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Cultural prog on day nine of Hornbill Festival

Pooja Bhatt’s 11-year marriage ends

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New York prosecutor seeks to probe police killings of ‘unarmed’ civilians [ PAGE 09]

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Accha, if you start at 5:00am, you will reach Dimapur around 9:00am March 2015.

ZPO (N): We will not be responsible for any unfortunate contingency On Peren DC office complex stalemate PEREN, DECEMBER 9 (MExN): Reaffirming its earlier stance that proposed “ill-timed” inauguration of the office of Deputy Commissioner, Peren at the New District Headquarters on December 11 was not “justifiable” at this juncture, the Zeliang People’s Organisation Nagaland today declared that it will not be held responsible if any “untoward eventualities” occur jeopardizing the interest and welfare of the general public “in the immediate and near future.” A press communiqué from ZPO (N) Media Cell informed that, a resolution in this context was adopted today at an emergency executive meeting at Jalukie Town, where the “impracticability” of inauguration at present was asserted citing lack of basic minimum amenities and infrastructure within the complex. The ZPO had been very “vocal throughout” in its opposition and had already appealed for direct intervention of the Governor office through dual representation submitted on December 3 and 6 accompanied by all substantial and validly referable documents, including High Court directives on the issue, it added. The resolution further cautioned that if the government goes ahead with the “erratic decision”, the organisation will not be held responsible for any “unfortunate contingency” that occurs and the Government of Nagaland and its key functionaries should be held solely “responsible and accountable”.

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NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 9 (THoMsoN REuTERs FouNDaTIoN): The alleged rape of a woman by a taxi driver in New Delhi, just days before the city marks the second anniversary of a notorious gang rape on a Delhi bus, has sparked debate over whether security for Indian women has improved.

A 27-year-old financial executive accused a taxi driver licensed by Uber, of raping her late on Friday.

The alleged attack was a chilling reminder of the fatal gang rape of a woman by six assailants aboard a moving bus on December 16, 2012.

“I think it is time for some introspection over what has changed in the last two years,” said Kamala Bhasin, a prominent feminist who founded the women’s rights charity Jagori. “Laws have become better, there is greater public consciousness but we need to do much more in terms of addressing the question of why men are doing this and what can be done to stop them behaving like this.” The accused driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav, was taken to court on Monday. Police say he was arrested for raping a woman in 2011, but later acquitted.

Public outrage over the Delhi gang rape forced authorities to stiffen penalties

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Supporters of Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party (AAP) shout slogans as they participate in a candle light vigil during a protest against the rape of a female passenger, in New Delhi on December 8.

against sex crime offenders and criminalise activities such as stalking. What is lacking is a strategy aimed at tackling patriarchal attitudes towards women, said activists.

India was ranked as the fourth most dangerous place for a woman to take public transport in a poll published in October by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

It polled second-worst on safety at night and for verbal harassment.

On average, 40 cases of crimes against women are registered daily by Delhi Police, including at least four cases of rape, according to government officials.

campaigns by the media and NGOs which have emboldened more victims to come forward to report crimes such as rape, molestation and sexual harassment.

There had been a 15 percent increase in the number of reports of crimes against women, with 13,230 reports registered in Delhi till November 15 this year, against 11,479 cases during the corresponding period in 2013, Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary, State Minister for Home Affairs, told parliament last week in a written reply.

‘Different world’ But activists say authorities can do much more.

More Awareness, “There is still a lot which More Reports Over the last two years needs to be done when it there has been voracious comes to safe mobility for reporting on the issue and women in the city,” said

Kalpana Viswanath, cofounder of Safetipin, an app which helps users by providing safety-related information.

“Delhi isn’t an easy city to move around in ... We need better street lighting across the city and better last-mile connectivity services from metro stations.”

“Banning tinted windows on buses, more police on the streets and better checks and monitoring on drivers are good outside measures,” said Monica Kumar, head of Manas Foundation. “But we need inside measures. We need to understand their mindset and engage with such drivers, who are often migrants who come from a hugely different world where women are not respected and afforded their equal rights.”

As the world commemorates Human Rights Day on December 10, in Wokha town, a 22 year-old man with Down syndrome remains oblivious of the name Human Rights, let alone knows the meaning and what it represents.

With no school for children with special needs or professionals who deal with people like him in the town, he can neither read, articulate, nor write, albeit his parents’ attempt to make him literate by sending him to normal school. He survived school few years, but with no progress.

In Nagaland, there are about 30,000 persons with disabilities, according to 2011 census as pointed out by State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Dr. Atha Vizol, during the observance of International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Kohima recently. However, they are the most marginalised group in the society. Dr. Vizol had also acknowledged the ignorance towards the needs of persons with disabilities (PWDs) and myths associated with them. He underscored the necessity to carry out intensive awareness programmes at all levels from decision makers to communities.

Even in the two most developed towns – Kohima and Dimapur – the roads, public buildings, offices, religious places, and even hospitals are built without considering the requirements of PWDs. There is virtually no place where wheelchair bound persons or those with other physical impairments can navigate on their own.

The lone District Disability Rehabilitation Centre in Dimapur remains defunct since 2013. Meanwhile, there is just handful of inclusive and special schools which have emerged lately.

The condition is far worse in the inte-

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For the parents of the 22-year-old with Down syndrome, the journey through his growing years was hard. As a child, he was sickly; they had to frequent hospitals. When time came for him to start speaking, he didn’t. With no clear diagnosis from doctors, they had to make frequent trips to Kohima.

However, all they could do was wait as doctors said, “It will take time,” while some more pessimistic said he might not speak. He finally did speak.

The parents enquired of suitable place for him to get help across Nagaland, but to no avail, the father says.

Meanwhile, the father feels that “misdiagnosis” at an early age aggravated the condition. At seven months old, his son’s sickness was “misdiagnosed” as typhoid leading to prescription of 72 injections, the father adds.

As far as assistance from government goes, the father informs that Rs. 3600/- is received yearly from the social welfare department under Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme. Apart from this, and the gifts the church presents once or twice a year on special Sundays, there is no support from any organization.

In general, awareness level about one’s own rights and that of others is abysmal in Nagaland. However, in the case of people with intellectual, physical, sensory, mental, and other disabilities, life is more difficult with many unable to stand for their own rights, and fewer to stand by them.

Amidst the celebration of Human Rights Day with the slogan, Human Rights 365, which “encompasses the idea that every day is Human Rights Day,” it is crucial to ask whether Human Rights of everyone in Nagaland are respected every day. At least for the community of PWDs, the answer is negative.

‘Inhuman to kill father NSCN (IM) detention centre busted by AR • Five civilians rescued in front of the children’

Pochury organisations condemn factional killing

DIMaPuR, DECEMBER 9 (MExN): The apex bodies of the Pochury tribe have objected and raised displeasure over the dastardly act, the killing of Tabu, Leacy Member of NSCN (K) on December 3, 2014 at Phor village by GPRN/NSCN. “Late Tabu was shot dead inside his house in front of his wife and child on that fateful morning which is inhuman in the highest degree both in the sight of God and men,” stated a press note issued

by Khathopa Katiry, Vice President, Pochury Hoho and Thomas Feedhu, Acting President, Pochury Students Union.

The press note stated that “a father or husband being killed in front of his dear children and wife is nothing short of inhuman act and deserve condemnation at the highest degree.”

The organizations lamented that while the rest of the Nagas were celebrating Christmas season and enjoying the Hornbill Festival with pomp and gaiety, the people of Pochury were “now compelled to grieve at another fratricidal killing of another brother by his own brothers on 3rd December 2014.”

It was informed that

the Pochury apex bodies - Pochury Hoho, Pochury Mothers Association, Pochury GB Union, Pochury Youth Association, Pochury Students Union, and Presidents of 5 (five) Range Public Organisations in its emergency meeting convened on December 6, 2014 at Pochury Hoho office, Meluri discussed seriously about the killing of Tabu.

The organisations further called upon all the Naga political groups to refrain from such “ugly practices of killing their own brothers forgetting their common goal.” “Such fratricidal killings will never bring any solution to the protracted Naga problem rather create mounting tension and further problems.”

Businesswomen assert stand on ‘one Government one tax’

DIMaPuR, DECEMBER 9 (MExN): A group of young Naga businesswomen have banded together to say no to “unabated taxation.” Media Cell of ACAUT Nagaland in a press release today informed that around 25 businesswomen of ‘C’ Floor, Fancy Market, Kohima, have declared not to pay tax to any of the factions as long as factionalism exists in the Naga movement.

The women made the commitment on October 31, 2014, at ACAUT Kohima rally. Inspired by ‘One Government One Tax,’

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Human rights 365: is every Day What has changed? Human rights Day in nagaland?

‘It is time for some introspection over what has changed in the last two years’

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the group took the “most logical step,” for which, “they are facing untold harassment today from the NPGs who almost every day threaten them with dire consequences,” the ACAUT release stated.

During their meeting with ACAUT Nagaland, the group of women reiterated their support for ‘One Government One Tax,’ according to the release. Noting with encouragement the women’s stand, ACAUT pointed out that this is also a first instance where some of the business community

in Kohima has openly declared their commitment for One Government One Tax. It urged the other business owners in the State capital to emulate the same.

Further, stating that the women are “facing untold pressures to toe the diktat of the NPGs,” ACAUT Nagaland urged every individual and organisation to support the women entrepreneurs, “who have taken up business not as time-pass but to sustain their families.” Meanwhile, it also reminded the NPGs that “threatening our

young women will only result in more alienation for themselves which in turn will negatively impact their future objectives.”

ACAUT Nagaland also lauded the owner of Fancy Market building for leasing out the whole ‘C’ Floor to Naga women entrepreneurs only. “At a time when Nagas are wary of leasing out rooms to fellow Nagas, that business opportunity was given to Naga women, is something which needs to be pondered upon and imbibed by all right thinking citizens.”

KoHIMa, DECEMBER 9 (MExN): The Assam Rifles busted a “detention centre” run allegedly by the NSCN (IM) in Jalukie Town, Peren on December 7. A press release from the PRO, Assam Rifles informed that the 18 Assam Rifles conducted a search operation at the “detention centre” after receiving information about “illegal detention” of civilians.

During the search, five individuals were found in the custody of NSCN (IM) cadres. “One of them was bound by iron chains and beaten up and another was kept in illegal detention since September 14,” the

• Eleven cadres arrested release said. The detainees have been identified as James (32), Siraj (28), Izpieu (32), Agumbe (21), and Ranghinglakpe (33). “The detainees were being confined in inhuman and despicable conditions, in gross violation of Human Rights and United Nations Charter.”

Eleven NSCN (IM) cadres, who were running the detention centre, were taken into custody, the release informed. They were identified as “Regional Service Intelligence (RSI) Asauy-

enephm (27), Regional Service Intelligence (RSI) Lunglang (22), Khapur Emo (25), Khapur Ewoung (32), Khapur Disong (31), Heideng (65), Razaopeyu Igunraing (28), Leacy Kugiak (35), Along (28), Lungyesing (29), and Abouy (15).” Stating that one of the cadres was only 15 years old, the release said: “(it) shows that the NSCN (IM) is also resorting to the use of Child Soldiers which is again in contravention to the United Nations Convention on the

Rights of the Child.”

Two of the apprehended cadres, ‘Khapur’ Emo and ‘Leacy’ Kugiak, were earlier arrested on November 24 from Nsung (Peren) for illegal tax collection and extortion, the release informed, further stating that “while on bail, these cadres again started indulging in unlawful activities and were rearrested.”

All the apprehended cadres were handed over to Jalukie Police Station, Peren and a case has been registered. The rescued civilians have been handed over to the police from where they will be released to their relatives, the release added.

Over one lakh visit 2014 Hornbill Festival Our Correspondent Kisama | December 9

At the Hornbill Festival, 1,41,548 visitors – 964 foreign, 14,494 domestic and 1,26,000 local – had registered till December 8 at Kisama. The highest number of visitors was recorded on day one with a total of 24,450, according to day wise tourist statistics.

Talking to media persons, parliamentary secretary for art & culture and printing & stationary, Er. Kropol Vitsu termed Hornbill Festival as the real festival which has been attracting many tourists, both domestic and international. He, however, expressed dismay that international tourists are less this year compared to previous years. That is an area we have to concentrate, he

Visitors at the 10-day Hornbill Festival at Kisama.

said, while stressing on the need to draw out the mistakes to attract more tourists in the future.

A tourist from Uttar Pradesh said, “Nagaland is a very colorful state in India and its culture is very colorful too. I shall remember ever and forever.

I shall come again.” Sweeta Randhewa termed the festival as “exotic, beauti-

ful and different,” while Ningthoujam Siddharth Singh said, “It is a great festival ever in India.”

“Awesome. World Class!” commended Summet Raj Dholua. Ram Singh from Rajasthan also said the festival is “nice” and he’ll see it again.

The ten-day long festival will conclude on December 10.

Organized by State government, Hornbill Festival is an annual tourism, promotional event to showcase Nagaland’s traditional and rich cultural heritage in all its ethnicity, diversity and grandeur. It is also a tribute to the great Hornbill, which is the most admired and revered bird for the Nagas, for its qualities of alertness and grandeur.

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Member NEC M.P. Bezburuah and his wife graced the 9th day cultural programme of Hornbill Festival 2014 as Honour Guest on December 9 at Naga Heritage village Kisama.

He was accompanied by Parliamentary Secretary for Urban Development Zhalieo Rio; Advisor Tourism E.E. Pangteang; MLA Dr. Neiphrezo; Commissioner & Secretary Tourism, Art & Culture Himato Zhimomi; Director Art & Culture, Vevo Sapuh; Director Tourism, Purakhu Angami and other officials.

The cultural troupes who participated in the morning session included Changun Cultural Society Tuensang (Chang)- Bintan Sangmai; Tuophema Village Cultural Troupe (Angami)- Folk Song; Dimasa Cultural Troupe Dimapur (Kachari)- Kram Jang, Mai Duba (Folk Dance); Phelungre Women Society, Kiphire Town (Sangtam)- Women Indigenous Game; Aosungkum Cultural Club Mokokchung (Ao)- Oki Soyim (Folk Dance); Dzulhami Village Cultural Troupe (Chakhesang)- Tsaapo Li (Sowing Song); Me-

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luri Cultural Troupe (Pochury)- Ae-Wuh; Longsoh Wotzo Cultural Troupe (Kooyak)- Sangfou Threi Pu and Chekiye Women Cultural Group Dimapur (Sumi)- Hiisho Le (Song of pounding rice).

In the afternoon session different cultural troupes from various tribes of Nagaland participated in the cultural programme with their dances and songs. The cultural troupes were as follows: Baro Historical 8 Cultural Society Dimapur (Garo)- Wapang Kala; Saramati Rekhiangpong Dancing Club Salomi Village (Yimchungrii)- Sangpun Chim Khi; Bhunmnyu Cultural Troupe (Phom)Folk Dance; Kuki Cultural Troupe Inbung (Kuki)Numei Kichep (Girls Game); Mbaupungwa Village Cultural Troupe (Zeliang)- Folk Dance; Khiamniungan Cultural Club Tuensang (Khiamniungan)- Juniak Nyuh (Millet Harvesting); Teragvunyu Youth Dengme Cultural Troupe (Rengma)- Makecho (Indigenous Game) and Phiro Cultural Club, Wokha Town (Latha)- Mayang Chumpo (Folk Song).

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Bhunmnyu cultural troupe of Phom tribe perform folk dance during day nine of Hornbill Festival of Nagaland on December 9. (Morung Photo)

Saramati Rekhiangpong Dancing Club Salomi village of Yimchungru tribe today performed Sangpun Chim Khi (Spinning and weaving) on day nine of the Hornbill Festival of Nagaland here at Kisama. Spinning and weaving is an activity performed by women. They spin threads out of cotton and weave beautiful shawls and skirts. They gather together with all the necesMorungs of all the Naga tribes. sary tools and materials to work on their assigned task and sing song as they work praising The General Officer, according to the the creativity and talents of their ancestors. (Morung Photo)

Army commander visits Hornbill Festival

Kohima,December9(mexN):GOCin-C Eastern Command, Lt Gen M M S Rai, AVSM, VSM, along with his wife Kiran Rai, graced the Hornbill Festival as State guests on December 7. The Army Commander and his wife were given a traditional Naga welcome by the State administration, which was followed by cultural performances by various tribes of Nagaland, informed a press release. They were also shown the exhibition-cum-sale of handloom and handicraft products at Bamboo Pavilion, the World War II Museum, Photo cum Art Gallery and the

release, extended warm greetings to all communities of the State and wished them prosperity in all spheres. He also conveyed sincere prayers to the Almighty to keep a benign eye on the people of Nagaland to bring about peace, prosperity and tranquility in the days to come. He lauded the vibrant culture of Naga people and complimented the organisers and other State authorities for putting up such a magnificent show, the release added.

Miss and Mister Kids Carnival held at children park kisama

Miss Gumehar of Class V from KV Zakhama and Mr. Chiben of Class II from Fernwood School won the title of Miss and Mister Kids Carnival 2014 which was held at Children’s Park Kisama on 9th December 2014. The Miss and Mister walked away with a prize of Teddy Bear and Ben10 car respectively. The competition was open to all category where Nine childrens from different schools partici-

pated in the competition.

The judges of the competition included Ebibeni and Ruokuokhrienuo.

The Hornbill Kids Carnival was organized by Synergy Group Enterprise to create a space for children to have fun and to promote their talents. During the 9 day long besides the Miss and Mister Kids Carnival various competitions in singing, painting/drawing, essay writing, baking and

chocolate making, choral were held. The Nagaland Association for Adventure Mountaineering and Education (NAAME) also organized various activities such as Water Zorbing, ZIP Lining Long and Short Range, Trampoline, Burma Bridge, River Crossing, Beam Balancing, Shoot the Target not Bird, Obstacle-Commando NET, Angri Brid, Tent Pitching and Rappeling.

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The Garo Historical & Cultural Society Dimapur of Garo tribe today performed indigenous game “Wapang Kala” on day nine of the Hornbill Festival of Nagaland here. Wapang Kala is a game in which the two men sit facing each other grasping a bamboo pole. They choose a convenient stone against which they rest their feet. A tussle ensues and the one who lifts the other from their sitting position is adjudged the victor. (Morung Photo)

Hornbill traditional fire making competition held

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A traditional fire making competition was held at the main arena of the Hornbill Festival celebration at Kisama on December 9 where all the 16 tribes from Nagaland participated in the competition.

Namang Chang from Tuensang tribe bagged the 1st prize by making the fire in 1:16:97 sec. and walk away with cash prize of Rs. 10,000/. Neprüzu Chakhesang from Phek

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district bagged the 2nd prize with 4:15:65 sec. received a cash prize of Rs. 7,000/- and Honnyem Konyak from Mon district stood in 3rd place with 29:04:15 sec. and received cash prize of Rs. 5,000/-. The Department of Youth Resources & Sports sponsored the prize money. Assistant Director, YRS, Kevigo Rotokha gave away the prizes to the winners.

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Participants from various Naga tribes compete for the traditional fire making Naga dao (machete) on sale at Bamboo Pavilion at the ongoing Hornbill Festival of Nagaland. (Morung Photo) competition at Kisama on December 9. (DIPR Photo)

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Kohima, December 9 (mexN): The Thenyizumi Christian Revival Church will have its church dedication cum golden jubilee celebration from December 27 to 28 under the theme “Liberty through Christ.” Rev. Dr. N Paphino Angami, president NCRC will grace the occasion as golden jubilee minister and Rev. Vevozo Khamo, executive secretary, CCRCC as church dedication minister. Greetings will also be shared by Rev. Zhowhiiyi Nyekha, Sr. Pastor, CCRC Upper PWD Kohima and Ngoswuyi Lohe, chairman, CCRCC. During golden jubilee celebration, pronouncement of blessings will be made by N. Theyo.

