During the last two and half years of my association with uncle Niketu Iralu, he planted this idea in my mind: “The kingdom of God could be a model for our nation building.” Indeed, this must have b

Women in one of the many villages in Nagaland are seen cleaning the rice days before the Christmas feast. (Photo Credit: Azera Rahman/WFS) Christmas is here. No, it’s not December 25 yet. But then, y

It's been a bad year for dictators. It all begin in January with the Arab Spring; from Tunisia to Egypt to Libya, and perhaps extending eventually to Syria, leaders who had oppressed their people have found the

After Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has now turned its belligerent attention towards Pakistan. But opening up a new battlefront, this time in Pakistan, in the run-up to the presidential elections, will

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With only nine women senators representing 54 million women in Nigeria, international support should focus on the broader political cycle and the numerous obstacles to women's political participation, rather th

Once a year the Russian leader Vladimir Putin engages in a bizarre ritual: he holds a marathon question-and-answer session broadcast live on Russian television. Year after year, he beats his own record for the

Residents of Paekryeong island walk to board a ship leaving for their home, a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's death was announced, at Incheon port in Incheon, South Korea on Tuesday, December 20, 20

Consider the following picture: Recent growth has relied on a huge construction boom fueled by surging real estate prices, and exhibiting all the classic signs of a bubble. There was rapid growth in credit R

U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division, the last soldiers to leave Iraq, arrive at Camp Virginia, Kuwait on Sunday, December 18, 2011. The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border into

In this file photo taken on February 3, 2011, former President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel answers questions about anti-government protests in Egypt, North Africa and the Middle East during an interview

North Korea's leader of almost two decades has died. What happens next will determine Kim Jong-Il's place in the country's history, says Charles K ArmstrongThe death of Kim Jong-Il, the 69-year-old leader of th

“Accumulation of wealth at one pole is at the same time accumulation of misery, torment, slavery, brutalization and moral degradation at the other…”Karl Marx may not have referred to the 1% an

The debate over the merits of alcohol consumption is hotly contested worldwide. There is no doubt that excessive drinking has caused pain and suffering for millions of people. On the other hand, human beings ha

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, is greeted by local residents as he visits Magadan, about 6,000 kilometers (3,700 miles) east of Moscow, Russia's Far East, Saturday on December 17. (AP Photo)

EXPECTATIONS for India’s economic growth rate have been sliding inexorably. In the early spring there was still heady talk about 9-10% being the new natural rate of expansion, a trajectory which if mainta

1985 CHRISTMASComposed on Dec 14, 1985 in Lalong Village, JalukiThe jubilant Christmas day has dawned.It is the birth day of Jesus Christ. ‘Tis His nineteen eighty fifth birth day.Let us worship the Lord

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It is nation states that have emasculated European institutions. What is often branded as the ‘national interest’ is nothing but a justification for the pursuit of internal politicsDay after day the

As if playing a volley ball game, for the past 14 years, some of our political leaders as well as Indian leaders have been alternately declaring that the Indo Naga political ball is now in the Indian court-only