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‘Peace, like war, is waged’ 2nd National Peace Convention underway in Dimapur Morung Express news Dimapur | January 31

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Peace is not just an idea but comes with people becoming different. Which is why peace, like war, is waged.

Putting these thoughts into perspective were Naga peace stalwarts, Niketu Iralu and Dr. Wati Aier, speaking alongside US-based Dr. Paul Bueno De Mesquita, on Sunday, at the 2nd National Peace Convention underway at Hotel Acacia here from January 30-February 1. The Convention has been organised by the National Peace Movement in collaboration with Rotary International Dist. 3040 & 3240, NEISSR, Peace Channel, Universal Solidarity Movement and other NGOs.

an people will need to work hard to bridge this gap, but once done, will lead to peace. “Peace is not just an idea but it is people becoming different,” he noted.

Contributing to the discourse, MK Gandhi’s great grandson, Tushar Gandhi, asked the audience to refrain from applying terms like “rebels” and “insurgents” to the Nagas as it creates trust deficit. Asking people to be “more sensitive” towards the Naga struggle, he noted that this will create the space for reconciliation between the Indian and Naga people.

Calling for the “rejection of violence,” Niketu Iralu asserted that any political solution arrived at between India and Naga national groups should be implemented “together, with non violence.” If the Government of India can implement such a peace pact with non violence, along with all sections of society, it would be a great gesture towards peace.

This would be a gargantuan task, but “peace, like war, is waged,” said Convenor of the Forum for Naga Reconciliation, Dr. Wati Aier, speaking as the Chair for the session. Today, as people are increasingly divided on the lines of race, tribe or ethnic identity, it is pertinent to device “unconventional methods” of bringing peace as conventional ways have become obsolete.

“The boundaries that make identities should be permeable. They should not result in war but in working with each other,” he maintained of the FNR position on the matter.

For Dr. Paul Bueno De Mesquita from the Centre

level and how their fight to protect forests, their source of livelihood, from exploitation by the government caught national attention.

She also said that struggle and dialogue are the basis of a non-violent movement.

On peace, Dr. Jill said Mahatma Gandhi saw peace as an everyday reality and not a future possibility.

Prof. Lanunungsang said everybody talks about Gandhi and his non-violent principles but few actually practice it. Likewise, even though Nagas profess themselves as Christians, a majority of them do not practice Christian principles and morality.

He said the real threat to India is not external but internal, exhibited in the form of religious divide and intolerance, and stressed on Gandhian principles of selflessness, non-attachment and “non-greediness” for peaceful and harmonious living.

Writer and social activist, Khekiye K Sema, who chaired the third session, highlighted to delegates from mainland India the genesis of the Naga movement and how in the protracted struggle, Nagas witnessed untold suffering and violence. “You can hope for peace but also force into violence,” he said.

Iterating the justness of the Naga political movement, Sema said that India too has learned a lesson from the Naga struggle – that violence is not the answer.

question, panellists Dr. Aküm Longchari, Editor of The Morung Express and Tiamerenla Monalisa Changkija, Editor of Nagaland Page embarked on a discussion on the ‘Role of Media in Peace Building;’ the session chaired by Dr. Jacob Kani, Editor of Youth Action.

For the media to play that role, the reframing of issues may be necessary, maintained Dr. Longchari.

By “re-defining” the issues, the media must be able to re-frame for each party, the interest of the other.

People must be allowed to define their own issues, and the media should create the space for truth telling. The media, he noted, can avoid becoming a tool of psychological warfare and counter insurgency.

To establish the natural link between justice, peace and human security, the media needs to raise critical consciousness through the paradigm of a shared imagination—one that involves reconceptualising time from future to past to present.

The fourth estate should be the place where peace is made; where conflicts can be brought forth, discussed and solutions found, said Changkija.

However, technology today has reduced the ‘fourth estate’ to the ‘media,’ thereby taking away values of journalism and democracy from it. Readers talk more about circulation instead of character and content, thereby reducing media houses to mere businesses, Panel Session she maintained, which has How can the news me- contributed in equal meadia promote values of jus- sure to the media ignoring tice and peace? With that ‘peace building.’

(l-R) Dr. Paul Mesquita, Dr. Wati Aier and niketu iralu attend a session on January 31 at the 2nd Session I national Peace Convention being held in Dimapur from January 30-February 1. (Morung Photo) “In the north-east, our Do you support struggle is for a wider comof Non Violence and Peace forms of violence, strategis- this session, Anuradha Government of India’s mon stability which will Studies at the University of ing non violence by focus- Shankar IPS, ADGP Railmove to promote enable us to understand Rhode Island, US, such mes- sing on goals, justice, rec- ways (MP) stressed on the Nagamese as an one another and move forsages of peace and non vio- onciliation etc. difference between duofficial language? ward together, ” said Peace lence are “critically importies and responsibilities.

Yes 24% Activist Niketu Iralu speaktant for the development of Session II She noted that duty is asno 60% ing on ‘Peace and Conflict inclusive communities that Speaking on the topic, signed while responsibiliothers 16% resolution in the context entail liberty and justice for ‘Human Development and ties are taken up by the inDetails on page 7 of North East India’ during all.” promotion of Peace’, PV dividual of his or her own the first session of the secWhile in the US, “our Rajgopal, a social activist accord, while speaking in ond day of the Convention. culture has been seduced and Gandhian, spoke on the context of rights in na“Our history deserves by violence,” there has been the need of getting young tion states.

Press statements, memo- to be respected—to stand a decline in violence on a people involved in action randums, articles, reports by our rights does not mean global level, he informed, towards peace building. He Session III and news related docu- that we are against India,” as “new ways of unarmed stressed that a Convention Dr. Jill Carr-Harris, a soments should be sent to he re-iterated of the Naga struggle to achieve justice of this kind should moti- cial activist in Asia and Afhave emerged.” He was vate individuals for a better rica, talked on ‘Economic morung@gmail.com struggle, highlighting the values of an “honourable speaking on ‘Peace Build- change. empowerment & justice Editor, solution” which will allow ing from an International It is ironic, he said, that to the marginalized’ and The Morung Express for India and the Nagas to be Perspective.’ a nation which consid- former pro-vice chancel“honourable neighbours.”

Highlighting Martin ers Mahatma Gandhi as lor, Nagaland University, In that, Iralu called for Luther King, Jr.’s work on the Father of the Nation Prof. A Lanunungsang Ao, the “perception gap” of non violence and peace, has been celebrating his discoursed on ‘Relevance Dr. Mesquita listed out the memories while the nation of Mahatma Gandhi in the Morung Express news understanding the roots of conflict in the region to be principles that can be ap- is filled with poverty, de- socio-political scenario of Dimapur | January 31 bridged in order for probplied to “institutionalise generated by poverty, dis- India.’ and internationalise” non crimination, injustice and Dr. Jill narrated the One man was found shot lems to be resolved in a violence. These include exploitations. role played by rural Indian dead in Dimapur on Janu- holistic manner. Both the courage, targeting systemic Also speaking during women at the grassroots ary 31. According to the Naga people and the Indipolice, the body of the deceased, identified as Mughaho Sema of Pimla village in Dimapur, was discovered at Toluvi village The PSC lamented that It further accused the conin the wee hours Sunday. DIMAPUR, JANUARY February 2.

“While in good faith besides other long pending cerned department of not He was reportedly a cadre 31 (MExN): The Phom Stuof the NSCN (R), police in- dents’ Conference (PSC) enough time had been al- developmental projects in adhering to its commithas decided to go ahead lotted to the concerned the district, the Longleng- ments made during the formed. with its proposed agitation department and the con- Ladigarh road is “one of the joint meeting with the PSC concerning the zero prog- tractor to commence the oldest since the work order on October 27, 2011.

“Thus, the PSC is left ress of the construction of construction of the road had been issued, (and) the Longleng-Ladigarh NEC in subject and positive re- department had wasted al- with no option but to resort (group c) road, the work or- sponse awaited, unfor- most 9 years without even to any democratic means of der for which was awarded tunately the department commencing the construc- stir in order to meet its gento M/s Chabou & Co in the turned deaf ear and no pos- tion, especially the (group uine demands,” it said. It itive intervention had been c) section…” further informed all federyear 2006.

The successive Naga- ating units of the PSC to be It may be noted that the noticed so far and thus DIMAPUR, JANUARY PSC’s ultimatum served to such ignorance and negli- land state government’s “mentally prepared” and 31 (MExN): The Nagaland the PWD regarding the is- gence by any department have been witness to the requested stakeholders of society is unacceptable hue and cry of the people Longleng district to extend GB Federation today sug- sue expired on January 30. or The PSC informed that it in modern society,” the PSC pleading for early comple- support and co-operation gested letting Nagamese would begin protest from said. tion of the project, it said. in fighting for this cause. be a second official language for Nagaland besides English. Expressing its opinion on the reported move by the centre to recognise Nagamese as an ofCo founder of iris Ministries and Missionary, Heidi Baker speaking at the concluding night ficial language, a press note of the four day ‘Kingdom invasion india Conference- Awakening the body of Christ’ held from the federation’s President, Shaleem Konyak and DIMAPUR, JANUARY 31 (MExN): our duty and responsibility to under- to rather try to be a part of the process in Dimapur on January 31. Photo by Mongsen Phom The NSCN (R) today appealed to all stand them and their situation rather and contribute to make it more meanGeberal Secretary, Shi- Naga political groups and stakehold- than looking for an opportunity to ingful and successful. “We appreciate DIMAPUR, JANUARY She conducted the evening reverence for him. But the kuto Zalipu said: “There ers to support the ongoing Naga talks. criticize.” It urged the Naga people the courage shown by both the GOI 31 (MExN): “I love when session of the conference’s next moment, the crowd are so many reasons for or A press note from the MIP of the to show more maturity while dealing and the NSCN, to bring an early settle- God’s children come to- final day on Sunday, and led roared in applause when against it but the fact is, as NSCN (R) said that the Naga political with the Indo-Naga issue and come ment to the long pending Indo-Naga gether to worship. It is en- a powerful prayer for all the he shouted out, “God is my of now Nagamese language movement for self-determination out of tribalism or clan-ism. “There- issue by going ahead with the signing couraging to see all of you. people gathered at the con- University, Jesus Christ is my Qualification, and the has becomes our main me- has come a long way through difficult fore, I strongly feel that, it is the re- of the framework agreement to enter The stuff of Kingdom Inva- ference.

The concluding night Holy Spirit is my Degree”. dium of communication.” times and situations. This movement sponsibility of every single Naga man into a new relationship. The sincer- sion happens when all of Even if not made official, has affected the life of every Naga and woman to support it and ham- ity of the GOI is highly laudable as the us work together,” stated of the “Kingdom Invasion He left with a message to PMO is directly overseeing and han- Heidi Baker, co-founder of India Conference- Awak- the youth that everything is the common people shall man and woman alike and is related mer out the best solution.”

The NSCN (R) urged all Naga dling the Naga issue unlike before,” the Iris Ministries, who was in ening the body of Christ” possible in life through the depend on Nagamese lan- to all Naga souls, it stated.

It said that after many years of political groups, national workers, NSCN (R) acknowledged. guage as a means of comDimapur to attend the four witnessed many people power of Jesus Christ.

Affirming that the Naga issue is day ‘Kingdom Invasion In- receiving spiritual delivbloodshed, struggle, pain, tears, ar- intellectuals, churches, NGO’s and For the past four days, munication; basically the Nagamese language has guments, “the talk of peace is once all concerned Naga citizens to work unique, it stated that so also the solu- dia Conference- Awaken- erance. Old people with anointed speakers Rev Dr walking aides, people in Jonathan Seet from Sincome a long way, the Na- again resonating in our backyard.” “It closely and in unison to achieve the tion must be unique. “RN Ravi, the ing the body of Christ.’ present Chairman, JIC and interlocuis an opportunity to bring back smiles desired goal. wheelchairs, and many gapore, Missionary Heidi galand GB Federation said. into the faces of all affected Naga peoAffectionately known as “We should not wait for the day tor of the Naga peace talks, is not only It stated that “people in ple. It is an opportunity to thank God. when the agreement will be finally well versed on the Naga issue but also ‘Mama Heidi’, the anointed others suffering from vari- Baker, and Pastor Shan rural areas have adapted Naga people shouldn’t miss this op- signed only to condemn it or criticize equally sincere and serious to find out speaker who is a Mission- ous ailments came in ex- Kikon from Faith Harvest Church Kohima has been it as their second mother portunity,” the NSCN (R) urged. immediately the next day. Condem- an amicable solution. Therefore, we ary, Author, and Co-found- pectance of healing.

When 91 year old Rev- preaching to the people tongue,” and felt that until “The talks may be led by one of the nation for the sake of condemnation once again appeal to all Naga brothers er of Iris Ministries at Mosuitable alternative com- Naga faction but ultimately if, it is for or criticizing just for the sake of criti- to join hands, in an effort to curve out zambique travelled all the erend Yankey Patton got of Nagaland. Missionarmon language is adapted, the good of the Nagas, it is our duty cism will never do anything good for the most honorable and acceptable so- way to Nagaland for a four up on stage to share his ies from various Churches lution based on our historical and po- day conference held at the experience, the Stadium and Ministries also particiNagamese can act as a sec- and responsibility to lend our sup- the Naga people,” it cautioned.

It therefore urged the Naga people litical rights,” the NSCN (R) appealed. state stadium, Dimapur. was filled with an air of pated in this mega event. port,” it stated, while noting that “it is ond official language.

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Gender Equality: An indication of progressive society

Kohima, January 31 (mExn): The fifth phase of Morung: Heart of listening and back to one’s roots initiated by Pathfinders in collaboration with Angami Students’ Union (ASU) was held on January 30 at the ASU office with Rosemary Dzüvichü, Advisor to the NMA as the main speaker.

Gender equality shows how progressive a society is, Dzüvichü stated and viewed that in the context of Nagaland, gender equality has “taken a long time to really sink in” due to the traditional and socially conditioned roles of women and men that

continue to persist in Naga society. “Our society is so structured that the roles are very definite,” stated Dzüvichü further questioning where women stand in the social structure and how they are placed in this structure.

Asserting that equality has to start from the village, Dzüvichü stressed on the Village Council Act and that equality must start from the decision makers, the judiciary etc. The need to look into the system of Dobashis was further discussed because despite being a colonial concept, the system is still considered a tradition where

women are never a part of it.

Stating that Naga society has very structured women groups, Dzüvichü said within the structure the women try to utilise and make the best use of it. She shared more inputs on inclusion of women in VDB and noted that there are positive signs and success stories of women in the VDB utilising proper funds.

To ensure equality, women must also participate and have the courage to speak their opinions when given the opportuni-

ty, she further viewed.

Despite being critical of the many traditions in the social structure in Naga society which still continue to discriminate women, Dzüvichü noted that

two women members, Dzüvichü acknowledged that these are important landmarks of change.

On a positive note, she pointed out how the Naga political movement had women leaders from Phizo’s time, which according to her indicates that women played a big role in the movement and were considered equal partners. “These are positive points we need to build on and should be proud of,” she said.

While stating that the market economy in the Naga con-

Morung- Heart of listening and back to one’s roots phase-5 held Naga society is moving forward.

Citing the example of the Angami Public Organisation which makes it mandatory to include

Lok Adalat, awareness on rights of prisoners held

Kohima, January 31 (mExn): Kohima District Legal Services Authority (KDLSA) conducted Lok Adalat-cum-legal awareness programme on “Rights of Prisoners” at District Jail, Kohima on January 30.

Attended by the Panel Lawyers from KDLSA, inmates, Jailor, Assistant Jailors and staffs of the District Jail, Asst. Public Prosecutor, Kohima, the programme had Tucuno Vamuzo, Judicial Magistrate First Class, Kohima as Presiding Officer.

Kekhriengulie, Retainer Lawyer (KDLSA) explained the meaning of Lok Adalat.

He apprised the inmates that they are not alien to the world but are equal before the eye of law.

E. Thiba Phom, Panel Lawyer (LDLSA) spoke on the topic, “Rights of prisoners”. He highlighted the rights of prisoners, i.e., right to air, to publish book, to live in healthy environment, to interview friends, family and relatives, to be released on parole and emergency leave, to consult a lawyer of one’s choice, regular medical treatment etc.

He also stated that jail is a reformation centre and the only difference

KDLSA members during the Lok Adalat-cum-legal awareness programme on January 30.

is that the prisoners are kept within the four walls whereas the others are not.

Apart from that, the prisoners have all the right to have access to everything as any other person who is outside.

He also highlighted that out of the total population of jail inmates in India, 4% is female; however, there are only 14 female prisons in India. He also stated that every person who falls under the category as provided by the Legal Services Authority Act can avail free

legal aid if she/he fulfills the criteria. He also emphasized that prisoners are human beings too and they are entitled to all human rights and human dignity.

In recent times, he stated, there is a change in view of the law makers on the subject of prison and prisoners. Instead of stressing retribution and deterrence, they are favoring the theory of reformation and rehabilitation.

Under this approach, he stated, the prison is regarded as a “Correctional

Institution”, which should treat the prisoners as human beings, worthy of respect and impute them useful employment and self improvement, skills and law respecting values.

Nowadays, the Courts have also begun to recognize the prisoners’ rights, he added.

T. Tesie, Asst. Jailor, District Jail Kohima, spoke on the topic, “Jain Manual Act”. He said that the jail manual which the District Jail Kohima is following is the Assam Jail Manual Act as there is no distinct jail

manual for Nagaland. He highlighted that there are more than 600 sections under the Assam Jail Manual Act. He stressed specifically on Sections 3, 4,6, 24 and 292 defining the term of jail, accommodation for prisoners, appointment of jail officers, appointment of permanent medical officer, medical examination of the inmates, divisions of convicts in the A, B and C category. He also explained the three types of remission for prisoners - ordinary remission, special remission and government remission. He also highlighted that special diet were given to the inmates during special occasion. He also spoke on reformation, rehabilitation, vocational training and re-socialization.

During the Lok Adalat, 17 cases of compoundable nature were taken up for disposal. Out of the 17 cases, 4 were disposed and 5 prisoners were released.

Thereafter, short discussion was held between KDLSA members and District Jail, Kohima officers, whereby new finding were made known to the KDLSA team and many new topics were taken up for perusal, a press release informed.

text is dominated by the women, Dzüvichü however regretted that in many cases the money is handled and misused by men.

Despite handling the market economy, there are no women contractors, she lamented.

She further stated that women need to venture into fields and profession where they are completely absent. “Banking is the biggest problem for business and often times it is not women friendly,” she viewed.

The need for women to be economically empowered was another crucial point discussed.

Most women in Naga society do

not own property. “Hardly two per cent of Naga women population is given acquired property,” she mentioned.

Apprising on municipal elections and the need for women to be included in the municipal, Dzüvichü stressed that reservation is just a mechanism. “Reservation is just a mechanism to ensure weaker section to come up to an equal level. Once you understand it, you know it’s not for forever,” emphasized Dzüvichü, who also discussed on the State politics and the reason why women do not enter politics or do not win.

Banks urged to expedite sanctioning of PMEGP loans

Kohima, January 31 (mExn): Deputy Commissioner of Kohima and chairman of DTFC Rovilatuo Mor (IAS) has urged the bankers to be more forthcoming in helping qualified and eligible entrepreneurs through government sponsored schemes like Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) for promoting small enterprises and easing the problem of unemployment. Addressing the first co-ordination meeting between District Task Force Committee (DTFC) on PMEGP and implementing banks for 201516 on January 29, the DC also requested the banks involved to expedite the sanctioning of PMEGP loan proposals. He lamented the tendency to sideline government schemes by some financial institutions/ banks.

Addressing the concerns of the banks regarding mounting NPAs and accumulation of bad loans with particular regard to PMEGP scheme, he advocated proper monitoring of the projects/ units and periodic joint recovery exercises by implementing agencies and banks, assuring assistance and support from administration at any stage. The DC also shared his plan to hold a special session with all the beneficiaries to brief them thoroughly about the objectives of the scheme and to impress upon them the importance and inevitability of proper investment and timely repayment of loan and even warn them about the dire consequences in the event of defaulting.

While reminding the members not to show any signs of slackness on their part, the DTFC chairman reaffirmed that the wilful defaulters would not be allowed to go scot-free.

