Easterine Kire Maybe zoom meets will go down in history as the rage of the year 2020. We don’t have to go far to find out zooming is not for everyone. Call us stubborn or old fashioned, the numbers of people who were resistant to zoom were quite high.  Apparently thereis even something called zoom fatigue. English Lecturer Sengmei Thaimei has to do several hours of teaching on zoom every day, and she says she is ‘zoom fatigued’ - a term newly coined by neur

Sanam Rana CIHSR Dimapur  Citizens in the society have multiple responsibilities towards the community be it at home, office, church, schools, colleges, hospitals etc. We work every day to meet our daily needs and requirements. When the working individual is affected with a painful health disorders it does affect the quality of work with increased absenteeism and decreased productivity on the individual organization.  The term musculoskeletal injury denotes health

I don’t know of many people who are a hundred years old. Azuo Razoulhouü Vizol reached her 100th year in May 2019 and passed on seven months later. She was the wife of the former chief Minister Vizol. She was an educated woman which was a rarity in her day. After finishing her studies, she worked as a teacher. Azuo Razoulhouü lived her life upholding the traditional values she had learned from her parents. In her home, guests were very welcome and her kitchen was always

Avonuo Ziephrü Dimapur Health information management (HIM) is the practice of acquiring, analyzing, and protecting digital and traditional medical information vital to providing quality patient care. It is a combination of business, science, and information technology (AHIMA). HIM professionals plays a key role in maintaining patient’s records to help the patient and physician in the continuity of patient’s care, better management of treatment, promotes research

‘Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born until he has passed through death’ – Benjamin Franklin. One of the most beautiful things an 80-year-old woman said to a man who had just lost his wife was, ‘She has simply gone into the next room; and she has not closed the door but left it ajar.’  It is a gentle reminder that our loved ones are not entirely lost to us, even if their deaths may feel final. Th

Dr Samhita Barooah World Disability Day marks the beginning of engaging with sensitive innovation. Every December 3, globally the needs and challenges of persons with disability are recognised and respected. When legal, community and structural measures are transformed to co-create enabling conditions with disabled persons in the everyday concerns of society, one creates alternate abilities. Every ability depends on exposure, experience and techniques of practice. Ableism is the rea

Kaguirong Gonmei’s signature dish is Sweet, Sour and Spicy Roasted Pork Ribeye. And it is always in demand among customers. Kagui and business partner Rocky Peshai have created an intimate, inviting space with soft lighting above the noise and clamour of Safdarjung, South Delhi. Kagui’s Kitchen is located in the back porch of Kagui’s apartment with enough space for three or four tables providing place settings for two at each table. The big table seats four. 

Sungjemlila Aier Kohima  The digital age is a time where technology offers information on a platform where it is available to everyone who has access to these technologies. This is largely dominated by the internet. The internet, from the time of its inception, has made rapid and dramatic changes to society. Everything from the way we interact to the way we gain knowledge has been incalculably altered.  In a world where everything is becoming more accessible to us, we

Gucci revives classics to regain edge Silvia Aloisi Reuters Gucci is revisiting 1960s handbags and other classics in its latest collection, mixing them with up-to-the-minute sneakers and logoed skateboards, as it seeks to reach a wider audience and reverse a fall in sales after years of stellar growth. With traditional fashion shows cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, designer Alessandro Michele teamed up with U.S. director Gus Van Sant to shoot a seven-part minise

Vishnu Makhijani  IANS A film on Indias last Viceroy triggered a series of journeys to the sub-continent as Marina Wheeler attempted to come to terms with its partition in 1947 and the trauma that it caused to her mother. In this she succeeded admirably but could be treading on thin ice when it comes to what exactly caused the upheaval. "You are right that Partition was a traumatic event for our family (and indeed many others, including your own). My mother did not spe