Dapfhütsumia thinuo teisozha Kohima Village

Diebo: “Dapfhütsumia bu chüshükezhüu”

Teisozha : Rüde 13, 2014 Thechü : D. Khel Ground Puotei : 10:00 Khise

Dapfhütsumia thinuo teisozha pebatuo ükezhüu nu Dapfhütsumia tsüphrü pete bu vor bei nu kieya. Hanhie mechü he rei mu thinuo nuolhou zaru sa chütuo.

Kelhouphilie Kire Chairman, D. Khel Council

Governor advocates ‘3Es principle’ for development Kohima, December 9 (DiPr): The governor of Nagaland P.B. Acharya visited Kigwema and Phesama villages on December 9 along with his guests from Maharashtra.

While addressing the crowd at Kigwema he imparted two messages to the people. The first being to preserve forest and wild life and suggested the observation of a day as “Birds Day”. The second message is that the people should be broad minded in accommodating developmental programmes of the Government. In this regard, he officiated the two villages of Kigwema and Phesama for donating lands at Kisama.

The Governor also reiterated his 3Es principle Education, Electricity and Employment as the keys to development and stated that with honesty the state and entire North East Region can develop. He referred to the emphasis of the Prime Minister of India on the NE Region since the Prime Minister had stated that “unless North East Region develops India cannot develop”.

The Governor during the interactive session with the people of Kigwema enquired as to whether the welfare schemes and programmes of the state are reaching the people or not. He said that

The elders of Kigwema Village welcome governor of Nagaland P.B. Acharya during his maidan visit to the village on December 9. (DIPR Photo)

the programmes of the Government of India are for the needy people and for all and therefore only a few people should not be benefited. He was of the conviction that when only a few become rich it is the root of Naxalism in the society. He therefore called upon the people to feel free and interact with him and said that he has not come to Nagaland as Governor of Nagaland for enjoyment or to be in an ivory tower. He also declared that the Raj Bhavan is opened to the people.

The Governor proposed that the village people of Kig-

wema and his guests from Maharashtra established fellowship links to which both the parties eagerly appreciated and agreed. The proposed fellowship links could be between the school in the village and a school in Mumbai and also between person to person for trips in connection to studies or treatments by hosting each other.

During the function, welcome address was delivered by the Chairman of Kigwema Village Council Thepfuralie Zutso in fluent Hindi, over which the Governor was highly impressed and remarked that

it is a proof of National Integration. The guests also presented two songs in expression of joy and solidarity. However, the village could not present any entertainment items owing to the demise of one of its GBs the previous night. The Governor’s reaction to the sad news was that he suggested for one-minute silence by the gathering and was observed accordingly.

The solidarity shown by the Head of the State with his people was a touching sentiment for the people.

Parliamentary Secretary Government of Na-

galand Vety & AH and Treasuries & Accounts, Er. Vikho-o Yhoshu who is the MLA from the village also expressed his happiness that the Governor had made his village for his maiden visits to the villages. The Parliamentary Secretary also led the singing of the Kigwema village Anthem during the function.

The meeting was chaired

by Principal Secretary Government of Nagaland for Forest & Environment N.W. Zhasa.

The Governor entourage move from Kigwema village to Phesama village for another short interactive function.

At Phesama the Governor, shared the same views expressed at Kigwema village on the 3Es preservation of forest and wild life, the Prime Ministers concern for NE states and on the fellowship exchange programmes and urged the people to march forward shoulder to shoulder with other states. He was of the view that the state has natural resources and talents including spirituality and can develop with speed in peaceful atmosphere. He expressed optimism that under the Prime Ministership of Narendra Modi, India will be an economic super power and the

NE states shall equally develop with his concern over the region. The Governor asserted that the inauguration of the Hornbill Festival by the Prime Minister is the indication to his concern.

During the function at Phesama Dr. Vilhousa Seleyi speaking on behalf of the village presented to the Governor, issues of concern such as preservation of the reserve forest which is of about 16 square kms and serves as the tourist attraction spot and the source for water supply to the village and Kohima town.

The second issue of concern and suggestion was for construction of Hornbill Guests Hostel where the tribal cultural troupes could be accommodated. The next request placed with the Governor was for the construction of stadium at the incomplete ground for the Phesama Youth Organisation.

During the function, the guests as well as the host village presented special songs. The Chairmanof Phesama Village Council Vimedo Chuse delivered the welcome address while Dr. Joseph M. Angami chaired the function and also proposed the vote of thanks. The function was followed by a lunch of Naga local cuisines.

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You are near, Even if we don’t see you.

You are with us, Even if you are far away.

You are in our heart, In our thoughts, In our life, Always.

Dad, we miss you.

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A new electronics shop dealing with laptops, printers, iPhones, tablets and others was inaugurated at Plaza Point Dimapur behind Traffic Police booth. The shop "Gadget Friends of the Poor Society on Tuesday distributed blankets and sweets to the children of House" would also give special discount on laptops for stuSt Joseph’s Children Home, Old Khatkhati Road, Burma Camp in Dimapur. (Morung Photo) dents. (Morung Photo)

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Indo-Bangla to have formal agreement ICMR to study fresh outbreak of malaria in Tripura soon to take back illegal immigrants India has already sounded to its counterparts in Dhaka that the issue of influx would top the agenda of PM's visit GUWAHATI, DECEMBER 9 (THE DECCAn CHRonICLE): In what may be a major step in tackling the age-old problem of immigrants in Assam, India and Bangladesh have started exploring modalities of a formal agreement to take back illegal immigrants, identified and asked for deportation by “competent legal authorities” of the respective countries.

Disclosing that a formal agreement between the two countries may be signed during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh soon, authoritative security sources in the home ministry told Deccan Chronicle that Prime Minister has

Mizoram Police arrest minor boy for raping 67-year-old relative AIZAWL, DECEMBER 9 (EnS): Mizoram Police on Tuesday arrested a 16-yearold boy accused of raping his paternal grandmother’s sister several times over the past few weeks. The victim is 67-years-old, has weak eyesight and is slightly mentally unsound due to her age, police and neighbours said.

The alleged rapist and the victim both hail from the village of North East Khawdungsei in eastern Champhai district. The juvenile offender is currently being held at the Ngopa police station.

According to neighbours and police, the boy would wait till the victim’s relatives left for the fields before entering the house to rape the woman.

This happened several times over the past two weeks. The woman told her relatives that someone she could not identify would enter the house, tie her up and gag her before raping while she was left alone at home.Alarmed at her complaint, her relatives kept watch and finally caught the boy as he tied her up sometime last week. An FIR was filed by her son on Monday, police said.

accepted the invitation of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the date for which and other modalities are being worked out.

Informing that over the years no Indian government had taken up the issue of illegal immigrants, security sources said that India has already sounded to its counterparts in Dhaka that the issue of influx would top the agenda of Prime Minister’s visit to Bangladesh.

It is significant that Supreme Court of India has also taken serious view to the problem of illegal immigration and in one of the observations said that it was causing “cultural and political” conflicts in Assam.

The records of the ministry of home affairs claim that 28,131 illegal infiltrators were deported to Bangladesh up to March 2014, but majority of them were pushed back on the international border, as there has been no arrangement

of deporting them through official channel. There have been common practices of these immigrants returning back to Assam again after being pushed to Bangladesh.

In past two years Assam has deported only 134 illegal immigrants to Bangladesh, even though 36 Tribunals, tasked with detecting the foreigners, had found as many as 5,652 offenders between 2010 and 2012.

The dismal record of deportation, where only 134 of 5,652 people were deported, is also an indication of the futility of the whole exercise when most of those declared illegal immigrants just vanished in absence of any official arrangement of deportation.

Security sources said that Bangladesh government has agreed to discuss the issue and on principle they have given their consent for an agreement in preliminary rounds of discussions.

ITAnAGAR, DECEMBER 9 (PTI): Sikkim Home Minister Tanga Byaling on Tuesday said that probe into a case relating to an explicit video clip which rocked Daporijo in upper Subansiri district recently has been initiated.

The explicit video involving an ITBP personnel and a local girl has been in

circulation through mobile phones. "Investigation has been launched and the accused will be brought to book," Byaling said.

Upper Subansiri district Additional SP Amulya Baruah said that a case under Immoral Trafficking Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act has been

24-yr-old NE girl molested in Delhi nEW DELHI, DECEMBER 9 (UnI): A 24-year-old woman, from North-East, was allegedly molested by a teenager, in the MARKET of Sunlight colony near Ashram in SouthEast Delhi, police said today. The locals nabbed him and handed the man to the police yesterday. An FIR has been lodged and the accused is in custody at Tihar Jail. The incident took place on the heels of the rape of a 25-year-old MNC employee by a cab driver in the national capital.

Manipur CM opens cultural Univ.

IMPHAL, DECEMBER 9 (AIR): Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh has inaugurated the University of Bhagavata Culture (UBC)in Imphal today. The autonomous university is the first of its kind in the whole world which will teach subjects base of spiritual science. The academic session of the first ever spiritual university in the world was started three months back. Altogether, 15 students are pursuing master degree course in the University. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Ibobi Singh said, with the advent of this university, the spiritual message of love, peace and universal brotherhood will now be disseminated more effectively in the region particularly in the state of Manipur.

Mukul Sangma, Chief Minister of Meghalaya, and Industries and Power Minister of Assam Prodyut Bordoloi, the delegation submitted a memorandum to Sitharaman yesterday outlining the provisions of NEIIP-2007 which has played a key role in furthering the growth of industries in North Eastern Region.

In view of the regional disparities in industrial growth as compared to

the rest of the country the NEIIP was introduced in 2007 for a period of ten years to meet up for this gap.

The Union Minister assured the delegation that the decision of suspension of NEIIP 2007 is a temporary one purely due to technical reasons related and assured that the Ministry is working out a solution for the same in close co-ordination with the Finance Ministry.

Asked about the probable reasons of the outbreak, the minister said with receding water levels in streams and water bodies in the winter, villagers were often found to use poison and chemicals in the river water for easy catch of fishes.

"Surface water from rivers is used as primary source in the drinking water treatment plants. Use of poison or chemicals in the river water might be one of the reasons," Chowdhury added.

Six water treatment plants were functional in Longtraivalley sub-division alone where the attacks were reported intensive, he said.

The minister, however, denied the situation to be serious and said malaria and water borne diseases were found to increase in the areas

during winters every year. "We had similar experience over the past two decades," he said adding the department took all necessary precautions to contain any large scale escalation of the situation.

"We met officials of the local administration ranging from District Magistrates and Sub-Divisional Magistrates to our health care officials including SubDivisional Medical officers (SDMO) and Medical Officer in-charge (MOIC) in all major blocks where attacks were detected and officials were instructed to make sure everything was in place," Chowdhury said.

Over 98 malaria deaths were reported in Tripura earlier this year, one of the worst malaria outbreaks in the region.

ANVC and ANVC-B cadre to surrender in M'laya SHILLonG, DECEMBER 9 (PTI): Two of Meghalaya's militant outfits will lay down arms early next week, ten years after Centre and the state government signed a ceasefire agreement, state Home Secretary J Lyngdoh today.

“Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC)

Investigation started against ITBP jawan in Arunachal

North East Delegation Seeks Withdrawal of NEIIP Suspension ITAnAGAR, DECEMBER 9 (PTI): A delegation of Forum of Industries and Commerce Ministers of North-East led by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki met Union Minister of State for Industry and Commerce Nirmala Sitharaman to appeal for immediate withdrawal of suspension of North East Industrial and Investment Policy-2007 (NEIIP).

Accompanied by Dr

AGARTALA, DECEMBER 9 (PTI): A medical team of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will visit Tripura to study the cause of fresh outbreak of malaria and water borne diseases in the state, a minister said today. "The team will come tomorrow and visit different parts of the affected Dhalai and North Tripura districts, see patients and collect samples, and also visit primary health centres and health sub-centres," state health minister Badal Chowdhury told reporters here.

He said the rise in cases of malaria and water borne diseases was reported from Longtraivalley and Gandacherra sub-divisions in Dhalai district and Kanchanpur sub-division in North Tripura in past few weeks.

registered at Nacho police station. "The accused has been identified as Ashok Shippy, now posted to 9 BN of ITBP, is presently on election duty in Jammu and Kashmir," he said, adding the ITBP commandant had been informed to produce the accused.ITBP sources could not be contacted for comments.

and its break-away faction ANVC-B will deposit weapons from their armoury with the state government on December 15 at Tura the headquarters for Garo Hills divisions,” Lyngdoh told PTI. He said that both the outfits will be dissolved after the laying down of arms is completed and

both have submitted lists of their cadre strength to the state government.

Both the outfits had on 24 September signed the peace pact with Centre and state government in New Delhi in the presence of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief Minister Mukul Sangma.

Over 200 cadre be-

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I, Shri. IMTI MASA AO LONGKUMER aged about 81 years, son of Late.Imti Akum Longkumer, resident of H.No: 39, Longpangtsung Ward, Changtongya, in the district of Mokokchung, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare that my official name is “IMTI MASA AO LONGKUMER”. I am also otherwise known as “MASANENBA”, “I. MASA AO” and “I. MASA AO LONGKUMER”, respectively which is the same and single person i.e. me. That this affidavit is produced as a piece of evidence before any competent authority wherever necessary.

Solemnly sworn and signed by the deponent.

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Top Spining Competition (YSRD) (12:00 noon) Naga Cultural performances 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Great Hornbill Adventure Trail (GHAT)

by Nagaland Adventure Club culminates at Kisama at 3:00 p.m.

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Prize for Hornbill Shopping Festival.

Prize for Great Hornbill Adventure Trail (GHAT).

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NCB calls for joint efforts to tackle drug trade in NER KoHIMA, DECEMBER 9 (UnI): The Zonal Director of Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) in Guwahati, Parveen Kumar has called for combined efforts to tackle the drug trade and dismantling trafficking organizations throughout the region. Address at the inaugural programme of the two-day training on the 'Salient features of NDPS Act' 85, seizure, reward policy and financial investigation' at the Directorate of Excise at Dimapur yesterday, Parveen said issue of drug trafficking was not committed to a particular region but has become a global issue.

To prevent the illegal drug trade, Parveen urged the Excise officers- participants of the training, to enforce the NDPS Act in letter and spirit.

Further,theDirectorappealed to the officers to participate in thetrainingandsharetheirexperience on the drug trafficking scenario in the state. Resource persons of the training included intelligence officers from NCB Guwahati, Suresh Singh and Bishwasjit Singh.

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Huvekhu Tsutso who was expired on 12-05-2013.

1. It is hereby notified that if no objection to issue of the Certificate applied for is received from anyone within a period of 1 (one) month time from the date of this notification.

2. No further complaint shall be entertained after the stipulated period and shall be considered that there is no objection, Sd/(MUROHU CHOTSO), Deputy Commissioner, Phek

tenDer notiCe Ministry of Home Affairs (Govt. of India) Near TCP Gate Post Box no 4 Kohima, Nagaland It is proposed to construct some modular stations for our branches at Kohima Hqrs. The approximate area is 1000 sft. and the cubical are about 14 nos. having size of 4 ft.

X 5 ft. each.

2. The manufacturer and branded houses of modular furniture having service centre at Kohima and Dimapur may submit the tender mentioning the qualities and per sft, rate. The firms should have ISO 14001 or ISO 9001 brand. The incorporation certificate may also be provided during submission of Tenders, The quality of the materials to be used should have the standard of Godrej make materials. The quality must be durable, hard and long-lasting.

3. The last date of closing of the tenders is 21/12/2014 at 1600 hrs. No tender will be accepted after the closing date.

The competent authority reserves the rights to cancel any or all the tenders without assigning any reason.

Assistant Director

Host for the closing ceremony: Chief Minister T. R. Zeliang With Bon-Fire lighting

by Miss Nagaland 2014 and other dignitaries And Unity Dance by Cultural Troupes and visitors 4:00 p.m. onwards At Naga Heritage Village, Kisama.

TIME: 10:00 A:M TO 6:00 P.M

longing to the parent organisation and over 150 cadre belonging to the breakaway faction will take part in the ceremony at M P stadium in Tura.

Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, political leaders, officials from Ministry of Home Affairs and state home department will attend the ceremony.

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JoB VaCanCY The Nagaland State Entrepreneurs Associates Thrift & Credit Cooperatives Federation Ltd. (EATACOL) is looking for smart , dynamic, positive and hardworking young people who will take up leadership responsibilities for the following posts: 1. One post- Office Assistant for EATACOL, Pfutsero Office ●Graduate in any discipline● Basic computer knowledge● Starting salary from Rs. 8,000/onwards with added incentives● 2. One Post – An experienced Accountant to handle EATACOL Thrift & Credit Operations at Kohima Office ●B.COM Graduatesonly● Knowledge of Tally ● Starting salary from Rs. 12,000/- onwards with added incentives● Please submit your Resume by the 15th December 2014.Only shortlisted candidates will be called for interview on on17th December 2014.

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y the time I finish this article thousands of ‘hornbillers’ would have experienced the state of drunkenness in the ‘forbidden’ land. People would have experienced the condition of the ‘road much taken’ and felt the difference. The unbounded joy that gushed forth from the ‘Festival of all Festivals’ would soak the partakers for the next few days. This indeed is a respite for the locals who face traumatic living conditions everyday and wish for a perpetual year-long festival to maintain the same outlook. But, some wise people long time ago mentioned about a bird in hand which is worth two in the bush.

Therefore, the days we bask, which are equivalent to the total numbers of fingers on both our hands are worth savoring as long as they last.

In the meantime, some thought-provoking events have unfolded.

Earlier, when our savings, banks, and other moneyboxes were empty, the central government was quick to come to our rescue. We looked upon this act of benevolence like a true Christian would look up to “messiah”. Our debts and deficits were exonerated as we, once again, geared up for the next economic bankruptcy. We have approached (I would rather use this euphemism for begging) un-bashfully to fill our ‘emptiness’. A strange phenom-

But Modi Came and Left

enon occurred that left the government and the public in a state of ‘awe and shock’ and brought about a perplexing situation amongst the ‘heads’ of our state.

On the 1st of December, when our Hon’ble Prime Minister delivered his speech in the precinct of Hornbill Festival Land, he simply refused or simply forgot to deliver the notorious “I forgive thee” lines. In different pictures of Modi and our “Hon’bles” that appeared in various media sites and network after Modi’s speech, our “Hon’bles” expressions were priceless, like they just ate some bitter pills which were swallowed with the aid of the freshest sour juice. But of course, they disguised their sounding disappointment well with their “Politician’s Smiles”. Sadly, it was also our Statehood Day. As far as I care, those pulling the government strings would have sung “there goes my baby” as their dreams to live in a debt free land evaporated like the morning dew. History was not repeated, which was all the more baffling because it also meant that their school text-books which boldly declared ‘history repeats itself’ was signed, sealed, and delivered six feet underground. Perhaps, there were many a head scratching moments amongst the people seated around Modi.

But our Media is so kind, they will not want to display the pictures of some odd people scratching

New Delhi, December 9 (PTi): In a major relief to the steel industry, the WTO has ruled against the US which had imposed high duty on imports of certain steel products from India. The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled that the duty imposed by the US on the Indian steel products is “inconsistent” with its Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.

However, it also rejected some of the findings of the Geneva-based organisation’s dispute settlement panel which were in India’s favour. The body has also recommended that the US should modify its norms and bring them in line with the WTO’s agreement.

