WAR IS a well-produced reality show. Embedded journalism is the star cast. Yes, there are innocents dying, but why let that interfere with what the boss wants reported? Award-winning documentary filmmaker-journ

Relatives and supporters accompany the body of Kishenji, a senior Maoist rebel leader killed in a gunbattle with security forces in eastern India, during his funeral procession at Peddapally village in Karimnag

All the religions of the world have the capacity to preach and practice peace as seen in the lives of Mahatma Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Martin Luther King Jr, Thich- Nhat Hahn etc., to mention a few

The government of India’s decision to roll back legislation that would allow FDI in multi-brand retail is ill-advised. However, in the grand scheme of things it is but a hiatus that at worst merely derail

Victoria Montenegro was abducted as a newborn by a military colonel. She testified last spring in the trial over baby thefts. Victoria Montenegro recalls a childhood filled with chilling dinnertime discuss

Most Indian scientists working in the anonymity of their labs or research institutes seldom make news even if they achieve a vital breakthrough or invent something new. Their discoveries and insights go unrepor

•-The Naga people especially the womenfolk are grateful to NMA, the Dimapur Naga Women Hoho and like-minded organizations for having successfully fought for 33% women reservation in the municipal bodies i

Anyone can talk big things, but nothing beats the old saying; “Action speaks louder than words”. How do we tackle the situation where most of the so called concerned people are actually opportunists

Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, center, is accompanied by Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in black suit, as they inspect an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Istana, or pre

When United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton completed her visit to Myanmar on December 2, the diplomatic exchange offered a glimpse of hope for the traditionally military-run country's reform prospect

A month back my friend called me up to tell me about a threat call he received from a certain organization. I was quite annoyed and assured him that I will write an article ‘as soon as I go home’. A

It is Christmas time, a season of activities to which we have waited for so long. It is a time for shopping and gifting and a time for reunion of families and friends. It is also a time to attend Church service

It is the other Guantánamo, an archipelago of federal prisons that stretches across the country, hidden away on back roads. Today, it houses far more men convicted in terrorism cases than the shrunken popu

ABSOLUTE ONENESSComposed on March 22, 1998 Hong KongWhen the rain from the sky falls upon a riverThe rain water mingles with that of the riverAnd form absolutely, inseparably one!Two bodies from two places ! Bu

An Indian policeman scuffles with an activist of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) during a protest march to mark International Human Rights Day in Srinagar, India on Saturday, December 10. More than 68,000

It was exactly at 10:22 pm (10/12/11) that I received a text message from my wife (whom, I had just left at Guwahati, a few hours back) that her pet dog ‘ROVER’ had been killed by some unknown (dog)

Manipur was in the news recently due to blockade of the only two highways NH 39 and NH 53 which is the lifeline to the State connecting to rest of the country! The blockades of the Kukis were for 20 days and th

If the measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable, then societies everywhere have cause to be ashamed. In a changing and dramatically unequal world, the global human rights system must prove its

Delhi and Naypyidaw had very recently countersigned the agreement on constructing a very huge hydroelectric dam in the Chindwin River viz. Tamanthi Dam whose actual site is at Tazone-Lawayyan around 35 km away

Hornbills are beautiful birds familiar to many as farmers of the forest that ensure the dispersal of fruit seeds. Nine species of these large birds are found in India, mainly in the Northeast and the Western gh