Tag Archives: Human rights

By Dr. Thamsing Lamkang Pastor, LFD & Sports Resource Center ‘If you haven’t discovered something you are willing to die for, then you haven’t yet found anything worth living for’ Revelation 3:2-3. Another year of Christmas is at hand, while … Continue reading →

By Keisam Pradipkumar Miss Boinu Haokip 15 years (name changed) from Churachandpur district, never dreamed that she would be sexually abused many times, when she reached Mizoram. She left home with a high hope of getting some training cum job … Continue reading →

By Subir Ghosh The rise of the Hollywood system started with companies which developed a way of manufacturing films on a large scale. It went on to be so successful that European companies sent over people to study and, if … Continue reading →

By B.G. Verghese A visit to Pakistan lays bare the uncertain future facing this troubled country despite much bravado and whistling in the dark. The economy is in parlous condition with growth no more than three per cent, 12% inflation, … Continue reading →

By Joshy Joseph The moment you are struck with an idea, the search for an ‘adda’ also starts somewhere within you, although the gestation period can vary from person to person. While I  was in my village, Kadamakudy, which happens … Continue reading →

By Subir Ghosh Before Hollywood had come an abject failure – that of the Motion Pictures Patent Company (MPPC) to monopolise the film business. This was a cartel of 11 leading American and European producers of films and manufacturers of … Continue reading →

By  Tanveer Jafri While many countries of the world are investing more in research and development of cheaper and cleaner nuclear energy, the nuclear research programme of Iran has drawn ire of the West since a decade. Although Iran has … Continue reading →

By Yambem Laba IN 1957, two Italian priests, Fathers Bianchi and Revilicho of the Salesian order, arrived in Imphal and established the Don Bosco Youth Centre at Chingmeirong, about three kilometres north of Imphal along National Highway No. 39, and … Continue reading →

By Subir Ghosh The first blockbuster in film history was argubaly the fallout of Hollywood’s first major ego clash. David Wark Griffith, better known as as a shorter DW Griffith, who had failed to make it big in theatre and … Continue reading →

By B.G. Verghese First the bad news. The just released South Asian Human Development Report for South Asia in relation to Food Security in 2010-11 produced by the Mahbubul Haq Development Centre in Lahore makes dismal reading. The global food … Continue reading →

By Joshy Joseph Instead of a prologue: The hunter and his bow are done The chasing arrow almost there I run knowing The certain futility of why I run Encircling the night lantern Are many, shadows Starving for a feast … Continue reading →

By Subir Ghosh Once the early film makers got over the fact that a film could be made of more than one shot, the multi-shot film became the norm of the day. Films of the 1902/3-07 period were no longer … Continue reading →

By N. Haokip GAIL, Agartala. God created man in his own image (Gen. 1:27), which means, the mortal man is undoubtedly the most powerful of all His creations. Man has been gifted with unequal measure of intelligence, abilities, qualities, etc … Continue reading →

By Dr. Thamsing Lamkang For any sportspersons next play is the most important and difficult games. The more you win the tougher opponent you’ll face and that makes sports very interesting. The only place where problem didn’t exist is only … Continue reading →

By Anil Bhat Shortly after media reports about China trying to unite North East terrorist groups and the entry of one in Assam to launch attacks around Independence Day, terrorists struck in Imphal. On August 01, 2011, five persons including … Continue reading →

By Madhu Chandra Arm Forces Special Power Act 1958 (AFSPA) is termed a draconian and xenophobia law. Draconian because the Section 4 (a) of the AFSPA gives power to armed forces personnel to shoot at anyone suspicious; the Section 4 … Continue reading →