After India filed its complaint at the WTO in 2012, the dispute settlement panel of the body in July this year had ruled in India’s favour against the USA’s imposition of higher duties on New Delhi’s steel imports. A member country can challenge panel’s ruling and approach Appellate Body of the WTO. The US Department of Commerce (USDOC) had imposed countervailing duty (CVD) on India’s exports of hot-rolled carbon steel flat products. The US had imposed the higher duties on steel imports from India arguing that some domestic companies were being indirectly subsidised by the Indian government.

ideals, left deals and packages for the NE states focusing primarily on Information Technology, the Health sector, and on, exploring the rich resources available in our region and utilizing them for the best. This, in other words will translate as, we will not be able to build a house or buy a car now, but in the long run we would be able to live in much better conditions. Because by then, many of our people would be already trained and resourceful in various sectors and not just ‘experts’ in appearing civil service exams.

Since the spirit of hornbill had already escalated with the arrival of our Premiere, such news was gulped down with heavy dosage of the usual fun and jokes. Government was made the butt of so many humors and caricatures, but gallivanting continued and people un-bashfully started to ravage the gift of the government in the form of dance, songs, food, alcohol, and other pleasures known and unknown to humankind.

Already half way through our celebrations, one of our Minister’s residence was ‘invaded’. Whether he is a thief or not is not my concern here- I simply do not trust politicians and lawyers, both are meant for people with no sense of shame and sensibility. The million dollar question is, was this a dare-devil act to attract the attention of central government and signaling to them that we are adhering to the principle of ‘uproot-

ing corruption’? In a way, luring the centre amateurishly; “See, I will obey you, you come and do the white washing”. I am not leaving any room of doubt for theft in this case, of course.

On the other hand, rapturous sounds were heard in praise of the act. What is beyond human value is that if tomorrow there is an election, such ‘leaders’ whom we love to kick around and accuse day in and day out will be elected, and we would be whining and forever grumbling. Who clapped what and who shouted the loudest then? Our standard of election and selection should rise above the average level and for which reason we can walk with our head held high. Not something that would invite negative adjectives to our identity.

Thankfully, for the ‘irresponsible citizens’ both the events happened amidst the hornbill festival days, where miseries and misfortunes can be endured to a greater extent than other days. Modi came and left, but we the left ones will stay for years. It will be worthwhile to monitor how the government come out of this debt-ridden situation, and at the same time how the public reacts to such predicaments which we encounter daily. Until then, observers will utter in disbelief at our State, “But Modi came and left!”

Toshi Longkumer New Delhi

Are we giving in exchange for our spoilt future generations with a few crores?

businEss WTO rules in India’s favour in steel dispute with US

their bald heads. Last time it was proven, even drying up our state’s economy and resources would not be able to solve the problem of receding hairlines.

As the drama unfurled on the first day of our “best days of the year”, some ‘dissenters’ clapped and cheered to this devastating news. True, it will mean tightening our pockets, it will also mean that we the common people will suffer. However, the larger objectives of such a declaration must not be overlooked. Our government should be able to come up with innovative ideas to generate economy now- to pay the bills, pending salaries and debts.

At last! Ours will be a productive state. If we were given the ‘liberty package’ we would fall under the same spell in some few days time- the funds will come and instead of mass development, we will see more sophisticated private castles and luxury cars infesting our ‘dry land’. But, because of this stern offer in the first place, we can proudly say, we are not from the charity-depending state, and most importantly, we will also be included among the ones who produce and contribute to the nation’s economy. That will be a moment of dignity and pride for us. Who would want to be in a situation where the thieves steal and prosper but everyone is named and shamed- eg. ‘Begging state citizens’?

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nother final examination is over for the Classes LKG to 8.

The results are given out with a clean chit to all the students, abiding faithfully the instructions of the “Free and Compulsory Education Act” or “Right to Education Act” (RTE). This policy has the students feel happy with a thought that they will be studying in the next class in the coming academic year even if they have scored single digit marks in most of the subjects. But the school authorities have very little to say as the parents love to see their children crossing from one class to the other. When the children are given fail results, the school authorities are threatened with dare consequence. So they have to just close their eyes and give a push to everyone to the next class, lest they will be dragged to jail for breaking the law.

We have also seen another batch of students adamantly refusing to come to re-write their forth quarterly assessments/examinations and even among those who came, the first performance was better than the re-

writing for improvement. So, what is the use! Therefore, allow me to voice my view on this issue briefly. The sole reason that I see for the behaviour of the students in this manner is the educational policy of ‘No Detention’. This has made the students feel fully secure and take their studies lightly, for they know that all will be promoted.

The concern of the many parents are less on how much their children have learned but on remaining in the same class for the second year too due to financial or social reasons. But my concern is, if our schools push up and push up every student without the basics foundations, will not the students remain backward in knowledge which is more harmful to them? Will not this increase the unemployment problem among our youth who will become the perpetrators of anti-social activities in our land? Even if a batch is spoiled, have we not done sufficient harm to our society? Looking at the Class 9 results in the schools, there are many drop outs even after studying for two years in the same class. If we continue

with this system of education, will our students be well equipped with sufficient knowledge to compete with their classmates in the competitive examinations in other parts of the country?

If we just follow faithfully the instructions given at the centre just for monetary gains, are we not exchanging our bad future generations with a few crores?

The majority of the teachers wish to have examinations and detention policy, seeing the poor academic performance and slow learning in their students. The majority of the students themselves want examinations because the whole class is incapacitated in the process of learning by few naughty students who fear neither examinations nor detention. If so, can the Education Department and the State Government do something to review the present education policy to bring the necessary changes before the next academic session begins?

Hoping for the best, God bless us!

Rev. Fr. George Rino Cathedral Church, Kohima

The Morung Express

Have Thine own way Lord W

hen a stubborn pig of a person like me has ultimately seen a slice of reality and the light however dim to differentiate and understand why we Nagas are as we are today, there is no reason why any other will not be able to do so. Yours truly sees all the more a reason to be level headed and in our own little small ways try to make wise the reality of our existence. And all the more compelling reason is the truth of having being born and alive today in this particular age and time where inspite of the demerits overshadowing the merits if any, the Living God has not punished us as He did so to the many cities, citystates and the nations of people who knew He was God and yet professed to be unbelievers, not by the tongue, but by the nature of breathing and living.

Nothing can withstand the sands of time, and as we plunge headlong into that ocean of uncertainty, it is not as if we are the only one subjected to this ordeal. This has prevailed and continued since the time of the apple becoming the medium for sin. In this age and time of technology, where every aspect of our lives is being subjected to the insanity of fast living, only some of the few in the many offices of responsibility in Nagaland today are aware of the tragedy of it. And this is where leaders of every hue, size, color or shape must take the initiative of educating the people. As our Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi quoted during his speech in Kisama, “Seeing is believing” in a context of his own, in our context, much of a generation is being deceived with the straight forward meaning of “seeing is believing”. So many are not willing, or have not, or is not being conditioned to study the real truth of “seeing is believing” and therein begins the tragedy of the blame game. We have to take the initiative of educating the upcoming younger generation that things cannot and is not what is thrown on the face as we have so far come to believe. Lord Jesus said, “you see and yet not see” during his time. And it is exactly as it was , which it is today. The lyrics of the hymn goes, “Have Thine own way Lord, have thine own way, Thou are the potter, I am the clay”. However, however good the potter is, if the clay which is a non-living entity but unconditioned with its required moisture, evaporation and condensation, the end result cannot be the desired. There has to be harmony between the potter, the living entity and the clay, the nonliving entity. This is where, not the potter but the clay fails.

As a non-living entity, the songsmith wanted the clay to make up for its non-living entity by conditioning itself to be a handful for the potter. And then without realizing and not reading between the lines, we simply miss that small kernel of truth of a message that the hymnstress wanted us to understand. And then again, when the clay cracks or breaks the potter is unfairly blamed. This blame game has to stop. We have to give weight to our leaders, instead of always subjecting them to a catch 22 situation.

We have to respect their judgment if we want our’s to be considered.

The justified duststorm raised because of the heat initiated knowingly to polarize the voters in Delhi by the BJP has not even settled down and what do we have now?

The height of polarizing a people. Wow! And lo behold, Sushma Swaraj the External Affairs Minister of India proclaims that the Bhaghawad Gita, must be declared as the National Holy Book of the Indian nation. Was not Sushma Swaraj the protégée of L.K. Advani the accommodating face of the BJP as compared with Narendra Modi? We can understand the RSS or an Amit Shah or even a Narendra Modi making such a statement. But Sushma Swaraj… .

Nobody should be surprised iftomorrow the recital of the Hindu Shokla is declared as the ‘National Anthem’.

Lastly, as Dr Seuss correctly once said, “Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened”. We need not be crying because our beloved Prime Minister did not give us anything. We should be smiling because he came, we heard, and we know him better now.”

Benito Z Swu

Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

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The Morung Express

Wednesday 10 December 2014

Yitachu underlines need for transforming education system

Parliamentary Secretary for Art & Culture, Printing and Stationery Er. Kropol Vitsu with the cultural troupe of Zeliang Nagas at the Hornbill Festival on December 9. (Morung photo)

‘Raid on Minister’s residence reeks of dubious intentions’: NPF Mokokchung moKoKchuNG, December 9 (mexN): Expressing their utmost condemnation and protestation over the “unscrupulous act” of raiding the official and private residences of Dr. Benjongliba Aier, Minister for Agriculture, on December 5, by the personnel of State Vigilance Commission and Anti-Corruption Cell, the Naga People’s Front (NPF), Mokokchung Division today claimed that the raid “reek of dubious intentions” as it was carried out by the personnel after registering a suo motu case against the minister based on mere fabricated allegations made by the Congress Legislature Party (CLP)

leader in the media.

In a strongly worded press statement, the president of NPF Mokokchung Division, Moasangba Jamir called the raid an “act of transgression” against a sitting Cabinet Minister and asserted that it was conducted under the cover of darkness without any respect for established norms and protocol.

Even the Chief Minister of Nagaland, TR Zeliang, who is In-Charge of the State Vigilance Commission, and the Chief Secretary of Nagaland, Toshi Aier, who is the State Chief Vigilance Commissioner, were kept in dark about the raid, it added.

“Does this mean that the State Vigilance Commission and Anti-Corruption Cell will also raid the residences of all elected members and people of social standing in such questionable manners even in the future?” it asked.

Stating that while the minister was “threatened and humiliated,” his family members and some party workers were also harassed during the raid, the NPF Mokokchung Division maintained that “dodgy and high-handedness” of the Vigilant officials will further polarise the various sections of Naga society and destabilise the delicate social fabric of the society.

pereN, December 9 (mexN): Parliamentary Secretary for School Education, Yitachu graced the golden jubilee celebration of Baptist High School Peren as the chief guest.

In his address, Yitachu stressed on the need to bring about true, quality and real spirit of education in the state while also maintaining that we should not be complacent about attaining 81.11% literacy rate. Expressing that even the School Education department had recently celebrated its 50 years of existence, he said 50 years have gone by, but beyond 50 years what is the status of education in the Naga society.

He specially emphasized on the need for transforming the education system into providing equal opportunities for a girl child with that of the boy

in all spheres of life. “Are we giving justice in giving education equally to the sons and daughters, he questioned, while lamenting that many girl child in Naga society had to forego their higher studies to give opportunity to their brothers to pursue higher education. “This isn’t justice,” he said. “Our education has to emphasize on social, political and economic uplift, and if the girls are well educated they can help in educating the boys too but if emphasis is given on boys education alone, it will be difficult to achieve cent per cent literacy rate,” he said.

Yitachu further maintained that the girl child should also be given the right to inherit land and immovable properties of their parents. This, he said would help in achieving the proclamation of Naga

Kohima, December 9 (mexN): The Zhadima Village Youth & Sports Organisation (ZVYSO) has reiterated its stand to strictly adhere to the standing resolution of the Angami Youth Organisation (AYO) and Northern Angami Youth Organisation (NAYO) to strictly ban hunting, fish-

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unity. He called upon the gathering to rise up to accept the challenge of providing equal opportunities to the girl child in reality instead of just claiming that Naga society that men and women are equal.

Yitachu also mooted the idea of providing maths and science teachers in private schools while also reiterating that staffing pattern for government schools from primary to higher secondary lvel would be implemented from the next academic session.

The Parliamentary Secretary also unveiled the jubilee plaque. He was accompanied by Joint Director of School Education. The celebration was marked by jubilee ceremony by BHS students, school anthem, alumni speech by Pausui Zeliang, Additional Director IPR, jubilee feast and extravaganza.

ZVYSO reiterates ban on hunting, fishing ing, burning of jungles and collection of wild vegetables and medicinal plants within the jurisdiction of Zhadima Village. A press release from the ZVYSO President, Atsiezo Soru, and General Secretary, Thepfulie Theunuo, stated, “Anyone found violating the above resolution shall be heav-

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ily penalized and his/her hunting equipments seized thereon.” Further informing the public to take note, it stated, “Therefore, the public is hereby informed to take note of this press release and adhere to the afore-mentioned standing resolution for safe preservation of the eco-system in the village.”

Dimapur, December 9 (mexN): Forms for B.Ed for the academic session 2015-16 is being issued from District Education Office Dimapur. A press release from R. Amongla Jamir, Deputy District Education Officer, Dimapur, informed that the last date for submission of application form is December 12.

One truck found Dimapur, December 9 (mexN): The OSD western command under Union Territory, NSCN (IM) found one truck (Tata), bearing registration number NLO2L/1241, chassis number 360044FUQ11426, engine number 697D2FUQ12676 from Aghunaqa area on December 5. Secretary of UT, NSCN (IM), Khekuto Jakhalu, has informed the rightful owner to claim the same with relevant documents during office hour within ten days from the date of issue of this information.

One may contact 8575659190/ 9436971995.

One held for extortion Kohima, December 9 (mexN): Kohima Police personnel apprehended one NSCN-U cadre on December 9 at around 03:20 p.m. while extorting a sum of Rs. 1500/- from a shop located at South Point Market in Kohima. The arrested individual was identified as Sgt. Maj. Ase-u Kense (24 yrs) of Touphema Village and a resident of New Reserve, Phesama. A criminal case has been registered against the individual and is remanded into police custody, a press statement from Atu Zumvü, NPS, Sub – Divisional Police Officer & PRO, Kohima, informed.

Vehicle thief held Kohima, December 9 (mexN): Youths of Pezielietsie colony on December 8 caught an individual while stealing one Maruti Gypsy. The thief was identified as Haitwabe Namgi (23 yrs) of Poilwa village under Peren district, and a resident of Pezielietsie colony. Residents of the colony later handed over the vehicle thief to police. A criminal case has been registered against him and police have filed a 24 hours charge-sheet against the arrested person.

LPG thief apprehended

Kohima, December 9 (mexN): On December 8, at around 1700 Hrs, one Dzuthozo Kezo (19 yrs) of Pholami Village under Phek District, and resident of Upper AG Colony, Kohima, was arrested on charges of stealing LPG cylinders. In this connection Kohima South P.S. registered a criminal case and remanded him bogus individuals claiming to police custody for a period of 72 hours. While under themselves to be NNC (NA) custody, police recovered 2 LPG cylinders based on the are collecting tax in the ter- statements of the arrested person. ritory of Angami Region, it appealed to them to refrain Two held for selling from doing so. It warned, tampered Tobacco products “action will be taken against them as per Yezabo.” It fur- Kohima, December 9 (mexN): Youths of Merther urged all departments, ema village apprehended two persons namely Chanbusiness community, con- deshwar Sah (39 yrs), a native of Bihar and Suraj Sonar (39), a native of West Bengal, for selling tampered totractors and suppliers not to bacco products. The duo – both residents of Kezieke, entertain such bogus NNC Kohima – were apprehended on December 8 and later (NA) and asked them to con- handed over to police. A criminal case has been registact at 9402856397 for confir- tered and they have been remanded to police custody. mation.

A release from Atu Zumvü, PRO, Kohima, informed.

Land Resources Marketing NNC (NA) warns bogus individuals shed at Meriema inaugurated Kohima, December 9 (mexN): A marketing shed which was constructed under Entry Point Activity (EPA) at Meriema Village was inaugurated today by T. Renben Jami, Joint Director, and the Supervisory Officer, Kohima District, Department of Land Resources.

This Marketing Shed was constructed under IWMP Project VII to cater to the needs of the villagers especially the Self Help Groups in selling their products and give them a platform to earn and be self reliant.

The programme was chaired by Thepfuleo Huozha, Secretary, Meriema Village Council. Invocation prayer was offered by Keduolhoulie Shüya, Pastor, Baptist Church, Meriema. A short speech was delivered by Dr. Menuosietuo Tseikha, District Project Officer wherein he challenged the villagers to become self-reliant and work for the welfare of posterity by conserving our land and gave the assurance to the villagers that the departmental functionaries will give their best to the villagers and for this he asked for cooperation from the villagers in order to make the project a success.

T. Renben Jami in his speech challenged the SHG members to make full use of the Marketing shed which has been constructed for their benefit. He also stressed upon them to have a daily market without which the purpose of the marketing shed would be meaningless. He advised the SHG members on the importance of packaging goods put up for sale.

He encouraged them to use plantain leaves and not polythene bags for packing the vegetables. “Neat packing not only makes the goods attractive, it also shows that the vegetables have been cleaned and have been neatly packed for sale,” he said.

Dzieselhoulie, Chairman, Watershed Committee, Meriema Village, delivering the Vote of thanks informed the gathering that every household in the village maintains a garden, and there is a surplus of vegetables. Therefore, apart from the daily market, vegetables would also be sold wholesale in the marketing shed, he said.

The programme was attended by the District field officers, village Council members and members of the Self Help Groups in the village.

Dimapur, December 9 (mexN): The Naga National Council (Non-Accordist) has warned bogus individuals collecting tax in the name of NNC (NA).

A press release from V. Angami, Deputy Kilonser Chaplee Affairs in-charge of Angami Region, informing that as per Yezabo, the allocation

of works Azah (Order) for all Kilonsers was issued to all regions in Nagaland on February 14, 2014 by MIP Kilonser, NNC (NA). In the said Azah (Order), V. Angami, Deputy Kilonser Chaplee Affairs was given charge of Angami Region, the release stated.

Stating that the NNC (NA) has come to know that some

Kiphire celebrates Pre-Christmas Our Correspondent Kiphire | December 9

The Deputy Commissioner’s establishment in Kiphire celebrated Pre-Christmas this evening with the message of peace delivered by President, Baptist Pastors Fellowship Kiphire, Mughaho, at the Conference Hall of the DC Office with officers and staffs.

Delivering Christmas greetings, Deputy Commissioner A. Chumremo Odyuo said, “Christmas season in itself brings peace, happiness and freshness in the heart of every individual which

also gives an opportunity to retrospect, reflect and to renew one’s spirituality so that we come closer to Christ.”

Referring to the birth of Jesus as the greatest gift to mankind, Odyuo said, “Forgiveness and love should be at the centre of the heart of every individual while celebrating Christmas.”

Mughaho delivering the message shared on the history of Christmas. He said, “This season should be the season to remember the love of God because He has given his only son as a gift to redeem us from sin.”

KMC to award best performing ward Kohima, December 9 (mexN): The Kohima Municipal Council is set to award the best performing ward. The annual Inter-Ward competition on cleanliness, beautification, illumination, nativity and overall Waste management organised by KMC will be held on December 17 from Zonal Council Hall, Kohima. A press release from Kovi Meyase, Administrator,

KMC informed.

The award was constituted in 2011 with a vision to encourage the best performing wards in maintaining overall waste management policy throughout the year along with running trophy, certificate and cash prize for the best 3 performing wards under KMC jurisdiction.

Cash prizes will be awarded to the 3 best performing wards. The first prize carries

Rs 50,000, second prize – Rs 30,000 and third prize, Rs 15,000.

All ward Panchayats, GBs, Youth Organisations, Sanitation Committees are informed that the final inspections will be done on or before December 15. KMC requested all 19 wards to continue with the cleaning of their respective wards for a cleaner and greener Kohima.

