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Dialogue needed to end festering distrust

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Joint Declaration Unanimously resolves that there should be a permanent mechanism to continue the dialogue process between the two neighbours. For this, Asam Sahitya Sabha and Naga Hoho will initiate to form a Co-ordination Committee to build up a permanent Dialogue Forum between the two sides with Nanda Talukdar Foundation (NTF) as a co-in-between. Shall endeavor to enhance co-operation between the peoples of the two states in areas of art; literature, culture, sports, trade and commerce and environment protection in their individual capacities.

ananda Borgohain insisted on holding such dialogue on regular basis for mitigating the present environment of entrenched suspicions against each other. AASU’s chief adviser, Dr Samujjal Bhattacharya urged the organizers of the round table to continue their endeavour for a consistent dialogue process involving the two neighbours. Speaking on roles of media in conflict situation, senior journalists Prasanta Rajguru and Bano Haralu appealed to media persons to be more sensitive and responsible while reporting any untoward incident which involves two states. The reporters should maintain self-regulation and check the temptation to sensationalise the happenings, they suggested, adding it was most imperative to gather views and opinions from both sides. Attending the meeting as an independent observer, NEC member C K Das said peace and normalcy in the region is pre-requisite for growth and development, and civil societies can play a major role in creating that environment. Wrapping up the event, NTF president Nitya Bora insisted that the civil societies on both sides should make sincere efforts to hold such meaningful deliberations at least twice in a year to continue the dialogue process.

