Nic DunlopUnderstanding is key to success in Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge genocide tribunalLast year former Khmer Rouge commander Ta Mok died in prison in Phnom Penh, allowing another unrepentant member of Pol Pot
Shibani ChaudhuryProfessor Amlan Datta talks to Shibani Chaudhury. Born in 1924 at Comilla, former East Bengal, Professor Amlan Datta taught in Calcutta University, and has been vice-chancellor of North Bengal
Monalisa ChangkijaI never cease to amaze at the way the Directorate of Audio & Visual Publicity, (DAVP) Government of India, New Delhi, has been functioning for well nigh 60 years. For the uninitiated this
Sanjay Sangvai – was a social activist, freelance journalist and member of Narmada Bachao AndolanThe first thing that strikes any outsider in Nagaland is the sheer beauty of the terrain – the green mountain
Dr. Habib SiddiquiThroughout history, we have seen the importance of personality in shaping the destiny of a nation. These personalities become larger than their lives. They gravitate people to overcome their l
Paranjoy Guha ThakurtaWhile India has always been seen as a land of great socio-economic disparities, of slums co-existing with marble palaces, there is new concern at the rapid pace at which the rich-poor gap
Paranjoy Guha ThakurtaThe Indian judiciary itself is hardly a paragon of probity, as has been proved over and over again down the years. Nonethelsss, corruption in the judiciary is a subject that is often discu
John DearI consider Martin Luther King, Jr. the great, holy prophet to the nation. He was a prophet of nonviolence sent by the God of peace and justice to call our country to repent of the sin of violence and w
Limalenden LongkumerDon Williams maintains that ‘’all the best things in life are free’’. A moment’s thought reveals a long list of goods my favourite western country singer might have had in mind. Bu
Luntinsat The Greatest Challenge of the Hour ‘Our state, in the puritans’ eye: Penitence is the way outCertain church leaders, particularly the puritans who lead a pious life, would take no time t
John DearThe Need for Prophets for Peace and Justice in a Culture of War and InjusticeOne reason for the world’s violence, poverty and wars lies in our crisis of ethics and leadership. Instead of pursuing a c
Sirajul IslamLast week, I have the opportunity to participate in a workshop on Gender, HIV and AIDS mainstreaming in NGOs in Bangladesh at IDB Bhaban, Dhaka at the Initiative of HIV and AIDS Alliance in Banglad
Yifat SusskindIndigenous activists are putting up a fight – against violence. At the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, activists are focused on passing a declaration that recognizes the right of Indige
John Dear, S.J.The story is told that in the early 1980s a small group gathered in their church basement in East Germany to ask a daring question: “What will Germany look like a thousand years from now when t
Ram PuniyaniOn 6th May (2007) two evangelists were beaten up by the Bajrang Dal/VHP workers and police arrested them on the charges of conversions. On the same day Christians returning from the Marathoma church
Paranjoy Guha ThakurtaShould India move towards a two party system? Will the fragmented, multi-party polity of the world’s second most populous nation-state soon resemble that of the United States or Britain?
Ilika Zhimomi Special Educator‘If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude’Of the many changes taking place in the present era, one of the most significant is the movement of inclusion of peo
Praful BidwaiThe Hindi word ‘Dalit’ has entered the international lexicon in recent years as an evocative reminder of the unique cruelty and injustice of India’s caste system. Dalits (meaning the broken)
Thingnam Anjulika SamomGiving birth with the help of a skilled attendant is seen as the ideal but it is far from the reality for millions of women.Salabila Camp, AssamSalabila Camp in Assam’s Bongaigaon distr
February 11, 2004 was and still is the Red Letter Day for the people of Peren district when the present DAN government under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio inaugurated and laid the foundat