Meanwhile, the General Manager (DIC)

and member secretary of DTFC A. Temjen Jamir presented the status report and highlighted the progress being made till date. He also informed all the members about the upcoming EDP training to be conducted by MSME at DIC from February 3 to 16. He also pointed out that joint recovery drive for bad loans should be initiated by the banks and that implementing agencies are ever willing to fully co-operate. He also mentioned that DIC has assigned one officer and five subordinates specifically for the task.

The financial institutions/ banks highlighted some problems and constraints continually faced by them. It was pointed out that unlike most nationalised banks where loan sanctioning authority rests with the respective branch managers, the case is different in the context of private banks where decision making is centralised and as such final decision on any important matter is taken by head offices located outside the state. In addition, low CD ratio coupled with accumulating NPAs, non-repayment of loan by past beneficiaries, shortage of manpower/ officers in most banks to carry out loan recovery drives and field visits apart from other procedural bottlenecks are factors that hamper smooth implementation of the scheme during the crucial stages of sanction, disbursal and recovery of loans.

NKVIB Executive Officer Kethoneituo and KCCI President Jabou Sekhose also attended the meeting, which concluded with the chairman directing the branch managers and their representatives to submit updated status report of the respective banks to the Member Secretary by February 10 for preparing a consolidated report to be submitted to the chairman on or before February 15.

National Youth Day observed in Dimapur

DMC, Administrator, H. Atokhe Aye lighting lamp at Shri Ramakrishna Society, Dimapur on Sunday. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Dimapur | January 31

Shri Ramakrishna Society (SRS), Duncan, Dimapur on Sunday observed the National Youth Day with Dimapur Municipal Council, Administrator, H. Atokhe Aye as the chief guest.

The National Youth Day actually falls on January 12, the birthday of Swami Vive-

kananda. However, the SRS postponed the 154th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda to January 31.

Speaking at the programme, Atokhe noted that the birthday of the social reformer, philosopher and great thinker was of great importance in the academic calendar of schools and colleges all over the country. However, Atokhe said

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that the programme would be meaningless if one simply observes the day and let it go without getting motivated by following the Swami’s ideals.

“His (Vivekananda) ideals have motivated numerous youth organizations and it is with the objective of promoting youths in the field of art, culture and education and to gen-

erate moral values that the day is observed,” he added.

He said Dimapur was fortunate enough to have various organizations associated with the movement of Ramakrishna mission which were running several educational institutions.

He urged the students studying in such institutions to take the lead and be the examples of the philosophy and the ideals for which the Swami lived and worked.

On the occasion, Atokhe called upon various organizations/ associations with the Ramakrishna mission to continue their emphasis on educating the youth who have the ability of transforming the country.

Guest of Honour, Prof (retd) KP Avikasit also spoke during the programme and enlightened the students on the life of Swami Vivekananda.

The programme was marked by various songs and presentations paying rich tribute to Swami Vivekananda.

Khiamniungan cultural troupe Kohima performs cultural dance during Poanglüm festival of Chang community in Kohima on January 30. (Morung Photo)

WSSU general conference culminates Morung Express News Dimapur | January 31

The 3-day long 37th general conference of the Western Sumi Students’ Union (WSSU), which started on January 29, culminated on Sunday evening at Niuland with Secretary, Department of Finance, Y. Kikheto Sema as the chief guest.

Speaking on the motto of WSSU, “With United Power,” Kikheto said it was aptly quoted as there could be no power or strength in the real sense if there was no unity. However, Kikheto opined that Naga people were lacking cohesive strength as they were disunited on many fronts. “Even within Sumi community, there exists clanism and other unhealthy competitions among the various areas and

ranges. In such scenario, how can real strength exist?” he queried.

Kikheto appealed to the Naga society, especially the youth, to stand up in unison for the betterment of the society. He also encouraged them to labour hard to be self reliant. He pointed out entrepreneurship as one of the many areas where the youth could become self reliant if they were sincere and committed enough in their endeavour. The evening programme was attended by a host of Sumi bureaucrats, former office bearers of Sumi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu and WSSU. Meanwhile, in the morning session, Director, YouthNet, Hekani Secretary, Department of Finance, Y. Jakhalu spoke on the topic, “ProKikheto Sema addressing WSSU confer- gressive Generation” which was the ence at Niuland on Sunday. (Morung Photo) theme for the conference.

On Village Day, Mima community asked to maintain peace Our Correspondent Mima | January 31

Located 19 km away from the capital Kohima, picturesque Mima village today observed Village Day here.

The village had undergone a challenging time to protect and preserve itself during the head-hunting days as well as in the IndoNaga conflict. When Indian government came to control the Nagas, Mima village stood firm for the right of the Nagas and underwent deep struggles in the hands of the Indian government, according to a villager.

On December 4, 1956 the Indian government gave an order to vacate and the villagers left to neighboring village Kigwema.

The whole village was burnt to ashes on April 17, 1957 by the Indian Army.

On October 10, 1957, the government released or-

der so the people could come back to the village. As the village started new constructions and farming, the Indo-Naga situation went bad and the villagers were chased away to Kigwema for the second time on December 10, 1961. Later, the government ordered the villagers to come back on January 9, 1962.

“Through these struggles of thick and thin, our good Lord has protected and guided us till the present day. Therefore, the village has set aside a day 31st January 2016 as commemoration of thanksgiving and invoking God’s grace,” the villager said, adding the village also pronounced the day as Village Day with a theme “Ku mu Kito” (Victory & Prosperity) by erecting a monolith.

The monolith was unveiled by Class-I contractor Vilelie Khamo, who graced

the event as chief guest.

Khamo expressed happiness over the large gathering of Mima community at the event. Recalling the series of peace treaty with several villages, he called upon Mima community to continue to maintain peace and cordial relationship with the neighboring villages.

Terming today’s gathering as a good beginning, he wanted to see that it becomes an annual feature to bring the community closer with better understanding and ultimately strengthen various organizations to work in unison for the welfare and betterment of Mima citizens elsewhere.

He also urged the youth to exercise good attitude and behaviour to attract inflow of tourists, which would in turn boost the economy of the village.

He further challenged the community to give their

Class-I contractor Vilelie Khamo and others after unveiling a monolith during Mima Village Day on January 31. (Morung Photo)

best in whatever field they involve in to bring laurel and glory to the village.

He said each and every individual has to play their respective role and contribute towards the village prosperity and live up to village theme “Ku Mu Kito”.

Khamo also urged upon

Mima community who are away from the village to construct a house each in the village for dignity.

Later, he released a history of Mima village.

The function was chaired by ex- village council chairman Kho-o Pfukha, while Mima village coun-

cil chairman Khriesavilie Khamo delivered welcome address. The occasion also witnessed greeting from GB Zhathose Keyie.

Folk song, special number, special gift to oldest man and woman in the village, mass prayer marked the occasion.

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Imphal fake encounter: CHRI seeks probe in police-politician nexus DiMapur , January 31 (Mexn): The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has termed the 2009 fake encounter of Sanjit Meitei, a suspected member of the PLA, in Imphal as an “obstruction of justice” and called for investigation of the “senior police officers and any higher authority, bureaucrat or politician, who allegedly gave orders for this killing.”

Demanding the fullest action under the authority of the law, CHRI’s Chair, Wajahat Habibullah pressed that the “state must fully prosecute

those who give such orders as a linked offence alongside those who pull the trigger.”

The CHRI in a press note further referred reports that Manipur Police Head Constable T. Herojit Singh’s had admitted that he “shot and killed” Sanjit.

“Herojit admits to pumping six bullets into Sanjit and that he was unarmed at the time and the officer who allegedly issued the order was identified as the then Additional SP, Imphal West, Akoijam Jhalajhit,” the CHRI said.

This allegation, it stated, “makes out a case of premedi-

tated murder. It contradicts and compromises the Manipur Police’s core claims of ‘encounter’ made on oath to the court and to the CBI. It directly implicates senior police officers and the political leadership.” This must now be investigated as must the possibility of obstruction of justice by the police establishment and its lawyers, the CHRI said.

The CHRI called for the CBI to initiate prompt investigation to probe and identify the senior police officers and politicians who gave the orders to kill Sanjit. Any police-politician nexus must be unearthed and

CBI asked to identify the senior police officers and politicians who gave orders to kill Sanjit exposed by credible objective investigation, it said.

It further urged the CBI to ensure the safety of Herojit and all witnesses for the duration of the investigation and trial. It called upon the Manipur State Human Rights Com-

mission to initiate its own inquiry, and demanded that the state and central governments must strongly and publicly condemn the action “exposed by this revelation and reaffirm their unflinching commitment in support of the law.”

Sanjoy Hazarika, member of CHRI’s Executive Committee was quoted as saying that, “Herojit's statement shows the dark hole into which Manipur's society and government have fallen and the relentless collapse of values. All sides are aware– extremists, politicians, activists, security forces, me-

dia and business – that governance is caught up in a web of deceit, suspicion, violence, extortion and fear.

The impunity can end only with genuine accountability, not the kind of cover-up we see unravelling in this case”.

He pointed out that though the Imphal Valley is not covered under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), the Act’s 58 year old presence in the region helps the growth of impunity.

The press note further quoted Maja Daruwala, CHRI’s Director as saying that “Herojit

Singh is a key witness. The court must protect him, hear him and act on his admission. That is its duty. The core issues at hand are whether there was an order to murder an unarmed person, who gave it, and how far up the chain of conspiracy action and intent went. Unfortunately, the usual pattern we see is that the public discourse will subvert the main issue. Motives will now be questioned, character vilified. None of this has any bearing. The state must not allow talk of insurgency to mask murder, subversion of justice and impunity.”

Manipur state deputy CM Some Arunachal cases to be sent to CBI or NIA Lecture by rev. chingmak chang escapes assassination bid On iMphal, January 31 (ianS): Manipur's Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam on Sunday had a miraculous escape, when police commandos on patrol found a powerful bomb planted on a road through which the leader was scheduled to pass.

Police of Bishnupur district spotted the bomb at Mallom Bomdier area, about 14 km from Imphal, shortly before Gaikhangam and his entourage arrived, officials said. Gaikhangam, who holds the home portfolio and is also the state Congress president, was to be the chief guest at a church function in Sadu Chiru village.

He was stranded for over 30 minutes at Tiddim Road while the police bomb squad defused the explosive. Eventually, Gai-

khangam and his team took a detour to reach the village. Police said the bomb was about one kg in weight and had 11 detonators. A manhunt was launched, but nobody has been arrested. There was also no claim from any group.

Gaikhangam, who arrived late to the function, appeared unruffled but avoided referring to the incident.

At the function, he said Sadu Chiru village was famous for its scenic beauty, and assured the villagers that the place will be developed into a tourist destination. Police sources say some tribal organisations have accused Gaikhangam, a tribal himself, of being an "anti-tribal" politician.

There were demands earlier to boycott him and not to allow him to attend public functions in tribal areas.

itanaGar, January 31 (pti): Arunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoti Prashad Rajkhowa has said he will soon recommend certain cases in the state for probe by either CBI or NIA. "Specific cases would be directed to be sent to NIA and CBI at the earliest," the governor told representatives of Jan Andholan Committee and People's Party of Arunachal who called on him at Raj Bhavan yesterday. "Necessary action is being initiated against the officials responsible for the derailing of the administration and break down of law and order," a Raj Bhawan release said today quoting the governor.

Referring to the President's Rule, the governor said it "is only an emergency measure and a temporary phase. Sooner or later, a democratically-elected government will be here".

"However, until then, law and order has to be maintained effectively at all cost and we also have to ensure good governance and combat the corruption that has badly affected governance in the state," he added.

Rajkhowa, meanwhile, said that the message had been given to security forces to maintain law and order while at the same time having a humane approach in dealing with the people.

Seeking the governor's intervention for addressing the challenges facing the state, PPA President Kahfa Bengia said that the party deeply appreciates the imposition of President's Rule in Arunachal Pradesh to check alleged anarchy. He had added that they have great expectations of the governor, the release said.

The Centre had on January 26 brought Arunachal Pradesh under President's

Rule and kept the Assembly under suspended animation after more than a month of political turmoil and in the midst of a raging battle in Supreme Court with the decision having come under strong attack from Congress and other parties.

Breakdown of governance, including law and order, and lock down of Assembly building were cited by the governor as being key reasons for the collapse of the constitutional machinery in Arunachal Pradesh as he sent a report to the Centre recommending President's rule in the state.

The governor had further said reports indicated the involvement of ruling Congress through third parties with banned underground Naga outfit NSCN (Khaplang) for pressurising dissident MLAs.

48-hour general strike in Manipur hill districts Senapati, January 31 (Mexn): United Naga Council (UNC) has called 48-hour general strike in all the hill districts of Manipur from February 4 midnight to February 6 midnight in continuation of its previous demands and democratic movement.

A press release from Publicity Wing, UNC stated that the Nagas and tribal people in the present state of Manipur were self-governed and self administered people. A dual system of administration for the hills and valley came into existence after the British annexed the Meitei kingdom in 1881. The tribal areas were administered by the political department of the British Crown. This dual system continued even after 1949 when the Meitei kingdom was merged with the Indian Union along with tribal areas “without their consent, through de-

ception, and under protest of the Nagas and other tribal people,” the release said. Since then, UNC said, the story of the Nagas and tribal people in Manipur has been one of “marginalization, victimization, discrimination and domination.” “The imposed system of governance have resulted in systematic degradation and obliteration to our history, culture, identity and right to land and resources and finally, crucified the Nagas and tribal rights on the floor of the Manipur Legislative Assembly on 31st August 2015 by passing 3 anti tribal Bills and Resolution and consequent upon which 9 innocent civilians were killed by state security forces and whose bodies are still lying at the morgue of Civil Hospital, Churachandpur.”

Maintaining that the people of different origin and history cannot live together under “force union”,

UNC stated the approach for peaceful co-existence is exhausted and therefore “the best way for the Nagas and the tribal is to part and live as good neighbors so that Nagas and tribal people can live with dignity and honor as a people and a nation.”

The UNC further asserted that any movement and attempts to sabotage the final political settlement based on “unique history of the Nagas and its situation” will never be compromised under any circumstances. Religious program, earthquake related activities, medical, electricity, water supply and media fraternity are exempted from the purview of 48 hours total bandh. UNC has appealed to all the general public to extend fullest support and co-operation to the general strike to “defend and protect our inalienable rights”, while warning that anyone found defying the strike shall be at their own risk.

Delhi Police caution against fraud by transport companies new Delhi, January 31 (Mexn): Following reports of frauds and cheatings against North East people residing in Delhi and NCR sending household articles, vehicles, bikes etc to North East states, a coordination meeting with some prominent logistics, packers & transportation companies of Delhi was held today at the office of IGP Robin Hibu, Nodal Officer for North East Region, Delhi.

To avoid cheating, Robin Hibu has asked to check registration of the companies; permanent addresses of company & their branches in North East states before paying money; ask and retain the xerox copy of the identity card of the company's men who will come and pack articles before sending them to North East states; seek the help of Delhi Police Special Police Unit for North East Region by landline number 011-26879956 in case of any doubt; seek help of local police about its reputation and police cases etc; insure transit insurance of articles before sending it to North East.

He further added that one must physically check the office of transporters’ companies before paying the money. Also, check the ISO Certificate of the companies and ask for their experiences of transportation of goods & articles preferably from government departments and when they sent it.

It was also informed that cheatings are rampant in areas like Dwarka, Vasant Kunj, Rohini and Gurgaon.

Following are the companies which attended the

meeting and promised to ensure no cheating and deliver articles in time; they also have their offices in all North East states: Indian Relocation Movers Packers – L 95, Third Floor, Street Number 7, Chirag, Delhi –

110017; Quick Dell Cargo Movers – Plot Number 70, Village Bharthal, Dwarka Sector 26, Delhi – 110077; KK International Packers & Storage – Plot Number 178, Dwarka Sector 26, Delhi – 110077; Veena Packers &

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‘A people’s approach to development’

Development of Nagaland State has been an uphill task. Various policies and programs of the Government towards uplifting the populace have not engendered a desired outcome. Increasingly, people’s initiatives are going the extra mile in bringing sustainable development.

Rev. Chingmak Chang has been at the forefront of such initiatives in East Nagaland. In this context, he will talk about Nagaland State’s Communitisation Act, initiated as a unique partnership between the Government and communities to improve public service delivery. Has the outcome been desirable? If not, did the Government fail, or the community failed communitisation?

Followed by a short documentary film on his work, Rev. Chang will put the policy under scrutiny incorporating various initiatives he has undertaken.

Date : Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Time : 3:00pm Venue : DABA Elim Conference Hall, Duncan Bosti, Dimapur Limited Seats. Those interested to participate, kindly send us your name and phone number to:

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RBI’s policy to set the tone for equity markets MuMbai, January 31 (ianS): The final monetary policy review of the fiscal, amidst the third quarter results season and the interest of the foreign investors, is expected to direct the Indian equity markets in the upcoming week.

Moreover, the rupee’s trajectory, followed by trends in the global commodity prices and fears of competitive devaluation of currencies, will decide on the positions investors take.

“The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decision should dominate sentiments next week, though the present uptrend may continue a while longer,” Anand James, co-head, technical research desk with Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services, told IANS. “PMI (Purchasing Managers’ index) data scheduled for next week

is expected to show an increase over last month, but a contraction nevertheless,” he added According to James, US macro-data such as GDP figures, as well as jobs numbers, will influence the decisions of investors.

However, hopes of on an interest rate cut will have investors hooked.

The RBI is expected to conduct its sixth and final bi-monthly monetary policy review on February 2.

Expectations have been backed up by the Bank of Japan’s decision on a negative interest rate to support the Japanese economy. The decision came after the US Fed maintained its status quo on key lending rates.

“The sentiment would improve for the time being, given the BOJ action and weaker days in US probably pushing the rate hikes further in the year,” predicted Devendra Nev-

gi, chief executive of ZyFin Advisors.

The European Central Bank (ECB) has also indicated more stimulus measures in March.

Vaibhav Agarwal, vice president and research head at Angel Broking, said that overall, earnings will continue to remain on the weaker side, thus putting pressure on the markets.

“We expect markets to witness some selling pressure in the absence of any major domestic trigger, as FIIs continue to remain net sellers,” Agarwal cited.

“With no rate cut expected in the RBI policy next week, markets will look towards the budget for some positive triggers in February,” he added.

Pankaj Sharma, head of equities for Equirus Securities, also pointed out the importance of Q3 numbers as the driving

force behind the equity markets.

“The attractiveness of equities in emerging markets is still under a question mark and we have not seen any substantial improvement there,” Sharma noted.

“As earnings season progresses for Indian markets, we would also see Q3 numbers driving performance of individual stocks,” he added.

The upcoming week will see the firms like Tech Mahindra, Indian Oil, DLF, Lupin, Tata Steel, Eicher Motor and Jet Airways unveiling their quarterly earnings.

However, the BoJ decision might stroke fears of another round of competitive devaluations, Agarwal pointed out. This will put further pressure on the rupee, which has been on a downward trajectory of late.

On a weekly basis, the

rupee weakened by 16 paise at 67.78-79 (January 29) to a dollar from its previous close of 67.63 on January 22.

However, it touched a new 29-month low of 68.23 - its weakest since late August, 2013 - during the intra-day trade on January 28.

The weakness in the rupee value indicated a massive outflow of foreign funds from the Indian equity and debt markets.

The National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) figures showed that FPIs (Foreign Portfolio Investors) were net sellers during the week ended January 29, 2016. They divested Rs.1,203.64 crore or $177.55 million in the equity and debt markets from January 25-29.

Similarly, data with stock exchanges disclosed that the FPIs sold stocks worth Rs.848.2 crore in the

week under review.

The FPIs have been net sellers in every trading session with exception of January 1, 2016. In total FIIs have sold equities worth Rs.13,966 crore during January.

Nevertheless, data further showed that DIIs bought stocks worth Rs.1,807.86 crore.

DIIs have bought equity worth Rs.22,240 crore for January.

Domestic investors interest in the equity markets buoyed the barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (S&P Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) last week. It closed higher by 435.03 points or 1.78 percent to 24,870.69 points during the week ended January 29.

Similarly, the wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) gained by 141.1 points or 1.90 percent to 7,563.55 points.

Khadi can provide employment to crores: Modi new Delhi, January 31 (ianS): Khadi can provide employment to crores of people in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday in his first “Mann Ki Baat” address of 2016.