GUWAHATI, OCTOBER 9 (MExN): Towards building friendship and fraternity The bank sent back your between the two neighbourmoney. Manager saab said ing communities, Naga and the vault is full with your Assamese civil societies tomoney. day advocated for consistent dialogues at various levels to bring to an end the festering distrust, suspicions and Nagas and Assamese civil society delegation of the first-ever Naga-Assamese Round Table Talk held at the Indian All press statements, widening gulf between the IIBM, Khanapara, Guwahati on October 9. memorandums, arti- two states. both sides who expressed Dzuvichu, Naga Students’ valuable suggestions to- anti-socials and goons as dent Dr Dhrubajyoti Bora cles, reports and news The first-ever Naga-As- serious concern over ac- Federation (NSF) president wards fostering goodwill well as by the indifferences said that such meeting of related documents samese Round Table Talk cumulated mistrust, ani- Subenthang Kikon while As- and fraternity between the from the privileged sec- minds and hearts would should be sent to the held at Indian Institute of mosity and mindsets con- sam was represented by not- two communities. tions. He maintained that “show us an way forwards” official email address: Bank Management (IIBM), ditioned through myths, an ed academic Prof Udayan Niketu Iralu, who strong- the perceived differences towards resolving many morung@gmail.com Khanapara, also asserted NTF release said. Misra, Asom Sahitya Sabha ly believes in power of hu- and stands on contentious conflicting issues. that while the civil societies Both sides agreed that president Dr Dhrubajyoti man goodness, said that issues could be sorted out Naga Mothers AssoPress releases will be should vigorously endeav- there should be some insti- Bora, AASU chief Adviser both fears and hopes actu- only through dialogues in a ciation (NMA) adviser Prof accepted only till 8:00 pm our for enhancing people- tutionalized mechanism Dr Samujjwal Bhattacharya, ally brought two sides to talk democratic environment. Rosemary Dzuvichu asAppreciating the ini- serted that in any conflict Editor, to-people contact, both from civil societies for ef- Purbanchaliya Tai Sahitya to each other this morning The Morung Express Assam and Nagaland gov- fective interventions when- Sabha president Dr Day- for finding a way forward. tiatives for holding such situation the women could ernments and the Centre ever some unwarranted ananda Borgohain, former He expressed the hope that an important delibera- play a very pro-active role in must seriously pursue the incidents occurred in inter- Upper Assam Commission- such a dialogue would defi- tion, Naga Hoho president, resolving differences if they vexed issues that involved state border areas and de- er Sayad Iftikhar Hussein nitely improve relationship Chuba Ozukum also in- are united, and called upon the two states for their ami- escalate tensions arising out among others. between the Nags and the sisted on maintaining age- Assamese women to work cable resolutions. from even a small incident. The meeting presided Assamese, but at the same, old relationship between together with their Naga In a bid to begin a much The Naga delegation over by Editor of Asomiya “we should not allow the the two neighbours at any counterparts to create an needed dialogue process led by noted social worker Pratidin and NTF presi- criminals and lumpen char- cost and preventing all un- environment of trust, friendwarranted situations that ship, love and compassion. KOHIMA, OCTOBER between the two neigh- and peace crusader Nik- dent, Nitya Bora, was at- acters to hold us ransom.” Udayan Misra reminded might lead to misunderHighlighting the age9 (MExN): A Central Ex- bours, the day-long de- etu Iralu comprised apex tended by a galaxy of acaold relationship between ecutive Council Meet- liberation, organized by tribal council Naga Hoho’s demics, senior journalists, that it would be very unfortu- standing and distrust. Pointing out that the the Ahoms and the Nagas, ing of the Naga National Nanda Talukdar Founda- president Chuba Ozukum, columnists and social nate for both the Assamese Council (NNC) on Octo- tion (NTF) Guwahati, was Naga Mothers’ Associa- workers as invitees, who and the Nagas if they were root of Asom Sahitya Sabha president of Purbanchaliya ber 8 at Chedema Peace attended by delegates from tion’s adviser Prof Rosemary also put forwarded their allowed to be swayed by the lies at Kohima, Sabha presi- Tai Sahitya Sabha, Dr DayCamp resolved that accepting any status under the constitution of India is a “betrayal to the Nagas and the Naga NaEr Yiese further pointed out tion,” and asserted that APEN president says little every now and then. He explained that despite the hurdles in meeting the chalthe NNC shall continue change in technology, the growth in demand and ex- lenges and growth of the departto work on the basis till pansion of networks and size of ment. Against the projected dethe Indo-Naga conflict professionalism and the organization, there has been mand of 400 MW and energy is resolved. A press note apathy of the Nagaland little change in terms of technol- requirement of 2765.67 MU by from Achuyi Vadeo, State government ogy and professionalism in the 2019, the State faces an estimated Joint Secretary, NNC inpower department. shortfall of 50 % and 71% respecin fund allocation formed that the meet“Most of the department’s as- tively if the capacity addition and ing affirmed the NNC’s Morung Express News sets are more than 35 to 40 years systems constraints are not adcommitment to “steadold. The first EHV SS at Nagarjan dressed, he stated. Kohima | October 9 fastly uphold the manoutlived its existence without any The APEN president also exdate given by the Naga During 1961-62, electricity under major repair and maintenance pressed unhappiness over the people through the Pleb- the Department of Power, Naga- being carried out. The MHEP sectoral allocation of the state iscite of 16th May 1951 land was a mere installed capac- Dzuza is beyond repair,” the engi- plan which he lamented was an indication of the State governand stand our ground ity of 600 KN (DG set) and only neer revealed. While the department works ment’s apathy towards power as a sovereign Nation.” It three towns were electrified. At present, Nagaland utilizes on breakdown maintenances, sector. “Unlike many states in the also agreed that the NNC Farmers carry harvested paddy at Tora field, Kezoma in Kohima district. Morung Photo/Chizokho Vero shall always maintain the 145 MW with all towns and more there are however no preventive country which received allocament of India’s proposal to for- and schemes appropriate for non-violence policy and than 1400 villages electrified. The or predictive maintenances,” fur- tions as high as 32% (West Ben- Absence of community mulate a new National Forest the region, and the need for rether stated Er Yiese. He also point- gal and Maharashtra) of the state power department caters to more diplomatic relations with Policy. People at large, they viewing existing ones to adapt than 2 lakh consumers. Associa- ed out that the department runs outlay during the financial year voices in the 4th the neighboring coun- tion of Power Engineers of Naga- on a very high Aggregate Techni- of 2015-16, the plan allocation said, are wholly ignorant of the with the special ways of life tries and other nations in land (APEN) president, Er