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  • READING AS EATING: Deeply-Internalised TEXTS as Fodder for Effective and Transformative Speech
    Dr Brainerd PrinceDirector, CTLC and Associate Professor, Plaksha UniversityBoth civilizational and family cultures play a critical part in determining fundamental behaviour patterns from childhood. Civilisatio
  • Ping-Pong Wisdom..!
    Two speeches. One I was invited to give. The other, I invited myself to speak at.Both occasions ended with a smattering of applause—polite, appreciative, and perhaps even a little relieved that I had finished
  • Dare to be Aligned..!
    This Saturday, I’ve been asked to speak to a gathering about my book DARE.Now, you’d think I’d strut in with a PowerPoint presentation, a rehearsed TED Talk tone, and the swagger of someone whose book has
  • Football, Fellowship, and Faith
    Meyu ChangkiriMay 15, 2025, marks my father’s 95th birthday. Both he and his elder brother, Chachuba Changkiri, underwent training at the Assam Regiment Training Centre in Shillong at different times shortly
  • Holding Onto Their Chair..!
    Every now and then someone tells me with eyes wide and voice reverent, “You know, that national leader is old and still works twelve hours a day!”I nod solemnly, as if they’ve just informed me that said l
  • Reimagining Skill Development for Northeast India’s Mountain Communities
    Rooted in Land, Knowledge, and EquityAmba JamirIndependent Policy and Development StrategistThe proliferation of capacity-building and skill-development initiatives across India signals a promising commitment t
  • Stop Playing in the Sandpit…!
    The ceasefire was announced a few days ago, but looks like we're still playing in the sandpit of war.Yes, the sandpit, that noisy little patch where toddlers toss sand, build wobbly castles, and fight imaginary
  • Trump's Kashmir proposal: Dangerous diplomacy in a sensitive South Asian dynamic
    Raj AroraIANSNew Delhi: On May 10, US President Donald Trump once again inserted himself into the India-Pakistan equation, this time in the wake of the latest ceasefire declared between the two nuclear neighbou
  • Write to Publish: Taking Your Research to the World
    We have finally come to the end of this long series on research design and how to write a research script. In the last column, we looked at how we could articulate our voice through the argument that we put for
  • Groceries or Unnecessaries...!
    So there I was, on a noble mission—to buy a loaf of bread. Simple, humble, unassuming bread.I marched confidently into the grocery store like a soldier on assignment. And then it began.The assault.Not by the
  • I’ll Be Back Soon..!
    Was speaking last evening to a man whose wife is an army officer, posted somewhere near the treacherous snow-dusted stretches of Kashmir. He looked like a calm man, not the kind you'd expect to betray his emoti
  • Of Tunnels, Terror, and Tears..!
    Exactly two years ago, I found myself descending into the bowels of the earth—into the underground city of Derinkuyu in Cappadocia, Türkiye. A vast subterranean labyrinth, carved out of volcanic rock, where
  • The Great Indian Doorstep Drama...!
    It begins, quite innocently.You've had a delightful evening at your friend’s place. Good food, warm conversation, possibly a brief skirmish about which cricket team is truly “in transition,” and now it’
  • Only Ninety-Nine..!
    There was wailing next door. Not muffled sobs but full-throated, guttural wailing. My wife looked up from her tea, her eyebrows knitted in worry. “Something’s happened,” she said.I nodded. “Death in the
  • Hopes and Hurdles: Children's Voices in Nagaland
    James PhanungkiuChild rights are the fundamental entitlements, protections and freedoms inherent to every child, irrespective of nationality, ethnicity, religion, gender or status. These rights are universal, i
  • Lifting the Stick..!
    I often wonder what went through Moses' mind as he stood with the Red Sea in front and the sound of furious chariot wheels behind. Maybe he scratched his beard thoughtfully—because let's face it, if ever ther
  • The WhatsApp War..!
    Every morning, as the sun peeps over our confused democracy, a silent war begins. Not at our borders, not in Parliament, but in the palm of your hand — yes, that unassuming rectangle known as your smartphone.
  • The Whistle of a Bullet..!
    So, this morning while sipping my sugarless coffee (doctor’s orders; doctor being my wife), I kept reading all the horror that has just happened leaving twenty- six dead. And of course, the usual statements f
  • Justice and Righteousness is the Heart of God
    Rev Dr Mar Pongener General Secretary, Nagaland Baptist Church CouncilThe Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC), grounded in the teachings of Christ and guided by the truth of Scripture, raises its voice
  • Prohibition and free-flowing liquor in Nagaland
    GT Thong Lower Agri Colony, Kohima The NLTP Act of 1989 is the most controversial issue in Nagaland, perhaps second only to sovereignty matters. But my intention of this small piece is not to contest
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