International nurses day is celebrated through out the world on 12th of May every year. The day commemorates the birthday of FLORENCE NIGNTINGALE (i.e 12th May 1820 ) who work tirelessly for the sick, the needy and the under privileged.   | Read.. 

1. Nagaland is rife today with the talk of Reconciliation, Peace and Unity. While it is so, It is also equally important to find out where "The Peace Process" got stuck up, and why; because, both these are inseparably linked up in someway or other and unless they work in total harmony it   | Read.. 

It was on the lawns of Navy House, I was introduced to the Vice Admiral. "Thank you for the wonderful piece you wrote on the navy," he said and I smiled. But it was not the admiral's words nor the spit and polish of uniformed men I remember, nor the dramatic display by helicopters; what lingers in my mind is the Navy Band playing Abide With Me, as the sun set that evening.   | Read.. 

After all the pain and the burden of carrying me inside, she smiled the moment she heard my cries because she knew I had come out alive and she held me like no one would ever do again.   | Read.. 

They are words that simply, but poignantly, tell of a little boy's love for his mother. Now Melanie Jones is hoping that another mother may come forward after reading the sentiments her murdered 11-year-old son Rhys wrote on her Mother's Day card in March.   | Read.. 

Day: 106 , Place: Nagaland, Time: Why should we obey her? Dear Diary, "Happy Mother's Day" and I handed the gift to my mum with a big smile. She was taken aback and stared into my eyes like she always use to do when I get sick. Smilingly, she accepted the gift and thanked me profusely like it was the first time she was getting a gift from me. Well Diary, it was the first gift of the year though.   | Read.. 

Today on Mothers Day, I dedicate these lines to all mothers! When we were a year old, you fed and bathed us. We thanked you by crying all night long. When we were 2, you taught us to walk. We thanked you by running away when you called.   | Read.. 

Signs of avian in-fluenza in poultry birds Lack of coordination (including inability to walk and stand) ruffled feathers, difficulty in breathing, loss of appetite, depression and droopiness, bluish coloring of wattles and comb oedema and swelling of head, eyelids, comb, wattles, hocks, watery diarrhea, small hemorrhages (most visible on feet and shanks),signs of   | Read.. 

Now that Indians like the Tata's and Mittal's are buying companies left right and centre all over the world, Mr Kapoor my neighbor who I meet everyday in the bus stop on my way to work looked at me with excitement, "We Indians are taking over the world!" he shouted, "I'm on my way to the bank to get a loan to take over Microsoft!"   | Read.. 

For almost 250 years, the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal was ruled by the Shah dynasty, whose kings dem-anded absolute allegiance from their subjects on the grounds that they were incarnations of the Hindu God Vishnu.   | Read.. 

Free (Free, Restore, Empower & Edify humanity) Campaign (FC) is a voluntary, non-profit, self-supported people's movement aimed at "socio-economic uplift". Led by a Coordinator and supported by Advisors/Patrons and Activists, it is purpose/action/result-oriented   | Read.. 

He doesn't need hints to remember your birthday and he doesn't end up gifting you shocking red sneakers when all you wear is sandals.   | Read.. 

It is said that because of the huge emission of gas, smoke and carbon dioxide that emitted mostly from the Industrialized Countries and when those emission in the atmosphere is heated by the hot sun, the whole world is affected by resulting the Global Warming. The Consequences are climate change, melting ice and snow, raising sea level, weather change, severe Draughts, increased Floods   | Read.. 

The growing wide disparities between the urban and rural people in terms of expenditure is a matter of serious concern. The high growth in services and manufacturing sectors seems to be reflecting in the expenditure of the urban population, which is spending nearly double the amount on an average compared to the rural folks.   | Read.. 

The vada- pav stall, old, grimy, yet clean, stared back at me as I drove past people milling round the vada- pav man. "Driver stop the car!" I shouted. "Where sir?" "Next to the vada-pav stall!" "B..b..but sir?"   | Read.. 

