Better not Arundhati
It is great news that Booker Prize winning writer Arundhati Roy will be visiting the state in November this year. However, we wish she...
Kashmir and Northeast
The controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act, AFSPA, is now right back in focus following a strong push from Kashmir in the wake of...
To be Pragmatic
There is a lot of similarity between the outlooks of most established religions (if not all the religions) and the ideology of historical and...
Only skeletal services at Ukhrul hospital
From John K Kaping
UKHRUL, Sep 8: The Ukhrul District Hospital inaugurated in the year 1976 exists in a pathetic state although it is supposed...
Cleaning the Filth Within
In recent years there have been few news items that came as music to the ears than “the zero garbage campaign” launched by the...
Govt and Environment
No prizes for guessing. Much before the globalisation of the world economy, globalisation has never been evitable in another field – ecology. Ecological degradation...
Corruption as Peace Hurdle
There is nothing much to dispute in the proposition that corruption is at the root of most ills of our society. Even the question...
Selling a headache, legitimately
By RK Lakhi Kant
My colleagues have often complained over the years that I do not take proper interest in news reports which are connected...
Extinction is forever
On this surface of the earth, where evolution is in operation, extinction of unfit and rarity of less fit in natural selection is an...
Questionable Open Sale
The state of affairs has never been this shoddy. As usual, the whistle blowers seem to get their way out forking all and sundry...
Unshackling Civil Space
It happens in every conflict situation. The shape and size of the civil space keep fluctuating, sometimes shrinking and sometimes expanding. When it expands...
Leader as Statesman
When the present is in such a mess, the task of envisioning the future becomes next only to impossible. While this truism must be...
New Military Paradigm
A lot has been said about democracy, mostly good but not without some serious caveats. Of the good, there is hardly any need for...
“Impetus on Higher Education”
Leader Writer: Hrishikesh Angom
Now, the state government might have perceived at least something about the present scenario of higher education in the state. Recently,...