What is ‘Hornbill Festival?’ I was asked by one of my friends the other day. ‘The answer is very easy, but difficult to describe the details in a few sentences and in a few minutes’, I t

Thirty years since the first reported cases of Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in 1981, the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been unprecedented, especially in terms of global and national initiat

In both Greece and Italy, the biggest threats to the European monetary union, technocrats rather than elected political leaders have been given the daunting task of salvaging the economies, a crucial step towar

STANDING TALL: Evelyn Dale and Theresa Nowlin, from left, received support at the Boston Living Center and now help others there. Decades after being diagnosed with AIDS. HIV continues to have a devastatin

On the 2nd of May 2011, the whole world woke up to the sensational and electrifying news that the world’s most wanted man Osama Bin Laden had been killed in a military operation undertaken by US elite com

ToThe Public Information OfficerRoad & Bridges,Kohima NagalandSub: Application under Section 6 of the RTI Act 2005Sir,Kindly furnish the information sought herein below1.    What was the tota

Deep in jungles far from the international spotlight, Myanmar's army continues to torture and kill civilians in campaigns to stamp out some of the world's longest-running insurgencies. Human rights groups say t

Recently there has been a huge hue and cry about the traffic problems faced in Nagaland. In my humble opinion it is a boon for us as we have come to a saturation point where each and everyone of us know that so

Something in the papers the other day struck me as odd.  Russia has placed a number of U.S. officials on a blacklist. They are banned from traveling to Russia because of what the Kremlin is calling "h

Reading through “India Human Development Report 2011; Towards Social Inclusion”, I was drawn upon my recent experience of village people  during my  fieldwork engagement trip. What came up

New York, New York - An absurdist play about two people waiting for someone who never shows up, performed in Arabic by young Palestinian actors, directed by a Jewish Israeli filmmaker and presented on a New Yor

A faded president, discredited rivals, and a dysfunctional political system together spell trouble for the United States - at home and in the world, says Godfrey Hodgson.  For anti-Americans and others add

Looking back on the early 21st century from its midpoint, historians (of a sort) will regard it as the Age of Insanity. Who would believe that such a large proportion of the world's grain harvest would be turne

The recent repairing of the main road in Kohima needs appreciation from all sections of people who have been complaining for a long time.  I would be failing in my duty if I maintained a stoic silence like

In what may be a first of its kind pilgrimage by voluntary social organization, the Naga Council Dimapur team of 30 members had the blessed privilege to travel virtually the length and breadth of Israel, visiti

Every human action has an underlying motive behind it. But if we dig further down into the motive, we will find an underlying world-view that has guided the motive behind the action. In the case of the Indo-Nag

China, which has a tendency to issue dire warnings in response to perceived threats, was unusually muted last week. When US President Barack Obama unveiled plans to deploy 2,500 US Marines in northern Australia

The editorial column of Morung express of 23rd November, 2011 edition has rightly stated on supra State Body as reported in Seven Sister Post and the position of Naga Organisations. “Strangely the Nagas a

With global population touching the seven billion mark, concerns have been voiced about an impending food shortage. Developed countries, which consume the most, have been quick to place the blame on the growing

Just as the mechanisms that made democracy function in city states were not adequate for governing nation states, representative democracies today are showing themselves incapable of managing, effectively and d