The International La-bour Day commemorated on May 1 deals with the historic struggle of the working people throughout the world and is recognized in most countries. Its celebration marks the launch of new schemes, review of the ongoing schemes and planning of strategies for the future, to ensure welfare of   | Read.. 

To put the title of the present article in another form, it would be: "Is God in charge of history or is it in the hands of human beings." In the context of the Naga national struggle, I have been wrestling with this question for quite sometime. The question that I am grabbling with is: "If God is indeed in charge of history- Naga history or any other histories- then I need not interfere in any way because   | Read.. 

Weeds are survivors! Even if you con-trolled all the weeds in your field this year, you could still expect new infestations to arise from the weed "seedbank" for the next two to 78 years. The knowledge that weeds will   | Read.. 

Peaches typically peak during May, June & July in Nagaland. In order to- produce good local peaches, producers depend on ideal spring and early summer weather conditions.   | Read.. 

With the Women's Reservation Bill soon to become an act, I can imagine changes in the attitude of our elected representatives in the near future as they realize Parliament will soon have hundreds of the fairer sex thronging its otherwise boring portals!   | Read.. 

This article is repro-duced from "Errors in the use of English" by Jagan Nath, New Delhi, in the Manaroma Year Book 2007 (pp.497 to 500), with the kind permission of Editor- in-charge of the Year Book. Courtesy goes to Manorama Year Book 2007. (However, only   | Read.. 

If only the American and French Revolutions had never happened, women might have made far more progress in establishing equality - though, of course, other social injustices would have prevailed. 'Brilliant Women', an exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery, tells the story of the original circle of Bluestockings, an 18th-century group of dazzling hostesses and their sparkling guests. They made great headway in promoting the status of women and their right to artistic and intellectual achievement - until the process was rudely interrupted as women, once again, found themselves   | Read.. 

"For we people in this Devbhumi, the Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act has literally opened the gates of heavens", a social worker in Nagnathpokhri, an old educational center in the interior of Chamoli district in Uttaranchal thus expressed his joy at the passage of the Act. Prophetic words and substantially achievable for people who have been wronged for centuries right from the British rule! And unfortunately   | Read.. 

This Is Good..! Years ago, while in college, I had a close friend by the name of Shyam Sunder. Shyam for his age was quite a philosophical sort and accepted everything that happened with an attitude of absolute unflappability and equanimity, compared to my own hot blooded impetuousness. One day while cycling to college, Shyam's front tyre got entangled with my back wheel and we both fell off our cycles onto the pavement. I got up bruised and furious and ready to punch my friend in the face for his carelessness. Shyam just stood where he was and pointed ahead. I looked and gaped in horror. A taxi had crashed into a lampost   | Read.. 

Finally Assam govern-ment has bowed down to the growing public outrages. Following intense public pressure, the province government of Northeast India, has favoured for a CBI probe into the cases of rhino poaching at different preserves   | Read.. 

YOU ARE a citizen only if you have a 'national identity card', this is a concept visualised by the countries where you have enemies or immigrants of the same physical attributes of colour and creed but belonging to different religions and socio-economic background.   | Read.. 

No business suits, no stuffy cubicles, no file-toting secretaries. Yet, it's business as usual for Sameer Walia, MD of specialist KPO firm, The Smart Cube. Armed with his 'work' paraphernalia - a jar of cookies, mixed fruit juice, a bunch of unread magazines and   | Read.. 

Voluptuous young girls, showing thigh and cleavage, skirts rising, necklines plunging as with spring and bounce they leave a million viewers titillated and gasping for more! Did you see Gilchrist's six? No I saw her thirty-six, twenty- eight, thirty- six! Many years ago I interviewed famous film actor I.S.Johar, a man of wit and laughter, who was into one of many avatars and this time that of a godman. He sat in   | Read.. 

(Without any malice or prejudice) 1. Dadu : Daily Autofare Deduction Union (Rs. 10 Per Auto Per Day) 2. Aids : Acquired Instant Death Solution 3. Duda : Development Under Deduction Agency (10% Compulsory) 4. Da/Ada : Daily Absent/Additional Debt Arrange- ment (For Salary) 5. Nec : North East Circus 6. Tada : To Arrest Deadly Adversaries   | Read.. 