Public SPace Changki Village Council responds NTPA & NTFTF hit back at NTTU Dimapur unit to Mkg Deputy Commissioner 1. We have the honour to say that we are in receipt of your Order No. Civil Misc.

Case No. 3/2008/830 dated Mkg the 8th Dec. 2014.

2. As per the undertaking given to the D.C. Mokokchung on 03/8/2014, we have absolutely no objection to your sending to Changki Village members of the renegade Emremchangki clan on 9th December 2014, or on any date. For that matter, without your sending them, they are welcome at Changki. This, however, does not mean that we have suspended or abdicated the rule of our own customary laws and practices within Changki village.

3. When you say that Village Council Chairman Changki shall be responsible to provide conducive atmosphere to implement the court order, you seem to imply that the Village Council Chairman Changki is an all-powerful dictator who can do whatever he likes within Changki village. Your honour seem to have overlooked the fact that the Village Council is a democratic institution, with the village Putu Menden taking the final decision in any village affair in accordance to our own customary laws and practices.

4. As we have already declared openly, within our own village customary laws and practices, we are prepared to explore possibilities of finding reconciliation and peaceful co-existence with the Emremchangki renegade members.

However, changing the village founding history, or giving a different clan name to those renegade members of Emremchangki clan is simply impossible under our customary laws and practices while their real blood-brothers exist as law-abiding Emremchangki clan members at Changki, and a distinctively different clan called Changkiri also exists at Changki.

5. We have openly declared earlier that the Declaratory order of ADC (J) No: 2 of 2005 cannot be accepted by Changki village, and this is the unanimous decision of the Changki Village Council and representatives of the Changki Citizens Assembly in our joint meeting taken on 8/12/2014 that our earlier decision stands.

6. We were ready to face and are still ready to face the consequences of not accepting the ADC (J) declaratory order, since that order or any order from outside cannot change our village founding history or our own age-old traditional clan names.

Yours faithfully,

(LENDIMENBA AMRI)

(IMODANGBA PONGEN)

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n response to the press statement issued by the 'ss' president of the so called Dimapur Unit of NTTU, dated 8th Dec 2014 in local dailies, the Nagaland Tree Planters' Association (NTPA) and the Nagaland Tree Farmers' & Traders' Forum (NTFTF) is compelled to put up some few queries before the 'ss' President Husca Zhimomi of the so called NTTU Dimapur Unit.

Firstly, under which law(s)/article(s) of the Indian Constitution it has empowered or stated that any press statement in regard to tree farming & trading affairs of Nagaland should be routed through NTTU and with its consent?

•Which law have empowered that only the so called NTTU shall operate/exist & shall be the only single parental body or the chief representative/executor of all the genuine local tree farmers & traders of Nagaland?

•Under which and whose authority he is trying to dictate under his realm those bodies that has been formed under the mandate of the general will compris-

ing of bonafide tree farmers, planters & bonafide railway timber loaders, and that has been legitimately registered under the home dept. Vide Regd. No. H/RS-3301, dated 27/08/2003, registered way ahead even before NTTU came into existence?

•Under which law(s)/ article(s)/clause(s) of his unit's memorandum/bylaws it has empowered him to ask the authenticity and credibility of other organizations leaving aside the credibility of his so called self styled unit?

To make it known before the general public, NTPA & NTFTF doesn't recognises 'ss' president Mr. Husca Zhimomi at all, in more than 30 years of involvement in railway loadings, none of the bonafide members from the association nor the forum have come across this person trading in this field or have never come across him loading even a single wagon and whether he even knows what actually 'wagon loading' is all about and the procedures underlying! In the light of the above facts, the NTPA & NTFTF ask of him to stop misleading the gen-

eral public using his cheap gimmick and stop dragging other organizations directly or indirectly into his affairs for some petty sake.

Under the regulations of the SIT-(CEC), Government of India, allocation of wagons has been allotted under two category. ie 1) WORKING SCHEME - wagon allocation which is under the direct approval of Govt. of India.

2) TREE FARMING wagon allocation for teak & molded beats allotted by the SIT meant for Nagaland Tree Regulation Act. Logging and Tree farming are completely two different subjects covering its own area of operation and jurisdiction and for which separate schemes has been allotted, and NTTU being a union of log contractors, their subject is purely confined to logging which includes extraction from jungles to moving of woods from the stump to somewhere outside the forest usually a saw mill and for that a separate working scheme wagon allocation is allotted, and any problem or issues in their activities or affairs they can approach any com-

petent authority and should address their grievances accordingly in legitimate ways vice versa we will do without consulting/taking permission from any organizations without hitting around the bush and interfering in the internal affairs of others. It is also to remind that NTPA & NTFTF are 100% completely independent and different in all spheres to that of NTTU and they should never tag us under the same category, for our concern is focused on tree farming & healthy timber trade promoting local entrepreneurs and not only on money making without delivering from where we are deriving. we have been into tree farming and trading for decades and without any obstructions we have been smoothly functioning and working in the general interest of the genuine local tree farmers, entrepreneurs and contractors under the guidance & guidelines of competent authority(s) and fulfilling all the criteria set by the SIT (CEC), Ministry of Environment & Forest (Govt. of India), Forest Department (Govt. of Nagaland).

And likewise, we have always

maintained cordial & legitimate relationship with all the different agencies/authorities be it SIT (CEC), Indian Railway Board-New Delhi, NFR-Maligaon, Lumding Railway Division, Department concerned etc. For any queries/information(s), one may kindly contact or visit the Forum's office located at 247-Midland, opp. Office of the Forest Divisional Officer, Dimapur.

The NTPA & NTFTF would also like to encourage the department concerned not to bow down before petty allegations & threats and continue to move ahead and execute its duties effectively without partiality and without any hesitation in the general interest of all as it is in the knowledge of the department that who is real and who is fake as many impostors have started to appear in the scene. The NTPA & NTFTF shall always stand for truth and it shall extend full support to the department in its fight for truth and justice.

The Morung Express is introducing “Public Space” as part of our intention to provide deliberate space for the opinions of the people to be expressed and heard through this newspaper.

Nonetheless, The Morung Express points out that the opinions expressed in the contents published in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper or the editor.

K.S. Wotsami On behalf of panel of Managers NTPA Omega G. Naga Secretary-NTFTF

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Human Rights 365

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uman Rights 365,” the theme of the United Nations Human Rights Day 2014, is a reminder that human rights are a basic human need, without which the values of democracy, justice and peace will remain empty meaningless rhetoric. This year’s theme is an apt one as it underlines the importance of not taking human rights for granted, and embraces the notion that every day is Human Rights Day. In this sense, human rights become the common denominator and the strand which binds all peoples together into an interconnected web of life.

For the Naga people, the message of “Human Rights 365” is essential in order to have a shared future in which Naga children, women and men can work towards evolving a dignified co-existence. In the face of increasing militarization, corruption, inequality, poverty, bad-governance, domestic violence, injustice, exclusion, gender imbalance and an imposing power-structure, the Nagas are faced with daunting human rights challenges. Yet, on this day, whoever we are, wherever we are from, regardless our status, we have the opportunity to commit ourselves to the principles, values and standards of human rights.

On this day, Nagas are urged to respond to universal call to uphold the right to everyone’s human dignity.

This is my prayer as inspired by the Apache band Red Thunder: Oh Creator!

Grant us the vision So that we may not go wrong Teach us the secret that we may see Fill our hearts with compassion To love our enemies Give us strength To learn the lesson How to speak the truth Stand with justice and Walk with Peace Help us to understand What it takes to walk in beauty As we learn to walk this sacred land Oh great Creator keep us free Please prepare us to be worthy of this vision I pray that you will hear me!

lEfT WING |

Joe Kay Sojourners

Waiting for Heaven

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ometimes when they’re waiting for an athlete to get out of the shower and talk about the game, sportswriters pass the time by estimating how much time they’ve spent during their careers waiting for an athlete to get out of the shower so they can be interviewed.

Trust me, it’s a lot. We’re not talking hours and days here. And often, the athlete finally gets to his locker and decides he’s not in the mood to talk. Or he just talks in clichés. "Tried my best." "Gave 110 percent." "It is what it is." Blah blah blah … All the waiting feels like a waste. That was a part of your life you’ll never get back.

The next time you’re stuck having to wait, think about how much of your life is spent waiting. It’s mind-boggling!

Waiting in the check-out line. Waiting in the doctor’s office.

Waiting for the traffic light to change. Waiting for the test results. Waiting those nine months until you can give birth.

Life is often about waiting. And if you’re like me, you don’t really care all that much for that part of it.

And there’s a flip side: Others spend a lot of time waiting on us. Our parents are waiting for us to grow up and act more mature. Our teachers are waiting for us to finally grasp a concept. Those who love us are waiting for us to be touched and transformed by that love.

Life involves a lot of waiting, both ways.

At this time of year, we‘re especially reminded of it.

Christmas involves a season of waiting. It’s also woven into the traditions of many different religions.

We hear talk about waiting for some sort of savior to come and free us from whatever is holding us back. Waiting for God to intervene and take our lives in a different direction. Waiting for dawn to arrive and end the long and lonely night we often feel in the pit of our soul.

One common Advent image is that of the pregnant woman waiting to give birth, which also ties into the nativity story that defines the season. What are we waiting for? When will the waiting end? How long are we going to have to stand around?

Unfortunately, religious practices can degenerate into nothing more than waiting. We wait for God to respond to a prayer and make things go the way we want. We wait for God to right a wrong. Wait for God to set things straight.

Wait for God to change the world. Change our lives. Please!

But wait! What if we‘ve got it backward? To revisit that waiting-goes-both-ways thing: Instead of us waiting on God, what if God is waiting on us?

John Dominic Crossan poses that question in his book The Power of Parable. He notes something that’s obvious: Jesus could be very impatient. He wasn’t one to just sit back and wait for things to change. As Crossan sums it up: “You have been waiting for God, he said, while God has been waiting for you. No wonder nothing is happening. You want God’s intervention, he said, while God wants your collaboration. God‘s kingdom is here, but only insofar as you accept it, enter it, live it, and thereby establish it.”

See someone hungry? Get them something to eat now.

Don’t wait! Go and visit those who are imprisoned at this moment. Stop and help the person bleeding by the side of the road today. Instead of waiting for the Sabbath to end, do something this instant to help the wounded person heal.

You want the world to be a better place? Do something to make it so. You want peace? Work for it. Joy? Do something that makes you joyful, then spread that joy to others.

And it doesn’t have to be a spectacularly grand act. Something little is fine — God works through the little things.

But what’s important is to do it now. This moment is a gift. This opportunity to love someone else is too precious to waste.

There’s so much to be done — needy people to be helped, hurting people to be healed, conflicts to be calmed, societies to be changed, hatred to be transformed into love.

If all we do is sit and wait for things to change, then we’re like people trapped in a perpetual state of Advent.

We never get to our own Christmas morning. We do nothing more than wait.

And all the while, someone is waiting on us.

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Feeling Uneasy About the Future

ew York has always been a pretty good barometer of the state of the world. Its fortunes rise and fall. It will never be as manicured like Paris, or as comfortable as London, or as beautiful as Rome, or as moneyed as Singapore. In good times it hums, in bad it’s a jangling mess of police sirens. Over the past 40 years, I’ve known the city’s moods: dangerous and secure, anxious and confident, subdued and ebullient.

These days, the mercury seems to be dipping. The streets are edgier, more aggressive. I recently saw a slim, well-dressed man take a covert look around before stooping to pick a cigarette butt off the sidewalk.

There’s a lot of scavenging in garbage. Desperation may be quiet, or just crazed. The other morning, for no apparent reason, somebody pushed a man off a subway platform to his death under a D train. That sort of thing makes New Yorkers eye each other in a different way. Fear has crept back.

Perhaps it is not rational to view the world today with renewed anxiety. The happy half of humankind in Asia is still in the midst of a period of growth and optimism, whatever the looming perils of China’s rise. Hundreds of millions of Asians have money in their pockets for the first time. They feel the 21st century is theirs to inherit from the West; they work longer hours to make sure that happens. Their focus is growth, whatever it takes, wherever the resources for it are to be found.

Singapore’s Orchard Road, mall central, is a gaudy monument to the aspirational and acquisitive drives of a new Asian middle class. Narendra Modi’s India is on the march, broom in hand, with a mantra of selfmade industriousness. The clean-up is physical (the paper-deluged offices of Indian bureaucrats are a Modi target) and moral (corruption). One slogan doing the rounds is “toilets, not temples.” Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, is an equally vigorous leader. The landmark agreement on carbon emissions he signed with President Barack Obama could finally pave the way to a global climate accord by 2015.

By historical standards, this is still an era of exceptional peace, as the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I has reminded us. Medical breakthroughs are extending life; dying has become arduous. The empowering possibilities of technology link individuals in new ways. For many young people the squabbling of states and the posturing of politicians is little more than a sideshow to the borderless networks that count.

Still, I trust my dipping New York barometer. People are angry and worried, with cause. Their pressured lives are not getting better. Fundamental injustices grow more acute. This clouds judgment because global affairs look like a scam put in place by the privileged. I have never felt more uneasy about the state of the world. The rule book has been torn up.

Russia’s annexation of Crimea, violating the Ukrainian borders Moscow had recognized in 1994, marked a turning point. How far President Vladimir Putin will go in his determination to prevent Ukraine

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t a recent American Antitrust Institute (AAI) symposium in Washington, D.C., I asked the presenters about the ability of cash and checks to compete with the credit card industry and its strict controls on merchants. This obvious point becomes less obvious when one takes into account the expanding exclusion of cash/check payments due to the overwhelming expansion of goods and services that you cannot buy unless you have a credit card or a friend with one whom you can reimburse.

When sending some types of express mail, renting a car, or paying for the services of airlines/trains or hotels, you either cannot pay with cash/ check or it is a real hassle of inquiries and conditions. The overall trend is to limit more and more what legal tender can actually buy in America because of exclusionary fine print contracts (see faircontracts.org).

For many people, the convenience of a credit card and potential for rewards justify their preference to forgo cash. Moreover, lower income consumers want a brief extension of credit, however expensive. Credit card carriers are given “points” such as frequent flyer miles, but often the consumer pays in other hidden ways for these “freebies.”

Notwithstanding the above obstacles, I still do not have a credit card or a signature-based debit card. There are ten relevant reasons for my preferring cash or checks over plastic.

1. Plastic lays the groundwork for massive, daily invasions of privacy.

Personal purchasing data now floats around the world without controls. The data mining industry is everywhere and both government and hackers can get into peoples’ files. As Facebook and Google demonstrate, it is almost impossible to keep up with the sharing of your personal information.

2. Once you enter the credit economy you fall under the controls of arbitrary credit rating and credit scoring merchants. So if you complain strenuously to an auto dealer or insurance company, if you are a victim of false information in your credit file, or even if

from pursuing its aspirations for closer integration with the European economy and European law is unclear, but the war he has stirred up in the east of the country shows no sign of abating. The danger is real that the heavily armed forces deployed and orchestrated by the Kremlin will advance westward, perhaps even as far as Kiev. In that case, I do not expect an armed response from cowed Western powers, but I do expect near-panic in Baltic countries and parts of Eastern Europe. The credibility of NATO will become paper-thin.

The response to Putin in Europe is no less worrying than these events themselves. The Russian leader basks in significant sympathy. The “Putinversteher,” or folk who understand Putin, as the Germans put it, are driven by a variety of motives, among them anti-Americanism, anger at the European Union, and identification with Putin’s critique of Western values and societies as spineless and depraved. Beneath all this lurks something much simpler. Many people are restive. Europe is in the economic doldrums. Putin carries a banner called resistance. Everything is upside-down, which is how the spinners of fascist fables in Moscow (including the one that holds that Ukraine is a hotbed of anti-Semitic ideologues) want them to be. Truth is the first victim of war.

The abrupt emergence of the jihadi movement calling itself Islamic State on a wide swath of territory straddling the Syrian-Iraqi border has been another sign of fragmenting order. The hopes of the Arab Spring have evaporated. It has proved impossible, outside Tunisia, to move beyond the sterile confrontation of quasi-military dictatorship and Islamist movements of various stripes; and equally impossible to forge a post-sectarian citizenship in societies riven by religious and ethnic differences.

There is no consensus in the Arab world on the place of political Islam, which is to say on the central question of whether power and laws derive from the people or from God. This has proved an insurmountable hurdle. Syria sounded the death knell for the hopes of Arab youth, which centered on forging more representative and inclusive societies.

The Syrian uprising against a dictator morphed into a jihadi-incubating vacuum. Outside powers did their manipulative worst. President Obama announced early in the conflict that the Syrian despot, Bashar al-Assad, should step down. He had no plan to achieve that objective. There is a price for inaction as well as action. That is not a fashionable thing to say in a time of post-Iraq and post-Afghanistan exhaustion. It is no less true for that.

The killers of Islamic State are Internet-savvy and, like Putin, have been able to incarnate resistance to something; to what exactly is unclear, but broadly speaking the movement has channeled Sunni anger at America’s tilting of the established Middle Eastern order in a Shiite direction, and has come to embody resistance to Western ideas in general, and the “infidel” presence in the Middle East in particular. In England, France and Germa-

ny, among other European nations, the movement has been able to find recruits. This is another sign of ambient anger and frustration, often more acute among new immigrants. For the United States and the European nations that have battled ever since 9/11 to quash jihadi terrorist movements, the failure embodied in Islamic State’s emergence is evident. Five beheadings of Western hostages have constituted a nightmarish humiliation.

I do not think it is a coincidence that these developments have come at a time when the world’s ordering power since 1945, the United States, is seen to be in retreat and the credibility of America has eroded. Obama did not help the American cause by committing in Syria to goals for which he lacked the means or by setting red lines he declined to uphold. These things get noticed in places like Moscow and Beijing. The world seems unstable, up for grabs, and susceptible to sparks. Putin and Xi and Modi are widely seen as more compelling leaders than Obama. They do not have the power Obama has, but they have an aura. The flux in global power has induced a dangerous moment.

It is dangerous in part because the liberal democratic idea is under such pressure. That pressure comes in part from the authoritarian capitalist models in Russia and China. Capitalism, as Michael Ignatieff of Harvard University has noted, has proved to be politically promiscuous, with damaging consequences. But there are also strong internal pressures in Western democratic societies. These find their roots principally in growing inequality.

The top 0.1 percent in the United States now holds about the same share of America’s wealth as the bottom 90 percent, according to some estimates.

The earnings of this bottom 90 percent, in inflation adjusted terms, fell between 2010 and 2013, while top incomes alone rose. Yet the taxation system favors the rich. As the Wall Street financier and New York Times op-ed writer Steven Rattner has pointed out, “Income taxes for the highest-earning Americans have fallen sharply, contributing meaningfully to the income inequality problem. In 1995, the 400 taxpayers with the biggest incomes paid an average of 30 percent in taxes; by 2009, the tax rate of those Americans had dropped to 20 percent.”

This trend must be unsustainable. It is reflected today in the streets of New York, and it informs the dissatisfaction of the American middle class.

There has never before been a economic recovery that passed the middle class by entirely; this one has. To confront the challenges they face, Western societies in general and America in particular must recover their vigor and fairness, through tax and educational reform above all. The yearning for liberal democracy is not dead, as recent events in Hong Kong have demonstrated, but democracies are under pressure. A violent tide could course across a disordered world if the United States does not once again demonstrate its extraordinary capacity for reinvention and renewal.

Ten Reasons Why I Don’t Have a Credit Card ralph nader CommonDreams

you have too many credit cards, your credit can suffer so that you pay more or are denied loans.

3. The credit card economy, with its anti-competitive no-surcharge rules, etc. is inflationary and affects negatively consumer purchasing power as well as lower savings rates.