Kev- cal and Commercial losses (AT & was only 7.11 crores in Nagaland Sustainable Mountain whole exercise. It is critical, the and individual and collective the world. It further as- iletuo Yiese stated this during his C) loss at 68%, mainly due to high which amounts only 1.54% of the Development Summit organizations said, that the ownership of forests and other serted that the NNC has presidential address at the gener- percentage of under billing and state total allocation,” he stated. summit recommends strongly natural resources, especially in nothing to do with the al conference of APEN on Friday. non-billing of electricity bills. Chief Secretary Pankaj Kumar DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 9 to the Union Government that the North-Eastern States. This Framework Agreement Er Yiese admitted that the AT in his speech admitted that the (MExN): The fourth Sustain- such policy formulation has gap needs to be closed with The conference was held under which was signed be- the theme “Re-engineering Profes- & C loss in the state is indicative funds allocated for the power de- able Mountain Development to be done transparently, and due dispatch, it advised. tween the Government sional Response” at Hotel de Orien- of redundancy in both systems of partment was highly inadequate. Summit, which concluded with deep and widespread parWith about 60% of the forests in the Himalayan states of India and the NSCN tal Grand, Kohima with Pankaj Ku- infrastructures and organization- He directed the department to im- today in Arunachal Pradesh, ticipation from across India. People in the Himalayan directly owned and controlled (IM) on August 3, 2015. It mar, Chief Secretary as chief guest. al set up apart from inefficiency of press upon the Finance Depart- was held with the aim to help ment to provide more funds. He people of mountain states to Mountain states are particu- by communities or under priDespite the milestone, Er departmental personals. was further agreed upon He also highlighted that Naga- also informed that the problems articulate their ideas for their larly vulnerable to massive dis- vate ownership, especially in that all the vacant posts Yiese, in his address, pointed out of the NNC shall be filled that there have been equal share land might be the lowest in terms of the power department are un- holistic development and placement and dislocation as the North-Eastern states, there of per capita consumption with der the radar of the Government up at the earliest to work of failures along the road, indi- 346 units against the national av- of Nagaland, and assured that its progress, and a space where their Right to Free, Prior and is a case for the rest of India to cating to the endless problems decision makers formulate Informed Consent in promot- acknowledge this immense in progress. concerns would be addressed. encountered by the department erage of 1010 units in India. ideas for securing economic ing various developments has contribution being made by and ecological security of the been given the go-by. This has the mountain peoples to the mountain regions based on been done by the centre’s de- nation’s economy, they said. consultations with a variety of cision to exempt defence projCommunities here have representatives. ects, border roads and various held on to their nature and peoHowever various civil soci- other infrastructure projects ple centric structures of goverworking life and welfare, prinOSLO, OCTOBER 9 (PTI): ciples of the rule of law and hu- ety organisations have lament- from the need to secure pri- nance, and it is imperative that Tunisia’s National Dialogue ed that the summit has the or environmental and forest communities be supported to man rights. Quartet won the Nobel Peace “On this basis, the Quartet “almost total absence of com- clearances, if they are within maintain such paradigms of dePrize today for building democexercised its role as a media- munity leaders from villages 100 kms of the Line of Control. velopment, through strengthenracy in the country after the 2011 The organizations cau- ing of the local economy rather tor and driving force to advance and indigenous peoples netrevolution which unleashed the works, and of civil society reptioned that this would, in effect, than integrating them to the unpeaceful democratic developArab Spring. ment in Tunisia with great moral resentatives but for a handful.” result in the suspension of the sustainable global markets. The award was given for the A press note from the North- due Fundamental and ComThe organizations further authority,” the Nobel panel said. quartet’s “decisive contribu“More than anything, the East Peoples’ Alliance, the All munity Rights of local com- stated that the summit’s focus tion to the building of a pluralprize is intended as an encour- India Union of Forest Working munities, particularly those di- could have been more on inistic democracy in Tunisia in the agement to the Tunisian people, People, the Bharat Jan Vigyan rectly and indirectly impacted creasing capacities for saving wake of the Jasmine Revolution who despite major challenges Jatha, the Environment Sup- by proposed projects, and takes lives and livelihoods due to of 2011”, the Nobel panel said. The committee said the prize The members of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet awarded have laid the groundwork for port Group, Bangalore and away various safeguards and natural and human induced was also intended as an encour- the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. From left: Wided Bouchamaoui, a national fraternity which the Beyond Copenhagen Collec- guarantees enshrined in the disasters, rather than on proAbbassi, Abdessattar Ben Moussa and Mohamed Fadhel Committee hopes will serve as tive, said that on review of the Constitution of India. jecting and protecting big inagement to other countries to Houcine Mahmoud (Photo: EPA/HO) While the Summit has ad- vestments and infrastructure an example to be followed by sessions held, there has been follow in Tunisia’s footsteps. “The Norwegian Nobel Middle East, North Africa and of Industry, Trade and Handi- other countries.” The laureates little attention paid to address dressed reasonably well the as the way forward. They expressed hope that crafts, the Tunisian Human will receive their prizes at a cer- critical concerns that are key to critical importance of highCommittee hopes that this the rest of the world,” it said. lighting the special needs of the summit participants would The Quartet is made up of Rights League, and the Tunisian emony in Oslo on December mountain peoples. year’s prize will contribute toIn particular, they men- mountain communities, the propose policies and develop10, the anniversary of the 1896 wards safeguarding democracy four key organisations in the Order of Lawyers. The organisations represent death of prize creator Alfred No- tioned that the summit has organizations however noted ments that are ecologically in Tunisia and be an inspiration North African country: the Tuto all those who seek to promote nisian General Labour Union, different sectors and values bel, a Swedish philanthropist failed to capture the enormous that there is lack of focus on the sustainable, economically viimportance of the Govern- need for evolving laws, policies able and socially just. peace and democracy in the the Tunisian Confederation in Tunisian society, including and scientist.