The most pathetic sight on television the other day was of India's fastest bowler bawling like a baby! But that is how bullies behave when same treatment is meted out to them. "Why are you crying Shreesanth?" "Harbhajan slapped me, boo hoo!" "But Shreesanth you antagonized him throughout the match, you provoked the other   | Read.. 

In my seven years of coping with the heat and dust of Delhi, it never oc-curred to me that I should be visiting some place nearby graced by millions of visitors from all over the world. And there it was just waiting for me one day, with 150 kilometres away from where I reside. Forget the distance. It was my younger sister who knocked my conscience over making a trip to Agra city where the so called 'symbol of eternal love' rests by the side of the river Yamuna. When I thought over the proposal and of what awaits me there, I simply could not reject it. Yes, make a trip to the world famous Taj Mahal. I took a day off from my then hectic schedule.   | Read.. 

I was glad to read excerpts of Neiphiu Rio's address (Nagaland Post, 26 April, 2008, p.2) at the Rural Development Officer's General Conference 2008 under the theme, "Convergence and Rural Development." He told the government officers, "Go to the people. Don't wait for the people to come to you." He also urged them to play an "active role" in getting to know people's problems and finding solutions, instead of waiting for them to come forward. Rio's ideas are potentially very progressive and indeed, liberative, that is, if applied faithfully by the concerned officials. During our "Free Campaign" (   | Read.. 

Having trouble sleeping lately? Your squabbling col-league and tiresome boss are to blame. More than long working hours, nightshifts or fears of downsizing, it's the daily hassles at the workplace such as arguments with colleagues that cause stress and interfere with sleep, reports a decade-long US study on 2,300 people."Together, work and sleep take up about two-thirds of every weekday, so naturally each has an effect on the other. Physical strain at work creates and leads to restorative sleep, but psychological strain has the   | Read.. 

Nestled in the lap of the mighty Himalayas is Sik-kim, a land blessed by mount Khangchendzonga, the third highest mountain peak in the world (8,595 m). Sikkim is a biodiversity hotspot exhibiting diverse forms of flora and fauna having approximately 4,500 species of flowering plants. The fascinating number of orchids approx   | Read.. 

On Valentine's Day, an ad was aired on CNN, ESPN by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). The ad, titled "Room 103," depicts a hotel room and a couple whose romance comes to a crashing halt because of failure to perform. The camera pans to the remains of what the couple had for dinner: a meat-heavy, high-fat dinner. The ad ends with the tag line, "Eating meat contributes to artery blockages-and that can make you impotent."   | Read.. 

Don't we want to live life according to our own terms where our financial security sounds? We notice rich seems to grow richer almost effortlessly while commo-ners like us struggle to save. It's time to re-think our savings and investment strategy. It is not about parking our money in the bank every few months.A good investment needs both time and money.   | Read.. 

"…Current research shows that taking naps has many health benefits…" Mumbai Mirror April 28th Well power naps are something I've been hearing off for quite sometime with executives and company heads swearing and saying it helps beat stress and handle a hectic day. One man who had the whole of India watch   | Read.. 

It was the usual four hour long gru-eling work. I just wanted to finish the assignment as soon as possible. What next? I wanted to have a break and a cup of tea. So, I headed for the café and ordered a cup of tea. As I sipped, I was checking out the missed calls and the smses inbox on my mobile phone. Before I could open it, there was a call. It was a call from a friend who is a fashion designer and inventor. He said, "I need your help". "Help   | Read.. 

Over four million Palestinians, and more than eight million others across the world, will eat supper as refugees. Alex Renton visits Gaza, where every day brings a new struggle against hunger.   | Read.. 

She was young and she was dying! I looked at her as she lay in the ICU, face swollen, speechless because of a ravaging cancer, "She's dying," said my doctor wife, "but her parents and husband won't accept it!"   | Read.. 