4. Credit cards encourage impulse buying. The industry knows this very well. Swiping a plastic card rather than opening a wallet and directly taking cash out creates a disconnect between

the purchase and the loss of money to the consumer.

5. Credit card terms—what Senator Elizabeth Warren calls “mice print”— are mostly inscrutable and non-negotiable. You sign on the dotted line, shut up and shop.

Companies rarely compete over fine print terms that favor the consumer. Compare, with a suitable microscope, the standard form contracts of Visa, Mastercard or Discover or GM, Ford and Toyota, or Bank of America, Citigroup or Wells Fargo.

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Consumers have been driven into a choiceless contract of peonage or contract servitude.

6. Using cash/check encourages consumers to live within their means and not get caught in an ever deeper cycle of debt. For instance if you are out shopping with cash and set a budget for yourself, it is impossible to overspend if you simply do not bring more than has been allocated for your purchases.

7. Paying by cash/check avoids the gouging of fees, penalties, termination charges, and of course, sky-high interest rates for consumers. Corporations on the other hand enjoy low-interest rates across the board. (Remember, however, checks have a fee if they bounce.)

8. Paying by cash/check—say in a restaurant—saves time and followup monitoring for errors. Furthermore, it prevents the addition of any fraudulent charges to the bill.

9. Paying by cash/check avoids having to give away your personal property to the likes of internet companies that turn around and very profitably sell this free information to advertisers with such specificity that the latter knows what ailment or craving you have.

10. Credit card issuers often approve consumers for credit cards with maximum spending limits that are too high considering their salary or lack thereof.

Apple is now out with a payment system that does not require signing or clicking. You can regularly fall into the credit penitentiary with a mere swipe.

What’s next, the evocation of brain waves?

There is a strong case for giving cash discounts to consumers, as is done by many gas stations. This would pass along the savings that the vendor would make by bypassing the credit card companies to benefit the consumers, a win-win situation. In addition, there should be no discrimination against consumers based on their choice of legal tender; vendors should have to accept all methods of payment.

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A Chef Predicts the Future of Food

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ur future table is likely to be shaped by many factors, from diminishing resources and growing human populations to increased self-awareness of the impact food has on health to cultural phenomena like food fetishism, culinary hedonism and ritual.

For a sense of what we will not be eating, perhaps we can look to the advice of the past 100 years and see where that has gotten us.

In the 1930s, the chemical company DuPont adopted the (paraphrased) slogan “Better living through chemistry,” and in many ways this idea has loomed large over the evolution of food and foodlike substances in the past century: From Crisco to canned cheese, we’ve forsaken real food for convenience. There is no question in my mind that our relationship with food has been severely derailed in recent years, and I think it’s not illogical to draw a connection between this derailment and the rise of modern disease and the decline of natural resources on our planet.

As the average body mass in the developed world has grown consistently over the past century, and the rates of autoimmune diseases, type-2 diabetes and other modern diseases have gone up, our relationship with food seems to have become much more antagonistic. Many of us look at culinary indulgences as corporal sins that must be neutralized through physical penitence. My Saturday pizza binge must be zeroed out with 45 minutes of looping my legs through imaginary figure-eights on an elliptical trainer, plugged deeply into the frenetic chyron of CNN, until a digital ticker tells me that I’ve paid my dues for yesterday’s pleasure.

As we have become more and more plugged in, quite literally, to our digital tachometer, odometer and calorimeter, we have become more and more unplugged from our natural relationship with food. Just like in other aspects of culture, it seems as though these things run in cycles: What was once ancient wisdom becomes cutting edge; what is now at the vanguard of science is soon overshadowed by new discoveries and technology.

In the early 20th century the Futurism movement, founded by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, held that people “think, dream and act according to what they eat and drink.” Food became a substance to be scientifically manipulated and consumed in service to an aesthetic ideal (think sculpted meat and no utensils).

Futurism is now meeting its pendulum swing in the Ancestral movement of today, which eschews modernized foods and embraces the notion of eating “ancestrally,” or as closely as we can to our pre-agricultural predecessors. If understood dogmatically, it is an imperfect view, just as with any absolutism, yet the premise that we should eat foods our bodies adapted to over hundreds of thousands of years, rather than a carbohydrateand sugar-laden diet that has become the norm over a few hundred years, resonates with me.

Where will we be in 35 years? Somewhere in the middle? Will we find that all this wisdom about an evolutionary relationship with food is as flawed as the Futurists’ predictions about food pills and chemical perfumes? Or have we reached a tipping point and become so self-aware — or perhaps so tired of fads — that we’re able to see how inaccurate our past logic really was?

I have to think that we will continue to overana-

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he basic dictum on which the functioning of the government depends is on its performance.

The people are the means and ends of the government. Therefore, the government exists as long as it translates the promises it made at the time of elections. It is mandatory and categorical, and thus imperative. The nature of the government is dependent on its outcome. Usually they say one thing and hardly live up to their promises. However, it should be noted that the governments are influenced and dominated by the vested interests. So, it is apparent that the government responds to the interests of the dominant. The vested interests are composed of crony capitalists, dominant classes and castes that tend to be extractive. The logic on which they collaborate and extend their support as long as their interests are protected and promoted: be it economic or social or cultural or political.

Hence the nexus is covert and overt.

The governments usually claim that they are pro-poor, and therefore their agenda and programs at least on papers revolve around in favor of the downtrodden and vulnerable. They initially seem to be chanting on participatory process of the grass-roots that seems to be inclusive wherein the fruits of development reaches all and not just devoured by a few. The governments usually promise and vouch that progress and growth would be equitably shared and distributed. Political parties prior to forming the government or winning the elections use the poor as their objects of charity or as means to capture votes for their ends, but the real engines who run the government are the elites. The logic is simple. The major political parties are funded by the corporations, the monopolies and the elites. They take care of the expenses of campaign, travel, freebees and others that run to several thousands of crores.

On this there should be no doubt.

Whatever may be the form or system of government there will always be elites, cronies, capitalists and bureaucrats who wish to protect and advance their interests. Privileged and self-perpetuating classes of elites want to maximize their selfish goals and interests. What-

seamus Mullen

New Year’s Eve, 2049. What might we be eating 35 years from now?

lyze our relationship with food, as it seems to be so deeply embedded in our behavior. There are now literally hundreds of wearable devices that monitor our activities and track our habits. As technology weaves its way deeper into our nature, these devices will continue to mutate and evolve.

It is my suspicion, however, that as hard science continues to demonstrate that not all calories are the same, we will be more inclined to eat closer to how our bodies evolved to eat over hundreds of thousands of years, or else continue to pay the consequences with many avoidable health issues.

Food “localism” and “seasonal” eating are not new trends. This is how we, as humans, ate before the advent of advanced food preservation, complex supply chains and instantaneous information sharing.

I remember clearly, 25 years ago when I first visited Spain, being shocked that there were so few grocery stores and so many markets. The fish at the markets came from nearby waters, the produce from the surrounding countryside.

On recent visits to Spain I have noticed a much greater proliferation of large, “box” grocery stores and far more fast-food chains. While the markets still appear to be as busy as I recall, the people who patronize them seem to be split into two camps: older women shopping for produce, and everyone else taking photos of food and updating their social media status.

This fetishistic obsession with food is evident in the ever-increasing number of celebrity chefs and food-related television shows, websites and blogs. All of the attention being paid, however, doesn’t seem to be alleviating the real corporal and environmental crises we are experiencing as byproducts of our highly developed modern food systems. In fact, in the past 25 years the rates of obesity in Spain have more than doubled, with childhood obesity and chronic illness also on the rise. Anecdotally, it would appear that the rise of chronic illness has gone hand in hand with the fall of traditional cooking.

What will that mean for us in 35 years? Our bodies and our planet can only sustain so much abuse.

Unless we’re resigned to living longer, sicker lives, something’s got to give.

To take a stab at guessing what we might be eating, we need to think about all the things that are affected by how we eat. I often forget that I’m not an individual, but rather part of a complex community — a community of cells, muscle fibers, bacteria, nervous systems and bones. I am also part of a greater community, a family, a circle of friends, a group of colleagues, a neighborhood, a vibrant city, a unique planet. The way I eat has a direct impact on all of these communities, some more explicitly than others, but each community is affected by the choices I make about the food that goes in my mouth.

For as long as we have been social creatures, food has been at the heart of any community. In the most basic of terms, we formed bands, tribes, villages and cities to increase our chances of survival, initially to hunt and gather and later to cultivate and distribute food.

Where will our community be in 35 years?

How will the choices we make about food affect us? What will those choices be? Will we be eating test-tube meat protein and farming insects?

There are powerful environmental arguments for both. Will we be more considerate of the impact industrial agriculture has on the health of our soil and consequently the nutrient density of our vegetables? I certainly hope so.

If you had asked me five years ago whether I was optimistic or pessimistic about our future table, I would have told you with conviction that we were on a collision course with disaster. However, in the past two and a half years I’ve experienced a dramatic change in my own health, overcoming an “incurable” autoimmune disease without invasive medical treatment. I’ve experienced firsthand how a poor relationship with food can make wellness a brutally difficult endeavor. And I have also experienced how a positive relationship with food — eschewing processed foods, sugars and most grains and embracing healthy fats, proteins and vegetables, as humans have done for the majority of our existence — can make wellness a reality.

This gives me hope that in 35 years, if we can support one another in scrapping our antagonistic relationship with food and embracing a positive one, we can improve our communities from the inside out, beginning with the internal communities of our bodies, then our families, then neighborhoods, nations and, ultimately, our planet.

Seamus Mullen is the chef of Tertulia Restaurant, El Colmado and El Colmado Butchery in New York, and Sea Containers at the Mondrian Hotel in London. He is the author of “Hero Food: How Cooking With Delicious Things Can Make Us Feel Better.”

RHETORIC Vs FaCTs, ‘nOT WHETHER, WHEn’! dr. John Mohan Razu Professor, Social ethics, cTc, mokokchung ever may be the form or nature of the regime or system or government, the basic characteristic of it is to have a charastimatic personality who could mobilize the masses and thus capture power. Apart from charisma, there should a common goal or enemy. Our current context is apt. For instance, BJP won a landslide victory under the charismatic leadership of Narinder Modi who swayed the electorates and won the elections. BJP formed the government at the Centre. In order to capture power BJP under the aegis of Modi identified the common enemy vis-àvis Congress and its leadership and systematically demolished.

Politics is about power. How is the power employed and exercised? Mohan Guruswamy clearly identifies and articulates on this: Governments rely primarily on the application of three instruments of power – the power to condition, compensate and coerce. What really distinguishes nations is how much of each is used by the state on the people, the people on the state and by people on each other. In reconciliatory nations the emphasis is on conditioning and compensating. In mobilized state the emphasis is more on conditioning and coercion. Bureaucratic systems have to rely more on coercion because they mostly are without legitimacy. He cites a few examples. In the case of reconciliatory and mobilized states sooner than later elites takes them over. Often these elites become hereditary as in India. What is happening in recent times in India the bureaucratic elites from internally competitive and politicized structure dominate the policy-making and decision-making processes. Indian bureaucracy especially at the top levels is increasingly getting politicized because they are picked by the political big-wigs.

In India political power vests with a few families and continues in hereditary manner. Cutting across the political spectrum political power is controlled by few families as that of our economy where a few families control. Once political power and economic power gets into the hands of a few it is quite obvious that power takes the form of coercion. It then leads to a minority who decide for the majority.

In the process coercive power gets legitimized by the elite sections of bureaucracy who joins the junta. Precisely because of these reasons Jayaprakash Narayan and Leon Trotsky warned against this tendency. JP called for a complete decentralization of government, with the higher tiers of government with restricted power and authority. Trotsky advocated Permanent Revolution to prevent vested interests from getting entrenched and taking over the system.

Time and again it is important to be reminded what JP and Trotsky said. In the recent Lok Sabha campaigns, our PM Modi rhetoric was on black money stashed in the foreign bank and assured the people of India that in six months his government repatriate the money to India. He went to extent of assuring every Indian who would get about 15 lakhs. Did he bring in? Further, PM Modi was vociferous that Article 370 shall be repealed when referring to J&K. As the elections are due BJP has taken U-turn and no mention of Article 370. BJP knew well that it would boomerang as an election issue in J&K. Similarly, the HRD ministry is making serious efforts in making Sanskrit as an intermediatory language between English and Hindi in 1000-odd Kendriya Vidyalayas that come under CBSC stream. In line with it HRD went all out to remove German language from the schools instead Sanskrit be offered. This move of HRD ministry

was opposed vehemently by all sections that prompted HRD to withdraw.

The idea is to gradually undermine the importance of English or German or other languages, which is seen as “foreign”. BJP and Sangh Parivar assume that they are the sole vanguards or custodians of Indian nationalism. Towards this line, BJP and its outfits are desperately trying to rewrite Indian history and reshape Indian identity by narrowing down “Indian” in the most restrictive way. The Prime Minister in all his foreign jaunts wooed the entrepreneurs to invest in India. The contraction that we see more and more glaringly in BJP Government at the Centre is: For FDI doors are open, but for foreign languages the door are shut. BJP’s rationale if it is rational or even logical: “Give us your money, your technology, technical know-how and managerial expertise, but not your culture or your ideas.”

BJP and its outfits undermine the present interpretations of our history because those who wrote are motivated by their own personal prejudices. From now on, history should be written by nonprejudiced and non-historians who BJP assumes are “objective”. As Jug Suralya contends, “Let us all make history a product to be manufactured - What else? - the ‘Make in India’ banner.” According to the World Bank India ranks 134on the ease of doing business index. Although India contested the methodology World Bank employed there is some truth when BBC had a debate a month in Delhi where many entrepreneurs commented that there were numerous bottlenecks and rigid bureaucratic processes.

Engels envisioned that as the societies develop the state will wither away. For me the state is an abstract concept and the real and concrete entity of the state is the government and so whether the Indian state has withered away without realizing any progress, development, growth and host of others for all. Mohan Guruswamy rightly points out: “It would seem that the state has withered away in India without achieving any worthwhile social and economic transformation. Instead we have evolved into multiple nations. On paper we have a stated nation as envisaged by the founding fathers. In reality we have a stateless nation ruled by the gated nation of government.”

Today we celebrate the final day of the Hornbill Festival 2014. The 10 day long festival is a significant reminder of the history that has shaped our land and our people, telling us and the world that our past cannot be forgotten.

History, is an important part of our lives, whether it pertains to an individual, a society or a country. It is not just a textbook or a subject that we have been made to study, but a truth that helps us understand the way towards creating a better future for ourselves.

Our History Matters anatoliRochill, asst. Professor, dept. of History

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oes history matter? If it does, then what is history? History simply means study of the past that is significant and true. It is derived from the Greek word ‘Historia’ meaning ‘enquiry’ or ‘knowledge acquired by investigation’.Francis Bacon used the term Historia in the late 16th century when he wrote about ‘Natural History’. The word history first entered the English Language in the year 1390. History is a continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc. which took place in the history of mankindIt includes an account of the rise and fall of a nation as well as of other great changes which have affected the political, social, religious, cultural and economic conditions of the human race. According to G K Chesterton, ‘History is a hill or a high point of vantage, from which alone men see the town in which they live or the age in which they are’. Charles Johnson has rightly said that, ’you can’t escape history, or the needs and neuroses you’ve picked up like layers and layers on your teeth’.

Herodotus, a Greek historian who lived in the 5th century was known as the ‘Father of History’. He was born on 1484 BC at Halicarnassus in Turkey and died at the age of 59 years in 1425 BC. He was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically and critically, and then to arrange them into ahistoriographical narrative. Historiography is a study of historical writings. It refers to both the studies of the methodology of historians and the development of history as a discipline, and also to a body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific topic covers how historians have studied that topic using particular sources, techniques, and theoretical approaches.The book called ‘The Histories’ was his masterpiece and the only work he is known to have produced. He helped form the foundation for the modern study of human history.

History is divided into three periods or agesnamely: ancient, medieval and modern. We study the culture, religion, polity, socio, etc. of the various periods and how it developed over the passage of time. During the ancient period, people wandered from place to place in search of food. They were unaware of the use of metals; had no idea of civilisation and probably did not know how to produce fire. Their implements were of rough stones, mainly of quartzite. They lived on the fruit of trees and wild animals. In the later period they started to cultivate land, domesticate animals, built houses; they buried or burnt their dead bodies, used skins of animals as clothes andlearned tocook their food. People of this age started to live a settled live which results in the rise of towns and cities and development of trade and commerce which also marked the beginning of the medieval period. During this period, there was proper town planning and people were engaged in internal (trade within the country) and external trade (outside the country) practices. With the advancement of science and technology the modern era began.

Ancient influences have helped spawn variant interpretations of the nature of history which have evolved over the centuries and continue to change today. The modern study of history is wide-ranging and includes the study of certain topical or thematic elements of historical investigation. The people of the past are those who came before us and it is interesting to see how some of the thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and practices of today can differ so drastically from those throughout history. Ancient cultures devoted much time and effort to teaching their children family history for they thought that the past will help the child to understand who they really are.

However, modern society has turned its back on the past.We prefer to define ourselves in terms of where we are going and not where we come from. Our ignorance of the past is not the result of lack of information but of indifference.

We no longer believe that history matters but I should say that history does matter as there is a saying he who controls the past controls the future. Allen Nerins has rightly defined history as, ‘a bridge connecting the past with the present and pointing the road to future’. In life, we face situations where we have to make crucial decisions.It is the past knowledge that is going to help us make the right choice. For instance, when we go to visit a doctor for any kind of sickness, before beginning with the session we are asked to fill out an information sheet of our medical history. Some of these forms are so detailed, asking questions that require information from rarely accessed memory banks. Why are we asked such a question?

It will help the doctor to understand the accurate picture of our health. Our health is heavily influenced by the past like heredity, past behaviour, and past experiences, etc. If our history were not that important then we will not be questioned, but we are, and this is why we need to give importance to our past to tell us how we should move ahead into the future. “degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. The views expressed here do not reflect the opinion of the institution. Tetso College is a naaC accredited UGC recognised Commerce and arts College.

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Uber slapped with cheating case; driver a serial offender New Delhi, December 9 (iANS): US-based online global cab company Uber was in for more trouble Tuesday after Delhi Police slapped a case of cheating and violating lawful orders after one of its drivers was arrested for raping a 25-year-old woman business analyst. It also emerged that the driver was involved in two earlier cases of rape and one of molestation.

The Delhi government Monday banned “all activities” by Uber in the national capital and also blacklisted the firm from providing transport services in the city in future. Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday said he has asked state governments and union territories to ban all web-based radio taxis following the rape incident.

“The ministry of home affairs has advised the state government and union territories to ensure that the operations of web-based taxi services are stopped and such service providers which are not licensed with the state governments or union territory administration are prohibited to operate till they get registered themselves with the administration,” Rajnath Singh said in the Rajya Sabha.

Delhi Police cracked down on Uber, filing a case under sections 420 (cheating) and 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code at the Sarai Rohilla police station in north Delhi Tuesday. The tourism ministry also advised state governments and union territories to deploy ‘tourist police’ for the safety and security of tourists.

Many metro cities, including Bengaluru and Mumbai, are verifying online cab services. The Delhi Commission for Women has issued notice to Uber for laxity in verifying the background of drivers and also asked Delhi Police to submit a report on the rape case.

MHA asks states to ban web-based taxi services

Uber’s General Manager for Delhi region Gagan Bhatia arrives at the office of the Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women after being summoned by the commission in New Delhi on Tuesday, December 9. Indian police questioned an Uber executive Tuesday about the company’s claim it conducts comprehensive background checks and a top official called for the taxi-booking service to be banned nationwide after one of its New Delhi drivers was accused of rape. (AP Photo)

The accused driver, 32-yearold Shiv Kumar Yadav, who hails from Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura, has also been booked for submitting forged documents to get a permit to ply his cab in the capital. Yadav is accused of raping the woman in his cab while taking her to north Delhi Friday night. He was arrested Sunday from his native place Mathura.