“Khadi has the power to provide employment to crores of people. It has now become a symbol and a centre of interest of the nation’s youth,” Modi said.

“Sardar Patel said India’s independence is in Khadi, India’s civilization represents Khadi, farmers’ welfare is in Khadi,” he added.

In his radio address, Modi also appealed to people to observe two minutes silence on the 30th of January each year to pay tributes to the martyrs of the nation.

“If the entire nation observes silence every January 30 at 11 a.m., you can imagine the energy that a single moment will generate. It should be made a practice,” Modi said.

Hero Electric launches e-tipper, unveils e-scooters

India needs $1 trn for new roads, Not paying bribes in India is a ports, airports: Nitin Gadkari competitive disadvantage: survey new Delhi, January 31 (PTi): Terming infrastructure building as a “major challenge”, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said the country requires USD 1 trillion for the development of new roads, ports and airports over the next few years.

Upgrading infrastructure is a major challenge for policy makers of the Asia’s third largest economy and India needs about USD 1 trillion (about Rs 67,00,000 crore) for new roads, ports and airports over the next few years, Gadkari said at the inaugural edition of Rajya Sabha Television’s new flagship programme ‘Spotlight’.

He said the NDA government is set to transform India’s infrastructure and added there is no dearth of funds for this priority area. “Money is not a problem, mentality is. Unfortunately we have a demoralised bureaucracy,” Gadkari said.

Confident of removing bureaucratic hurdles in the way of road projects, the minister said companies in the sector are victims of the government’s indecisiveness and the need for multiple approvals.

He said the government had several rounds of discussions with bankers and contractors to clarify issues relating to land acquisition and project approval. “In the next 5 years we are going to change the infrastructure of this country.

I know my work, I am doing it,” he added.

Building of infrastructure will add 2 per cent to the India’s GDP growth,

said the minister. Gadkari said his ministry is working on a target of 30 km of new roads per day by March 31 besides working towards achieving an ambitious target of 100 km a day.

On the forthcoming Budget, the minister said he is expecting an increased allocation for his ministry to speed up road construction. He said the ministry expected additional Rs 15 20,000 crore in the Union Budget for 2016-17, over the current year’s outlay of Rs 45,000 crore.

Gadkari, who is also the minister for waterways, expressed disappointment over the treatment accorded to Inland waterways. “My priority is waterways. We have a Rs 45,000 crore budget for roads, but only have Rs 1,000 cr for waterways,” he said adding his government will focus on developing the sector.

new Delhi, January 31 (agencieS): India’s investment climate has worsened compared with last year and corruption is one of the main deterrents for doing business, a survey of 141 Swedish companies based in the country revealed.

“One out of three companies state that ‘not paying bribes’ is a competitive disadvantage,” according to the 8th annual Business Climate Survey conducted by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in India.

A slow roll out of reforms including the Goods and Services Tax, import restrictions, high customs duties and red-tape at the lower levels of bureaucracy and restrictive labour laws, were the other main hurdles.

On the business outlook, the survey said 52 per cent of the companies consider the current business climate to be ‘very favourable’ (lower than the last year’s 60 per cent), while 76 per cent view it as ‘favourable’ (lower than 80 per cent last year).

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Despite a dampening of the sentiment, companies will continue to invest, according to the survey.

Eight out of 10 companies, the same as last year, are looking to increase their investments in the coming three years.

High inflation, increased labour costs, delay in receiving payments, and long and complex sales processes are among the main factors impacting cost-advantage negatively.

Swedish companies wanted an early conclusion of the India-European Union free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, saying the pact was crucial for boosting Swedish investments to India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, official sources said, could travel to Brussels next month for the India-EU Summit that could see a resumption of the FTA talks.

“Sweden would like the FTA negotiations to be concluded as soon as possible.

A lot of work has been done on the FTA.

Though the devil is in the details, it should not take much time to reach a consensus,” Harald Sandberg, Ambassador of Sweden to India, said.

A successful conclusion of the FTA was important to widen trade ties between Sweden and India.

India, during the FTA negotiations, demanded greater market access to the services sector in the EU, including easier temporary movement of Indian skilled professionals to the EU. Sweden has one of the most liberal policies on temporary movement of natural persons and on migration as it believes that such movement will result in a healthy exchange of knowledge, Sandberg said after releasing the findings of the survey.

Amitabh Kant, secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, said the challenge for India was to grow at 9-10 per cent annually for three decades or more to lift millions out of poverty.

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new Delhi, January 31 (PTi): Leading electric two-wheeler maker Hero Electric today unveiled a range of electric vehicles, including scooters and a load carrying tipper, as part of its plans to expand its product portfolio in the country.

While the company launched the electric dumper, which comes with a payload capacity of 250 kg and is priced at Rs 1.75 lakh, the scooters will be introduced in April.

“While the tipper has been launched today, the lithium ion battery powered scooters would be launched on April 1. With the citys pollution levels growing at an alarming rate, restorative steps in the form of electric vehicles are the need of the hour,” Hero Electric CEO Sohinder Gill told reporters here.

The company is receiving great response for the tipper and is in talks with various entities to sell the vehicle, he added.

The electric tipper, which has a maximum speed of 25 km/h, can cover a distance of 80 km on a single charge. It comes with a hydraulic system to load and unload the materials.

It also plans to introduce another variant of the vehicle with a payload capacity of 500 kg in the next six months, Gill said.

Commenting on the electric scooters price range, which will be powered by lithium ion batteries, Gill said the entry level model Maxi will be priced at Rs 49,500, the Optima model at Rs 54,500 and the high speed Photon model at Rs 88,000.

“We are committed to our vision to provide green mobility to the country and look forward to consistent innovation towards developing products for the Indian electric vehicles market,” said Naveen Munjal, Managing Director, Hero Group.

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NSCN (IM) observes 37 Raising Day th

Dimapur, January 31 (mExn): The NSCN (IM) observed its 37th Raising Day at its Council Headquarters, Hebron, Dimapur on January 31.

On the occasion, Kilo Kilonser Rh. Raising recounted the signing of the Shillong Accord on November 11, 1975 and the subsequent formation of the NSCN on January 31, 1980.

“With the signing of the Shillong Accord on 11th November 1975, the future of the Nagas was placed in a very dangerous situation of subjugation and annexation by the Indian state,” Raising stated during his speech which was made available to the media.

“In keeping with the spirit and letter of the Yezhabo, Th. Muivah, the then General Secretary of NNC convened a national assembly on 16th August 1976 as the President A.Z. Phizo was in London and

Vice President Imkong Meren was too sick to be in the field. Imkong Meren sent message of his inability to rejoin after his release from jail saying, ‘I am too old to continue my service in the hard life of the national struggle,’” Raising recalled.

“The assembly condemned the accord as an act of treason” Raising stated before adding, “It is a fact that the accord sharply divided NNC into two camps: those who upheld the accord and those who were against it.”

“Isak Chishi Swu and Th. Muivah along with their cabinet members were arrested on fabricated grounds and detained in military custody to be executed,” he recalled but pointed to an act of providence. “It was through the intervention of Col. Kholi that our two leaders were saved from the hardliners of the military regime,” the

Kilo Kilonser stated.

Raising recounted the meeting at Lao village in which S.S. Khaplang was made President of Federal Government of Nagaland.

Pointing to the logic that a government formed by a military meeting is but a military government, and not a popular government, the senior NSCN functionary stated that soon after assumption of office, Khaplang met Isak and Muivah who were in the military custody at Hashik village. “After a long interaction with Isak and Muivah, he (Khaplang) was fully convinced of the fact that NNC had failed and Nagas could no longer continue their movement under the banner of NNC. He also realized that his government was not a popular government. In light of all these facts he took all the necessary steps to protect Isak and Muivah,” Raising recalled.

Narrating the series of events that followed, Raising stated that in the first week of January 1980, Khaplang convened a national workers' conference and in that meeting announced the unconditional release of Isak and Muivah.

Khaplang declared that he would step down from the office, as he did not represent popular government, so Brig. Thungbo, the then commander-in-Chief of the Naga Army, took up the charge of the government as a caretaker and Khasui Longvah was made the pro tem speaker to preside over the meeting, Raising recounted.

“After a long deliberation on the formation of a new organization the house unanimously decided to form NSCN to be approved by the national assembly. And it was on this day the 31st January 1980 where the national as-

sembly at Tonou approved NSCN and mandated it the national trust. Hence, NSCN is the authentic political organization of the Naga people, not a faction as projected by the enemies of the Nagas,” the Kilo Kilonser of the NSCN maintained.

Asserting that “Nagas were a strong and formidable force when they were living organized under the banner of NNC,” Raising however, argued that the Naga people were left like an orphan following the signing of the Shillong Accord. “And the reality is that Naga politics does not end with NNC and the Shillong accord. NNC was formed by the Nagas for the Nagas and not vice versa and therefore, it will cease to be the organization of the Nagas the day it betrays the trust of the Nagas,” he contended.

Insisting that NSCN is a recognized entity which

even India recognises, Raising pointed to the NSCN being a member of the Unrepresented Nations and People's Organization (UNPO), adding that the UNPO had recognized the sovereign right of the Nagas in its general assembly.

He also pointed to the NSCN being a member of the 'Geneva Call', the 8 consultative meetings the NSCN held with the Naga people, the support it received from Parliamentarians for National Self Determination (PNSD), a London based organization, and the Naga International Support Center, as signs of its recognition and strong support base.

The Kilo Kilonser also recalled I.K. Gujral, the then Prime Minister of India, and Chairman Isak Swu announcing the ceasefire agreement in the Indian Parliament and in the general assembly of the UNPO respectively.

LLRSU informs affiliated units Dimapur, January 31 (mExn): The Lotha Lower Range Students’ Union (LLRSU) has called for an extraordinary union assembly to conduct the election of LLRSU for the tenure 2016-18 on February 26 at 10 a.m. at Town Hall, Bhandari, Wokha.

According to a press release, a consultative meeting of seniors and affiliated units of Lotha Lower Range Students’ Union (LLRSU) convened by its Tribunal was held on January 28 at Bethesda Youth Welfare Centre, Walford, Dimapur, during which the august house inducted R. Yanpvuthung Shitiri as Member Secretary.

“After a marathon deliberation, the august house unanimously decided to endorse the Tribunal Lipemo Tsopoe and Member Secretary R. Yanpvuthung Shitiri to initiate an extraordinary union assembly to conduct the election of LLRSU for the tenure 2016-18 on February 26 at 10 a.m. at Town Hall, Bhandari,” the release stated.

In this regard, the duo requested all affiliated units of LLRSU to attend the assembly positively with at least two representatives from each unit to form an electoral college. If any unit fails to turn up with at least two representatives, it will lead to the dismissal of their particular unit’s franchise, the release warned. The electoral process will be conducted as per the constitution of the union whereby all intending candidate are advised to come with proper recommendation from their respective units, it added.

Executive council members of 2013-15 have been requested to come along with all the union official properties i.e., files, documents and seal etc. It has also requested all members, senior members, leaders, former leaders and concern members of LLRSU and well wishers to attend the proposed meeting.

St. Maria Goretti - New parish at Sechü-Zubza Orientation programme for PLVs kohima, January 31 (mExn): The new parish of St. Maria Goretti at SechüZubza was officially inaugurated on January 31 on the feast day of St. John Bosco.

Welcoming the gathering, Rev. Fr. Jacob Charalel, Parish Priest, Khonoma, said that it had been a long cherished desire and dream of the catholic community of Sechü-Zubza to have their church raised to the status of a parish. The Catholic faith sown in the area in 1967 took root and grew initially under the pastoral care of Christ King Parish, Kohima, later under the Cathedral Parish, and finally under Khonoma Parish since 1999.

A press release from the secretary of Bishop of Kohima informed that the Bishop, elaborating the reading of the day, illustrated how God calls each and every Christian to be a prophet like Jeremiah. “When God

Congregation at the new parish of Sechü-Zubza which was inaugurated on January 31.

calls he also equips the person,” he said. Referring to the second reading of the day from the letter of Paul to Corinthians, he said all gifts and talents come from God, which are to be used for the wellbeing of the community in love under the direction of the legitimate authority. “Without

MEx FILE 38 NPWD JEs informed Dimapur, January 31 (mExn): The 38 Junior Engineers under NPWD who were regularized on October 5, 2001 have been informed that the second meeting pertaining to their seniority and signing up undertaking paper has been scheduled for February 10 at 10:00 am in Circuit House, Walford, Dimapur. A press release informing this has requested all to attend the said meeting. Failing to sign up undertaking paper, no claim shall be entertained in future, the release warned. For detailed information, members may contact 9402993894, 9862860688, 8974320822, 9436435212.

CVUD gets new team Dimapur, January 31 (mExn): The Changpang Villagers’s Union Dimapur elected a new team of office bearers for the term 2016-18 during its Annual Session-cum-Picnic on January 26. According to a press release, the new team will be led by Yanbothung Kikon as President and Jerry Odyuo as General Secretary.

Others include: Lithao Kithan – Vice President, Dr. ML Ngullie – Treasurer, Area Representatives – Ellis Kithan, Wochothung Patton and Rendemo Kithan.

Mkg District Welfare Office shifted mokokchung, January 31 (Dipr): District Welfare Officer, Mokokchung, Bendangkokba has informed that the District Welfare Office Mokokchung has been shifted to its permanent Office Building located at Mongsenbai Ward, National Highway-2 above Assam Rifle Play Ground, Mokokchung.

love all gifts and virtues, including faith and hope are useless. Love and only love is the mark of a Christian and one who loves God lives in love and God lives in him,” he added.

Further, the Bishop asserted that our country needs to hear God’s Truth from spirit-filled Christians

with the prophetic courage of their convictions. He stated that one must never remain silent in the face of evil for fear of being thought politically incorrect. “Jesus was not against conflict if it promoted truth. Love does not tolerate destructive behavior, but it sometimes causes pain--just as a sur-

Medical camp at Ashukhomi ZunhEboto, January 31 (mExn): 5 Assam Rifles conducted a medical camp at Ashukhomi Village of Zunheboto district on December 27. The programme was conducted under OP SADBHAVNA as part of Military Civic Action. A total of 225 patients were treated by the team and free medicines were distributed. The common ailments prevalent in the area were backache, abdominal/ gastro cases, upper respiratory infections, common cold and fever.

and Panel Lawyers in Peren District

pErEn, January 31 (mExn): The Peren District Legal Services Authority organised an Orientation programme for Para Legal Volunteers (PLV) & Panel Lawyers at DC Conference Hall, New HQ Peren.

Ajongba Imchen, Secretary PDLSA, Judicial Magistrate, Peren presented the introductory remark on the works of PLVs in various Legal Aid Clinics (LACs) under Peren District and through the effort of PLVs and awareness programmes amongst members of the village council, and in churches and schools.

PLVs were present from Athibung, Jalukie, Dungki, Peren Town, Heningkunglwa, Njauna LACs and other villages.

Conserving natural resource for sustaining hill agriculture Dimapur , January 31 (mExn): ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Jharnapani (Medziphema) organized four-day training on “Conservation of natural resource and its efficient utilization for sustaining hill agriculture” from January 27 to 30 under Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) project.

21 farmers and rural youth from Longleng, Wokha, Ralan, Chumukedima, and Dimapur attended the training.

In the inaugural programme, Dr Abhijit Mitra, Director, ICAR-NRC on Mithun, the chief guest, released a book on natural resource conservation

edited by Sanjay Kumar Ray et al.

Stating that natural resource conservation is the need of hour, Dr Mitra said, “If we don’t do it now then future generation will accuse us.” He advised the farmers to use the natural resource judiciously and to adopt the scientific methods of cultivation practices. According to a press release, the chief guest also lamented that Hornbill Festival is being celebrated in Nagaland, but no hornbills are found nowadays.

Dr. Anamika Sharma, Joint Director (i/c), ICAR, Jharnapani welcomed the house and stressed on

practical oriented hands on training and entrepreneurship development.

Dr Sanjay Kumar Ray gave an overview of the training programme and the main aims and objective of the training.

A total of 24 lectures on natural resource conservation, integrated farming systems, water budgeting, rainwater harvesting, techniques of soil and water conservation, protected cultivation, restoration of degradation of land soil testing, nutrient recycling, pruning training and canopy management, green manuring mulching, organic farming, seed priming, multiple water

utilization techniques and community based natural resource management.

Films on scientific integrated fish rearing, scientific soil and water conservation, low cost drip irrigation and rainwater harvesting through Ferro Cement Tank structure in hill agriculture were also shown.

In the valedictory programme, the chairperson’s address was delivered by Dr. Anamika Sharma, Joint Director (i/c). Programme Coordinator, KVK, Dimapur appealed to the farmers to protect the soil from excess depletion of nutrients and timely harvesting of their produce for good market value.

Best PLV awardee for the year 2013 -14, Rampauyi from Peren District, shared his success story as a PLV. He had assisted a neglected child to get education and a victim of domestic violence to get maintenance besides his other door to door legal aid service in the village.

PLV Lipok from Heningkunglwa and Azeu from Peren Town, who is associated with an NGO working for HIV and drug abuse victims, shared his experience working with the weaker section of society and helping victims of domestic violence in the village.

The issues regarding the absence of a permanent Medical officer at Peren sub jail resulting in neglect of inmates who are victims of drug abuse and

HIV positive who require constant medical attention was also discussed.

Panel Lawyer, Esther K Aye highlighted the various activities of PDLSA including court based legal aid services, jail visits, and Lok Adalats conducted since the establishment of PDLSA Front Office in the year 2012.

Nino Iralu, Member Secretary, Nagaland State Legal Services Authority, introduced the 7 new welfare schemes under the National Legal Services Authority to provide such services by the PLVs and Panel Lawyers according to the local needs and to act as a bridge to connect the beneficiary with the concerned department to avail the services as provided under the schemes.

MARCOFED market complex inaugurated Dimapur, January 31 (mExn): The Nagaland State Co – operative Marketing & Consumer’s Federation Ltd. (MARCOFED) Marketing Complex at Signal Basti, Dimapur was officially inaugurated on Saturday by A. Imtilemba Sangtam, Advisor, Co–operation Department as chief guest at a function held in the market premises.

Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest rued that the Co–operation department has not been performing up to the mark and urged the officers and staff to motivate the members of Co–operative societies so that the societies can progress well and achieve financial gain. He disclosed that about Rs. 1 cr is being spent each month on salary for staffs of Co–operative department.

Presenting a brief report on construction of the market, T. V. Zhimomi, Executive Director, MARCOFED Ltd stated that Rs. 378.78 lakh was spent on the project. The construction was funded with financial assistance received from the state government, he said.

Zhimomi also said one godown of 1000 metric tonnes capacity and two chamber of 6 metric tonnes capacity each with ice plant was available at the market.

SJC's college week held NPF 40 Bhandari A/C Raj Bhavan bids farewell consultative meet held to outgoing officials Wokha, January 31 (mExn): The NPF 40 Bhandari Assembly Constituency held a consultative meeting cum Party Re-Organization on January 23 at Bhandari Town, which was also attended by Officials from NPF Wokha Division and host of party workers from various Areas and villages.

The new team of Office Bearers (2016-21) of NPF 40 Bhandari Assembly Constituency include: Micheal Khongdongya Odyuo – President, Yantsao Kyong - General Secretary; Women Wing President - Lucy Kikon, General Secretary - Terilo Ezung; Youth Wing President - Thungbemo Lotha, General Secretary -Solomon Ezung; and Farmers Wing Chairman - Thungdemo Kikon.

9 Bihar Regiment conducts medical camp at Chingnyu Dimapur, January 31 (mExn): A total of 140 patients were treated and given free medicines during a medical camp organised by 9 Bihar Regiment at Singha Chingnyu village under Mon district recently. According to a delayed press note received here, the common ailments prevalent in the area were backache, abdominal/ gastro cases, upper respiratory infections, common cold and fever.

geon must sometimes hurt in order to heal.” After the homily, Fr. Samuel Elow was officially installed as the new parish priest.

Rev. Fr. Nestor, Salesian provincial during the felicitation programme thanked the bishop, Fr. Jacob, the parish priest of the mother parish and his predecessors, the salesian community and people of Zubza for their steadfastness in faith and assured that the new parish shall be taken care with utmost commitment following the diocesan directives and the Salesian educational pastoral program.

