked. Christine Iraluhas been very impressed by seeing first-hand, contemporary Japanese homes,
I finally got my birth certificate on Thursday. I thought it was worth celebrating. Now I could be considered officially born and registered and become part of the whole business of living. In his book, A House
On Sunday morning, I went looking for a church. It had moved location and the girl I met at the old site instructed me, Get on the over-bridge and go up the steps a bit and then it will be just there. I crossed
Last week I got an email from an irate teacher friend who said a young friend of his needed last-minute help with her thesis before submission to her university. My friend did a small rant about our people alwa
Words die out when there is no one to use them. When the contexts in which they are used are removed, they are forgotten a few generations later. Western anthropologists transcribing oral poetry of the Naga tri
The Easter Sunday sermon centered around the terror attacks in Stockholm and the two Coptic churches bombed in the Egyptian cities of Alexandria and Tanta. Sadly, terror attacks are no longer new in Europe. Nev
A friend made a remark that in India we now have the politicization of food. He was referring to the restrictions on cow slaughter in Maharashtra. In the mid-nineties, Pune city had markets where the best quali
Some people say yes to scammers. Not knowingly at first, but later when the information is brought to their knowledge, they go into denial and justify their faith in the scammer. Let me tell you a scam of a sto
Beginning from the middle of January and lasting the whole of February and well into early March is the period we know asblue haze time. The mountains and fields are covered with a blue haze that looks like mis
Nope, not by dynamite, although that is certainly one of the tools. Not by JCB, although that comes later. But by human greed, surely, and terribly, and effectively. That is how you kill a mountain and forever
This is my prayer for myself and all my friends and family. It sounds innocuous and impotent but positivity is time-proven in producing quality of life. Its winter here at home. Every now and then there i
Easterine Kire I have a limited circle of friends, but in that circle I did not notice anyone wishing the other person Merry Good Governance! on the 25th December or before or after that. And thank
Easterine Kire In many metropolitan cities in India, as well as around the world, gift shops have Christmas goodies on display by the beginning of November. Airport shops brilliantly display their Christm
Palaver not finished, a friend from Zimbabwe used to say if he had something important on his mind but noticed that people were moving away from him. He is now dead and gone and still leaves behind unfinished p
I havent given up on this theme. Because we definitely need it. The modern morung can be a place in a central location in each town. Its use would be much more embracing keeping in mind the changing needs of to
In small pockets of the planet, enlightened individuals are warring against the forces of negativity. Those forces are not extra terrestrials, not figments of Science Fictions imagination, but they are real, an
In April this year, I visited Aolichen for Uncle Bens sake. Uncle Ben is how I, and the many Nagas and non-Nagas that knew him, have always called him. The rest know him as Dr I Ben Wati. // That brief vi
Its too easy for us today to say this word, Peace. It feels to me that just about anyone can now stand up and say that they are working for peace even when their actions are furthest from it. Its not right that