Yadav, who is in three-day police custody, has confessed to his crime and told police that he raped the woman after parking his car in a secluded spot beside Zakhira bridge in north Delhi. He said the woman kept screaming for help for 30 minutes as he slapped and threatened her. Police said Yadav has no remorse for the act. He was also not expecting police to act so fast in the matter and arrest him.

According to police, Yadav

confessed that he was always on the prowl for women travelling late at night, especially those who he thought were vulnerable. Police said Yadav was a “serial offender” and was previously accused in three more criminal cases in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district.

“Shiv Kumar Yadav was involved in a molestation case in 2003, in a case related to the Arms Act in 2006, and rape and robbery in 2013 in Mainpuri. He was arrested and charge-sheeted in all cases,” a police officer told IANS. In 2011, he was involved in raping a woman in his taxi in Delhi. He spent seven months in jail but got bail after the woman turned hostile in court.

Yadav was also an accused in at least two cases under the Uttar Pradesh Control of Goonda

Act, an officer said. All the cases are under trial and he is out on bail. Yadav married the widow of his younger brother and has two daughters and a step son.

He had submitted a forged character certificate purportedly issued by Delhi Police to get a tourist taxi permit. Meanwhile, upset by the nationwide adverse publicity, the Radio Taxi Association of India (RTAI) has vouched for its services as “safe, trustworthy and reliable”.

RTAI president Kunal Lalani expressed grief over the Delhi incident and reiterated the members’ commitment to adhere to rules and guidelines as per law, and assured that all passengers, including women, would be provided safe services by the licensed operators

New Delhi, December 9 (iANS): Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday said he has asked state governments and union territories to ban all web-based radio taxis following one such taxi’s driver raping a woman passenger in the cab in Delhi.

Rajnath Singh’s announcement came as opposition leader Anand Sharma pointed out that there is a conflict in the government as Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has spoken against the ban on Uber taxi services.

Rajnath Singh also said that Delhi Police are examining “legal liability of Uber taxi services” in the case.

“The ministry of home affairs has advised the state government and union territories to ensure that the operations of web-based taxi services are stopped and such service providers which are not licensed with the state governments or union territory administration are prohibited to operate till they get registered themselves with the administration,” Rajnath Singh said, making a statement in the upper house.

Congress leader Anand Sharma, however, questioned how Gadkari said shutting the services is not a solution. “Government must clarify... your cabinet colleague has criticised the ban on Uber,” said Sharma, indicating towards Gadkari.

Gadkari, talking to reporters in parliament complex Tuesday, said banning Uber, an international taxi-booking service, does not make sense, and added that modern services like these should be encouraged and if there is some lacuna, it should be rectified. “It doesn’t make sense to ban services. Tomorrow, if something happens on a bus, we can’t ban that. Similarly, if something of this sort happens on a plane, that too cannot be banned,” Gadkari told reporters here.

“Modern concepts like these are being implemented in countries like the UK, the US and others, and we too must encour-

age it,” the transport minister said on being asked whether these application-based services should be banned in the country.

Uber taxi services has been banned in Delhi after the 25-year-old woman, who hired a taxi though the service, was raped by the driver Friday night.

Rajnath Singh informed the house that the woman reported that while sitting in the taxi, she dozed off for a while and suddenly realised that the taxi was parked at an isolated place and the driver was trying to molest her in the back seat.

He said when the woman tried to raise an alarm, the driver threatened her of physical injury and sexually assaulted her. After committing the crime, the driver dropped her near her home around 1 a.m., threatening her again against disclosing the incident to anyone.

“The government of India strongly condemns the dastardly act. It will be ensured that all necessary steps are taken to bring the offenders to justice,” said the home minister.

Opposition members, meanwhile, asked the government what steps are being taken to ensure that all cars with radio taxi services are probed.

“Someone went to Uber with transport department certificate, and licence, what will they do? What is your mechanism?

How are you going to ensure that all radio taxi services, which have thousands of cars, are probed? Create a data bank,” said Anand Sharma.

Giving out some steps being taken by the government to ensure safety of women, the home minister said the GPS system has been made mandatory for all taxis.

He also said that the number of CCTV cameras has been increased and the government has identified 255 isolated locations and increased the security there.

“Delhi has the highest conviction rate in the country. The national capital has maximum number of fast-track courts,” the home minister added.

Ready to assist in resolving Kashmir Jaswant Singh still in Third phase polling: 58% turnout dispute if requested: Ban Ki-moon coma after four months in Kashmir, 61 in Jharkhand uNiteD NAtiONS, December 9 (Pti): UN chief Ban Ki—moon has expressed readiness to engage with India and Pakistan in resolving the Kashmir issue if requested by both and asked them to resume talks to reach an agreement that would serve their security interests as well as that of the region.

“As I have stated in the past, if both countries request it, I am ready to engage further to assist in resolving this issue,” the Secretary General said.

Reiterating that peace in Jammu and Kashmir can be achieved only through dialogue, Mr. Ban called on the two countries to resume discussions and said that an agreement on Kashmir would serve the security interests of both countries as well as that of the region.

“I once again encourage both governments to resume discussions and identify confidence—building measures that will allow them to come to an agreement on Kashmir,

which will serve the security interests of both countries as well as of the region,” Mr. Ban told PTI. He said that Kashmiris need to be engaged in the process and their rights must also be respected at all times.

Ban said he as well as other senior officials have been in close contact with authorities from both Pakistan and India in recent weeks, given the tensions between the two countries when violence escalated along the Line of Control in October.

Several Indian civilians had been killed and many others injured as Pakistan targeted dozens of army outposts and villages. Pakistan had said that it too had suffered civilian casualties.

“I am saddened by the loss of lives throughout this conflict, including this fall when civilians were killed and thousands more were displaced. I am convinced that peace and stability in Kashmir can be achieved only through dialogue,” Ban said.

Needed law against posting of objectionable material online: Govt

New Delhi, December 9 (iANS): The central government Tuesday told the Supreme Court that some provisions of Information Technology Act, 2000, whose constitutional validity is under challenge, were incorporate to act against those posting objectionable material on social media and websites.

To back its plea, the government placed, before a bench of Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice S.A.Bobde, some objectionable material that had prompted the incorporation of sections 66A, 69 and 80 of the act, to proceed against those posting such objectionable material. Submitting the material in a sealed cover, Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said: “These are the objectionable materials which compelled us to make the provisions.”

The challenge to the validity of the IT Act provisions was raised by Shreya Singhal who had moved the apex court following the arrest of two girls - Shaheen Dhada and Rinu Shrinivasan - for posting comments critical on Mumbai bandh in the wake of the death of Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray. Thereafter NGOs Common Cause and PUCL also impleaded themselves in the matter.

In the course of the hearing, Justice Chelameswar said: “We want to examine whether the IPC (Indian Penal Code) was found inadequate to deals with defamation and objectionable materials. Or is it some special kind of legislation to deal with a special kind of situation. It requires a detailed examination.” Senior counsel Soli Sorabjee, appearing for Singhal, told the court that section 66A is unconstitutional as it violates the constitution’s article 19(1) (a) guaranteeing fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression. He also argued that section 66A also suffers from vagueness because expressions used in it would give different meaning based on the understanding of the person invoking the provisions in his complaint.

India and Pakistan were engaged in a war of words in the UN General Assembly with India strongly rejecting Pakistan’s comments about Kashmir at the world body.

Adviser to the Pakistan prime minister on national security and foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz had written a letter to Ban on the border tensions with India and sought the UN’s intervention, stepping up its attempts to internationalise the Kashmir issue. India has maintained that Kashmir is its internal matter and has made it clear that the issue of Jammu and Kashmir would be discussed with Pakistan within the framework of bilateral agreements of Simla pact and Lahore Declaration.

India had called off the talks between Foreign Secretaries slated in August after Pakistan’s envoy in Delhi held talks with Kashmiri separatists just before the parleys. India had told Pakistan bluntly to choose between an Indo—Pak dialogue or hobnobbing with the separatists.

New Delhi, December 9 (iANS): Former union minister Jaswant Singh, who was hospitalised with a severe head injury four months ago, continues to be in coma and is showing no sign of improvement, doctors said Tuesday.

“His (Jaswant Singh) condition is still the same.

He continues to be in coma. All the treatment processes remain the same with a team of doctors observing him closely every day,” a senior doctor at the Army Hospital (Research and Referral) told IANS here. “The team of doctors consists of neurosurgeons and critical care specialists. Every effort is being made to revive Jaswant Singh,” he added.

According to the doctor, Jaswant Singh is being given total parenteral nutrition (TPN) which delivers nutrients intravenously when a patient is unable to eat on his/her own. The 76-year-old leader was admitted to the hospital Aug 8 in a critical condition after his family found him lying on the floor of his house in an unconscious state.

In the past several leaders across the globe have also slipped into coma. Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon was in coma for eight long years before dying in Jan 2014.

Some Indian leaders include former union minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, who slipped into coma in 2008 after suffering a heart stroke. Former president K.R. Narayanan and first Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru died after being in the condition for a few days.

Former Karnataka chief minister Veerendra Patil was another leader who died after being in coma for two days.

An indian paramilitary soldier guards as Kashmiri women stand in a queue to cast their votes during the third phase polling of the Jammu % Kashmir state elections in Budgham, about 28 kms south west of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir on December 9. (AP Photo)

New Delhi, December 9 (iANS): The third phase of polling for 16 assembly seats in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday recorded 58 percent voter turnout, while in Jharkhand, the polling percentage for 17 assembly constituencies was 61 percent, Election Commission officials said.

The turnout in Kashmir was up from 52.13 percent recorded in 2009, Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi said. Another poll panel official Umesh Sinha said that in Jharkhand, the polling percentage was up from 54.85 percent re-

corded in 2009.

In Kashmir, the three districts of Baramulla, Budgam and Pulwama saw polling percentages of 57, 70 and 43, respectively. “Polling was peaceful and there was no untoward incident,” Zutshi said. The overall cash seizure for the third phase was Rs. 91.81 lakh.

In the eight districts of Jharkhand that voted Tuesday, there were 5,865 polling stations out of which 271 were critical.

Sinha said Rs.1.33 crore in cash was seized from the state.

Apathy biggest bar to ending child slavery: Kailash Satyarthi Total ban on child labour soon: Labour minister

Nobel Peace Prize laureates Kailash Satyarthi (R) and Malala Yousafzai smile during a news conference in Oslo December 9. (Reuters Photo)

OSlO, December 9 (reuterS): Apathy is the biggest obstacle to eliminating forced child labour and the world needs more secular education to reduce intolerance, Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi said on Tuesday.

In Oslo, where he will receive the award on Wednesday, Satyarthi told Reuters the problem was not religion itself but people who hide behind it for economic and political gain.

“Education brings tolerance to societies, which brings peace, global brotherhood and mutual respect for each other,” Satyarthi,

60, from India, said.

“There should be more valueoriented education with more human values,” said Satyarthi, who won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize with Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai for their fight against the oppression of children and their right to education.

The United Nations estimates that around 150 million children are routinely engaged in paid or unpaid work with children in sub-Saharan Africa at greatest risk, where up to a quarter of those aged between 5 and 14 are forced to work.

“The single biggest difficulty

New Delhi, December 9 (iANS): A total ban on child labour in India may soon become a reality with union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya Tuesday asserting that he was committed to passing a legislation to this effect.

Speaking at a national consultation on child domestic work and trafficking, Dattatreya said his ministry was “committed to pass the amended child labour

has been apathy,” Satyarthi said.

“People are getting more and more materialistic and more consumeristic.”

He said there was a lack of compassion around the world for the poorest and most vulnerable in society, who lacked the means and power to help themselves.

Education has been a major issue in India since the Hindu nationalist government came to power in May, with critics citing a move to teach the superiority of Hindu values and mythology at the cost of academic rigour, going against the grain of secularism that runs through multi-faith

(law) in parliament”, which envisages a complete ban on child labour till the age of 14. The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012, already passed by the Lok Sabha, is awaiting the Rajya Sabha’s nod.

Dattatreya said he would like to emulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Save Girl Child, Educate Girl Child’ programme and introduce something similar

modern India.

Malala, shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating girls’ right to education, has dominated Noble coverage in the media but Satyarthi said he did not mind.

“I never in my life tried to be in the limelight because I work with children who are most invisible,” Satyarthi said. “My cause had remained invisible for years and so did I. “Malala is a wonderful girl, she’s like my daughter, I adore and respect her a lot.” Satyarthi dismissed the idea that violence against girls in the Muslim world

to address child labour in the country. The consultation, organised by child rights agency Save the Children, examined issues and concerns of children in domestic work and child trafficking while suggesting policy changes with respect to the child labour amendment bill. Invoking the gravity of the situation, the minister said child labour is a “very serious challenge” with about 8.2 million children facing the scourge.

was a factor of religion itself.

“The very meaning of Islam is love and humanity,” he said.

“Some people use politics, businesses or religion for their shortterm benefits and gains.”

Satyarthi, who gave up a career as an electrical engineer in 1980 to campaign against child labour, has headed various forms of peaceful protest. His non-government organisation Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) has been credited with freeing more than 80,000 child labourers in India over 30 years. He estimates that about 60 million children are still at work.

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New York prosecutor seeks to probe police killings of ‘unarmed’ civilians Peaceful protests vital in bringing change: Obama

NEW YORK/BERKELEY, DEcEmBER 9 (REutERs): New York State’s top prosecutor on Monday sought the power to probe all police killings of unarmed civilians in his state, following sometimes violent U.S. protests over two grand juries’ moves to clear officers in the deaths of unarmed black men.

The day after angry crowds in northern California hurled rocks and other objects at police who responded with tear gas, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said action was needed to address a “crisis of confidence” in the criminal justice system.

It remained unclear whether New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo would grant Schneiderman the powers he is seeking. Like the Democratic mayor of New York, Cuomo has tried to walk a fine line between expressing concern about a grand jury’s decision not to charge a police officer in the July killing of Eric Garner without alienating police.

Cities across the United States have seen large protests in recent nights following the failure to indict anyone over the death of the unarmed black father of six, which happened after police put him in a banned chokehold.

The decision in the Garner case came a little more than a week after a Mis-

souri grand jury cleared an officer in the August fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen, Michael Brown.

“The horrible events surrounding the death of Eric Garner have revealed a deep crisis of confidence in some of the fundamental elements of our criminal justice system,” Schneiderman said in a statement.

“Nothing could be more critical for both the public and the police officers who work tirelessly to keep our communities safe than acting immediately to restore trust.”

Schneiderman said he was seeking a temporary executive order from Cuomo shifting authority to investigate police killings of unarmed civilians to the state from local prosecutors, who work closely with local police, until lawmakers could pass a more permanent measure.

It is unclear whether Cuomo will issue the order, despite the governor’s own call for reform of the criminal justice system.

“We are reviewing the attorney general’s proposal,” said Cuomo spokeswoman Melissa DeRosa, adding that the governor plans a “top to bottom review” of the system.

The order, if signed, would only affect new cases of unarmed civilians killed by police, not Garner or Akai Gurley, 28, whom a police officer shot dead

University of California Berkeley school of law graduated Alyson Reimer holds up a sign as she protests in response to police killings in Missouri and New York as Berkeley Police officers block a street in front of the police station in Berkeley, Calif. on Monday, December 8. (AP Photo)

in the dark stairway of a Brooklyn apartment building last month.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, whose office is investigating the Garner case, on Monday unveiled a set of changes to federal law enforcement guidelines intended to set an example for local police, according to a Justice Department official.

Several members of the New York City Council

Global warming threat cut slightly, still severe - study LImA, DEcEmBER 9 (REutERs): Projected global warming this century has slowed but is still at a severe rate after promises by China, the United States and the European Union to limit greenhouse gas emissions, a scientific study showed on Monday.

The Climate Action Tracker, produced by an independent group of scientists, said temperatures were set to rise by about 3 degrees Celsius (5.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times by 2100, the lowest since the tracker was set up to monitor promises made by governments in 2009.

The study, issued during U.N. talks on global warming in Lima, said the rate was 0.2 to 0.4C less than projected after pledges by China, the United States and the European Union in recent weeks to rein in emissions.

Even so, a warming of 3C would cause far more extreme weather such as heatwaves and storms, disrupt food and water supplies and accelerate a thaw of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, according to a U.N. panel of climate scientists.

And it is far above a goal set by almost 200 nations in 2010 of limiting average surface warming to 2C, viewed as a threshold for ever

more damaging disruptions to the climate.

Temperatures have already risen about 0.9C since the late 19th century, according to the U.N. panel of climate scientists.

Still, scientists involved in the tracker said pledges by the top emitters marked progress in the right direction for the talks in Peru, where about 190 nations are working on a deal to rein in emissions to be agreed in Paris in a year’s time.

“This represents a very important first step,” said Bill Hare, of Climate Analytics which compiles the tracker with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Ecofys and the NewClimate Institute.

China promised last month that its emissions will peak around 2030 and the United States agreed to aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. In October, the European Union said it would cut its emissions by 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. Many other nations have yet to outline their planned cuts as part of the Paris deal. Niklas Hoehne, of the NewClimate Institute, said there were still many uncertainties - Beijing, for instance, has not indicated the size of its emissions by 2030.

$16.4 bn needed to aid most vulnerable GENEVA, DEcEmBER 9 (AP): The United Nations appealed Monday for $16.4 bn to pay for global humanitarian needs in 2015, saying the number of people affected by conflicts and natural disasters around the world has reached record levels.

More than 40% of the appeal - $7.2 billion - would go to help 18.2 million people suffering from the war in Syria. The appeal also covers Central African Republic, Iraq, and South Sudan, the top humanitarian priorities, as well as Afghanistan, Congo, Myanmar, occupied Palestinian territories, Somalia, Ukraine and Yemen.

A year ago, the UN asked for $12.9 bn to assist 52 mn people, but during 2014, the number of people in need has nearly doubled to a record 102 mn, U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said. As a result, the U.N. raised its appeal to $17.9 bn for 31 countries, but donors only provided $9.4 bn, Amos said.

tinely use excessive force, Samaria Rice, the mother of a 12-year-old African American boy shot dead by police in November, spoke to the media for the first time since her son’s death.

Rice’s son, Tamir Rice, was shot near a recreation center, while carrying a pellet gun that was a replica of a real gun. The boy’s family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and the two officers in-

they made five arrests during Sunday night protests, when a crowd of more than 500 people threw rocks and other objects at police and a number of stores were looted. One protester who tried to prevent the looting was assaulted, police said.

The two nights of looting on the West Coast contrasted with mostly peaceful demonstrations Berkeley Riots Police in Berkeley, Cali- elsewhere around the fornia, on Monday said United States following the volved, one who shot Rice on Nov. 22 and one who was driving the police car.

“I’m actually looking for conviction,” Rice told reporters. “Tamir was a bright child, he had a promising future and he was very talented in all sports, soccer, basketball, football. He was my baby.”

previously put the death toll at 15.

“Australian youths, and many young men and women from Western countries, are being lured by the falsehood of a noble battle against an oppressive enemy,” Brandis said. “In reality, they are merely taking part in acts of thoughtless violence — in many cases against innocent civilians — on behalf of ISIL, which is intent on recklessly enslaving, raping and murdering those with a contrary view to their own.”

Last week, Australia used tough new counterterrorism laws to make it a criminal offense for Australians to travel to the Syrian province of al-Raqqa because of the Islamic State movement’s hold on the war-ravaged region. The government estimates at least 70 Australians are fighting with terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria.

decision not to indict New York Police Department officer Daniel Pantaleo for the July death of Garner, 43.

