The first World Cup in Africa begins today (June 11, 2010) and as expected global audiences from across continents irrespective of nationalities or political divide will be for a brief period of one month unite
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Now that a massive green drive under the Year of Plantation has been launched by the Forest Department, Government of Nagaland, it will hopefully help in somewhat compensating for the loss of forest cover. Acco
The present state of affairs is a clear indication of the crying need for a new politics in our land. The old politics of based on fear, exclusion and ‘the other’ is shredding away the possibilities of a sh
Every popular struggle for their rights has at various points of time been faced with the difficult question of who will carry on from the present leadership. The over-dependence on the present leadership and t
The comprehensive victory for Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the just concluded West Bengal civic polls is significant in more ways than one. While winning elections, whether they are munic
We have always taken the position that when it comes to making our contribution to mitigating global problems such as global warming; we have to act locally in order to do our part as a duty to humanity. To mar
A few weeks ago, much ahead of World No Tobacco Day, an editorial in these columns had termed tobacco as a ‘serial killer’ and rightly so as the statistics related to tobacco consumption was horrifying. Sin
The recent news report related to the so called ‘Odarpu Yatra’ being undertaken by Congress MP Y S Jaganmohan to Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh is quite disturbing. Jaganmohan, son of late Andhra Prades
Social change is an integral and natural process of human progression. Without transformation human life would become stagnant. Right now if one were to look around the world, one would find many situations tha
Culture has to be at the very heart of the peoples struggle for freedom and social change. If the peoples struggle is unable to adequately address and recognize cultural forces or if it bypasses the culture of
India as a country faces numerous problems from different corners. But the biggest threat it faces is the siege both from within and without—from religious and political fundamentalists who are out to destroy
The power of information has been at the helm of human affairs since the dawn of human kind. Consequently, the holder of any vital information has acquired and entrusted with much power and is in a position to
In reality, the present praxis of governance is being imposed from above by structures that have acquired global proportions with the intention of creating forced dependence and inculcating an economics of desp
There is no doubt that the health care infrastructure in India as well as Nagaland is in doldrums with even the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) pointing to the stark inequalities in the Indian healthcar
Poverty is both a cause and effect of political instability and is often a result of the denial of basic human needs and human rights. The poorest countries are those who are suffering the dual forces of global
It is now crystal clear and self-explanatory that it is the sincere will of the Naga people to see the various Naga political groups reconcile, come together and jointly work for Naga rights. If the will of the
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has recently written a letter to all of his cabinet colleagues and Chief Ministers of all states to “clean up corruption in the highest level of offices” and to “give up a
Of late the rhetoric to fight corruption in India has increased considerably; to the extent that corruption is now perceived as a threat to India’s national security. It is about time that the public consciou
The implementation of the Prohibition Act has failed in Nagaland. The Nagaland minister of Forest and Excise in his interaction with some local journalists admitted ‘prohibition is defeated’ in Nagaland. Th
In the course of human history, the myth surrounding ‘state sovereignty’ has been exposed and history has arrived at a time when ‘state sovereignty’ has lived of its usefulness. The end of ‘state sove
