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  • Death Rage and the Doc..!
    Maybe it’s the fact that in the middle of the cyclone today, my wife a doctor, had to rush to the hospital to save a life that makes me write about ‘Death rage’ todayWe have all seen or experienced this f
  • Living Like Men..!
    As science progresses, men are slowly becoming a worried lot as they find women are slowly not going to need them anymore and could one day become pregnant even without their help. “Human embryos without fath
  • Shut Up, When Others Grieve..!
    Yesterday I went to the home of a friend who had lost her father. I sat in silence and let her cry.One of the silliest things I have seen at a funeral is someone going across to the bereaved party, holding his
  • Cheap Car, Cheap Vaccine..!
    In our country we love to pay little and get much. The mechanic who repairs my car knows this and was at my house this morning and led me to his own garage: “I have made the cheapest car in the world!” he s
  • Priority of the days 
    Rev Dr Phuveyi Dozo, Naga United Village, Dimapur The world is going through a blustery wave of adversity with crumbling and fluctuating scenario. At this time of dire need, it is amazing and impressive to
  • Pointing Beauty to a Despairing World..!
    Even as musicians carefully wrap their instruments in satin felt, and place them inside cases, I urge them to bring them out. In a despairing world, it is art and creativity that shows beauty that will soon be
  • Right Connections..!
    In our great country not many awards are won through merit or hard work, most are won through right connections!The stationmaster of the local suburban station came and stood by me, leaving his office in the ca
  • Unlearning During a Lockdown
    Simone Galimberti Inter Press Service Children all over the world are having tough times while coping with the consequences of the pandemic but the circumstances affecting them in the Philippines are even m
  • Jes' Keep Playin'..!
    Players win, players lose, players prepare, players practise, players gethurt but players get up. No matter what the outcome is, players keep playin..!.After years of hard work, Thomas Carlyl finished the manus
  • Amazing Spectacles..!
    If I’ve started writing late today, it’s because I spent the last hour or two, searching for my writing glasses. Now there’s something about searching for them;  you need another pair to search for t
  • Green Grass on the Other Side..!
    They were quiet as they came back from their neighbour's house with their little one fast asleep on his father’s shoulder; they’d gone over for dinner, and the husband had noticed his wife growing quiet as
  • Said Zahari: Unsung Mandela of Press Freedom
    Jomo Kwame Sundaram Inter Press Service  Have you ever heard of a workers’ strike or similar labour action for press freedom? And how long do you think it lasted? A day? A week? A month? And wher
  • What Politicians Who Lost Are Doing..!
    Since elections are over I decided to visit some of those who had stood for the elections and lost and find out what they were doing, “Where is your husband?” I asked the wife of an independent candidate, w
  • She Won in Nandigram..!
    Yes, Didi did!Most often battles are won by valiant and brave fighters who give up their lives to win a war. An army advances but from a particular vantage spot a sniper shoots relentlessly at the same forces,
  • Is It Well With Your Soul?
    One of my saddest moments at any concert was hearing a quartet of four men, singing, “It is well with my soul” It wasn’t the song that made me sad, nor the way rendered, it was the fact that one among the
  • Little Woman..!
    I don’t know what the results are going to be tomorrow, with exit polls varying in their proclamations but whatever it is, we in our country will not forget the picture of a small, diminutive woman fighting a
  • Just Another Woman..!
    She was beautiful! She was Pakistani!She strolled over to where I sat, on the banks of the St Lawrence, just before it rolled into the Great Niagara. “May I sit here with you?” she asked. “Sure,” I said
  • Rise Up and Win..!
    And as Covid lays low, not just lives but jobs and businesses and there is a feeling of despair all around, I decided I would fill today’s piece with quotes from those who spoke about failing, getting up and
  • No Victory Processions..!
    The three men looked at each other fearfully, “We are being called murderers!” whispered the chief to the other two, “How ever could a court call us that?”“Next, they may hang us!” said the junior o
  • Speed Breaker Psychology..!
    “In our country,” said the important looking official, from the transport department, “the speed breaker is a symbol. Do you know the kind of training the speed breaker makers undergo?“No,” I said.
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