While no criminal charges have been brought, the NYPD is conducting an internal investigation into the case. The probe into whether Pantaleo broke any department rules could take four months, officials have said. The Justice Department is also investigating the case.

Typhoon Hagupit exits Philippines sAN JuAN, DEcEmBER 9 (AP): A storm that began as a frighteningly powerful typhoon started to blow away from the Philippines Tuesday, after leaving at least 21 people dead and forcing more than a million into shelters.

Typhoon Hagupit (pronounced HA’goo-pit) dissipated into a tropical depression after crossing Lubang Island, 135 kilometers (84 miles) southwest of Manila, and was blowing into the South China Sea, forecasters said.

Batangas, the last major province lashed by Hagupit overnight, has so far not reported any casualties or major damage, echoing similar assessments from many central Philippines provinces spared of major losses.

“With God’s grace, there are zero casualties and no injuries because we were able to prepare,” said Mayor Rodolfo Manalo of Batangas’ idyllic San Juan town, a floodprone coastal community popular for its beach resorts, where more than 2,800 villagers fled to a public gymnasium before the storm slammed ashore.

Many of the archipelago’s central

provinces were still reeling from last year’s monster Typhoon Haiyan, which left more than 7,300 people dead or missing and a massive trail of destruction, fueling worries about Hagupit as it approached from the Pacific with menacing gusts of 250 kph (155 mph) last week.

Those concerns meant more than a million people readily fled from villages in the path of Hagupit — Filipino for “smash” or “lash — into government emergency shelters.

Hagupit left at least 21 people dead, many of whom drowned in Eastern Samar province, where the typhoon made its first landfall, according to the Philippine Red Cross. The government disaster-response agency has reported only 11 deaths, saying it was still verifying other reported casualties.

Although Hagupit blew in from the Pacific with enormous force, seasonal cold winds blowing down from China deprived it of the warm and humid seas where it draws power. The typhoon, the 18th to batter this disaster-prone country this year, slowly fizzled out.

Typhoon evacuees walk back home with their bed sheets and pillows after spending two nights in evacuation center Tuesday, December 9, at suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila. (AP Photo)

HK democracy protest camp shutdown looms

That has left $8.5 bn in unmet needs, many of which have been rolled over into the 2015 appeal to help 57.5 mn of the world’s most vulnerable people. The 2015 request, on behalf of 455 aid organizations, does not include money to help feed millions facing hunger in Africa’s Sahel region, which has seen repeated droughts and conflicts. That appeal is being launched in February.

Amos said aid in 2014 helped avert a famine in South Sudan, fed millions of Syrians each month, provided medical supplies to 1 million Iraqis and paid for food for 903,000 people in Central African Republic. But with 80% of the needy living in conflict-ridden countries, the demands for aid are outstripping the ability to pay for them, Amos said.

She told reporters in Geneva that donors are being asked for more and more funds, “but as needs rise, the resource gap is widening.”

IS using Westerners as “cannon fodder” sYDNEY, DEcEmBER 9 (AP): Australia’s government accused the Islamic State group of using foreign fighters as “cannon fodder,” as the number of Australians killed while fighting alongside militants in Syria and Iraq rose to 20.

Australian Attorney General George Brandis said in a report published Tuesday that members of the Islamic State movement are tricking Westerners into believing they are playing a key part of a religious crusade. “They are simply using them as frontline cannon fodder, suicide bombers and propaganda tools,” Brandis told The Australian newspaper.

Twenty Australians have died in the conflict in Syria and Iraq, Brandis said, with several dying in recent weeks while fighting against government forces in the Syrian border town Kobani. Australia had

joined in the protests over the decision not to indict Garner on Monday when they staged a “die-in” on the steps of City Hall.

Elsewhere, protesters planned to target a Brooklyn basketball arena that the Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate intended to visit on Tuesday evening during a trip to the city.

In Cleveland, where the U.S. Justice Department last week said police rou-

WAsHINGtON, DEcEmBER 9 (REutERs): President Barack Obama defended the importance of peaceful protests during an interview broadcast on Monday, saying they were necessary to help bring about social change.

Obama’s comments on BET, a black-oriented television network, came as protests continued across the country following decisions by grand juries in Missouri and New York not to indict white police officers in the deaths of unarmed black men. “I think as long as they’re peaceful, I think they’re necessary,” Obama said of the protests. “When they turn violent, then they’re counterproductive.”

The chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York and the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, this past summer have highlighted the strained relations between police and the black community and rekindled a national debate over U.S. race relations. Obama said: “A country’s conscience sometimes has to be triggered by some inconvenience, because I think a lot of people who saw the Eric Garner video are troubled, even if they haven’t had that same experience themselves.

Even if they’re not African-American or Latino.”

Saying that change took time, Obama said attention often moved on to other issues “and change doesn’t really occur.” “The value of peaceful protests, activism, organizing is it reminds the society this is not yet done,” he said. America’s first black president said the issue was not just personal for him and his family, “but as president, I consider this to be one of the most important issues we face. Because America works when everybody feels as if they are being treated fairly and that they’ve got a fair shot.”

Pro-democracy protesters’ tents are seen at the occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong Tuesday, December 9. Hong Kong authorities and activists are set for one last showdown after the publication Tuesday of a court order authorizing the removal of barricades and tents blocking the Asian financial hub’s streets for more than two months. (AP Photo)

HONG KONG, DEcEmBER 9 (AP): Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have until Thursday morning to leave a sprawling protest camp that’s blocked traffic in the Chinese financial hub for more than two months before authorities clear it out, a lawyer said Tuesday.

Authorities are set to move in after a court order authorized the removal of barricades, tents and other obstructions from the Admiralty district, site of the protesters’ main camp downtown, setting the stage for one last showdown with activists demanding greater democracy.

Workers will dismantle the pro-

test camp starting at 9 a.m., said Paul Tse, a lawyer for the bus company that took out the injunction.

“What I would like to do now is to perhaps make a public plea to the students to stay away from the scene when there is plenty of time,” he told reporters, adding the company wanted to give protesters enough time to pack their belongings and leave the site.

He said the court order, which was published in newspapers Tuesday, would be posted at the Admiralty site in the afternoon.

About 3,000 police officers would be deployed for the opera-

tion, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported, citing unidentified police sources.

The student-led protesters have been occupying streets for 73 days to press their demands for greater democracy.

Another protest site in the rough-and-tumble Mong Kok neighborhood was shut down late last month by authorities enforcing a separate court order. The aggressive police operation sparked several nights of violent clashes in the neighborhood’s tight grid of streets, resulting in about 160 arrests.

The South China Morning Post said the third and smallest protest site, in the Causeway Bay district, is also expected to be dismantled Thursday, although it is not covered by any court order.

The semiautonomous Chinese city’s Beijing-backed leader, Leung Chun-ying, said officers would use “minimum force” in assisting court workers to shut the site down. Earlier this week he said they were expected to encounter “fierce resistance.”

Organizers said as many as 200,000 people joined the protests early on, but numbers have since dwindled and only dozens now remain at the Admiralty camp, next to city government headquarters.

Options are narrowing for the student protest leaders as the government maintains an apparent strategy of waiting them out.

The Hong Kong Federation of Students, one of the groups organizing the protests, said last week it’s mulling a retreat but has not yet made a decision. The group had earlier led a failed bid to surround the headquarters complex that resulted in a night of violent clashes in a desperate last-minute push to pressure the government over Beijing’s requirement to screen candidates in the inaugural 2017 election for the city’s top leader.

Joshua Wong, a teenager who has become the protest movement’s most prominent leader, abandoned a hunger strike on the weekend after nearly five days on doctor’s orders. Of the four other members of his Scholarism group who had joined him, only one is still refusing food.

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23 Forest Guards complete training

Dimapur, December 9 (mexN): Upon completion of the six months Forest Guard Induction Training Course, convocation of the 36th batch of Forest Guard Trainees was held on December 8 at State Environment & Forestry Training Institute (SEFTI), Dimapur.

ML Rao, IFS, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) & Head of For-

est Force (HoFF) graced the occasion as chief guest and gave away the certificates to the passing out Forest Guards. In his speech, Rao exhorted the frontline staff to do their duties with more zeal, and to live a healthy and disciplined life.

SP Tripathi, IFS, Addl.

PCCF & Chief Wildlife Warden, Nagaland presented trophies to the outgoing trainees who excelled in the

field of games and sports.

C. Vilalhoulie, DCF, chaired the programme, annual reports and declaration of result was read out by K. Hukato Chishi, IFS, Director SEFTI. Vote of thanks was pronounced by I Sashilemla, Assistant Director, SEFTI. Altogether 23 Forest Guards nominated from 10 Forest Divisions successfully completed the course.

SDO(C) Jalukie, Rhosietho Nguori (Center) along with the participants on observance of Swach Bharat Abhiyan Clean India Campaign on December 9 as a part of nationwide campaign on clean India. The Jalukie Sub Division Department organised one-day mass social work to clean the town and all government offices/campuses respectively. More than 500 people participated including Traders Union and public leaders of Jalukie. (DIPR Photo)

NAFO serves notice to logging contractors Appeals to repair Meguiki Bridge

NsoNg, December 9 (mexN): The executive members of Nsong Area Frontal Organization (NAFO), Chairmen of all Village Councils concerned and all political parties leader under Nsong area have served a notification to logging contractors, particularly under Nsong area with a request to cooperate with the area leaders and frontal organisations.

This was stated in a press release appended by NAFO President D. Atong and Secretary Levi Pame.

The notification served stated that the present Meguiki river bridge was constructed by BRO, and was then taken over by PWD. “The bridge is becoming weak due to unidentified people stealing more than 100 (hundred) pieces of nod bolt screw from the main beam of the bridge.

However, with heavy load-

ed trucks plying over the bridge, it is shaking,” the notification stated while adding that the bridge seem to be breaking into pieces.

The Meguiki river bridge is the only lifeline for the people of Nsong area which is the most interior EAC HQ bordering Assam and Manipur. It also connects with N.C. Hills and Manipur. The NAFO and Public leaders requested the concerned PWD Department to take necessary steps and repair the said Meguiki Bridge during the current financial year 20142015 on special priority.

The NAFO and Public leaders unanimously resolved to block the Meguiki river bridge and culvert above Herazambak Bridge for heavy loaded vehicles from December 15 onwards till the bridge is repaired. It requested logging contractors and other businessmen to bear and cooperate with the inconvenience caused.

Seized articles destroyed in Phek

pheK, December 9 (Dipr): Seized articles produced before the court at Phek since October 8, 2014 till date, which included 138 bottles of Beer, 488 bottles of MC Rum, 232 bottles of MC Whisky and 390 kg of contraband Ganja, were destroyed on December 8 at Phek by destruction board, Phek under the supervision of Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Phek, Somet C Chang.

39 cases disposed off in Peren

pereN, December 9 (Dipr): Peren district observed National Lok Adalat day on December 6 at the District Magistrate Chamber at Peren Town. The court has disposed 39 cases amounting to Rs. 18,87,720 of Peren District. The Judicial Magistrate, Ajongba Imchen gave a brief introduction on the purpose of conducting Lok Adalat throughout the country.

Mkg district task force meeting for immunization held

moKoKchuNg, December 9 (Dipr): Mokokchung District Task Force meeting for Routine Immunization was held at the Office Chamber of the Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung on December 8.

Deputy Commissioner & Chairman District Task Force Immunization, Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patel who chaired the meeting said that all steps would be taken to ensure that all children from 0 to 5 years gets Polio drops during the up-

coming 1st and 2nd round of Intensive Pulse Polio Immunization (IPPI) in the district on January 18 and 22.

Surveillance Medical Officer (WHO) Kohima, Dr. Sheila Longkumer gave presentation on Global Polio Situation- Polio Case Counts, India Polio Situation-States, Current Programme risks and challenges, priorities and way forward. She also pressed upon the Health Workers and Ashas not to miss any children while carrying out the IPPI round and

also to ensure that house and finger marking is done as instructed.

The District Programme Officer (RCH & UIP), Dr. Limatula Aier said that training would be imparted to the Health Workers, Ashas and helpers for the success of the upcoming IPPI drive and that the micro planning process underway.

She also mentioned that more IPPI booths needed to be sanctioned in the district to ensure 100% success of the IPPI drive.

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Student exchange programme flagged off

Kohima, December 9 (mexN): A ceremony was organised at HQ IGAR (North) December 9, wherein Maj Gen MM Naravane, IGAR (North) and Mezivolu Therieh, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kohima and President, Little Flower School Past Pupils Association, jointly flagged-off the Student Exchange Programme.

Parents of Students, Teachers from Schools, Officers and Ladies of HQ IGAR (North) and attended the ceremony.

In an endeavor to make the right of every child it a reality, Headquarters Inspectorate General Assam Rifles (North), in collaboration with the Aseem Foundation, a Pune based Trust has taken an initiative wherein a Student Exchange Programme between the students of Kohima (Nagaland) and Pune (Maharashtra) has been organised. 24 students from G Rio School and Little Flower School accompanied by

Maj Gen MM Naravane, IGAR (North) and others during flagging off ceremony of students exchange tour programme Nagaland- Maharastra on December 9. (Morung Photo)

three Teachers and two Officers from the Assam Rifles will visit Pune and Mumbai from December 13 to 21, while a similar number of Students and Teachers from Pune who will visit Kohima in the second half of the Exchange Programme.

The aim of the Programme is to give an exposure to the students of the diversity of India and

to foster an understanding of each other’s traditions and culture. The Student Exchange Programme envisages students staying at each other’s homes to gain firsthand knowledge of local customs, cuisines and other facets of day-to-day life. The students would also be participating in a wide range of activities including visits to Education-

al and Industrial institutions, adventure activities and would also be interacting with important dignitaries from all walks of life.

The enthusiasm of the Students and their Parents was worth seeing. Ms Keneise Solo of Little Flower School said “I have been talking to my host student from Pune, Ms Surabhee Arjunwadkar on phone,

and have also exchanged photos on Whatsapp. I can’t wait to meet her in person. This is a dream come true for me”.

The Students will be departing from Dimapur for Kolkata on 09 Dec 14 by the Dibrugarh-Kolkata Exp. A day’s sightseeing in the Kolkata has also been planned before they continue their onward journey to Pune.

SON informs Christmas Ematha Foundation beneficiaries

Dimapur, December 9 (mexN): Special Olympics Nagaland (SON) has informed all 20 beneficiaries of Christmas Ematha Foundation 2013 including Silver Lines Academy, Living Bread Ministry, Prodigal Homes, DAN, PNF, Blind

School and St. Mary Montessori Special Class to be present with one family member or NGO staff on December 12 at 3:30 pm at the residence of Thomas Ngullie, MLA. While informing this in a press release SON Area Director Aren said that

the family of SON remains ever grateful to Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur and the Sponsor for the financial assistance of Rs.1000/(Rupees one thousand ) giving monthly for a year directly to the twenty specially-abled beneficiaries

New Church at Seithekema inaugurated

selected during the 1st Christmas Ematha Foundation of Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur.

In addition, SON invites all the Specially-abled persons, Families, NGOs, special schools, churches, concern bodies, fans and

orphans to Special Christmas 2014 to celebrate the Joy of Christmas with Specially-abed persons and orphans on December 18 at Bethel Prayer Home, Nuton Basti and request to reach the venue by 9:30 morning.

NSRLM to host Regional Writeshop

Dimapur, December 9 (mexN): A newly constructed church, the Infant Jesus Church at Seithekema village was blessed and inaugurated

by Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima in the presence of Priests, religious, lay faithful on December 8. Rev. Fr. Mathew Thuniampral, Director of Shalom, unveiled the Monolith of the Church. The Bishop presided over the Holy Eucharist, concelebrated by Fr. Sajan, the parish priest and other priests.

A press release further added that the com-

munity took the lead for the construction of the church, especially the youth of the village, who took on themselves the responsibility of meeting individuals and communities to pool finance for the construction. Bishop acknowledged the effort of the youth and the community for the initiative taken to build the church and Frs. Sajan, the Parish Priest and John Vipral, the assistant, for all the support given to furnish the church. Bishop in his homily referred that the church stands as the expression of the faith in action and exhorted every-

one to live his or her Christian life meaningfully.

A moment of silence was observed to pay respect to Catechist Keneiselie Dominic who passed away on December 6 due a massive heart attack. It may be mentioned that Catechist Dominic served the diocese as the touring catechist of St. Joseph Parish 30 years. A felicitation programme followed the Holy Eucharist. Earlier Fr. Sajan Neimannil, the parish priests of the St. Joseph parish, welcomed the gathering. Neibuo Paul expressed words of gratitude to everyone.

Kohima, December 9 (mexN): The Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission (NSRLM) is hosting the “Annual Regional Writeshop-Northeast on NRLM” from December 12-17 at Kohima. The objective of the writeshop is to produce information materials with focus on Northeast Vision 2016.

Officials from the Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India; Officers from the State Rural Livelihoods Missions of the Northeast; representatives from other states and resource orga-

nizations will be attending the writeshop.

Sessions during the 6 day writeshop include a wide range of topics such as: Processes in people’s institutions (communication, leadership, decision making, problem solving); SHG Concept and Features; Lifecycle of an SHG; Communitisation ; Bank Linkage; Developing protocols for fund flow; Financial Management etc.

All NSRLM Executive Committee members have been invited to attend the writeshop.

Dimapur, December 9 (mexN): All retired state government officials are informed that Pension and GPF Final payment cases settled upto the month of November 2014 have been uploaded on the AG Nagaland website.

The Departmental Nodal Officers and Treasury Officers are also informed that personal cop-

ies and treasury copies will be issued w.e.f 10-12-2014.

Therefore,they are requested to collect the same from this Office at the earliest.

All Heads of Department in the state government are requested to ensure timely submission of all retirement related documents (that is, six months before the date of retirement ) to avoid hardship to retired

officials. The office as of now has been highly sensitized on the plight of retired state government officials and is geared to settle all clear cases within the stipulated two months period as per commitments given in our “Citizen’s Charter”.

Accounts Officer of Information System Cell in a press release informed that an Online Grievance Re-

dressal System is functioning in this Office and can be viewed on this Office website. Any person having grievance with any Entitlement functions (PENSION, GPF, PAYSLIPS & LOANS ) discharged by the Office of the Accountant General (A&E) can record his/her grievence online.

Along with text of the grievance, relevant documents

can also be uploaded. Acknowledgments would be provided both via SMS and e-mail, along with status updates via SMS. They can also write to the Deputy Accountant General (A&E) Kahoto J Yepthomi or email at kahoto_j@yahoo. co.in or agaenagaland@ cag.gov.in for immediate redressal of their grievances.

Latest Pension and GPF Final payment cases uploaded

Naga Chef Season - 2 Final round Governor pays rich tribute

Akitoli V Zhimomi

Dimapur, December 9 (mexN): The Naga Chef Season Two has started with 12 contestants who qualified the screening round. After another round

Gilbert Humtsoe

Kikokho Richa

Sukilung Yimchunger

of elimination, the top four contestants advanced to the final round. They faced their ultimate challenge in “The Entrepreneurial Round” at the Naga Chef Kitchen,

Hornbill Festival in Kisama.

The finalist Sukulung, Akitoli V Zhimomi, Gilbert Humtsoe and Kikohko Richa faced off by preparing a dish of the day. Contes-

tants were evaluated on cooking skills, presentation, customer service, innovation, cleanliness, authenticity and revenue generation. The title for

the Naga Chef Season Two will be declared tomorrow at the closing ceremony of Hornbill Festival, Kisama.

The winner will be awarded cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh.

The Naga Chef is a first of its kind culinary skills competition in Nagaland. The objective of the competition is to increase the appreciation of Nagaland’s unique indigenous cuisines and to provide a platform for entrepreneurial Naga chefs to showcase their delicious range of Naga food to the world. The Naga Chef competition is organized by Synergy Group Enterprise and supported by Department of Tourism.

