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  • Reorganisation of District Boundaries in Manipur: Issues and Perspectives
    A month after intense Sadar Hills agitation spearheaded by the Sadar Hills Districthood Demand Committee (SHDDC) since August 1, 2011 demanding upgradation of the Sadar Hills area of Senapati district into a fu
  • To follow in the footsteps of her father
    Aung San Suu Kyi could be forgiven for looking at the revolutions sweeping the Middle East and wondering if she could spark the same sort of upheaval in her own homeland, a country dominated by a military regim
  • Different, yet so similar
    SHOULDER TO SHOULDER: President Barack Obama and the former President, George W. Bush, along with their spouses (unseen), at the National September 11th Memorial in New York on Sunday. Photo: AP On Sunday,
  • Jawaharlal Nehru in Kohima
    We all know Jawaharlal Nehru as the first prime minister of independent India. He is also known, admired and revered for being the author of acclaimed books like ‘Discovery of India’ and Glimpses of
  • Bible understanding into Christian ethical value
    Christians are becoming more secular and materialistic attitude in Christian religion. In recent news article Secularism: The religious Touchstone in Vogue, the writer gave a clear distinction between Secularis
  • On Common Elements Of Journalism
    Since the invasion of press in our land, we had been learning about many issues relating to political, social, cultural and religion within ourselves and the world around us. All these had enlightened and broug
  • 9/11: Ordinary lives, once
    Brandon Neely was a 21-year-old soldier in Texas's Fort Hood army base on the day of the attacks. "In 2000 when USS Cole was hit by terrorists, there was outrage that President Clinton hadn't retaliated. W
  • Living with HIV and dying of TB
    Fuelled by the HIV pandemic and the spread of drug-resistant strains, tuberculosis (TB) has re-emerged as a major threat to global health. TB is a curable disease that continues to affect millions of people glo
  • Mission Calling
    DO IT IN REMEMBRANCE OF MEComposed on 12th October 1997 Hong KongJesus gave His life that the lifeless may have it, He donated His blood to infuse to the dying , And to purchase us back from Satan forever. 
  • The decline & fall of America
    The recent riots in London and other cities in Britain have raised a discomfiting issue nobody in that country wants to confront: The moral decay that has weakened the fibre of British society. This decay is no
  • In response to the Railway Minister’s visit
    We were on our way to evening service. The vehicles were brought to a standstill. Traffic jam on Sunday? O! I forgot that the railway minister was supposed to be here. Countless vehicles passed by swiftly with
  • An Unlikely Icon in these Familiar Times
    For some, the very mention of his name evokes sheer revulsion. He is a self-appointed, self-righteous, vigilante, masquerading as a saintly crusader reviving the memories of the father of the nation for cheap p
  • Looting people and the state
    The Andhra Pradesh High Court has ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to look into the assets of Mr YS Jaganmohan Reddy, the young politician from Andhra Pradesh who was hoping to succeed his father and
  • Secularism: The Religious Touchstone in Vogue
    The dichotomy between the secular and the sacred is artificial and unrealistic. The distinction between the secular and the religious disposition is, however, historical and real. Secularism, as a philosophy, i
  • Rebuild India’s police forces
    Minutes after a bomb ripped through the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, India's politicians began sounding like an old broken record: the terrorists were “dastardly”; the attack was “cowardly&#
  • Problems in Manipur’s Sadar Hills
    The ongoing situation in Sadar Hills District, Manipur, India has attracted attention of not only the ethnic peoples in Northeast India but also the Chins from Burma. The Chinland Guardian has conducted an inte
  • High college cut offs attracts world’s top universities to India for talent
    College cut offs reached new heights this June as the 10% increase in entry requirements into Indian colleges caused great challenges to students achieving less than top marks. Even talented students achieving
  • Is Tobacco A Necessary Consumer Product?
    There were two programmes in Mysore city on Saturday the 3rd September 2011, paradoxically on the same subject "Tobacco", both commencing at 10 am but a few kilometers apart; As Convenor of Anti-Tobac
  • The Quotable Christian: Pride
    Humility is the secret of fellowship, and pride the secret of division.Robert C. ChapmanBe not proud of race, face, place, or grace.Charles SpurgeonOh what a constant companion, what a tyrannical commander, wha
  • Sports in Nagaland: A Reality Check
    Kevi Viswentso Angami: Most of us will agree that we Nagas are no less to anyone in the field of sports and music but still lacking way behind other states in sport infrastructure and music industry. We have na