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CBCNEI You h FEst 2015

T EngagE EncountEr Edify

he three days youth fest of the Council of Baptist Churches in North East India (CBCNEI) commenced this evening with a grand opening from the youth ministry of the Dimapur Ao Baptist Church welcoming the delegates from various districts of Northeast India as well as parts of other Indian states. The 500 plus delegates were led to praise and worship by the Unified worship team. Bringing greetings from the host church, Rev N Tzudir called upon the gathering to “experience blessing of God in a more realistic way during this gathering.” In the welcome address, NBCC Youth Secretary, Vikuo Rhi highlighted about the various councils and conventions. The president of BYFNEI (CBCNEI) Rev Mathotmo Vasha in the greeting note challenged the youths to built our land more beauti- God to reform us.” The COLA chairman ful and come with the hope Imnatoshi Longkumer under the theme “Engage, gave an overview of the Encounter, Edify” to allow

programme, which was followed by keynote address by Rev Dr. Solomon Rongpi, general secretary

CBCNEI. A power point done by Wapangtoshi, paspresentation on “Issues of tor, Naga Christian FellowNortheast Youths in Metro- ship, Chennai politan cities in India” was

striving for excellence in Worship Music KeynoTe aDDress ‘Unified’

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. The name says it all. Started in April 2015, ‘Unified’ is a worship team compromising of young musicians from different backgrounds and tribes. This worship team is definitely a cut above the rest. It desires to bring talented young Nagas from different backgrounds and churches and also strives to seek good musicians and inspire them to serve the Lord. Finding complacency in the Christian music scene in Nagaland, the Unified team strives to bring back what they term “seriousness, and excellence in worship music”. The team feels that worship music, has sadly become just a routine in the Church, and the true meaning of worship is lost. With the firm belief that worship music is a very powerful tool, it wants to do away with the “nitty-gritty” mentality and promote powerful worship music. A core member of the ‘Unified’ team, Khrievi Sahu states that Nagaland has ample good musicians, but they are not utilized for the service of God. “We want to bring good musicians to the Church”, she said. And it is also a vision of the team, she states, to sponsor young musicians, create opportunities and find platforms to carry their music forward.

Day Two October 10

8:00 am – 9:00 am Bible Study Rev Dr. Razouselie ETC Jorhat Workshop 9:30 am – 11:30 am Lunch 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm Evening Worship Engage Rev Dr. Razouselie ETC Jorhat

Followed by Colour Night

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So what does it take to be part of the Unified team? Melekhuto Pucho asserts that, talent is very important, but not enough alone. He feels that a worship leader should be god fearing, dedicated to ministry and someone who can inspire people. “As much as the focus on music is important, God is also important,” he said. To this, Visato Yhoshu adds that the heart of a worship leader should be one which is consistent within the church and outside. “We encourage our team members to have consistent Christian characters within and outside church. For, it is important that our church life is consistent with our public life,” he said. Pucho also states that in the past few years, there has been a re-

alization in the power of worship music. He points out that many promising Naga musicians are not part of the Christian music scene. This, he feels has comprised the quality of music. He also added that worship teams are taken for granted and even within the Christina music scene, the level of seriousness is not present or found to be very less. He also opined that good music could change many hearts and bring people towards God. That is why we need good music to brought to worship, he said, because, “Our God deserves excellence even in our worship”. We want to encourage people to come and use their talents. We also want professional Naga musicians to join the Christian music

