Khrietuonyü Noudi On my 30th birthday I had gone for a haircut. I walked all the way from my home to the saloon in town on foot. I was conscious and in my right sense I guess. But I was somewhat oblivious
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) is considered to be one of the most brilliant and intelligent men that ever lived on this planet. In fact his brilliance and intelligence was considered so much extraordinary tha
We have just witnessed another edition of the FIFA World Cup which is often dubbed as the greatest show on earth. Every time the FIFA World Cup comes around in 4 years, my world also comes to a standstill as I
The idea of God is a universal phenomenon. It transcends the boundaries of time, place, people, race and culture. In other words, every society, every culture, every kind of people and race and every era of hum
Nagaland is plagued by many issues today. Matters like corruption, erosion of moral values, greed, lack of dignity of labour, search for easy money, widening gap between the rich and the poor, lack of punctuali
In the last 70 years or so, a web of lies and deceit has come to engulf the whole of Nagaland. This lie and deceit was hatched by the Indian leaders who took over the reins of power when the British withdrew fr
For a newly married couple, nothing can be sweeter than the honeymoon. For love marriages wherein the couples get married after being madly in love with one another, the honeymoon is even more precious and swee
Today we live in a rather materialistic-minded society where everything is counted and measured in terms of money. Living with such a mindset we are perhaps missing out on many vital things which can make our l
The oxford dictionary describes a fugitive as “a person who has escaped from captivity or is in hiding”. As one reads this article, one will find that this article is more tilted towards a person who is in
It is said that the Mid-Day Meal scheme in schools has a long history in India. Sources say that it was way back in 1925 that a Mid Day Meal Program was introduced for disadvantageous children in Madras Municip
In the olden times when there was no internet, no telephone, no television, no radio, no telegram etc, the only means through which two nations at war with one another could communicate was the message delivere
The Compact Oxford Dictionary which I have describes ‘Consumerism’ as “the preoccupation of society with buying goods”. If that is the definition of Consumerism, I have absolutely no hesitation in sayin
In almost every human society and era of human history, one or the other factor has always caused division amongst the people. During the time when Gandhi went to South Africa as a young lawyer, the phenomenon
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) was an Irish novelist, play-writer and poet and he wrote some of the most celebrated novels, plays and poems of the 18th century. But apart from his novels, plays and poems, Goldsmi
The English words ‘Leaders’ and ‘Dealers’ have the same six alphabets but it is the positions of the alphabets ‘L’ and ‘D’ that make the difference. In other words, we can turn one of these word
It is said that “Work is Pride”. But it is quite apparent that this phrase does not hold much sense and meaning for most Nagas today. Many Nagas today fail to find pride in their work. They don’t find pri
Khrietuonyü Noudi When God created man and woman and placed them in the Garden of Eden, everything was perfect, complete and beautiful. There was nothing found wanting by the first man and wom
When God created man and woman and placed them in the Garden of Eden, everything was perfect, complete and beautiful. There was nothing found wanting by the first man and woman because God Himself had made ever
Napoleon Bonaparte remained a headache and heartache for all of Europe for over a decade. He was finally defeated in the famous Battle of Waterloo in 1815. If Napoleon had been victorious in this battle, the po
One day in the early summer of 2009 when I was about to park my car by the roadside at Keziekie, a black santro car parked a little ahead suddenly started coming towards my car in the reverse gear. I could not