Rev. Fr. Nestor, Provincial, Frs. Jacob, Parish Priest of Khonoma, Fathers, Sisters, Rolavituo Nicholas, Deputy Commissioner, Kohima, catechist, pastors, elders of the community and representatives from catholic parishes and villages were present on the occasion.

Mr Josephite and Miss Josephite

Jakhama, January 31 (mExn): St Joseph’s College Jakhama held its annual college week from January 25 to 30. Brigadier Cheema flagged off the opening ceremony on January 25 with lighting of the torch.

Divided into eight houses, students participated in a number of games and sports and group items, including dance, duet and fancy dress competitions.

The highlight of the weeklong programme was the cultural day held on January 29, where Mr. and Miss Josephite were chosen, according to a press release. Anthony Touthang of 6th Semester and Areni of 2nd semester were crowned Mr. Josephite and Miss Josephite respectively. The annual cultural day is held with an objective to promote and inculcate cultural values and establish peace, harmony and prosperity in the society, the release added.

kohima, January 31 (mExn): Nagaland Governor P.B. Acharya along with his wife and staff and personnel of Raj Bhavan bade farewell to two outgoing officers – Major KK Gautam Aide-De-Camp (ADC) and Uttam Kumar Ghosh, Comptroller – at Raj Bhavan on January 28.

Major Gautam took over as Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to the Governor of Nagaland from July 31, 2013 and saw his term end on January 31, 2016.

Ghosh, Comptroller, on the other hand, is retiring on superannuation having served for 25 years 6 months and 13 days. A recipient of the Governor’s Gold Medal in 2010 for his distinguished service, Ghosh was first appointed as Storekeeper in July 1990 and has worked with 12 Governors.

Rani Gaidinliu’s birth centenary celebrated Dimapur, January 31 (mExn): The birth centenary of Rani Gaidinliu was held at Old Tasen village in Peren district from January 24 to 26 with over 2500 delegates from 75 villages in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur attending the function.

The function started with flag hoisting by Raitu Chawang, President, Zeliangrong Baudi Northeast

India, who was the chief guest on the occasion. Ramkuiwangbe Newme, President of Zeliangrong Heraka Association Northeast India was also present.

According to a press release from the Zeliangrong Heraka Association (Assam, Manipur, Nagaland), Chawang stated that Zeliangrong Heraka religion is the “genuine Naga reli-

gion”. He called upon the Zeliangrong community to preserve, protect and promote their indigenous religion and culture. He further called for erecting a memorial stone in Old Tasen village in memory of “Ranima”.

Guest of Honour in one of the sessions, Namri Nchang, MLA from Tening constituency, appreciated the role played by Heraka

community in preserving the cultural identity of Zeliangrong Nagas, the release stated. “Rani Ma sacrificed her life for the cause of all Nagas. It must be upheld and the history of freedom movement led

by Rani Ma must be researched and documented properly before it is forgotten,” the release quoted the MLA as saying.

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 29 By moa Jamir

‘guest’ Who?

The ASTD’s resolution on ‘Chief Guest Culture’ needs unequivocal endorsement by all

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erming the concept of ‘Chief Guest Culture’ as a dignified nomenclature being misconceived and reduced to a position solely fashioned to extract benefits, the Ao Senso Telongjem Dimapur (ASTD) in a novel and bold initiative decided to do away with such practice.

The apex body of Aos in Dimapur stated that it will no longer encourage the practice among its affiliated unions or forums and a resolution was passed endorsing the same at its general body meeting on January 30. “It is no longer about what the chief guest has to contribute in his or her intellectual capacity rather it has become how much he or she pays,” it opined.

Another closely inter-related issue is the pervasive VIP culture that is endemic, a kind of necessary evil in the society. “Some sort of VIP culture exists everywhere. India's, however, is unique in its pervasiveness and its arrogance,” goes a 2013 Business Standard editorial while a Times of India feature suggested that, “The VIP culture seems to be a uniquely Indian phenomenon.”

In Nagaland, it has become a ‘bread and butter’ of every organisation that subsist in the horizon and is not restricted to the political class alone but affects every aspects of the society. Be it a club, educational institutions, student bodies or any kind of social gathering, life without a ‘Chief Guest’ is considered incomplete. In fact, a sort of hierarchy exists whereby the influence of a particular entity is measured on its ability to scalp important people to honour it with their ‘gracious presence.’

As noted by ASTD, often the deciding factor is monetary. The programmes are chalked out taking into account the estimated amount that the ‘would-be’ chief guest is donating. Opposition MLAs or those considered frugal are mostly ignored. Luckily in recent years, the practice of reserving special aisle or table etc for them have been widely discarded.

VIP culture is most visible in public roads especially in the cities and has been matter of huge public discourse. In Nagaland, our bad roads are equally proportional and complimentary to the lack of road etiquette that the VIP bandwagon follows. Even the narrow alley of potholes inaccurately attributed as road is colonised by them. However, it is not restricted to Nagaland alone. Couple of years back, the issue had come-up in the Supreme Court when a petitioner argued that halting of traffic to give smooth passage to VIPs amounts to denial of right to liberty and right to freedom of movement of the general public. The Apex Court of India has frowned upon the existing VIP culture observing that “threat perception becomes a symbol of power” and derided the same. Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs also stated that traffic can be halted only in case of President of India, Vice President of India, Prime Minister of India and visiting dignitaries who are given President and PM level security cover. Yet, every State has its own policy.

Nevertheless, can you imagine a Members of Legislative Assembly in Nagaland taking a city bus to work or for that matter, a chief guest arriving to a function on foot or by public transportation? The answer will be indisputably negative and they will be derided as miserly and thrifty. In fact, the clout of that concerned person is considered directly proportional to numbers of his/her entourage.

Around the same time last year, The Morung Express asked its readers if the ‘VIP Culture’ is impacting the quality of leadership in Nagaland. An overwhelming 81 % of the respondents said YES while a minuscule 4 % said NO, and 15% stated OTHERS. The glamour for VIPs is inversely proportional to “decreasing stature” of the leaders, stated a reader opining they are using it as a ‘prop’ to compensate what they lack in character, moral authority and intellectual ability. Even the media advertently or otherwise, encouraged such culture by giving prominence to the VIPs in their reporting instead of highlighting the event they attended.

Thus, we need to do away with this pompous and expensive culture. The bold move by ASTD is a 'monumental step' towards eradicating the menace of our infatuation with Chief Guest and VIP culture and needs replication by every other entity.

For any comment, drop a line to moajamir@live.com

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Rod Nickel Reuters

'Words are easy, take action'

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anada's top aboriginal chief wants more action from new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to alleviate crippling poverty and poor living conditions among the country's indigenous community, saying: "Words are easy."

Perry Bellegarde, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the main political group representing the country's aboriginal people, said he would put pressure on Trudeau to deliver on election promises to his community. "It's a travesty that this quality of life persists in this great, rich country called Canada," Bellegarde said in an interview on January 25 after a shooting spree in a remote aboriginal town last week. "Everyone's focused on La Loche now, saying this is not acceptable in 2016." A gunman shot 11 people, killing four, at a school and home in La Loche, Saskatchewan, an impoverished northern community with high rates of suicide, addiction and unemployment.

A 17-year-old youth made his first court appearance on January 25, facing four counts of first-degree murder, seven counts of attempted murder and unauthorised possession of a firearm. He remains in custody. "Words are easy to say ... there has to be these investments now to get us to the same starting line as everyone else," Bellegarde said. "We've got 10, 12, 13 people living in a two-bedroom house. That affects everything." Bellegarde, who voted for the first time in the October election that vaulted Trudeau to power, said he believed the new prime minister "gets it," referring to the need to improve living standards. Less than half of Canada's aboriginal people, also known as First Nations, have typically voted in elections because many do not recognise the government's sovereignty. But anger over disproportionately high rates of violence against indigenous women, dire living conditions as well as resource development and environmental issues, prompted Bellegarde to publicly urge aboriginal people to cast ballots last year.

PLEDGED HELP Trudeau, the Liberal Party leader, took power last year promising to tackle high levels of poverty, crime, bad housing and poor health among aboriginal residents who make up 4 percent of the country's population of 36 million. In December, Trudeau promised a new "nation-to-nation relationship with First Nations peoples" and an inquiry into the high rates of missing and murdered aboriginal women. The prime minister, 44, was speaking after a report found the forcible separation of aboriginal children from their families amounted to cultural genocide. January 22 school shooting occurred in La Loche which, with the neighbouring Clearwater River Dene Indian reserve, embodies the dire prospects for Canada's aboriginal people. "We are living in Third World Conditions," said Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Chief Bobby Cameron. "The mold in our homes, the cold that comes through the walls ... something's going to give." The national chief urged Trudeau to demonstrate support by increasing aboriginal spending in his first budget, expected in March or April. Trudeau responded by saying it was a priority for him to repair Ottawa's strained relationship with aboriginal residents, Bellegarde said.

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Rebecca Johnson

World Courts of Women: against War, for peaCe At the World Court of Women meeting held in Bangalore witnesses to violence and injustice highlighted political lessons and resistance, asking that we all take responsibility to oppose the unending wars against women

"Lights slips into every place where the women were killed, the houses, the streets, the doorways light traces the blood stains light pours into the wells where they threw the bodies light seeks out the places where sound was silenced."

These words, from the Palestinian poet Lisa Suhair Majaj, introduced the most recent session of the World Court of Women held in Bangalore, in November 2015. Under the title "Against War, For Peace", the Court was hosted by Mount Carmel College and Vimochana Women's Rights Forum, which works on a range of issues from domestic, sexual and dowry violence, to communities and human rights.

The Court was held in conjunction with the international gathering of Women in Black( WiB) , an international network founded in Jerusalem in 1987 to oppose war, occupation and violence. A thousand students joined WiB to listen to testimonies that focussed on war as genocide, wars without borders, wars against civilizations, and wars against women.

The final session spoke of building resistance, peace and justice in a "gathering of spirit".

Millions of women and girls are killed, brutalised and intimidated into silence every year. The World Court of Women has held over 30 sessions since 1992, hearing from survivors of violence, conflict and war from around the world. By focussing on the voices, experiences and resistance of women ignored and marginalised by mainstream politics, different kinds of peace-building and solutions are emerging from these hearings.

Along with Lisa Majaj, I was one of eight jurors chosen from India, the Middle East and Europe.

Corinne Kumar of Vimochana, the initiator of the Courts of Women, asked us to "listen actively", reflect at the end on what we had heard, and look to the future. The Bangalore session extended from early morning to late evening, with harrowing testimonies interlaced with expressive dance, poetry and short films. In expressing the anger and pain of their direct personal suffering, many of the witnesses highlighted political lessons and resistance, demanding that we all take responsibility to oppose these unending wars on women.

Some women shared their names, like Iraqi academic Eman Khammas. She spoke first of the struggle to keep going through Saddam Hussein's years of brutal dictatorship, and then of the greater calamity that blighted life in Iraq due to the disastrous US-UK invasion of 2003. Dr Khammas spoke of the impact of war, as towns and communities in Iraq were wiped out "first by the US-led occupation and now by the sectarian militia". People who had nowhere else to go continue to face "human rights violations on a daily basis". Others, like Eman, were forced to flee with their families. With her PhD and academic and human rights credentials, she was luckier than most; which made it even more shocking to hear her stories of daily poverty and humiliations as a refugee in Europe, where she and her family are often feared as terrorists and resented for the needs that they have.

Some speakers requested anonymity. In testimonies on different aspects of Afghan resistance we heard from women who ran community projects, such as the Organization of Promoting Afghan Women's Capabilities (OPAWC), and who managed

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he politics of fear has consumed the world.

Fear of terrorism and fear of refugees, which have grown alongside ongoing global conflicts, fueled many of the biggest human rights developments—and failings—worldwide in 2015, including in the U.S. and Europe, according to a new report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW).

The influx of refugees fleeing violence, war, and poverty at home prompted numerous Western governments to restrict borders and roll back human rights within their own countries in "misguided efforts to protect their security," the report (pdf) states.

Meanwhile, authoritarian governments in conflict zones embarked on "the most intense crackdown on independent groups in recent times."

Together, these policies have created a climate in which all citizens are at risk.

"Fear of terrorist attacks and mass refugee flows are driving many Western governments to roll back human rights protections," HRW's executive director Kenneth Roth wrote in his keynote essay introducing the group's 26th annual human rights review.

"These backward steps threaten the rights of all without any demonstrated effectiveness in protecting ordinary people."

- at least for now - to work openly with international organisations. And we heard from Afghan activists connected with the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) whose lives are daily threatened because of their work for women's rights and protection. Despite seeing their mentors and friends assassinated, these women continue to resist the layers of oppression inflicted and sustained by misogynist patriarchal traditions, and successive wars perpetrated by Russians, Americans, British, Taliban and other armed men.

Lives that had seemed distant came close as listeners grappled with our own relative privileges and responsibilities. Here we confronted our countries' roles in cultural and ethnic genocides, including mass unemployment and eradication of livelihoods as people have been cleared out of the way so that big dams, nuclear power projects, agribusinesses, and mass production from electronic goods to cheap clothes can be taken forward in the name of "development". We listened to testimonies about everyday violence in poor communities living on the margins of society, where girls and women are routinely sold, bought, violated and murdered.

Women from South Asia spoke of struggles against violence and erasure in Sri Lanka, Kashmir, Nagaland and communities across the region. Some arise from conflicts over land, resources, religion or political dominance, often across borders artificially imposed by imperialist leaders and administrators in the recent past. Others have their pernicious roots in historical, systematized, cultural prejudices and traditions. Ruth Manorama, for example, told of the layers of overlapping oppression suffered by Dalit women from the so-called "Untouchable" caste in India, who are struggling for rights and education.

Our hearts went out to the women as they relived the abuse they had suffered in marriages that poverty, tradition and misogyny trapped them into as young children. One after another their heads raised and voices strengthened as they told of their efforts to escape and gain education and independence.

Few of us had previously heard of how women's rights and conditions for the poor had deteriorated in Nepal, exacerbated by the recent earthquake.

Radha Paudel gave testimony about the efforts of the Madhes Movement to get "meaningful dialogue" with the government about human rights abuses, and the corrupt practices that ensure the rich elites in and around Kathmandu obtain while the poor and hill people go hungry. Describing daily life contending with severe restrictions on access to necessities such as cooking gas, food and medicines, she spoke of empty markets and unemployed men taking their frustrations out through heightened levels of violence against women and children. Radha called the current situation in Nepal "bloodless genocide", but also described women's blood being spilled by "their" men, even if not by soldiers acting on behalf of governments and military commanders as in more overt wars.

In one of the filmed testimonies shown to the Court, an African child who looked about 11 years old spoke haltingly about being gang raped by armed men who swept through her village, killing her mother. Then she was raped again by UN soldiers who were supposed to have protected her. he narrator said something about impunity - that the blue bereted rapists were protected from prosecution for crimes they committed while carrying out their "peacekeeping" duties. As one of the jurors, I sat on the platform making notes on everything I heard. So many appalling, unbearable testimonies. I didn't allow myself to look away, but often found that I had covered my mouth and nose, holding my breath. The child stared into the camera with haunted eyes and said "they were very bad men."

No-one was spared. The Court heard from women who had grown up feeling relatively secure and comfortable, till their lives were destroyed by armed men who wrapped themselves in the rhetoric of re-

ligious or ethnic purity. Our differences of age and background dissolved as so many women told how they were turned into refugees, widows, mothers of dead children, the raped and trafficked spoils of war.

The roles of our own politicians and institutions also came under scrutiny, with recognition of the way in which armed masculinity perpetrates violence in pursuit of military-industrial power and profits that are frequently dressed in high-minded concepts we've been taught to venerate – like "development", "democracy", "freedom" and "security". Indian and African testimonies particularly challenged assumptions about the desirability of colonialist, "Western" models of development that dispossess the majority, desecrate the environment, and devalue women and rural communities.

Giving the jury's response to the evidence and arguments that we had heard on that long day in Bangalore, we first paid tribute to all the witnesses - "the brave, brilliant, indomitable spirit of women… resisting the oppressors, violence, wars, environmental destruction and attacks on our lives, sexual identities and rights". The jury recalled the capitalist, colonial and patriarchal roots of the pervasive "wars against women", and called on all - individually and collectively - to do whatever we could in our own lives to support each other, work beyond borders, expose the perpetrators of violence against women, and build peaceful, just alternatives with whatever resources we can bring together.

The Court held "accountable those who own, control, run, enable, govern, manage, implement and benefit from all forms of violence". It demanded an end to impunity for officials and military forces who harass and violate women, including so-called "peace-keepers" and the men who harm women while hiding behind progressive organisations, political parties and NGOs. Calling for the implementation of UN SCR 1325 (2000) and related resolutions on Women, Peace and Security, including UNSCR 2242 (2015), the Court highlighted the importance and all round benefits of enabling the full participation of independent, feminist women in all aspects of negotiations and peace-making.

To build genuine structures for peace and security, the Court recognised the need to challenge and dismantle patriarchal assumptions and practices on personal as well as political levels. Never easy, this means taking on friends and colleagues as well as exposing the hypocrisy of governments that point fingers at non-state terrorists and declare an unending "war on terrorism", while expanding military alliances like NATO and arming themselves with more bombs, guns, missiles, drones and all kinds of weapons "on land, in the air, the waters and even space… with thousands of nuclear weapons at the apex of the pyramid of patriarchal violence".

The World Courts of Women are important platforms for restoring and amplifying voices that have been silenced by oppression, poverty, violence and denial of human rights and education. Some of the stories are so terrible that it's hard not to feel despair and turn away. But that would be a cop out. The purpose of the Courts is to enable us to learn about each other's experiences as a spur to collective action.

Many of the participants in Bangalore joined in the Women in Black conference that was held over the next few days to discuss the issues in more detail and propose actions. On the last day we demonstrated at a major crossroads by a military barracks in the centre of Bangalore city, standing shoulder to shoulder with our banners and messages opposing violence against women in all its aspects.

The Court concluded: the "best way to bring justice to those who've testified… about so much loss is for us together to build a powerful global women's movement to transform this world… to build better peace, justice, equality, environmental and human security, nurturing our Earth's precious resources in sustainable ways, sharing her fruits and putting the poor and needy first". That future must start with this New Year.

Politics of Fear Devouring Human Rights Worldwide Nadia Prupis CommonDreams

New Human Rights Watch report details escalating crises and the rollback of human rights around the world

human rights developments of the past year. Fear of being killed or tortured in Syria and other zones of conflict and repression drove millions from their homes. Fear of what an influx of asylum seekers could mean for their societies led many governments in Europe and elsewhere to close the gates. Fear of mounting terrorist attacks moved some political leaders to curtail rights and scapegoat refugees or Muslims.

And fear of their people holding them to account led various autocrats to pursue an unprecedented global crackdown on the ability of those people to band together and make their voices heard.

In the U.S. and Europe, xenophobia became mainstream, creating a "currency" of "blatant Islamaphobia and shameless demonizing of refugees," Roth explained: Fear stood behind many of the big Roth said.

That has fueled efforts to weaken encryption and increase surveillance, along with the adoption of new laws targeting government watchdogs and activists. There's the Cybersecurity Act in the U.S., the Investigatory Powers Bill in the UK, or France's three-month state of emergency in response to the attacks in Paris last November.

On Tuesday, French President François Hollande sought to extend the state of emergency by an additional three months.

But it was not just privacy rights and asylum protections that faced a crackdown in 2015. Elsewhere, gender and sexuality increasingly came under fire. Transgender people were subjected to a growing amount of discriminatory laws that blocked their access to health care and free expression. And

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one in three girls was forced into child marriage by age 18, while one in nine were wed by 15—a trend that cannot be reversed without "sustained political commitment to address social and cultural norms around girls' sexuality," say HRW researchers Neela Ghoshal and Kyle Knight.

Lastly, the report details the overincarceration of minors, from those serving life sentences in prison to those detained for skipping school or attempting to cross borders.

Imprisonment of minors can include anything from institutionalizing mentally disabled children to detaining migrants, says HRW's Michael Bochenek. But all instances share one thing in common: they violate international standards.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates there are more than one million children currently behind bars around the world.

The report details the ongoing human rights abuses in 90 countries total, as well as the responses of bodies like the United Nations and other international advocacy organizations.