‘Cross Section: Reflections on Christian Faith and Society’ launched

Kohima, December 9 (mexN): A book titled “Cross Section: Reflections on Christian faith and society, by Dr. Sao Tunyi, was released here in the Capital today. Dr. Wati Aier, Principal, OTS launching the book said that the articles in the book are not only thought provoking but genuinely and humbly a voice from within those who remain in critical solidarity with the Church.

Aier also stated that 'Cross section' is a must have book for both theologically and non-theologically trained and also urged every Naga Christian to get a copy of the book.

Dr. Sao Tunyi speaking on the book stated that the book is divided into two sections: Faith and Chris-

tian living, and Health and well being. Speaking on the mixture of varied topics Sao, stated that he mixed faith, society and wellbeing because he, as a person is all the three at once. Stating that this book is an attempt to integrate all of life: where spiritual faith shapes life in the society and one's vocation, Sao also expressed hope that the book will be read without a dictionary!

Mention may be made here that Dr. Sao Tunyi works as Epidolomogist, National Program for Prevention and Control of Cancer Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS), Directorate of Health & Family welfare, Kohima. He studied MBBS from RIMS, Imphal; and Master of

Public Health (MPH) from JNU, New Delhi. He is from Kikruma Village, Phek district.

Highlights of the brief program included special song by Ratolu Tunyi, a brief word from Dr. Asangba Tzudir, representative from Heritage Publishing House and Prayer by Dr. Vetso Koza. Adiele Mero chaired the program.

Cross section: Reflections on Christian Faith and Society is published

by Heritage Publishing House. In Kohima, the book is available at Bible House, Crossword, Western Book Depot and Academic Book House. In Dimapur, the book is available at Heritage Publishing cung, the book is available at Modern Book Stall. One House and Signet Books at Connect, while in Pfut- can also buy the book on(Duncan Basti). In Mokok- sero the book is available line at www.ilandlo.com

to ex-servicemen fraternity

Governor, P.B Acharya gracing the commemoration of Armed Forces Flag Day on December 9. (DIPR Photo)

Kohima, December 9 (Dipr): Along with the rest of the country, Rajya Sanik Board celebrated “Armed Forces Flag Day” with the Governor, P.B Acharya and his wife, Kavita Acharya at Rajya Sanik Bhavan, Kohima on December 9.

Speaking on the occasion the Governor, P.B Acharya paid rich tribute to the valiant soldiers who made sacrifices in defending the country and reminded the citizens to remember those who have sacrificed their life for the country. He saluted the veterans and brave ex-servicemen for their immense contribution to the citizens.

On the occasion the Gover-

nor complimented all the ex-servicemen of Nagaland in particular and the country in general.

Stressing on the significance of the celebration, RSB, Secretary, Brig K.K. Roy Choudhury SM, VSM (Retd.) said that the Flag day was commemorated throughout the month which was decided by the Defence committee of cabinet in July 1948 to honour and remember their services rendered by personnel of Army, Navy and Air Force and to enlist the public co-operation and support for the basic purposes of rehabilitation of families of battle casualties, welfare of serving personnel and

their families and resettlement and welfare of ex-servicemen and their families in general, he said.

He also stated that on this occasion, citizens and volunteer organisations collect donations in exchange of token flags and car stickers throughout the country and added that token flags and car flags in red, navy blue and light blue colours representing the three services are distributed to the public through Rajya/Zila Sainik boards in return for donations.

The wife of RSB, Secretary, Niledita Roy Choudhury distributed token flags and car flags to the gatherings.

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Tourist enjoying local rice beer during the Hornbill Festival 2014 at Kisama, Kohima.

(Manen Aier Photo)

Tourists from different parts of the world witness the Hornbill Festival 2014 at Kisama. Over the years, the Hornbill Festival has gained in stature and scale. It has now become a unique platform for tourists to witness the cultural diversity not only of the Nagas but the seven other sister states of the northeast. (Manen Aier Photo)

Tear Drops of The hills:

Rock concert tribute to NE

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Vivace, one of the bands to perform at ‘Tear Drops of the Hills’ rock concert on December 10 at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima,.

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fter a week of exciting, loud, and fun-filled musical celebrations, the Hornbill Music Festival for 2014 will wrap up with another big rock concert. On December 10, 5:00 pm at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima, ‘Teardrops of the Hills: A Tribute to NE,’ a rock concert which will feature various rock bands from the NE states, will appeal to the unity of the region.

Organizers of the festival, Nagaland Outdoors’ Club and Sky Entertainment, have invited all to the festival’s final event.

Prominent rock groups from North East India will be performing and perhaps spread the message of not only unity, but unity in diversity as well, stated Al Ngullie, Publicity & Media Manager, NOC & Sky Inc. in a press release.

All-girl band from Na-

galand, Vivace, and Shillong rockers Street Stories, The Scavenger Project from Mizoram, Assam’s Lucid Recess, Pulse Pundit from Manipur, and Yesterdrive from Arunachal Pradesh will be playing loud and clear to the appeal of the ethnic communities of India’s North East region.

The concept of ‘Teardrops of the Hills’ is that the people of North East India continue to face harsh realities in India as ‘second class citizens’ as it has been for many years, the release stated. “Although equal citizens of the country under the great constitution and humane code of India, peoples of the North East region have always been looked down and treated as aliens in their own land.”

People, especially young, from the NE states of Arunachal Pradesh, As-

sam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim, continue to face racial discrimination, hate attacks and censure from most Indian citizens in the mainland, it highlighted.

“Crimes and injustices continue to be perpetrated against the people of the NE sister states because they just happened to look different, dress differently, and have a culture that’s different. “ “We are as much as Indian as our brothers and sisters in mainland India…” is the message of the concert, the release added.

NOC & Sky Entertainment has invited all music fans, concerned citizens, media, and every person who believes in equality, unity in diversity and humanity, to attend the final event of this year’s Hornbill Music Festival.

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The artist performing for the event includes Nagaland Singing Ambassadors, Faith in Action, Nagaland Chamber Choir, Voices of Hope, Gideon Mesen, Dreamz Unlimited, Azeena Kahmei and special guest

artists including Mami Varte and Henry Varte from Mizoram. Chief Minister of Nagaland TR Zeliang will grace the event as the chief patron.

Tickets are available at Furtados (Dimapur, Notion Showroom (4th Mile) and Notion Showroom (Razhü Point).

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or a while now, the grapevine has been rampant with rumours saying that Pooja Bhatt's marriage with actor-businessman Munish Makhija was over. When a source tipped us off saying that the couple, who had married in August 2003, had definitely decided to part ways, we texted the actress-filmmaker. Within minutes of receiving our text, Pooja put up her reply on a micro-blogging site.

"To all those who care and especially those that don't my husband Munna and me have decided to part ways after 11 glorious years of marriage. Our split as some might call it is amicable and we hold each other in the highest esteem for now and forever. The reason I explain is because we are both part of the pub-

lic domain. Our friends, well-wishers and foes are free now to speculate.''

Her father filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, once again a man known for his candour replied to our text saying, "She lives by what I taught her — Hang it on the trees.

This game of hide and seek is silly. If they try to pull out some skeleton from your closet, invite them to have a closer look at our family 'graveyard'. Whatever has a beginning has an end.

Whatever is born dies. And whatever is dead also dies."

Pooja explained that the reason why she chose to put her comment on the micro-blogging site is because she felt the need to communicate with her fans directly. "Please feel free to use my quote from Acclaimed male chorus Zowe Madrigal and Voices of Hope led by Nise Meruno recently performed at the the site,'' she replied to our prestigious Tata Theatre, NCPA Mumbai. The event the "Festival of Music" was attended by a host of well message. known personalities and Bollywood celebrities.

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Warner scores emotional century at Adelaide, Clarke retires hurt

Britain's Prince William, right, and Kate, second from right, Duchess of Cambridge, watch former Houston Rockets player Dikembe Mutombo joke with Cleveland Cavaliers' Brendan Haywood, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets, Monday, December 8, in New York. (AP Photo)

Cavaliers turn close game into rout of Nets in front of royal audience

NeW YOrK, DeceMber 9 (AP): LeBron James showed Prince William that it's good to be the King. James and the Cleveland Cavaliers turned a close game into a clinic after Prince William and his wife, Kate, grabbed courtside seats to watch them, beating the Brooklyn Nets 110-88 on Monday night.

Cleveland outscored Brooklyn 49-27 after Britain's royal couple arrived to cameras flashing, fans roaring and a tie game.

"Yeah, they brought luck to us," James said.

And then James brought gifts to them. He gave the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge cupcakes from a bakery in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, and a couple of Cavaliers jerseys: one for their son (Kate is expecting their second child) and another that read "Cambridge" on the back. "It was their first time watching a basketball game, so it was an honor that I would be that guy they decided they wanted to watch," James said.

Kevin Love was shooting free throws when the royal couple emerged from a tunnel with 7:14 remaining in the third quarter.

Perhaps distracted by the

loud roar, Love missed the second badly, leaving the game tied at 61. "It was a little bit more of a distraction than people waving towels or waving whatever it is that they do," Love said. "Yes, it was big distraction. I just tried to make the second shot, and it ended up being about a foot short."

But James, putting on a show that few others could, threw some sharp passes to go with his nine points in the period, and the Cavs cruised from there to their seventh straight victory. He finished with 18 points after joining Kyrie Irving and some Nets players in wearing "I Can't Breathe" shirts during warm-ups.

That would have been the story most nights, but he had to share it with the royals' arrival during their first visit to New York. They met earlier in the game with NBA commissioner Adam Silver, celebrating a partnership between the Royal Foundation and the league to raise awareness about the importance of international wildlife conservation.

James' biggest statement before then came during the pregame layup line. He and Irving, along with Kevin Garnett, Deron

Williams and two other Nets, wore warm-up shirts in support of the family of Eric Garner, who died July 17 after a police officer placed him in a chokehold when he was being arrested for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes. A recording of Garner's arrest showed him gasping, "I can't breathe," during the fatal encounter, and thousands have protested a grand jury decision not to indict the officer since the announcement Wednesday.

Williams had 13 points and 11 assists but shot 3-for-14 for the Nets, who played without injured starters Brook Lopez and Joe Johnson.

Golden State's Stephen Curry overcame a rare off night from long range to post 21 points and seven assists as Golden State downed the Minnesota Timberwolves 102-86 for their 13th consecutive win.

Curry missed six of his seven 3-point attempts, but the top-ranked Warriors' defense forced the short-handed Timberwolves to shoot 36 percent and turn the ball over 19 times to improve to an NBA-best 18-2. Klay Thompson added 21 points and the Warriors left holding their breath after Andrew

Bogut left with a knee injury early in the first quarter.

At Indianapolis, Al Horford scored 25 points and Jeff Teague added 21 as the Atlanta Hawks beat the Indiana Pacers 108-92. Kyle Korver added 13 points for Atlanta, which has won eight of its last nine games and seven straight. C.J. Miles and Rodney Stuckey each scored 15 points to lead Indiana (714). Luis Scola came off the bench to score 12.

The Toronto Raptors beat the Denver Nuggets 112-107 in overtime after Kyle Lowry had 13 points and 13 assists, and Jonas Valanciunas added 18 points and 12 rebounds.

Lou Williams scored 26 points and Amir Johnson had 18 for the Raptors, who trailed by five points with less than three minutes to play but got a game-tying 3-pointer from Patrick Patterson with 28 seconds left.

In other games, John Wall scored 26 points, including the last 10, as the Washington Wizards rallied to beat the Boston Bruins 133-132 in double overtime, the Sacramento Kings defeated the Utah Jazz 101-92 and the Los Angeles Clippers were 121120 overtime winners over the Phoenix Suns.

ADelAiDe, DeceMber 9 (AGeNcieS): David Warner paid moving tribute to Phillip Hughes in compiling a brilliant century, but Australia's joy was tempered with another injury to captain Michael Clarke on an emotional opening day of the first test against India on Tuesday.

Warner's sparkling 145 from 163 balls got the hosts off to a flying start at a sundrenched Adelaide Oval, and though India captured a flurry of late wickets, Steven Smith added an unbeaten 72 after tea to push Australia to 354-6 at stumps. A day that began solemnly with a slew of tributes to Hughes ended with grave concerns over the fitness of Clarke, who retired hurt on 60 with a lower back injury.

Having raced to be fit for the match after suffering a third hamstring strain in three months, Clarke's new injury will raise questions over his management, and whether sentimentality trumped sense in his selection for the match.

Batsman Virat Kohli, who replaced the injured Mahendra Singh Dhoni as India captain, endured a tough debut in charge of the test team, losing the all-important toss and watching his bowlers toil for much of the day on a flat wicket.

Warner's dismissal, caught in the deep after slogging debutant leg-spinner Karn Sharma, saw Smith and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh add another 87 runs before the latter was caught in the slips off the bowling of paceman Varun Aaron.

Nightwatchman Nathan Lyon was bowled for three by Mohammed Shami before wicketkeeper Brad Haddin was caught behind for a duck, nicking at the paceman, bringing the day to a close. Warner's day was memorable as he took to the Indian pacemen with gusto, clubbing a four off the first ball and crunching another 18 boundaries for the day.

The pugnacious 28-yearold was fielding when Hughes was struck down by a short ball in a domestic match that ultimately cost his life and he paid tribute to his former team mate on several milestones during the in-

Phillip Hughes remembered

Australia's David Warner celebrates scoring a century during the first day of a cricket test match against India in Adelaide, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. (AP Photo)

nings. He raised his bat and head to the sky after reaching 50 and 63 runs, Hughes' final score for South Australia, and did so again after leaping for joy upon bringing up his century with a single.

Clarke had moved serenely to 60 in tandem with Warner before he twisted to avoid a short ball from Ishant Sharma and immediately lay down to stretch.

Minutes later he was trudging off with medical staff, casting a pall over the crowd of more than 25,000.

On a day of tributes to Hughes, the number 408 was painted on the turf in front of the Sir Donald Bradman Pavilion, recognising the batsman as the 408th player to represent Australia in a test match. Both teams wore black armbands and Hughes was named an honorary “13th man” in Australia's squad, with his former team mates to wear black armbands. Following a video tribute narrated by icon-

ic Australian commentator Richie Benaud, the crowd stood and applauded for 63 seconds in recognition of Hughes's final innings.

Hughes's death prompted a debate about the use of the bouncer, but paceman Aaron bowled the first in the fourth over, a sizzling 145 kph delivery that drew applause from the crowd and that Warner did well to avoid. Batsman Virat Kohli is leading India for the first time in a test match with regular skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni sidelined with a thumb injury.

Leg spinner Karn Sharma made his test debut for the visitors whose pacemen were inconsistent and may count themselves lucky to have taken two wickets. India went in with three pacers in Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami and Varun Aaron. Rohit Sharma also returned to the playing XI after his last Test match against England in Southampton.

ADelAiDe, DeceMber 9 (AP): From the flowers that lined the Southern Plaza of Adelaide Oval to the "408" painted on the grass, Phillip Hughes was remembered and revered Tuesday by the cricketing world in a manner befitting the mark he left in his short time in the sport.

Hughes, who died Nov. 27 two days after being hit by a short-pitched delivery in a domestic match, was honored in a short video tribute by former Australia captain and commentator Richie Benaud before the start of the first Australia-India test.

Australia players also wore No. 408 — Hughes' test cap number — with black armbands, and there was 63 seconds of applause in his honor. Hughes, 25, was not out on 63 runs when he was fatally injured at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Under sunny skies on a perfect day for the start of the delayed series due to Hughes' death, hundreds in the crowd also wore the number 63 on their shirts or hats and others held up 63 Not Out signs provided by a local newspaper. Hughes was also included as an honorary 13th man in Australia's lineup for the first test.

David Warner, who was playing at the SCG the day Hughes sustained his fatal injuries, scored 145 runs on Tuesday to lead Australia to 354-6, and then dedicated his 10th test century to Hughes. Warner also stopped and looked up to the sky when he was on 63 runs, and the crowd applauded.

"It was quite tough there early on with the 63-second applause and getting through that national anthem," Warner said. "I think that's where it probably set me off a little bit inside. But I knew the little man up there was with me at the other end and it all fell into place."

Hughes, born in Macksville, New South Wales, where his funeral was held last week, played most recently for South Australia state and was a popular member of the Adelaidebased team. He played 26 test matches for Australia after making his debut in 2009.

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SOUTHAMPTON, DeceMber 9 (AP): Two clinical finishes from Robin van Persie gave Manchester United a 2-1 victory against Southampton in the Premier League on Monday, despite the visitors being pegged back for much of the game at St. Mary's. Van Persie scored with United's only two efforts on target to give Louis van Gaal's side its fifth win a row and overtake Southampton in third place.

Southampton dropped to fifth behind West Ham after its third straight loss against the teams it hopes to challenge for a top-four spot — Manchester City, Arsenal and United.

Van Persie punished a wasteful performance from the home side, which created enough chances to win the game comfortably. He took advantage of a defensive blunder to put United ahead after 12 minutes, and went unmarked to meet Wayne Rooney's free kick at the far post to poke in the winner after Graziano Pelle had levelled for Southampton in the 31st.

United's opener came when Southampton captain Jose Fonte hit a poor backpass to goalkeeper Fraser Forster and Van Persie ran through, waited for Forster to dive and stroked the ball through his legs and into the far corner. But Unit-

ed was unable to build any momentum from its goal, as Southampton relentlessly attacked in search of an equalizer. It finally came after Marouane Fellaini gave the ball away in midfield, and Dusan Tadic initiated a quick attack. He played the ball out to Shane Long on the edge of the area, who returned it with a high cross.

Tadic's effort was blocked

by Paddy McNair, but the ball fell to Pelle who converted from close range.

Southampton's dominance was so strong that Van Gaal felt compelled to take off the struggling McNair in the 39th and replace him with Ander Herrera. But it was Southampton that continued to threaten. Eventually, a chance fell United's way and Van Persie punished Southampton in the 71st.

Rooney whipped an inviting free kick into Southampton's area and Van Persie ran unmarked to the back post to prod in United's winner. The defensive lapses, alongside an array of missed attacking chances, left Koeman fuming. "We lost not to Manchester United tonight, we lost to ourselves," Koeman said. "We did everything.

We created chances. We did mistakes, maybe they did more mistakes but they had players who handle that type of mistake and that was the difference."

Our Correspondent Kohima | December 9

The Great Hornbill Adventure Trail convoy reached Benreu Village after a night’s stay at Mezoma Village passing through Khonoma Village and then onwards to Dzulakie and to their destination Village.

Receiving the partici-

pants, the host village enthralled their guests with various cultural presentations and a tour of the Village. Later in the afternoon the participants themselves were involved in various games competing in Hebui peu Nzad, Heram (High Jump), Hezwa (Long Jump) and Hengei Hia (Spear Throwing competitions).

With the Trail entering its fourth day, the level of competition at the Great Hornbill Adventure Trail certainly looks to be heading to a close encounter at the end of the fourth day, with all the participating twelve teams equally providing stiff competition to one another. With most of the indigenous games demanding strength, speed, agility, accuracy, reflexes and participants slowly losing out to fatigue, the top three teams, neck to neck with each other in the points table while the others are also within sniffing distance of the top three.

And with just a few more competitions left in the game, the fate of the competing participants as to who will walk away with the winners’ cheque will be decided on the final day of the Trail.

After four days of travelling through dust and gravel, the Trail has indeed witnessed the transformation of rookie adventurers and some regular adventurers who have now been witness to the rich culture of the tribes they have visited so far. With every point valuable to the participants to win the Gold and the dusty and rough terrain awaiting them on the penultimate day it is every man for himself at the Great Hornbill Adventure Trail.

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