The worst lecture I ever gave was to a kinder-garten class in Princeton. I had just arrived from India as a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study and the principal of my son's elementary school invited me to speak on India - its culture, its geography   | Read.. 

My world of human figures is a univer-sal conglomerate of man and wo-man contorted within their circumstances. I seek to comment on the local community. - Laxman Aelay   | Read.. 

The meaning of nature is very vast and it covers everything. So, are we concerned of our nature in social, political and economical system, other than science? Everything is under relativity, and this is what nature's role play.   | Read.. 

6th Consultation, Naga Missionary Fellowship Himalayan Region, Kathmandu, Nepal. 23rd to 25th April, 2008. We all know the Great Commission is writ-ten somewhere in the Bible. We base the Commission from what is written in St. Mathews. Matt.28: 19. However, it comes from Genesis. Gen.3:15. The call of Abraham gives us the nature of the task of the Great Commission.   | Read.. 

* In Delhi, an old litigant dies after fighting a case for 20 years; two heirs who inherit the case also die in the course of numerous hearings extended over the subsequent16 years.   | Read.. 

There are many women who find their strength and calling after their husbands have thrown them out and for them I write this story: It hadn't been a pleasant divorce, but then no divorce was ever pleasant was it, and very often especially in the afternoons when Mehta Hardware was a little less crowded and Payal could relax a bit, she thought of those rather unhappy days.   | Read.. 

If you've ever worn tight shoes, you'll know that the relief you feel when you take them off is so akin to euphoria it leaves you dizzy. Imagine a whole capital city, hobbled for 72 years of communism, united in that sense of deliverance.   | Read.. 

Today's public loos look like modern Taj- Mahals putting surrounding structures to shame in style and shape. Inside those luxurious toilets the best marble's been used and pleasant attendants with fixed grin sit at counter   | Read.. 

Lately, the media has been awash with re-ports of just 86 cadets having joined the Indian Military Academy at Dehradun against a strength of 250 for the course. And it is quoted that instead of 300 applicants, just 197 boys turned up at the National Defence Academy,   | Read.. 

If looking at a girl in scanty dress entertains a crowd, more particularly males, then it has something to do with the laws of nature. But it does not mean that these laws of nature be abused for commercial gains, 'Cheerleaders at IPL trigger row', (ST, 25th April).   | Read.. 

It appears that all that was needed to revive the Orissa State Level Complaints Committee on Sexual Harassment was a case of alleged sexual harassment against the Orissa Assembly Speaker Maheswar Mohanty; his resignation and the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly.   | Read.. 

Nagaland has been endowed with rich Bio-Diversity and North East India is considered as one of the 10 (ten) Bio-Diversity Hot Spot in the world. Many seminars and awareness programmes has and is being conducted by various government and non -governmental agencies but, if we do not check the illegal collection immediately, from the wild, a day will come when there will be nothing left but, only history.   | Read.. 

Indians are not only the largest minority living in Britain but also the most prosperous. The community has become so deeply enmeshed in British life over the past decades that it is making an appearance in works of fiction, such as that staple of popular reading - crime thrillers.   | Read.. 

"Your bedroom's a mess!" "It's not!" I tell my friends, "its a clutter of memories!" "A clutter of what?" they gasp, "just look at that air cooler on which all your books are kept, why d' you need it here when the room's airconditioned?"   | Read.. 

Many of the elderly men and women were converted into Christianity. Whether converted from animistic religion or born and brought up from Christian family, we all are called to be saved. The purpose of our calling is salvation. Salvation from what? Salvation is from sin. "And he shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call his name   | Read.. 

Part of the answer lies in the educational system adopting a more flexible approach. These days, children with autism and their parents are an excited lot. Finally through a two hour commercial film they can expect a little more understanding, from their relatives, friends, teachers, peers and associates.   | Read.. 

(This is a keynote address delivered by Tiatoshi Longkumer in NBCCYD consultation program on youth ministry during 14 - 16 April, 2008 at Agape Bible College, Dimapur, Nagaland.) "Youth ministry is not about finding an extra place for yet another ministry, but about finding a place for youths within every ministry and among the people that the ministers are designed to reach and serve." - Malan Nel   | Read.. 