Despite these ongoing crises, the report highlights the tangible progress made by intrepid activists and organizations, such as the democratic elections in Myanmar that brought human rights leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy to power in November, or the legalization of same-sex marriage in the U.S., Ireland, and Mexico.

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POLL RESULTS

Do you support Government of InDIa’s move to promote naGamese as an offIcIal lanGuaGe? Why? Some of those who voted YES had this to say: • Yes in the true sense Nagamese cannot be called a language. It is a mixture of many different languages. It is the melting pot of languages. No, technically it is not a language. But in usage it is akin to a language. So I support the decision to promote Nagamese. This will open avenues for more research and studies to promote it into a language.

• Yes, it is the only language which majority of the nagas knows it and widely spoken.

• Yes. Reasons: 1. No other tribal languages is uniting us or can unite as much as Naganese.

2. That is our language (by which many villagers/ Nagas)are communicating today.

3. I feel very proud and can feel a sense of oneness when I talk to the Nagas in Manipur, Assam, Arunachal as well as Burma.

• Yes. No option. It may take centuries to evolve a pure Naga language. Any one of the existing numerous dialects cannot be converted to acceptable official language.

So why not leave aside our pride and adopt Nagamese as temporary official language until some expert Naga linguists come up with something that can be accepted by all Nagas? After all we’ve already adopted it besides English in all exchanges, official or non-official.

• yes because we should let others know that we are also exist in the indian soil • Yes and we should be proud of Nagamese because it is through the emergence of this dialect, Nagas could not only communicate with our neighbours but it also help us communicate clearly between the Nagas.

• I am a non naga and have never lived in nagaland but if my opinion matters then Yes, even though it has no owner...even though it would not be my first choice among the various other dialects....But this is the only common language which unites all the tribes...In my opinion its a positive step..

In case any other dialect is chosen then it would or might cause conflicts....

• I agree fully with the move of GoI as Nagas do not have a common language and Nagamese whatever be its origin is the only binding factor that still binds Nagas despite major differences. English should not be official as we cannot communicate with illiterate villagers in communication. In my experience and short stint under GoN service, i am relieved atleast that Nagamese saves the day in transferring our ideology with illiterate villagers. Let us all retrospect and introspect our dialect (Nagas) and our ego to accept other tribes language as official ... its an opportunity to accept.

• Yes... As cos of this so called Nagamese only we the Nagas are living under one umbrella but ways of communicating not only within our nagas but even to the outside Nagaland.... N we must be proud that this alien language is the one n only responsible communication system available within us and to the other alien people.... We may or may not like it... But with each rising sun and a dawn..starts with nagamese n ends with nagamese..... And this nagamese is can will be the only language that can be recognisable in our naga society... As all of us can least speak or learn to speak in a short span of time...... One might say promote or recognise English... Which is not feasible at all.... And also our local dia-

lects are of so many with distinct with each thing that doesn't belong to us intrinsically. which Nagas use it to make communicatribes...which one n not to promote...which Let that job of promotion of language be left tion possible between people who do not seems impossible task at all... We can still with the Nagas, not GOI. It's scary that our share a native language. All Nagas have preserve our own local dialects at the same forefathers culture may never be revived their own respective language. Whereas promote nagamese seems to be the only again; if Nagamese is promoted.

Nagamese is only a vehicular lingua that possible way.

• For me it is a big NO. Ofcourse Nagamese makes it possible for different communities • Yes! Its a mixture of all nagas of Nagaland is needed for the Nagas to communicate to communicate. Let us take Nagamese for tribes dialect besides Bengali or Assames with each other, without Nagamese I canwhat it is.

• Whether they promote it or not it has alnot imagine how we Naga as different • It is better to get rid of nagamese and be ready Spread beyond NAGALAND smile tribes would understand and communisaved from been indianised. emoticon... Yes, yes yes cate. However, that doesn't not necessar- • Reason COZ It has mix dialect of others ily meant that we should make it an official tribe language and not of our own dialect.

Some of those who voted language. Let it just remains as a bazaar when we imagine properly, it has none NO had this to say: dialect as it is. smile emoticon English is stomach of the person who creates this • To the extent Nagamese is emphasized, to more important in a globalized world we nagamese. that extent will we see English neglected are living in. So instead of giving effort in • HOW To we have to adopt those bengali • No. it’s a mixture of two or three languages learning Nagamese we should learn engand assamese and mix hindi to became mix together, which is a language that nevlish well... that can create many opportuniour cultural and traditional dialect, hah? er originated from our ‘Nagaland.’ Nagaties in local, national as well as internationforgotten the gift of the MAKER MUSIC land is a long of diversity, united in a comal levels. I hope I'm making sense Means mother language! mon goal. We remain as one. Never.

• No..in a simple way nagamese is not the • Reason COZ It is as dull knive, It has no • No, would it not be better if it stays like that, original language of Nagaland. meaning for other society and the rest instead of recognizing it into an official lan- • No. because Nagamese doesn't have a worldwide. A blunt weapon done not much guage? It has been script moreover, it's good. English will do a better officer lanan all way commua mixture of different guage for the next g, for the whole naga 60% nication for us Nalanguages.

BECAUSE An english as sharp knive that gas, but it can nev• NO,Nagamese is a could cut the world for the next g and let er be placed above random mixture of Asnone forget we live for the next generaour so many tribal samese, Bangali, Netion, if without children we are like barren languages that we pali, Hindi and some soil that has no flowers-no fruits. Let us are proud of… We Naga local dialect think throughly, detailly for the up coming should never let a etc... No script, no origeneration, the world wont come learning foreign language ingin, its nada nagamese though nagaland would gone trude into a major.

• No.. in my opinion if learning english besides not only ourself• it cannot be. as its its recognised as a nathe rest of the world will gone learning engjust a dialect, not tional language of Inlish-for english has already grown and yield a language. Differdia our identity as Nafruit then ate by the whole world, thank you ences should make ga's our unique origin for the knocking. out between a lanis lost.

• Nagas are rich in culture, but unfortunatly... guage and a dia• No. Yes, we can not nagamese is something funny.. lect. however, this deny Nagamese is • To all die hard opposers, which language can be a official "Divery important today amongst the Naga tribe should be propose alect". but let us not forget it is as Official? Ao, Angami, Chang, Chekhe24% • It is against our a "trader's language" sang, Lotha, Pochury, Phom, Yimchunger, Naga National inoriginally, a lingua Sumi, Konyak, Sangtam, Khaimniungan, terest i feel. It may franca.

Now, on the Rengma or Zeliang language as Naga16% be harmful in a long other hand we have land's official language? ? Its easier said run many dialects reprethan done. To choose a lesser evil is bet• Sorry but try knowsenting the different ter than to stop dreaming i feel. Can we be ing the difference tribes and yes we do reasonable for argument sake???? between language not have "scripts" like • Divided by tribalism, united by Nagamese and dialect thorother languages but • It would be much better for nagas to give oughly first. that does not mean we importance to English then to nagamese.

• No. Nagamese is give more importance English should become the lingua Franca YES NO OTHER neither a language to nagamese. Go to rather than Hindi not nagamese. But we nor dialect. We the remote villages should definitely promote our own dialects. should preserve and promote our regional and see if they also know how to speak • Instead of promoting Nagamese why not dialects that are going extinct and concennagamese, definitely Not. When we are promotes our naga economy or solve naga trate on polishing English. This feels like at a time where our ancestral dialects are problem first. a move to dilute our Naganess because disappearing i would rather not promote • I wnt say YES or NO. I just wana ask. there is nothing Naga about Nagamese unNagamese. Whether we make it an official Wat should be our NEW official language fortunately. language or not nagamese will exist. So, and.... if a new language is proposed who • Agreed. The move is totally instigated by rather preserve our own dialects before our will teach the language to the so called NAsome self styled half witted person within own history disappears.

GAS and who s gonna follow. us, I guessed.

• No, Nagamese is neither Assamese or • New official language?? Nagaland and we • I would say yes, only if English also remains any of naga lingo, it has no grammer and nagas doesn't need to adopt new official another official language. There are still changes everyday as per the user. stick to language, English should remain the offimany people in Nagaland who aren't able English as official language as it is also incial language of the state as it is. Promoting to speak in English and this move would ternational language and this will improve Nagamese as an official language of the help bring them to the forefront. No one can our chances when going or doing business state is not a very good idea I guess, as it deny that Nagamese has had a big role in with the Hindus etc is a lingua franca and it doesn't origin within shaping the economic and cultural history the state, moreover nagamese is a mixture of our state. It doesn't have a script yes, but Some of those who voted of languages. neither does Khasi, and it is still one of the OTHERS had this to say: • Its a litmus test!...naga people are too weak official languages of Meghalaya. Our state • Nagamese is not a language. But we need that time has come that naga cant hide anycan have more than one official language, to recognize that Nagamese has become where!!!...infact, Naga script or alphameric much like Manipur, Goa, Karnataka, West the market language through which we had beeN produced or published already, Bengal, etc. communicate. Whether we like it or not but due to selfishness of nagas, it has been • No, because we should not promote someNagamese is a Lingua franca through kept on pending for recognition till date...

Why young people need to create the new politics Activism from young people against the callous actions of the establishment is growing, despite the growing pressures on their time and money just to survive

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Sian Berry

t the moment I’m embroiled in the London election campaign as the Green Party’s candidate for Mayor and its lead candidate for the London Assembly. It’s the second time I’ve stood for Mayor but 2016 already feels very different from when I last stood in 2008.

It’s easy to think your own times are the most interesting, but this really is an exhilarating time to be involved in politics.

With the rise of Jeremy Corbyn, Podemos and Syriza, unpredictable things are now becoming a reality, as candidates who started off as massive long shots sweep to victory in elections around the world.

In Britain in particular, this current wave of activism has a great history of dissent and radical change behind it. The many different people who have made Britain their home over the centuries have debated, argued and ultimately collaborated in countless amazing ways, forming trade unions, co-operatives and the Na-

tional Health Service, to name but a few.

All change requires a catalyst, and this is currently being provided by widespread disgust at the concentration of extreme wealth in fewer and fewer hands, directly supported and encouraged by the establishment. The destruction of council housing, high rents, and an out-of-control property market are drawing together many formerly disparate groups, now united by a crisis of living costs which in London is more acute than ever before.

Combine this with the disproportionate representation of big business in every sphere of government, the shattering of workers’ rights, the financial attack on further and higher education, and the blatant disregard for the health of our immediate environment and the wider planet, and it’s no wonder we have a growing demand for fundamental change at a grassroots level.

Politics should be about representation, enfranchisement and participation. However, the current government seems increasingly in thrall to money and the exercise of power for the sake of it. The opposition at the last election failed to offer a plausible strategic vision for the future direction of the country, which left the gates open for the surge of the Greens nationally and the SNP in Scotland. Both parties are now rejuvenated with a massively increased membership.

The reaction – both within and outside the Labour Party – to a similar surge

in membership and the election of Jeremy Corbyn as party leader shows that those in power are still fighting hard to protect their current positions. There is no real belief in greater political engagement among the old guard of the established parties because they fear the loss of power that might come with embracing a more inclusive and representative future.

I support Caroline Lucas’s proposals for an alliance at the next General Election aimed at changing the electoral system for good. In my view this is our best chance of cementing a new form of politics in place, even though I strongly believe that while inequality continues to rise we’ll continue to see new surges into activism and politics of all kinds. As a Green seeking elected office, I will continue to push for a fairer voting system while doing all I can to increase our influence within the current one. The London Assembly election this year is rightly based on proportional representation and by again ensuring a strong voice for the Greens we can help to bring a wider range of views to the fore in our city.

However, while changing our electoral system will undoubtedly be transformative, for me the most important element contributing to a deep and lasting change in politics is the involvement of young people.

It is young people today who will bear the long term brunt of the decisions being made by today’s politicians but I feel we have

reached a particularly significant moment.

Whether it’s a direct attack on their own futures from stamping out student grants and support for nurses in training, or the long term attack on the fundamental health of our planet, activism from young people against the callous actions of the establishment is growing, despite the growing pressures on their time and money just to survive.

I believe this activism could be growing faster. I’m a councillor in the London Borough of Camden, where we have a truly diverse range of representatives. I’m hopeful that this year’s London elections will drive a further wave of political engagement in young people, but there is much still to do.

The average age of a local councillor in the UK is now 60, and interest and turnout in local elections is dismal.

I’ve recently been talking to a wide range of groups working to engage more young people in politics and what I always tell them is that the future of politics has to look and sound like them. They need to get involved. But I know from the TV news and the dreadful state of debate on programmes like Question Time that they can be forgiven for thinking that politics is all about being able to argue, talk over people and mock your opponent, instead of being able to put forward good, necessary ideas that will bring about change.

I’ve always been a campaigner as well as a politician and was galvanised into stand-

ing for election by working first on trying to change things one issue at a time. This is the route I recommend to today’s young people too, rather than the well-worn, traditional path through the debating societies.

My hope for a deep transformation of politics lies in activism. Working to make change happen through campaigns, direct action, public mobilisation and lobbying the current crop of politicians will teach you more about how things work than any degree in politics or course on rhetoric. In my view the continued fixation on rewarding middle-aged, middle-class eloquence leads to a lack of diversity and a dangerous deficit in proper representation in our council and parliamentary chambers.

The future of politics lies not just in encouraging the simple act of voting but in mobilising more of our young people who feel alienated by the current state of politics into campaigning on issues that matter to them – and when they realise they’d do a better job than the people they are lobbying, they will join parties and become candidates themselves.

Compared with 2008 the political landscape has changed so much and even after successive waves of new activists and party growth I am sure there are more surges to come. It’s clear to me that the young and the marginalised should be the next surge and that the political field remains wide open for them to win.

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Arvind Kejriwal backs striking workers, AAP leaders clean garbage New Delhi, JaNuary 31 (iaNS): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday supported striking sanitation employees of Delhi's three main civic bodies seeking salaries as AAP leaders cleared garbage from across the capital.

"I support (the) demand of protesting MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) employees that they should get their full salaries," the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader tweeted. "I hope some solution will emerge" after Tuesday's hearing on the issue in the Delhi High Court, he added.

The president of the Mazdoor Vikas Sanyukta Morcha, Sanjay Gehlot, however told IANS that the strike by sanitation workers will continue till their demands were met.

"We are going to meet Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung on Monday afternoon to discuss the whole issue," he said.

Sanitation workers have been on strike demanding immediate payment of salaries and pending back wages. In some areas, they have not only refused to clear garbage but have littered it on the streets.

While Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia

ment of the Rs.6,000 crore outstanding loan and even the interest amount from the MCDs for the current financial year, these corporations instead of paying their employees salaries have provoked them to go on strike."

The Delhi government on Saturday formed a task force as part of special arrangements to remove garbage from across the national capital.

The public works department of the city government deployed 93 vehicles to clean the garbage dumps.

Health department workers of the civic body have also joined the protest, also demanding payment of salaries.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain told the media that he met senior officials of the civic bodies to discuss the issues.

He said the workers had a right to get their salaries.

The civic body is divided into three zones, all run by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the AAP's main rival in Delhi. The BJP has accused the AAP-controlled Delhi government of starving the civic body of funds, leading to the present crisis. The Delhi government denies the charge.

Govt eases norms for bureaucrats going abroad for training New Delhi, JaNuary 31 (PTi): Officers up to joint secretary level going abroad for training will not need approval of the Screening Committee of Secretaries (SCoS), finance ministry has said.

The expenditure department in the ministry has issued an office memorandum saying "approval of SCoS is not required in case of foreign visits of up to Joint Secretary level officers as part of foreign training component, mid-career training programme or any other training, irrespective of number of members and days".

The memorandum was issued to clarify certain aspects of a circular issued by the ministry earlier this month regarding foreign visits by bureaucrats.

The circular issued on January 5 had said that foreign visits of a bureaucrat should not exceed five working days. It also restricted the number of overseas visits by a bureaucrat to four in a calendar year. It said Secretaries should undertake foreign travels only when no one else can be deputed.

The circular had also said that foreign travels of bureaucrats will be authorised by SCoS.

Nitish and Lalu hit out against Centre on smart city

raghoPur (Bihar), JaNuary 31 (PTi): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish and RJD president Lalu Prasad today attack the Centre for not selecting any city of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in the list of 20 chosen for converting them into smart city. "Bihar and UP gave 104 Lok Sabha seats to BJP to form its government at the Centre, but they are so 'Ehsaan pharamosh' (ungrateful) that no city of the two states figures in the list of 20 smart cities," Kumar said The sanitation workers on their part maintained they will continue with their protest until their “just” demands were met. at a function here.

(Express photo) He said before election BJP had promised to create cleaned the garbage in his Other AAP legislators obligatory duty of keeping planned budgetary grants 100 smart cities. "But now we see it has come down to just assembly constituency and residents undertook the city clean," it said in a provided to them by the 20, with none from either Bihar or UP." Patparganj, Tourism Min- cleanliness drives in vari- statement.

Delhi government," the Prasad, who was present at the function to begin work ister Kapil Mishra swept the ous residential areas.

"Due to largescale cor- party said. on a bridge over Ganga to connect Patna and Raghopur, streets in Karawal Nagar, "The AAP is of the view ruption and mismanage"It is condemnable that pooh poohed the idea of smart city and said he was in both in east Delhi. that any part of Delhi can- ment, the three MCDs despite having received the favour of "smart villages".

Assembly Speaker Ram not be allowed to remain have financially and func- entire budgetary amount Kumar said like Prasad he too during election his 218 Niwas Goel also led a team dirty. It is shocking the civ- tionally collapsed. The cor- before time and having election rallies had spoken in favour of "smart villages". in Shahdara area in east ic agencies - the three mu- porations are even unable been given the concession He reiterated his government's commitment to ban liDelhi to clear the garbage nicipal corporations - have to explain how they have by the Delhi government quor phase-wise from April 1. "Whatever country and littered on the streets. failed in their primary and spent the planned and un- of not seeking any repayspiced liquor is left will be burnt a night before April 1, when prohibition on the two would be total."

Referring to the law and order situation in the state, the chief minister said "rule of law is prevailing and will continue so." "Everybody have been told in clear cut terms that rule of law is prevailing and law will take its own course," he New Delhi, JaNuary 31 violation of Article 14 (right to leged commission of crime by said apparently referring to involvement of some people them is heinous in nature. It connected with coalition parties in law breaking.

(PTi): A plea has been moved equality) of the Constitution.

It challenges section 15 of further said that the amendin the Supreme Court chalB aNgkok, JaNuary 31 declared government priorities.

“The government has been lenging the constitutional va- the new Act which says in case ment goes against the letter (ageNcieS): India faces serious challenges in implementing univer- snowed under with the comments lidity of the recently-passed of a heinous offence alleged and spirit of The UN Convensal health coverage policies because they received on the draft. It will take juvenile law that allows delin- to have been committed by a tion on the Rights of the Child of a “serious knowledge gap” among some time,” said another senior of- quent minors of 16 years of age child, who has completed or is and is against the protection acpolicy-makers and a “general un- ficial attending the summit, on the and above to be tried as adults above the age of 16 years, the corded to Child and adolescent New Delhi, JaNuary 31 (iaNS): A 25-year-old willingness for change”, Rakesh Sriv- condition of anonymity. The gov- if they commit heinous offenc- Juvenile Justice Board shall criminals since 1800s. man has been arrested here for cheating over 100 people On January 4, the Presiconduct a preliminary inquiry es like rape and murder. astava, former Director-General of ernment spending on health system The Juvenile Justice (Care to determine whether a juve- dent accorded his assent to by withdrawing money from their accounts on the pretext currently is 1.04 per cent of the GDP, Health Service, says.

