As a writer very often I face uncertain times, and have to make decisions regarding my future. Quite often I’ve hesitated, but one story retold by another writer has always helped me make decisions, and not h
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The scream came from the bedroom, “Lizard?” I asked casually from the sitting room and found no reply, “Cockroach?” I shouted again, and again hearing no answer, rushed to where the wife was, “What’
Many years ago, just out of college, I worked in my father’s company as a salesman. There’s one lesson I learnt in sales, I’ve never forgotten, and that was to never allow the customer to feel that you ne
I'd never been one to visit the sick and always felt my wife, a doctor, did enough visiting at her hospital for both of us; but this time I had to go. He was an old man, well into his eighties and I had always
This morning I spent the better part of an hour with a friend of mine discussing whether I should take upon myself certain responsibilities: He was quite insistent that I serve on a particular board and I, know
There I was in the bathroom, sometime back with a screwdriver in my hand and a pair of pliers getting the soap tray fixed. I worked hard and as I did, I wondered how my wife had managed to get me to do it. Most
Designing a Research ProposalDr Brainerd PrinceWe have indeed arrived at our academic home in the mountain. We have located the research community or the academic discipline in which we want to locate our resea
“Start with his right hand!” the Roman officer must have jeered to the soldier carrying nails to be driven through the hands and feet of Jesus, on a Good Friday two thousand years ago.And as the horrible so
It’s not often I reach out to others for help, but I remember the time I did: It was the day, when I buckled under the weight of carrying too heavy a load, not just that, but being thought of as someone who c
ZK Pahrü Mission Colony, Pfütsero “You cannot enter here. You have to wait from here,” says nurse, as they took my wife into the Operation Theater (Delivery Room) for child delivery. S-
Nainika GuptaWith the advent of the digital age, technologies such as the internet have become an irreplaceable part of our lives. Interacting with the internet every day is almost unavoidable; people cannot he
Review by Ningreichon Tungshang The novel is to help the Nagas understand what repatriation is and attempts to convince readers why we should be unafraid to bring home the remains of our ancestors and
“Who’s this?” I asked my friend as I entered his house and saw a disheveled boy sitting in his living room.“My son!”“Hi,” I said and watched as the young fellow stared at me then looked around, ra
The Dean of the American university looked up with dismay at what his secretary was telling him, “That could spell doom for our universities!” he whispered.“Yes sir, especially as most of our fees come fr
The only agenda the opposition parties have for the 2024 elections is to bring down Modi! That’s all and no more!This is not going to win elections, as people wonder what will happen if they do win. Will they
A few years ago, a close friend of mine brought along a painting by a great painter. Over a century old it looked dull and listless and certain places patchy. "Could you get those sections touched up?" asked my
A few years ago, when Pluto, the stray I’d adopted was alive, I walked into his room: He lay on his back, all four legs in the air. I looked at his face, his eyes were shut and as I peered closely, I could ha
Yesterday I opened the paper to find right there on the front page, another rape in the outskirts of Mumbai. Sadly, the papers also reported that the girl was out with her boyfriend, insinuating that the girl s-
Z Lohe The two currently relevant issues: There are issues after issues needing necessary highlights in the interest of the common man, and yet I am to raise two current matters particularly roads under Nati
Dr Visier Sanyü Nagas have the Right to be Nagas, and to Write and Own our History “The future is certain; it is only the past that is unpredictable.” This is a joke about the communists