Which leadership do we need in the land for Christ? A humble man who bore the pains of torture, rejection, trials and punishment just the way He was punished is now the leader of his followers.   | Read.. 

If we could go through life without having to make decisions how easy it would be huh? Or so we think. Life is all about deciding between this or that; a checked shirt or striped, or no shirt at all, between the handsome man who is a flirt or plain dependable guy, Miss India or the girl next door.   | Read.. 

Autos and Courtrooms..! In Mumbai, auto- rickshaws, the common man's three wheeler transport is off the roads! Why? They don't want to install electronic meters! And what does the electronic meter do? It gives you the exact fare, so cheating done by most rickshaw drivers comes to a stop. But the unions won't have it!   | Read.. 

It seems we can safely say, human aspirations and dreams are from our Creator. And He allows, indeed expects us to struggle hard for them. But what seems to be absolutely clear from the history of all people, nations and civilizations is that unless our struggle builds His kingdom on earth, because we obey him not ourselves, we always end up building our own kingdom which turns out to be Satan's hell on earth as it must be in hell? Our own Naga struggle has also amply demonstrated this un-changeable truth of history. W.H.Auden thus described the   | Read.. 

Mahatma Gandhi was a man of integrity and principles. His words and deeds matched up. He had nothing to hide and therefore nothing to fear. Such was the example of his life that earned the trust of a divided India to come together as one nation. Closer to home, tribalism once kept Naga people divided as bitter enemies. But A.Z. Phizo, the father of our Naga freedom movement, reached out to all the Naga tribes everywhere and helped to unite them as one people. Although he made some political miscalculation   | Read.. 

Keeping in line with the government's declaration of the year 2008 as the year of "Capacity Building" the Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Nagaland sponsored ten officials for a special course at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi from 24th March to 11th April 2008. During the three week long training, though the programme was hectic   | Read.. 

Maneka Gandhi If you think of cattle as mindless plodders, think again. An amazed Gary Paulsen recently spent an hour on an Alaskan ridge, watching a herd of "ice-skating" bison! He could barely believe his eyes as one after another, each bison backed partway up a slope and came charging down toward a frozen lake. Hitting the ice   | Read.. 

The birth of the modern environmental move-ment began in the 1970, at a time when industries in America belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of legal consequences or bad press and air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. 'Environment' was a word that appeared more often in spelling bees than on the evening news.   | Read.. 

One of the most futile calls you can make today is to Customer Service: Most companies have outsourced their 'customer care' and believe you me their response is often quite hilarious: A lady died and her bank   | Read.. 

In today's fast changing world, there is not a day when you do not see new things coming up everywhere. It could be just a toffee, it could be a dress or a car, it could be a massive building, it could be just anything - new nevertheless!   | Read.. 

Dear Diary, "This is barbarism, uncouth, uncivilized, uncultured, boorish, bosti manu, hypocrite!!" screamed my wife looking at the newspaper. "Honey, we just got back from the Sunday service" I looked at her intently and continued eating. The kids just gaped at their mum holding their spoons and forks!   | Read.. 

Shere is really too good to be true. It has everything a picture book English village could want - thriving shops, a half-timbered post office, a forge, two pubs, a cricket pitch, a 12th-century church, a tea room and ducks swimming peaceably in the stream.   | Read.. 

If I had ever been told that my first visit to Venice would be in the company of a strange man, I would have laughed aloud. After all isn’t Venice, quaint, watery Venice, a city where lovers go? Its winding canals and buffed gondolas perfect for those who want to lose themselves in each other; and the hidden alcoves   | Read.. 

Come home Mrs President! The world's having fun at your expense; you go to address the Senate in Brazil and find only fifteen in the House, ten of whom must have been Indians, including the ambassador, his assistants and your husband, to hear you speak.   | Read.. 