At a session on “Enabling better while the national health policy aims and Protection of Children) nile offender is to be sent for re- the Juvenile Justice (Care and of helping them use ATM booths, police said on Sunday. decisions for better health: embed- at taking it up to 2.5 per cent by the Act, 2015, cleared in the winter habilitation or be tried as adult. Protection of Children) Act, The accused, identified as Imran, a resident of Palwal in The plea said the impugned 2015 which also allows that Haryana, formed a gang of fellow villagers. ding fair & systematic processes into end of the 12th Five-Year Plan. “In- session of Parliament, repeals Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Ravinamended Act is "draconian and any 16-18-year-old who comand recasts the old Act. The priority setting for universal health cluding the private sector, nearly dra Yadav said the gang adopted different modus operanmits a less serious offence may unconstitutional" which inPIL, filed by Congress leader 4.1 per cent of the GDP is spent on coverage” here, Mr. Srivastava said di, depending on the situation, and targeted only those be tried as an adult only if he is stead of providing care and proand activist Tahseen Poonthe priority-setting exercise in India health sector. This spending needs ATMs where no security guard was deployed. apprehended after the age of tection to children deems them awalla, said that the new law is was based on consultation with ex- to be streamlined in such a manner Imran and his associates cheated over a hundred peoperts and not evidence, adding to the that we can use the money in the best unreasonable, arbitrary and in as adult in cases where the al- 21 years. ple at different ATMs in Delhi and the National Capital challenges of reaching the target of possible way,” Mr. Srivastava said.

Region, the officer said. A former milkman, Imran was Under the Sustainable Developuniversal health care. arrested from Mahipalpur in south Delhi on a tip off on “Priority setting exercise has been ment Goals (SDGs), India has signed Students Saturday. A hunt is on to nab the other gang members practised from the very beginning up to revamp the country’s weak artistes -- Waris, Irshad, Khalid, Murslin, Mobin, Mubarik, Wamaking a but it is not on the basis of scientific health system to keep pace with the sim, Salim, Shahid, Mustkim, Sahabuddin, Hamid, Isha, clay modresearch and evidence, but through a global movement towards universal Kallu, Jamshed and Asif. el of the consultative process. In addition, there health coverage. Broadly speaking, research Imran and Asif were recently arrested by Haryana Pois a serious knowledge gap among pol- the goal of universal coverage is conscholar lice in a similar case. He has disclosed his involvement icy-makers and a general unwilling- sidered achieved when citizens can Rohith in more than a hundred cheating cases, said the officer. ness for change. Further, when we do access quality and affordable healthVemula, "One gang member would enter the ATM booth on the who comdevelop policies, there is a fight over care services without being pushed pretext of extending help to the victim to withdraw monmitted into poverty by what is called as ‘cataownership,” Mr. Srivastava said. suicide ey. He would stand close to the ATM. As soon as the ATM While the Indian government, strophic healthcare expenditures.’ earuser entered the amount to be withdrawn, the accused The discussion took place as part on paper, has agreed to the vision lier this diverted his attention and pressed the 'clear' button, due of universal health care under Modi of the Prince Mahidol Award Confermonth at to which no money came out. government’s National Health As- ence, an annual event that brings toHyder"In the meantime, another member of the gang abad Unisurance Mission (NHAM), details gether leaders in public health and would enter the ATM booth claiming that the ATM was versity in stakeholders from across the global of the policy remain unclear. A draft Hydernot working. Believing them, the customer would leave of India’s National Health Policy has to propose solutions to challenges in abad. without cancelling the transaction, and the gang membeen in the public domain for com- the health sector. The theme for this (PTI bers succeeded in withdrawing the amount from that acments for over a year but is yet to be year’s conference was ‘priority setPhoto) count," the officer said. adopted as the definitive road map of ting for universal health coverage.’

‘Knowledge gap blocking Plea filed in SC against new central law on juvenile universal health coverage’

Man held for cheating over 100 ATM users

Scientists unlocking betel leaf's health secrets kolkaTa, JaNuary 31 (iaNS): The next time you hear the words "Meetha patta" or "Madrasi patta", don't ignore the humble heart-shaped popular mouth-freshener. Paan or betel leaf could provide the key to unlock an arsenal of anti-inflammatory drugs, claim Indian researchers. Scientists at University of Calcutta and Indian Institute of Chemical Biology here have examined nine varieties of betel leaf and identified the ones that can reduce inflammation.

A part of India's food culture, ayurvedic texts have mentioned the medicinal properties and therapeutic effects of betel leaf. "Usually people generalise paan as one variety and don't know that some varieties could be causing them harm in the long run," Ena Ray Banerjee of the university's Immunology and Regenerative Medicine Research Laboratory told IANS. "Among the nine varieties, five showed anti-inflammatory properties, one showed the tendency to cause inflammation and three didn't show significant anti-inflammatory activity," Banerjee said on the sidelines of the "Frontiers in Translational and Regenerative Biology" conference on Sunday.

The findings were presented at the conference and, according to Banerjee, will pave the way for the "possible development of new class of anti-inflammatory drugs".

Inflammation, such as pain, soreness or swellings, are important immune responses and several naturally occurring products as leafy greens have the power to curb inflammation and prevent diseases.

Banerjee said the study also links environmental influence to the anti-inflammatory attributes of paan. "The soil and nutrient conditions, climate and farming profile impacts the kind of functional role the leaves have," Banerjee said, adding that focused biodiversity conservation policies should be a major thrust area.

J&K govt formation: Mehbooba Mufti to take call after BJP ‘convinces’ her SriNagar, JaNuary 31 (PTi): PDP on Sunday kept the guessing game on over the government formation in Jammu and Kashmir even as its chief Mehbooba Mufti met senior leaders and made it clear that she will decide only after being “convinced” that BJP will take the objective of the alliance to its logical conclusion.

The party, however, termed as “presumption” whether fresh elections could be called in the state which is under Governor’s Rule since January 8, imposed a day after then Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away.

Mehbooba, who is seen as the successor to her late father as Chief Minister, held four-hour long meeting with party leaders, who included MPs, MLAs, zonal presidents and block presidents, on the issue of government formation and “how to take forward Mufti’s vision of peace and development.”

One MP Tariq Karra, who has openly been opposing alliance with BJP, was not present in the meeting. The government formation is not stuck but “it’s a process that will carry on”, party leader

Naeem Akhtar said.

Giving details of the meeting, he said Mehbooba, who has already been authorized by the party to take a decision on government formation, told the meeting that she is “ready to take a call on it once she is convinced that the purpose and the objective of the alliance that Mufti had forged with Prime Minister Narendra Modi” would be taken to its logical conclusion.

The PDP chief said the “purpose of that (alliance) was not limited to government formation, but it was to take Jammu and Kashmir out of the trouble that it has faced for most part of its history”.

For Mufti, the alliance was based on “trust and belief that it will translate into real relief for the people of the state which ultimately would also serve the national interest and also bring peace into the sub-continent between India and Pakistan,” Mehbooba told the meeting held at her residence.

“That is why he (Mufti) always spoke about Indo-Pak relations even on his death bed and the other things which include the economic side of it so that the

state is taken out of its problems,” Akhtar said.

PDP would take no time to form the government with BJP “once we believe that the country believes in us, they repose their trust in us and we can carry forward the agenda which has a strong political side to it, which has the economic side to it and we are able to carry that forward, we will not take time (to form government),” Akhtar said.

“Mehbooba will take a call on this once she is sure that we can purposefully carry forward that agenda,” he said.

PDP, with 27 MLAs in the 87-member Assembly and BJP with 25 legislators, ran a coalition government headed by Mufti Sayeed for 10 months before his demise on January 7.

Akhtar said PDP was not demanding anything from the BJP or the Centre as they are aware of the problems of the state.

“We are not demanding anything. They know where the implementation is needed and government of India, the BJP, is more aware of the problems of Jammu and Kashmir than we are,” he said.

“Jammu and Kashmir is not

our monopoly. It is the problem of entire country and the government of India knows what to do and how to do about it,” Akhtar said.

Responding to questions, he said, “Mehbooba will take a call, surely, on the basis of ‘Agenda of Alliance’ once she is convinced and the party is convinced that the trust reposed by us in the entire country through that document (Agenda for Alliance) is reciprocated.”

The PDP leader said “the people of Jammu and Kashmir and the government that comes into being in the state” should be “worthy of that trust and they (should) think the government of India, the people of India trust us with our destinies and the Agenda that has been set by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in alliance with the other party can be carried forward to its logical conclusion.”

He said the purpose of alliance with the BJP was not just to form the government but to carry forward the agenda set by the late chief minister.

“The purpose of alliance was not just to form the government.

It was beyond that and the government formation was only

a component of that,” the PDP leader said.

The PDP leader said though he was not authorized to say anything about the issues or whether any BJP leader was formally in touch with the party leadership, “there are issues which the government of India, the BJP, is aware of. And those issues are not confined to government formation.”

He said, “it is not about courtesies or personal conduct but about the issues that we feel are necessary to be addressed for the betterment of the people of the state and the primary need of reposing trust in the people of the state. The issues are known to everybody.”

Akhtar said the basic aim of the today’s meeting was to discuss the party affairs and the how to take forward Mufti’s vision of peace and development.

“This was the agenda, but there was a talk about government formation as well and it became inevitable to discuss that in view of the ideas and views expressed by various leaders,” he said.

Asked whether the party was preparing for fresh elections, Akhtar said “we have not said that. That is your presumption.”

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America’s angry voters divvied up by Trump & Sanders WASHINGTON, JANUARY 31 (REUTERS): The 2016 election is shaping up to be the year of angry voters, the disgruntled Americans shaking up the establishment by fueling the presidential campaigns of two very different candidates - billionaire businessman Donald Trump and self-declared socialist Bernie Sanders.

Some 73 percent of voters likely to head to the polls in November’s election say they think the United States is on the wrong track, and these disaffected people make up a majority of the support bases for both Republican candidate Trump and Democratic hopeful Sanders - 87% and 54 percent, respectively, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Both candidates were seen as long shots against brand name rivals like Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton a few months ago, but have seen their popularity surge as the election race starts in earnest with the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1. They are likely to do well in Iowa, but even if they lose, the fervor they’ve whipped up has upended the race and maybe even American politics.

So who are the angry Americans? They deviate from the population in key ways: they are whiter, poor-

Bernie Sanders

Donald Trump

er and less educated. They are less likely to support a candidate who has been involved in politics. And regardless of party, they have deep distrust for Clinton after her more than two decades in the public eye.

Where the camps differ is in identifying the root of America’s ills, with supporters of Sanders pointing to income inequality and health care as the top problems, and those backing Trump putting the blame on immi-

grants and foreign terrorists, according to the poll.

Pundits have been quick to define the economy as the source of the voter anger feeding the Trump and Sanders campaigns. In a post-recession world, the middle class still struggles with stagnant wages and a weak job market. But a close look at the polls, and interviews with prospective voters, show concerns go well beyond economic indicators.

Here in Iowa, the December jobs report issued Tuesday found just 3.4 percent unemployment – far below the national average and still on the decline.

“Now Hiring” signs are ubiquitous across the state.

Asked to select the top issue for the next president in the first 100 days of the new administration, 24 percent of voters nationwide who said the country was on the wrong track picked immigration -

making it the most popular choice by that group.

Only 10 percent of those who think the nation is on the right track selected immigration, making it the fifth most popular choice for that group, according to the poll. “Wrong track” voters were also more likely to say terrorism and the economy were concerns.

tion platform that includes building a wall and deporting millions of undocumented immigrants. And his insistence that he could negotiate better trade deals provides a strong appeal to those concerned about disappearing jobs in a global economy.

On Tuesday night in Iowa City, Trump’s rally drew both supporters and ANGRY AND LOVING IT opponents. Eight times Trump has built his the event was interrupted campaign on an immigra- by protesters, who were

forced out of the packed gymnasium and heckled by the raucous crowd.

Jim Schmidt, 48, of Johnson County, Iowa, was among the angry. His 11-year-old son wore a button proclaiming “Bomb the shit out of ISIS. The child watched as protesters were ejected from the event, cheering and waving his hand in support.

“I’m angry but I love it and enjoy it,” Schmidt said afterward. He’s back-

ing Trump for his business experience and ability to bring about change.

Where Trump’s angry voters have been on display at rallies, the intensity around Sanders has manifested itself online - dominating message boards and comment sections. A liberal radio host in Oregon, Carl Wolfson, announced last month he was ending his show in part because of the vitriol coming from Sanders supporters. His Facebook post on the topic was then inundated with angry responses.

Sanders is resonating among angry voters by focusing on income inequality, and promising to deliver universal health care and free college education.

Meghan Metier, 22, of Iowa City said the Affordable Care Act - President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare reform - has allowed some of her friends to access Medicaid. But to keep it, she added, they have to be certain their income doesn’t exceed the poverty level, so they stay barely employed.

For her the system is broken and Sanders is the only candidate who appears ready to fix it. “He’s a more reliable progressive,” she said, comparing him to Clinton.

UN tells African leaders not to “cling to power” How rats respond to fear can fix stress disorder in humans

United Nations (U.N.) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the opening ceremony of the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the AU headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa on January 30. (REUTERS Photo)

ADDIS ABABA, JANUARY 31 (REUTERS): U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told African leaders on Saturday they should not use legal loopholes or undemocratic constitutional changes to “cling to power”, and that they should respect term limits.

Ban was addressing a twoday summit the African Union, a group of 54 states where several leaders have been in power for decades, some have changed constitutions so they can stay on and others are accused of seeking to remove limits.

The debate about term limits has gained momentum after triggering unrest in places such as Burundi and Congo Repub-

lic.

“Leaders should never use undemocratic constitutional changes and legal loopholes to cling to power. We have all seen the tragic consequences when they do,” Ban told the gathered presidents, including Zimbabwe’s veteran leader Robert Mugabe.

It echoed remarks made by U.S. President Barack Obama in the same AU hall on a trip to Ethiopia in July.

Mugabe, who turns 91 in February and the only leader Zimbabweans have known since 1980, made one of his regular swipes at Western powers who he accuses of still harbouring colonial ambitions and of monopolising power at

the United Nations.

“Do we allow that group to continue ... to harass us even in our independent countries,” Mugabe asked after Ban had spoken.

One of the top items on this summit’s agenda is the crisis in Burundi, where violence erupted after President Pierre Nkurunziza announced his bid for a third term that opponents said was illegal. He won a disputed election in July.

Supporters cite a court ruling that said he could run.

In neighbouring Rwanda, a constitutional change approved in a referendum means President Paul Kagame, who has been in office since 2000 and effectively in power far longer, can now run again in 2017 and could stay on until 2034 if he wishes.

Western powers criticised Kagame for not stepping aside, saying he should set an example.

Uganda’s Western allies have said President Yoweri Museveni, bidding for another term in a February vote after three decades in office, should consider quitting although the Ugandan constitution does not set any term limits.

“Leaders must protect their people, not themselves,” Ban said. “I commend those leaders who committed to stepping aside and respect constitutional term limits.”

Tanzania’s Jakaya Kikwete left office after a maximum two terms last year. However, the candidate of Kikwete’s CCM party that been in power for more than half a century won the vote.

NEW YORk, JANUARY 31 (IANS): Female rats often respond to fear by “darting” where they start running around like crazy when they sense threat, new research has found, suggesting that the findings could lead to better treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in humans.

Till now it had been thought that in response to fear rats freeze in their tracks. That has been the consensus among scientists since 1899, when experi-

mental psychologist Willard Stanton Small first noted the behaviour, the study said.

The new study suggests that response to fear may not be uniform among rats and that behaviour of male and female rats may differ.

In the study published in the online journal eLife, the researchers found that darting rats were more successful at integrating a process that suppressed the fear response.

“If we can harness whatev-

er is going on when an animal becomes a darter, we could try to apply that to treatments in humans,” said lead researcher Rebecca Shansky, assistant professor of psychology at the Northeastern University in Boston, US. The researchers stumbled across the findings while performing a common behavioural test called “fear conditioning” in an effort to see how individual males and females differed in their fear responses, and to

explore what brain changes related to those differences.

The test involved teaching the animals to associate a tone with a foot shock, and then -with a video camera connected to a computer -- measuring the duration of their reaction as the training proceeded.

The researchers found that while some rats exhibited freezing, scores of the female rats not only did not freeze at the sound of the tone, they darted hither and yon, as if looking for an exit.

Suu Kyi allies to form Myanmar ruling party NAYPYITAW, JANUARY 31 (REUTERS): After decades of struggle, hundreds of lawmakers from Aung San Suu Kyi’s camp will form Myanmar’s ruling party on Monday, with enough seats in parliament to choose the first democratically elected government since the military took power in 1962.

The National League for Democracy (NLD) won some 80 percent of elected seats in November’s historic vote, but the junta-drafted constitution means it will have to share power with the army that for years has suppressed, often brutally, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and her allies. The first sitting of the NLD-dominated parliament is another step in Myanmar’s drawn-out transition which started with the election and will go on until the NLD government officially starts its term in April.

“We are likely to announce the president in the second week

of February,” said Win Htein, a senior member of the party.

Other NLD officials said the presidential nomination process may begin towards the end of the month.

This week, the party will focus on appointing parliamentary speakers, who were announced last week. It will also prepare for the start of state and regional assemblies on Feb.8, some in places dominated by large ethnic minorities such as Shan State in the east or Rakhine in the west. Each of the parliament’s two chambers will appoint its presidential candidate and the military officials who hold a quarter of seats will put forward their nominee. Combined chambers will then vote on the candidates. The winner will become president. The other two will serve as vice presidents.

Expectations are towering for Suu Kyi, who spent 15 years under house arrest af-

ter the NLD swept to power in 1990 but was barred from taking office, and is regarded with an almost religious-like zeal in the Southeast Asian nation.

Myanmar’s 51.5 million people expect the NLD to quickly fix everything from bringing peace to fracted ethnic states to stopping the abuse of the Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine by the Buddhist majority. “They (people) hope that every problem will be solved automatically after the NLD becomes the government, FDI will come in,” said Shwe Mann, the outgoing speaker of parliament who is close to Suu Kyi, referring to foreign investment.

But under the 2008 constitution, Suu Kyi is barred from becoming president because her children are not Myanmar citizens. She has given no indication as to who will take over from outgoing President Thein Sein and the NLD has no clear number two.

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi gives a speech during talks between the government, army and representatives of ethnic armed groups over a ceasefire to end insurgencies, in Naypyitaw on January 12. (REUTERS Photo)

Syrian rebel splits deepen after failed ‘merger’ with al Qaeda arm BEIRUT, JANUARY 31 (REUTERS): The leader of al Qaeda’s Syrian wing tried unsuccessfully at a recent meeting to convince rival Islamist factions to merge into one unit, several insurgency sources have told Reuters.

Abu Mohamad alGolani, head of the Nusra Front, even suggested he was willing to change the name of his group if the others, including the powerful Ahrar al-Sham organisation, agreed to the deal, the sources said.

But he made clear that Nusra would not cut its ties with al Qaeda, and its allegiance would remain to Ayman al-Zawahri, who took over as leader after U.S. Navy SEALS killed Osama bin Laden in 2011.

Much was riding on the outcome of the meeting, which the sources said took

place about 10 days ago.

Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham are the most powerful groups in northern Syria: when they briefly teamed up with other Islamists last year in an alliance called the Fatah Army, the rebels scored one of their biggest victories by seizing the city of Idlib.

Some rebels believed a merger would create a stronger rival to Islamic State and might attract much-needed military support and recognition from regional and international powers.

But the leaders left without an agreement, and the sources said the atmosphere was tense, with Nusra blaming Ahrar alSham for the failure.

A few days later, members of the two groups clashed in the towns of Salqin and Harem in Idlib

province, near the border with Turkey. Several fighters were killed on both sides, but other insurgent groups brokered a quick ceasefire.

Jihadi sources, including some from Ahrar al-Sham, say it is only a matter of time before another battle between the two erupts.

They say the rift between them is getting deeper, although mediation continues. One restraining factor has been an imminent assault by the Syrian army and its allied forces in northwestern Syria.

“The situation is charged, the failure of initiatives could cause an explosion,” said a jihadi in Idlib who is close to the two groups. “What happened just avoided all-out conflict, all-out battle. But it will be hard to tell what will happen in the future.”

Outright war between Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham would still further complicate the five-year Syrian conflict, in which rebel groups are mushrooming under different slogans and sometimes fighting each other.

A delegation from Syria’s main opposition group, the Saudi-backed Higher Negotiation Committee (HNC), arrived in Geneva on Saturday to join United Nations-mediated peace talks, demanding President Bashar al-Assad’s government be made to comply with a U.N. resolution on humanitarian aid and human rights.

Nusra and Islamic State - designated as terrorists by the U.N. - have been excluded from the Geneva talks, the first attempt in two years to end a war that has killed a quarter of

a million people. Ahrar alSham, which presents itself as a Syrian nationalist force in contrast to al Qaeda’s global jihadist ideology, recently joined the HNC but Russia opposes its participation in the talks.