Manipadma Jena Thomson Reuters Foundation On India's residential streets, amid the tea vendors and vegetable sellers, ironing "wallahs" press clothes each day for millions of Indians, smoothing out wrinkles with iron boxes packed with hot charcoal. But India's 10 million ironing carts and shops take a hefty toll on the country's forests. Each uses, on average, more than 5 kilograms of charcoal each day, the government's science and technology department

Dr Denchu Phom CIHSR  What Are Haemorrhoids? Haemorrhoids are swollen veins in the lowest part of your rectum and anus. Sometimes the walls of these blood vessels stretch so thin that the veins bulge and get irritated, especially when you poop. Swollen haemorrhoids are also called piles. Haemorrhoid is one of the most common causes of rectal bleeding. They are rarely dangerous, but you should see your doctor to make sure you don't have a more serious condition, such

Minwoo Park Reuters  At a workshop in the South Korean capital, two environmental activists melt down old plastic bottle caps that thousands of volunteers known as “sparrows” have collected in a bid to fight a tide of plastic the novel coronavirus has helped unleash. Green activists Kim Yona and Lee Dong-I use the bottle caps to make a tube-squeezing device - something they hope consumers will find useful and be able to keep, rather than toss out after just one

Easterine Kire One way of describing Dr Veio Pou’s debut novel, Waiting for the Dust to Settle, is to call it a revisiting of a historical time, a historical event that confounded the Naga people first by its brutality, and consequent upon that, by the government apathy in extending justice to the victims of Oinam and its neighbouring villages. With the story of Oinam as its core, the writer brings other landscapes into play.We are introduced to the protagonist’s hom

In conversation with Sentilong Ozukum on writing, life, next novel and more Morung Express Feature  Dimapur | October 30 A week after the release of the much awaited novel ‘Dreams & Chaos,’ The Morung Express had a chance to ask Sentilong Ozukum some questions about his writing process and the world he has inhabited in his writings.  Sentilong is a civil servant, a motivational speaker and an emerging literary voice from North East India. His debut n

Kate Chappell Reuters With most schools in Jamaica still closed due to the pandemic, schoolteacher Taneka Mckoy every day braves the risk of stray gunshots from gang warfare and the oppressive Caribbean heat as she trudges around her inner city Kingston community to write lessons on blackboards painted on its walls. Parents and children of primary school age take photos on their phones of the lessons or write them down in a notebook. Later, the children pass by Mckoy's home

Easterine Kire We Nagas love being introduced to new fruits and flowers in order to find out if the newbies can grow in our hills or plains as the case may be. I don’t know how long it has been since the exotic (for us) fruit avocado made its appearance on our shores. My sister, who loves gardening, was successful in nurturing some avocado plants. One afternoon she visited an acquaintance who had been unwell and had complained of a poor appetite. Having heard of the many wonde

Rina Chandran Thomson Reuters Foundation Until recently, Nuttanakul Somsak's daily commute to work was unlike that of most residents in Bangkok: she hopped on a boat for about half the price of a train ticket, and taking just a fraction of the time that a taxi or bus did. For three years, Nuttanakul boarded one of the passenger motor boats that ply the fetid canals in Bangkok, carrying about 30,000 of the city's more than 8 million residents every day. "It was ch

Puja Gupta IANSlife Reduced eyesight is caused by multiple factors, including diseases like diabetes, eye trauma, cataracts or glaucoma. Over 3 crore individuals suffer from blindness globally, with India being home to nearly one-third the total figure. While 80 percent vision impairment can be prevented by early detection and timely intervention, lack of access and awareness has been a major deterrent in individuals seeking eye care. Over 5 crore people in India have moderat

Kim Kyung Hoon Reuters The coronavirus pandemic has turned one Japanese theme park into a new workplace for teleworkers, with a haunted house for the bargain. On Thursday, Yomiuriland, an amusement park in Tokyo, launched an "amusement workation" package to include a working booth next to its pool, and a ride on its observation ferris wheel with a portable WiFi router. "I love working outside. This is a good plan, and it feels great," said Tatsuki Yamamoto