It has always been one of my dreams to launch on a road journey to the interior parts of Nagaland. When Free Campaign (FC) offered me this opportunity, I jumped. Four of us took off in a black Alto - a deceptively small but ridiculously tough machine!   | Read.. 

I remember the day I got my first cellphone. And horror of horrors, was shared by my whole family. Every time the phone rang, my mum would insist on knowing who it was. If it was for me, I would be told to keep it down as soon as possible, because in my   | Read.. 

Can we think of a nor-mal delivery in a hos-pital having modern amenities at a throw away price of around Rs. 1500/-? Well, it is possible with Lifespring hospitals making it a reality.   | Read.. 

A mother mouse and her three children crept out of their hole into the kitchen and began feasting on some delicious bits of food. Suddenly out of the corner of her eye mother mouse saw a cat slinking towards them.   | Read.. 

The directors of IITs across India are very worried that if they have to include more and more quota reservation students into their institutes, they will have to drop their standards and their admission cut-offs.   | Read.. 

One of the most noteworthy comments of the Sixth Pay Commission (SPC) relates to the paucity of women in the central civil services: at present only 7.53 per cent (2,92,000) of central government employees are women (Census of Central Government Employees, 2001).   | Read.. 

Real Estate developers in the country have started eyeing Parliament House in New Delhi; their argument; that since the House is empty most of the time, since opposition members stay away and since budgets and crucial bills are no longer being debated about anymore, the country might as well earn big bucks for itself by developing this prime property.   | Read.. 

The kind of cricket played in the new Indian Premier League may pull in the crowds, but it's a world away from the skill and gentility of the game I know writes Edward Pearce   | Read.. 

For Dul Hussain, a student of Dibrugarh University in Assam who is preparing for his civil services exams, book hunting has become a regular feature. Most of the preparatory texts he needs are not available at bookstores or libraries there. But thanks to an initiative of a Delhi-based professor, his troubles might just come to an end.   | Read.. 

I wonder if the original Good Samaritan would have stopped to help the poor bicyclist who was killed by joyriders in Moss Side at the weekend. Several drivers swerved round the dying Stephen Wills and one ran him over, breaking his legs, before somebody called an ambulance.   | Read.. 

The agriculture sector has come a long way since independence. With the advent of green revolution, India has transformed itself from a country of shortages to a land of surpluses. With the rapid growth of the economy, a shift is also being seen in the consumption pattern, from cereals to more varied and nutritious diet of fruit and vegetables, milk, fish, meat and poultry products.   | Read.. 

With the process of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization staring at mankind, the world is being brutally divided into two. Some have hopped onboard the bandwagon while others are being left in the lurch. The blurring of geographical boundaries is not a distant phenomenon as transnational trade deter-mines friend or foe. It is taking place all around us.   | Read.. 

With more and more international stars dropping out of the Olympic flame relay, the Chinese are worried this could escalate to countries dropping out of the Olympics altogether in support of the Tibetan cause:   | Read.. 

Global Disability Network Plans Celebration and Launches the IDA CRPD Forum (New York, United Nations, April 14, 2008): The International Disability Alliance (IDA) - composed of global and regional organizations of persons with disabilities - and the International Disability Caucus (IDC) - a coalition of disabled peoples' organizations and allied NGOs and individuals engaged in the treaty negotiations   | Read.. 

One of the most interesting BBC programs is the Doha debate. The debate with inimitable Tim Sebastian in the chair discusses selected current world's most urgent issues; the latest Doha Debate was on the motion: 'In the opinion of the house, the Palestinian organizations are themselves their worst enemy today'   | Read.. 

A young girl loses her beloved father in a bomb blast. For seventeen years she grieves silently, till wanting to heal the wound she visits the jail where her father's assassin is lodged, spends time with the assailant, talks to her, weeps with her and comes out forgiving the murderer.   | Read.. 

Information Technology (IT)/ Information and Com- munication Technology (ICT) are changing the basic concept of information dissemination to a higher level of interactive learning mode. These Technologies when made available to rural farmers can help improve   | Read..