LACK OF TRUST Distrust between Nusra and Ahrar is mutual. Nusra accuses its Islamist rival of being a front for Turkey, addressing not the “interests of Muslims” but the agenda of Ankara in order to be part of a future political deal to rule Syria.

Ahrar and other groups are pushing Nusra to cut its ties with al Qaeda as a step towards becoming more fully engaged in the struggle against Assad.

“The problem is with the Qaeda link and its ideological implications. Nusra insists on its agenda, it

doesn’t want to manoeuvre at all,” said a frustrated Ahrar commander, accusing it of “damaging the revolution”.

In the first few weeks after last year’s capture of Idlib, the two groups divided responsibilities and territory without problems.

But gradually divisions began to surface, as Ahrar and other insurgents became wary of Nusra and accused it of trying to seize power and sidelining them.

“Nusra cannot work with others, they have a dominating project, they do not accept the others,” said a fighter from Ahrar al-Sham in Idlib via the Internet.

Some insurgents are suspicious of Nusra’s longterm agenda in the region and globally, distrusting its declaration that it has no ambitions outside Leba-

non and Syria.

“This declared goal is an interim one. After it wins and establishes itself in Syria, they will move to the next step, which objects to the goal of the revolution,” said an Islamist rebel who is allied with Ahrar al-Sham.

“They will join the global jihad and this is against our revolution. Our revolution is limited to Syria.”

NO JEANS On the ground, Nusra imposes strict Islamic rules in villages and towns where it shares power. It has banned women from wearing make-up, showing their hair or wearing tight clothes like jeans, and applied a policy of segregation between the sexes. All these moves have served to assert its dominance, while provoking other groups.

“There is no group on

the ground that actually objects to having an Islamic government but the implementation and methods are different,” said another Islamist fighter from a group that is allied with Ahrar.

Highlighting the dilemma facing Syrian rebels, a local commander of an Islamist brigade that works closely with Ahrar al-Sham said: “It will be difficult for Nusra to disengage from Qaeda and it will be difficult for us to work with them. The situation is really difficult. Things are complicated and interlocked all together.” Asked how long the groups could avoid hostilities, an Ahrar al-Sham military commander said: “We can avoid fighting with Nusra for now.

For how long? That is a difficult question. Only God knows.”

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ith all of our Naga ancestors acclaimed fervour of bravery and courage, their marked virtues of honesty, trustworthy merits replication even in today’s relativistic world. What’s unfolding before us today is a rapid disappearance of our social and personal virtues that govern an upright human being. There is buzzing voices of disappointments, anger, dissents in social media spaces by conscious community against political leaders, bureaucrats and people who are at the helm of affairs failing to perform their duties responsibly. There seem to be complete breakdown of our social and personal ethics, finding no moral anchor points everything appears bleak as if that is all there is to it! As depressing and painful it is our leaders have failed us miserably in every sense of the term. There is an acute dearth of leadership with deep commitment to stand for voiceless; conscientious towards downtrodden; courage to fight for truth despite foreseen eventuality.

Never in the history of Nagas did class system exist. Yes, granted that no society remain stagnant but visibly there is disturbing scene of widening gap between rich and poor in our Naga society.

We have landed into materialist culture, knocking ourselves senseless with consumerist lifestyles.

Whereas, somewhere in remote reaches, our own people are languishing in abject living condition devoid of even the basic modern amenities! Our so called more goods and capital accumulation, the happier and more civilised we become philosophy is increasingly adding more miseries than good to certain sections of our society. So where does all these funnel down to? Who shall bear the responsibility for such an afflictions?!

Shall we again resort to tradition of hurling blame against each other?! Do we not feel the urgency to reason together – take a step further beyond the horizon and glean where we have gone wrong?

The evils of corruption is so real, chilling and complex, it only add more conundrum on closer examination. However, it all funnels down to our deep-seated moral depravity. Our modern progress and development seem to be the morass of corruption and callous life style. Corruptions in our Naga society has apparently seeped into every cog and wheels of the system, extremely difficult to trace where the trail ends and begins. In the context of present malaise, we need to reorient our intellectual rigour to look beyond the surface level manifestations and try to investigate how our foundation is being laid. Here, particularly referring to gamut of our educational system in state.

Supposedly, the role of education is to shape and mould a person’s character and instil the values of; persistence, curiosity, conscientious-

ness, optimism and self-control besides building cognitive skills. How is our education system like in past and present? Does our educational institution instil equal essence of both cognitive and non-cognitive skills and abilities? With rapid growth and progress of our society, it is seen to be all the more imperative to provide due importance to non-cognitive abilities (conscientiousness, character building, working ethics, encouraging creativity, risk-taking, generosity, integrity, patience and perseverance). Without all of these qualities, education would be nothing more than a mere manufacturing of robotic, automation human being! Howard Gardner, a Harvard psychologist, in his theory of Multiple Intelligence, posited that IQ (intelligent quotient) is an inadequate measure of human ability and intelligence. Exam results and high scores alone do not constitute the essence of education, rather there are multifaceted aspects tied to it. Besides, honing our cognitive skills and abilities our education must essentially make us better human being. As Dr. Bronowski, a British mathematician, biologist and science historian aptly put it, “the acquisition of knowledge entails a responsibility for the integrity of what we are as ethical creatures”.

Overwhelming number of people pursue education with a dream of making big money, to climb a ladder of elite, affluent, opulent life.

If material accumulation and luxury living takes the front seat in our pursuit for knowledge, there then is no doubt the values of ethics and morality lay buried deep within the overpowering desires of selfish pursuits. Can’t help but think of such powerful lines from King Crimson song which proclaims, “knowledge is a deadly friend when no one sets the rules the fate of all mankind I see is in the hands of fools”. Our leaders holding high positions in government offices began their journey from simple alphabets and arithmetic.

They once were students in school, college and universities. Perhaps one can surmise that their education failed to imbibe in them the values of integrity, honesty and sense of responsibility.

Rational and capable as we humans are, it is not impossible to reshape our future in retrospection from the lapses and mistakes. Therefore, the need of the hour in our education system is to revamp our curriculum that can provide students from tender stage, a strong moral and ethical grounding. Our current curriculum should be design in such a manner that would pave the way for a process as what Massimo Vignelli puts, an intellectual elegance, “a mind that is continually refining itself with education and knowledge”.

Tsilise Anar MA in Ecology Environment and Sustainable Development, Guwahati.

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Nagamese as an official language of Nagaland is a serious issue

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t is surprise to hear over the proposal of the government of India to promote Nagames as an official language of Nagaland. We do not know exactly, how Nagamese was developed in Nagaland. But it is learnt that it was developed for the purpose of trade and commerce between the people of plains and the Nagas. Today, Nagamese is very important in Nagaland for communicating among the people of Nagaland. It is used even in the Church, it cannot be stopped, so let it be dwelled in Nagaland as communicating language. But it cannot be an official language of Nagaland. Because. Nagamese is a collection of many regional languages of India, such as Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, English and many other dialects and it has no proper grammar.

Though English has been made up of several countries languages such as Latin, Portugal Greek, German, Italy, France, India, AngloSaxon etc, but it is an international language and it can be communicated to the people of the World. But Nagamese is a mixture of Assamese, Bengali, and many regional languages of India, and we don`t find even a single word of the Nagas in it, and it can be used within Nagaland only as a communicating language, and according to my speculation one day it will dominate original dialects of the Nagas, for which, Nagamese as an official language of Nagaland is a serious issue.

We should know this. (1) Why do we need to learn English? We need to learn English because it is an international language. (2) Why do we need to learn Hindi? We need to learn Hindi because it is our National Language.

(3) Why do we need to learn Nagamese? We need to learn Nagamese because it is a communicating language of Nagaland. (4).Why do we need to learn our mother tongue? We need to learn our mother tongue because it is our identity. Therefore, Nagamese is just a communicating language of the people of Nagaland; it is not our mother tongue. It is not our identity; Therefore, Nagas need to think seriously over this issue. It is not easy to accept the proposal of the government of India to promote Nagamese as an official language of Nagaland. It is hoped that the government of India would look into this matter and respect the sentiment of the Naga people and cancel the proposal to promote Nagamese as an official language of Nagaland.

P. Inaho Yeptho, Pastor of Nikiqhe Village.

Imparting quality education is a self contradictory and up hill task

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plethora of education commissions and committees have been set up from time to time to look into the problems in the system of education, a great number of experiments in the process of education have been taken, but the real needs of the people and the country have not been fulfilled so far.

It requires mention that according to 7th All India Survey Report, less than half of India's children between the age of 6 to 14 go to school, over one-third of all children who enroll in school never reach grade 8, at least 35 million children aged 6-14 years do not attend school, 53 percent of girls in the age group of 5-19 years are illiterate. This presents a grim picture.

To encounter this, many schemes havebeenlaunchedincludinganumber of development programmes in the rural areas by the government in the Eleventh Five Year Plan to eradicate illiteracy. Moreover, the present education policy also only ensures that students attend classes regularly, more and more children get admitted and there be less drop-outs. In order to ensure regular attendances, the government has introduced several measures such as mid-day meals

Book Review

ENCOUNTERING LIFE –Antics of a Govt Servant Author: Khekiye K Sema Publisher: Heritage Publishing House Price: Rs 500 Available at: Signet Bookstore (Dimapur), Crossword (Kohima), Connect Bookstall (Mokokchung) ‘Encountering Life – Antics of a Govt Servant’, the autobiography of Khekiye K Sema is simply overwhelming and inspiring. It has all the elements of a good book: lucid writings, vivid narrations of humorous incidents, and the ability to make the reader feel at one with the author. And the best part being the author’s ability to make the reader feel as if he is sitting opposite to you and narrating life story orally.

It is simply amazing to read about the life of Khekiye K Sema who is his book ‘Encountering Life’ lays bare his adventurous life starting off as a young NCS officer to retire as a Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Nagaland. The real story takes off from Part-II ‘…Antics of a Naga Civil Servant’; but the Part-I is also equally important because it deals with the making of an astute Naga civil servant in the person of Khekiye K Sema, as he poignantly recounts his early childhood, school and college days. The lessons he learnt and also the funny incidents that happened along the why while he was still studying.

His book narrates the good and the bad days as he served the Nagaland Government for more than three decades in different capacities, being transferred for 25 times in 31 years of service. He had served in almost all the corners of Nagaland during the worst of times; at times confronting with the seniors and the all powerful ministers; at times with the general public (the land owners, villagers etc), and at times, dealing with the Naga Political groups and even confronting them physically. The book has it all. The author takes the reader on a rare walk into the shadowy world of bureaucratic red-tapeism, of corruption and political victimization of unlucky bureaucrats and officers.

At one point the authors confesses - “Perhaps everyone presumes that the life of a senior bureaucrat would be a bed of roses. In my case, it was more a bed of thorns minus the roses” – when he was being transferred as the Deputy Commissioner of Wokha while serving as a Secretary to the Government of Nagaland.

Those lines would perhaps summarize his exasperation at the functioning of the Nagaland Government. But, it would be utterly wrong to think of Mr Khekiye K

and no failures upto class 8. Obviousvaried and linked with unemploy- 7. It is imperative to do away with ly, here the stress is on the quantity of ment, under-employment, low the conventional system, to students in school, not the quality. levels of productivity, sever demoplan out a radical changed eduSimultaneously, there is an uproar graphic pressure and illiteracy. cational pattern in recent years from academics, leaders and thinkers 4. It is essential that qualitative and to follow a diversification stressing on imparting quality educaand quantitative education of educational curriculum after tion and promotion of skill developshould go together in uniformithe junior high school stage or ment which is the crying need of the ty throughout the country but it elementary education. hour. According to them, technical is hardly feasible.

8. In order to fulfill the criteria, and vocational education if imparted 5. 'Value Education' component we need qualified teachers t’s almost 145 years since Christianon an extensive scale to the youth of in the curriculum have not been equipped with relevant skills ity has touched this land. The statisour country, will not only make our still introduced. Our education and competencies to find out tic shows that 90.02% are professing masses self-sufficient and raise the system had hardly changed and the inclination and ability of Christians which in term of religious standard of living but also will solve to there is hardly any vocational oriyoung children and to respond influence is far reached. But the inward rea large extent the problem of growing entation explored in the system. to the needs and expectations ality of this outward percentage might be unemployment which our country is 6. There is a clear demarcation accordingly. I feel reluctant to totally poles apart. One Naga theological currently facing. found between the rich and the comment here that such kind of teacher assessed that the genuine ChrisBut there are certain compoor in respect of education. qualified teachers are few and tians may not even come up to 30% (which mon factors, not far to seek, which The children of the rich read in far between at present. is quite critical in opinion but there may be hindrance in the path of fast apprivate schools with good infraIn conclusion it may be stated some hint of truth in that). Our Christianproaching towards so called qualstructure and teaching environ- that Indian educational scene to- ity appears to be more like Churchianity. ity education. They are:ment, big building, laboratories, day presents a picture of bewil- It’s the religionbut the absence of real re1. Problems start when an agrarlibraries, playgrounds and oth- dering contradictions in the fast pentance. John 3:16, we know and believe ian society skips the intervener amenities, but the poor send changing scenario. However, there it. Praise God! I’m a Christian! What more? ing phase of industrialization their children to ill-equipped is no denying the fact that educa- I’m not a legalist, you know! I’m neither a and tries to jump straight into village schools where there is a tion should be modernized for the Pharisee, I pay my tithe regularly and of the Information Age. common lack of interest in the survival of our teeming millions. course, what more evidence does a per2. We have to pursue and cannot teaching-learning process also. Man, no doubt, does not live by son have to demonstrate to show that he/ neglect the idea of integrated deObviously, the children belong- bread alone, but he must have his she is a genuine Christian? What demonvelopment in which economic, ing to the high-class get an im- belly full before he can indulge in strations are we conversing here? Nothing educational, social and cultural proved or a good quality of edu- the more exalted pursuits of art, lit- but Churchianity! We’re good at putting on factors are commonly linked and cation. On the other hand, the erature and philosophy. shows and outfits. Am I not a Christian? I contributed towards progress poor have to be contented with S. Ghose don’t drink or smoke. I’m a nice, religious 3. The dimension of rural poverty is the poor standards.

Landmark Colony, Dimapur fellow. I’m rich and healthy! No sickness has touched my body; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing. We’re dignified people and well-educated. Don’t you see the signs of God’s providence in our huge mansions, cars, and branded slave. Use your weapons to maintain law and apparels? Is this not the real Christianity e claimed to be Christians but faithful to your vocation. Serve people with order but not to create disorderliness by ha- the Western prosperity preachers preach we often exhibit unchristian life. humility. rassing and killing the innocents. Guard in about? But hey! Really, does that not sound Christians are followers of Jesus • When you become lawyers, as Christians, thank God for giving you platform to raise your check post for disciplining those black more like Churchianity? No, we’re comChrist but we tend to forget that voice and defend the helpless. Stand for the marketers but not for extortion. through Christ, God became flesh and became fortable and satisfied while God is tired of cause of the weak, the orphans and the wid- • When you become contractors or engineers, our religion without hands reaching out. part and parcel of our daily life. We made Jeows. Do not frame poor people to get money as Christians, do not draw the whole bill be- Frankly, our cry is for real Christianity not sus Christ relevant to our prayers and worshipor gain favour from the rich and powerful. fore you complete the work. The quality of institutional big-mouthed Churchianity. ing life alone. We live different life inside and Stand for just cause and make this world a your work will reflect the kind of God you outside the Church as if God dwells only in the Somewhere along the way, we’ve lost beautiful place to live in. worship. church buildings. We speak one thing and do the bearing of Christianity. Lukewarmanother thing. We confessed to be born again • When you become a doctor, as Christians, • When you become rich traders/business- ness in the midst of a dying world marks think that you are working with God in savman, as Christians, do not cheat people by our Churchy politics. Having a form of Christians but ‘walk the talk’ is often missed ing life. Fear God and do not give different using unjust weigh or measurement. Serve godliness but denying its power would be out from our daily life. We know so much about treatment-one to the rich and another to people with gladness not just for profit.

Jesus but live out very little of him. Let us not a better term here. “O, don’t voice about the poor. Life is once for all and all lives are • When you become a renowned preacher, it. You’re equally guilty in here,” says a forget that Christians must demonstrate faith equally important. Talk politely to the pawriter or a professional singer, as Christians, Christian.“Be silent, brother! Because the in Christ through daily life. tients because they are sick mentally and thank God for the gift. Use them to glorify problem with us is not in the absence of • Therefore when you become rich, as Chrisphysically. They need comfort. Let others God. Do not become proud for pride has no knowing but that we’re unwilling to pay tians, be a cheerful giver even as Jesus sacrisee the goodness of Jesus in you. place in the service of God. ficed everything for you and me. Know that the price for what we know” says another.

Friends, God can be served only through O! But to remain a mute spectator makes all riches come from God. We did not bring • When you become political leaders, as Christians, thank God for giving you plat- loving and serving our fellow beings. Our voca- me feel equally guilty and sad. GK Chesanything to this earth. We came to this earth form to bring development to society. Be not tion (profession) may be small or great but let terton satirically points out; “the only good naked. Hoarding of material things is a cause anxious of getting fame or popularity. Do not us be faithful to it and demonstrate our faith in argument against Christianity are Chrisof hunger for millions of people. Accumulalive like a King and Queen. Never forget that action. Humility, loving, caring, forgiving and tians.” Or as E.M. Forster scornfully distion of wealth in the form of money or land you are elected by your people and you are serving others are the basic characters of Christ. misses it, “poor talkative little Christianor forest or fields beyond necessity is not a there for their welfare. Keep the door open If we do not have a pinch of Christ-like charac- ity,” will only be an epitaph of our Christian virtue of a good Christian. for all those who need your help. Resist the ter in us, then we are not worthy to be called believers if these outer paintings personify • When you get a handsome salaried job, as temptation of accepting bribe and giving job Christian. Wake up each new day to help others our faith. Now, don’t take me wrong, we’re Christians, do not be happy thinking of ownonly to your relatives and party members. but not seeking to extract from others. In this all on the same page. And the cynics would ing latest cars or luxurious buildings or getKeep aside party spirit but attend to the real way, exhibit a bit of Christianly life imitating Je- cry out, “aha! You’re right! That’s the reason ting the most eligible life partner. Rather be needs of the society. sus Christ and obtain abundant life, peace and why I hate Christians! They’re hypocrites, happy knowing that God is providing you an opportunity to serve people especially the • When you become an army/police officer, happiness. liars and a bunch of religious crooks!” as Christians, do not treat your juniors like a Z. K. Pahrü Pou, BTC, Pfutsero They would also quote Gandhi, “I like poor and illiterate people. Love your job. Be

Exhibit A Bit Of Christianly Life Everyday...

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Sema as a whiner. He takes all the challenges with a straight face, with courage and hope, and he triumphs at the end. He also narrates some unpleasant incidents with some prominent citizens in our society, who were his colleagues, superiors or acquaintances, which may compel you to ask after reading the book, “Really? Was he like that?”

Over and above, it is a fast book. Perhaps, it is the lucid writings, or the adventurous life that he has lived, or simply the narration of humorous incidents in between, that makes the 322 page book priced at Rs 500 worth every penny of it.

(Of course, I got the book as a gift from the Publisher – Heritage Publishing House, Dimapur – and that’s what makes the book more valuable for me.)

The book genuinely attests that Khekiye K Sumi – whom we came to know about through his hard-hitting articles published in the newspapers during the past years and his speeches at ACAUT rallies – is that bold former bureaucrat, that no-nonsense guy who even singlehandedly immobilized two extortionist who came to extort money at his office in 1994.

Justice HK Sema (former Judge, Supreme Court of India) has rightly recommended the book to the bureaucrats, administrator, political leader, public leader, NGO, academician and people of all walks of life.

I too would like to add that if Nagaland is to be efficiently administrated, and if the morale of the young enthusiastic upcoming bureaucrats are not to be discouraged, then the present senior bureaucrats and most importantly, the politicians especially the ministers and parliamentary secretaries should seriously read the book.

Besides, if the young upcoming bureaucrats truly aspire to bring a change in the Nagaland for which they have the power to do so, then they should read the book ‘Encountering Life’, and be inspired that nothing is impossible – let Khekiye K Sema tell you that through his autobiography.

Moreover, it would be good if the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) could also make it a point to make every newly appointed NCS trainee to read the book so that they get an insight into the past bureaucratic world of Nagaland and inspire them to make a difference like some of their retired seniors.

As for the public and book lovers, all I have to say is this: we don’t get to read such good books written by Naga authors every day. So what are you waiting for?

Longrangty Longchar

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Christ, but not you, Christians,” But wait!

Not so fast! You see, Gandhi’s statement was purely a hypocritical one because if Gandhi truly loves Christ, he would love Christians too. Respectfully let me say that Gandhi was not a true seeker of Christ. If indeed, he would look to Christand not the Christians.But let’s not argue about that here now.

It’s not startling at all to know that atheism, agnosticism and other secular worldviews are influencing our budding educated youth to a great extent. Maybe our Churchianity has not impressed the younger generation from following the Way. The pointer in the Church to Christ is too blurred by all outward traditions and the Biblical teachings are too hard for them to swallow. The Bible has becometo them just another set of religious ancient text that doesn’t make sense. There may arise some exceptions to the rule for which I do acknowledge.But you see truth that is not undergirded by love makes the truth obnoxious and the possessor of it repulsive, quoting Dr. Ravi Zacharias.

Our young people supposedly know better than others in the field of philosophy, science and technology and so set themselves free from the clutches of religious duties and obligations. But they’re not free from the worldly pleasures and indulgence, are they? They loved not the truth of God’s word. Although they know God’s righteous decree, they not only continue to practice all these evil deeds but also approve of those who practice them.Now, the practices of unrestraint promiscuity, addictions, abuses etc., are a direct emanation of suppressing the truth of God’s word and they ought to take this to heart.

For that reason, Christians should take God’s word soberly and obey it dearly. Being a Christian is more than our formal attires or outward requirements or hearing a well preparedsermon. It is more than organizing a show. Those are important and I do not understate them but the more important factors that define our Christianity are more profound. It is this. It is in touching the hurting with the love of Christ. It is in reaching the downcast with the message of joy and the prisoners with the message of freedom. It is in the emptying of one’s position, status and degrees to serve the undeserved.

It is in proclaiming the truth and living by its principles. It is in loving the unloved and setting forth a clear picture of Christ’s beauty and truth. Only then and then, will the fire of Christ’s passion light up the dead and bring life to dry bones in our land!

Vebu Khamo Kohima Bible College.

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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SAG awards: diversity is the night's winner in pointed counter to Oscars

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he Screen Actors Guild awards provided a counterbalance to the much-protested lack of ethnic diversity the Oscar nominations on Saturday as the actors union honoured four black actors: Idris Elba, who won two awards, Viola Davis, Uzo Aduba and Queen Latifah.

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to diverse TV,” said Elba, presenting an award after Davis’s win.

The British actor won outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role for Beasts of No Nation, and outstanding performance by a male actor in a TV movie or miniseries for Luther. Controversially, he has been overlooked entirely for the Oscars.

The top award went to Spotlight for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture, about the Boston Globe’s expose of a network of paedophile priests. Michael Keaton dedicated the award to “the disenfranchised everywhere, for every Flint, Michigan in the world, for the disadvantaged and the powerless”.

He added: “There’s fair and there’s unfair and I’m always going to vote for the good guys.”

However, the film’s rival for the best picture Oscar, The Big Short, is still the hot favourite, as it won the Producers Guild award – a reliable bellweather for the top prize at the Academy awards.

It was also a good night for British actors, with Downton Abbey winning

Four black actors including Idris Elba, who won twice, take home statues as Spotlight cast wins top prize and Leonardo DiCaprio continues likely march to first Oscar outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series. Meanwhile Australian Ruby Rose won as part of the Orange is the New Black ensemble, and Mad Max: Fury Road took home best performance by a stunt ensemble.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s trajectory to his first Oscar looks unassailable as the actor picked up the outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role for The Revenant, to add to the Golden Globe he won earlier this month.

On the red carpet, DiCaprio de-

scribed the film as “epic arthouse” and said that it was the kind of film he’d like to make more of – despite a famously gruelling shoot that saw the actor eating raw bison liver, an incident mocked by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey when presenting the lifetime achievement award to Carol Burnett.

“So you slept in a horse, and you ate bison liver, big whoop,” said Poehler. “Carol would have slept in that horse, worn it, done a song and a dance and made a much funnier face after eating something

very disgusting.”

The TV awards saw streaming sites dominate, with Netflix’s Orange is the New Black taking two awards and Jeffrey Tambor taking outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series for his lead role as a transgender woman in Amazon Prime’s Transparent.

Tambor dedicated his award to the transgender people who don’t have the wealth and privileges of his character, “for their operations, for their medicines, for their freedom”.

Winning outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series, Davis gave arguably the most stirring speech of the night, saying: “People are always saying, ‘Wow, Annalise is an anti-hero.

Don’t you worry she’s not likable?

Don’t you worry that she’s not a mentor?’ And I always think: ‘Why do I have to be a hero? Why do you have to like me? Why do I have to be a mentor?’ My job as an actor is to create a human being to the best of my ability. Flawed, messy, maybe not always likable. Maybe not cute. But it is my job and I do it to the best of my ability and I get so much joy out of being an actor.”

Meanwhile Alicia Vikander, who won outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role for The Danish Girl, thanked the trans community in her tearful acceptance speech, another indication of the respect for diversity that set this ceremony apart from the Oscars.

Arjun Kapoor REVEALS the reason behind doing Khatron Ke Khiladi 7!

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Zumba fitness/ Dance/ Martial Arts (February Batch) with Pawfnagaland will start on February 1. New Choreography for the month are Decimas- vallenato-pop/ cumbia, Candela PA’ lo pie - Merengue, Official Choreography - Zumba high by Francesca Maria, and Mi Gente Latin Dance by Amando and Heedy. For booking a trail or further information, call: +918258981322/ +918258981433/ +918258981400 or WhatsApp: +917838248074. Also, check out https://www.facebook.com/pawfnagaland or www.pawfnagaland.com.

ctor Arjun Kapoor, who made his small screen debut as a host of reality TV show “Khatron Ke Khiladi – Kabhi Peeda Kabhi Keeda”, says he has a “selfish motive” behind joining the television show.

“Maybe, people might like my work in TV and would love to watch my films in future. Maybe, after this, I can get more people to watch my films, so doing TV is a very selfish motive,” Arjun told reporters here.

The “Ishaqzaade” actor also said that he “doesn’t understand the economics and dynamics of TV”.”I am more of a cinema goer… As an actor I know TV provides you an opportunity to connect with so many people,” he added. “I am proud of Salman Khan – we all know he is doing really well. But TV is a medium where nobody can teach you, it’s all about your personality,” Arjun said.

He also spoke about the dif-

ferences between acting and hosting shows.

“With acting you can understand the process, but when it comes to hosting, there is no character, no dialogue or scripts. It’s pure improvisation and at the same time you have to

Val Chmerkovskiy sued for $6M after posting meme of Down Syndrome girl

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Brooklyn Beckham becomes Burberry Photographer

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rooklyn Beckham, the 16-year-old son of David and Victoria Beckham, has landed a job as a photographer for fashion house Burberry. Brooklyn has previously modelled for the brand and is said to be a keen photographer.

On Saturday the 16-year-old was out on the streets of London shooting for the brand’s new This Is Brit fragrance campaign.

Brooklyn revealed his new gig earlier this week on Instagram, writing: ‘Excited to photograph the @Burberry campaign tomorrow.

Watch it live on their Instagram & Snapchat.’

Speaking to The Mirror, a source said: “For Brooklyn to be hired by Burberry is a huge honour. He may be 16 but growing up in a house where his parents are influential in their fields has earned him a head on his shoulders far beyond his years.”

“It’s put a few people’s noses out of joint, but Burberry boss Christopher Bailey is a friend of the Beckhams and promised to support the children,” the source added.

Many in the photography world have reacted negatively to Brooklyn’s hiring, describing it as ‘nepotism,’ because of his famous parents. But speaking to The Guardian, Burberry chief Christopher Bailey defended the decision to hire Beckham.

“Brooklyn has a really great eye for image and Instagram works brilliantly for him as a platform to showcase his work,” Bailey said.

“His style and attitude were exactly what we wanted to capture the spirit of this new fragrance campaign.”

alentin Chmerkovskiy is facing a lawsuit. The "Dancing with the Stars" pro dancer is sued for $6 million by a Tennessee family after the star posted on his social media a meme featuring a heavyset child drinking soda. "Letting your child become obese should be considered child abuse," the text read.

"I am truly sorry for the lack of sensitivity," Val wrote in a caption, "but on some level I have to agree. Raising a child is the hardest thing in the world, I know, but being negligent when it comes to their nutrition is a crime. The lifelong obstacles and health issues you place on your child because of it can be devastating moving forward in their life. You're handicapping your kid, and they're defenseless, they don't know better, that's why you're there ... anyway I'm just a childless preacher, but here's some food for thought.

Now the girl's family takes a legal action against Val, saying they

suffered emotional distress after the "DWTS" star exposed her to hundreds of his fans online.

According to the family, the 16-year-old girl named Skylar Eden suffers weight issues due to her Down Syndrome.

Someone took the original picture at a baseball game in 2008 and shared it online with the caption, "Everything that's wrong with America."

In addition to naming the pro dancer as a defendant, the family is seeking $6 million from CBS News for re-posting the meme and $600,000 from the guy who originally took and uploaded the girl's picture. The family cites invasion of privacy and defamation.

Val has since removed the meme. In response to the lawsuit, he then tweeted, "Just scroll beyond the 'juicy story' and you'll see exactly the type of person I am. And how absurd this story is. At this point I'm starting to think it isn't about her at all. And that's unfortunate. That's the real problem here."

connect with the audience,” the “Aurangzeb” actor said.

“Khatron Ke Khiladi”, an adaptation of the American television show “Fear Factor” which features celebrity contestants facing their fears, will this year be shot extensively in Argentina.

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MELbournE, January 31 (aFP): World number one Novak Djokovic hammered a misfiring Andy Murray in straight sets to win a record-equalling sixth Australian Open title and strengthen his grip on men's tennis on Sunday.

The Serbian world number one swept to a 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) victory in two hours, 53 minutes to hand Murray his fifth defeat in the Melbourne Park final.

Djokovic equalled the tally of Australia's Roy Emerson, who won the tournament six times between 1961 and 1967, an achievement that had gone unmatched in the 49 years since.

It was also Djokovic's 11th Grand Slam title, putting him in equal fifth place on the all-time list alongside Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg, behind leader Roger Federer's 17.

"It's an incredible feeling, especially because of the fact that I managed to make history tonight and equal Roy Emerson's record of six Australian Opens," Djokovic said.

"This trophy is even more unique for me tonight and when you have an opportunity to make history it adds to the motivation and incentive before you come out on the court."

Djokovic underlined his status as the dominant force in Melbourne, after downing Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win his first major title in 2008 and beating Rafael Nadal in an epic final in 2012, along with his four wins over Murray in 2011, 2013, 2015 and now 2016.

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Peerless Djokovic admits supremacy is tailor-made

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ovak Djokovic revealed he's tailored his game to beat his top three rivals Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray after another dominant Grand Slam triumph in Melbourne on Sunday.

The supreme Serb proved too strong for world number two Murray as he won a record-equalling sixth Australian Open title, in straight sets, to propel himself further away from his rivals.

Djokovic equalled the tally of Australia's Roy Emerson and it was also his 11th Grand Slam title, placing him equal fifth on the all-time list alongside Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg, behind leader Federer's 17. "There's no doubt I am playing the tennis of my life in the last 15 months and results are showing that," Djokovic said.

"I am just trying to keep it up. I don't want think how far I can go or where my boundaries are."

So far this year, after Djokovic faced a break point in his opening service game but then went on a blazing run, breaking Murray's serve twice to claim opening set in 30 minutes. (AFP Photo) his phenomenal 2015 sea-

son of three major titles, Djokovic has hammered Nadal 6-1, 6-2 in Doha, Federer 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the Australian Open semifinals and Murray 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) in Sunday's final.

And Djokovic, who has been top of the rankings for 182 weeks, said it was no accident that he had won so convincingly against all three of his main rivals in recent weeks. "I prepare myself the best for these three guys -- Nadal, Federer and Murray. Those three guys are the biggest rivals I have, and no disrespect to other players," he said.

"Of course it was very pleasing to play the way I played against all these guys.

"Against Nadal (in Doha) it was the best-ofthree sets, but here bestof-five. I played amazing first two sets against Roger, then I lost the third, and it was very close in the fourth.

"I think the experience of playing so many matches against these guys, being on the big stage, knowing what's at stake, knowing the importance and value

of these tournaments and fighting for the trophy, I think that helps.

"These three guys have been the most dominant ones next to me and I have been trying to analyse my game with my team and try to get myself to a high level.

"When I get to play them I know exactly what kind of game plan to execute."

Despite beating Murray for a fourth time in an Australian final, said he still Djokovic believes the Scot's time will come. "You saw how difficult it was for Andy in the presentation ceremony afterwards. I know that feeling, I understand him, I feel for him," he said. "I know what he has to go through as a player and all the effort and energy he has to put in to get himself to the finals and lose five times in Australian Open finals.

"I sincerely feel that if he continues working on his game he's going to have another crack at this championship."

(Agence France-Presse)

his Grand Slam winning streak to 21 matches. He has not lost a match at the majors since he was defeated by Stan Wawrinka in last year's French Open final at Roland Garros.

While Djokovic was further enhancing his reputation, Murray has the unwanted statistic of becoming only the second man in the post-1968 Open era to lose five Grand Slam finals at any one major.

turing one exhausting 36shot rally, to lead 6-5 and serve for the second set.

The Serb claimed a two sets to love lead after winning an 80-minute battle for the second set, leaving Murray with it all to do.

Djokovic tightened the noose with another service break in the first game of the final set, with Murray's task looking herculean to take the final to five sets.

Murray broke back in

the sixth game but in the tiebreaker the Scot served two double-faults as Djokovic steamed to five match points, and belted an ace on the third match point to seal the championship.

It was yet another big statement from the peerless Serb against a major rival, after he swamped Rafael Nadal 6-1, 6-2 at Doha and convincingly beat Federer in the Melbourne semi-finals.

Ivan Lendl, Murray's former coach, lost five finals at the US Open in 1982-1984 and 1988-1989, before winning at Flushing Meadows in 1985-1987.

Murray had tears in his eyes at the presentation when he thanked his pregnant wife Kim Sears, who is due to give birth to their first child in the coming weeks. "You’ve been a legend for the last two weeks.

Thank you so much for all

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of your support and I’ll be on the next plane home," he said in a faltering voice.

Djokovic won 24 more points than Murray, 12399, in the final, while Murray made a total of 65 unforced errors -- including 28 off his forehand and 29 off his backhand.

Djokovic faced a break point in his opening service game but then went on a blazing run, breaking Murray's serve twice to

claim the opening set in 30 minutes.

Murray survived four break points to hold serve in a marathon 12-minute third game as he tried to stay in the second set against the pressing Serb.

But Djokovic gained another psychological breakthrough with a service break in the seventh game after Murray overhit a forehand to trail 4-3.

Fighting Murray broke

back in the following game with his backhand clipping the baseline, which was confirmed by Djokovic's challenge. Murray fought off two break points in a fiercely contested ninth game in a war of the attrition between the two long-time rivals, who have known each other since their junior days.

But Djokovic fought back from 0-40 down to break Murray's serve for a fourth time, in a game fea-

India clinch thriller to complete sweep over Australia

SydnEy, January 31 (rEutErS): Shane Watson's unbeaten hundred could not prevent Australia falling to a seven-wicket defeat to India in the third and final Twenty20 match on Sunday as Suresh Raina hit a four on the last ball to complete a 3-0 clean sweep in the series.

India were chasing 198 to win and needed 17 runs in the final over as Yuvraj Singh hit a four and a six off the first two balls from paceman Andrew Tye and Raina hit the final ball through point with his team needing two.

All-rounder Watson, leading Australia in the absence of the injured Aaron Finch, powered the hosts to 197-5 with an unbeaten 124 after winning the toss and opting to bat.

Australia made five changes to the side that lost the last match in Melbourne to concede an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series, handing debuts to

batsman Usman Khawaja and part-time wicketkeeper Cameron Bancroft.

Watson, named player of the match, was the fulcrum around which the hosts' batting revolved and it was due to his 71-ball knock, which was studded with 10 fours and six sixes, that Australia posted a strong total.

India replied with halfcenturies from in-form opener Rohit Sharma (52) and Virat Kohli (50), who was named the player of the series, and then Raina's 25-ball 49 to chase down the steep target.

Rohit and Shikhar Dhawan got India off to a rollicking start, scoring 46 in just 3.2 overs, with fast bowler Shaun Tait going for 24 runs in the third over.

Rohit and Kohli then added 78 for the second wicket to keep India strongly on course, before both batsmen fell to leg spinner Cameron Boyce.

Yuvraj, who did not get

India pose with the T20I series trophy, Australia v India, 3rd T20I, Sydney, January 31. (Getty Image)

an opportunity to bat in the last two matches, was sent in ahead of captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni at number five and though the lefthander struggled initially

to put bat on ball, he produced the goods when his team needed.

Raina and Yuvraj added 53 for the unbroken fourth wicket.

The 3-0 sweep in Australia took India to the top of the T20 rankings in a timely boost ahead of the World Twenty20 at home from March 8-April 3.

Sanchez fires Arsenal, City cruise in FA Cup

London, January 31 (aFP): Arsenal remain on course for a third consecutive FA Cup success after Alexis Sanchez inspired Arsene Wenger's side to a 2-1 fourthround win over second-tier Burnley on Saturday.

Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur also progressed, but West Bromwich Albion were taken to a replay by third-tier Peterborough United and Liverpool drew 0-0 with West Ham United.

Arsenal's win at the Emirates Stadium preserved their hopes of becoming the first team to win three consecutive FA Cups since Blackburn Rovers, who achieved the feat between 1884 and 1886.

"We would love to do it, but there is a long way to go," said Wenger, who gave a debut to Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Elneny and also welcomed back holding midfielder Francis Coquelin. "For the first 20 minutes we looked quite in control, but when they equalised suddenly you could see energy, commitment, and we had to dig deep to win the game."

Making his first start after two months out with a hamstring injury, Chile star Sanchez teed up Calum Chambers to open the scoring in the 19th minute with a fine shot us-

Alexis Sanchez celebrates after putting Arsenal back in front. (AP Photo)

ing the outside of his right foot.

Sam Vokes equalised for Burnley on the half hour with a powerful header, but Arsenal, who made nine changes, claimed victory in the 53rd minute when Sanchez slammed home after a neat team move.

Nigerian starlet Kelechi Iheanacho scored a hat-trick as Manchester City kept alive their dream of an unprecedented quadruple of trophies by easing to a 4-0 win at Aston Villa, last season's beaten finalists.

Iheanacho opened the scoring in the fourth minute, following in to score after Fernando's header was cleared off the line, and the 19-year-old forward added a second with a 24th-minute penalty.

He completed his hat-trick with 16 minutes remaining, seizing on Idrissa Gueye's calamitous back-pass and surging through to score, before Raheem Sterling added a fourth.

City are second in the Premier League, face Dynamo Kiev in the

Champions League last 16 and will tackle Liverpool in the League Cup final on February 28.

Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool were taken to an unwelcome replay by West Ham, who had previously beaten them twice in the league.

Showing 10 changes, Liverpool dominated proceedings at Anfield, but could find no way past West Ham stand-in goalkeeper Darren Randolph.

Tottenham breezed through, Nacer Chadli scoring twice on his 100th appearance and Eric Dier and Tom Carroll also finding the net in a 4-1 win at third-tier strugglers Colchester United.

Liverpool beat Stoke City on penalties to reach the League Cup semi-finals on Tuesday and Mark Hughes's men met with fresh cup disappointment four days later as they lost 1-0 at Crystal Palace, with Wilfried Zaha scoring.

Portsmouth, FA Cup winners in 2008 but now languishing in the fourth division, were in sight of a major upset when Gary Roberts put them ahead in the 43rd minute of their meeting with south-coast rivals Bournemouth. But Josh King equalised for Eddie Howe's side with a 71st-minute header before Marc Pugh secured a 2-1 win.

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