scene, chimed in Khrievi Sahu. Unified states that the calling to be a worship leader is very important and it is truly divine. Yhoshu stated, “It is not just a responsibility. You have to take it seriously and put your heart mind and soul into it,” but first, a worship leaders needs to understand the true meaning of worship. A worship leader should never take it for granted that Worship is just a Sunday schedule. He feels that as music as it is important for the Church Pastor to prepare his sermon, it is equally important for worship leaders and the team to prepare for worship. In his opinion, Pucho said, “It is preparation for the congregation, to connect and to receive the Word of God. So whatever you say on stage has to be meaningful and powerful.” “Recently we see young Nagas moving away from the Church. We want to encourage these young people to get back to fellowship and find God once again. As a team, we believe Music is a gift from God and it should be used in the right way,” Unified stated. At present, the ‘Unified’ team compromises of 14 members, based in Kohima, some are professional musicians, and from different tribal churches and various backgrounds.

Rev. Dr. Solomon Rongpi, General Secretary, CBCNEI

ev. Dr. Solomon Rongpi, General Secretary, CBCNEI stated that today the youth envision a world where sustainable practices are the norm; where the environment is treated with respect and cared for because we understand ourselves to be part of it; where work is valued and meaningful; where everyone has freedom of expression and organisation. He also called for a lifestyle that is peaceful, safe and prosperous. He stated that the youth conceive of a world where wealth is measured by happiness, contentment and an abundant commu-

Delegates arrive for registering to the three days youth festival, an event of the Council of Baptist Churches in North East India (CBCNEI), which is hosted by Nagaland Baptist Churches Council (NBCC) at DABA staring from October 9 to 11. Around 850 delegates from the states of Assam, Karbi Anglong, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya and some other Indian states will be attending the fest

which he stated is already affecting communities and a terrible threat but a present reality. He highlighted on various social issues, political issues, economic issues, etc. In his concluding note, he stated that the Youth are the leaders of today and the future as well. He concluded his address with a challenge to the young people today, stating, “In order to bring the changes we long to see in the world, in the country and particularly in Northeast India, we must be models. We must live the lifestyle that we want the people all over the world to adopt.”

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sisterhood network: Helping one another

isterhood Network began with the motto Helping One Another, in May 2001. With the disadvantaged, neglected, low income, illiterate women and girls, as its target audience, Sisterhood Network focuses on empowering addressing to the critical need of scores of young girls, in various neighborhoods, practically ‘doing nothing,’ this programme began. Through the years of experiencing with the target group, today Sisterhood Network functions effectively with three departments under its wing: Women Collective, Enterprise and Livelihood Skills Training Programme. The Sisterhood Network staffs reach out to the women folk in various villages and empower them through trainings with the objectives to help in their livelihood. Through a balanced approach of motivational sessions of craft learning activities, the girls go through a four-month period of in-house orientation where they are trained on tailoring and craft making, basic spoken English and personality developIf Christian Literature interests you, then the Christian Literature Centre (CLC) book stall at ment. In the past few years the ongoing CBCNEI Youth Fest in Dimapur Ao Baptist Church has some of the best to offer. since this programme beDo visit and find the most popular items in the CLC book stall. gan many of the girls have been employed and are living responsible, respectCombined women able lives. team from Sumi Apart from the regular community preindividual group activities, pares special ethnic Sumi Naga Sisterhood Network womdish for the deleen groups are involved gates and particiin activities such as food pants on October making, craft learning, 9. There are sixhealth and family issues, teen main tribes in Nagaland, each budgeting and savings, with similar yet women empowerment unique traditions issues, capacity building and practices. etc. SN has established a While food from branch in Kohima. each tribe overlaps, there are also certain dishes that are specifically known from a certain tribe.

nity life. He also stated that the youth dream of a future where young people has freedom to choose their own paths and develop full human potential and desire such a world that is just and sweet for us to live. This was shared in his keynote address at the CBCNEI Youth Fest 2015, held at DABA, Dimapur. Touching on the theme “Engage, Encounter, Edify”, he also said that the “pressing needs today” is for people to engage in ‘Mission and Evangelism’, and bring ‘Socio-economic political justice’. Another important factor, which he stressed on, was climate change,

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Products manufactured by Sisterhood Network are available on sale in the ongoing CBCNEI Youth Fest held at DABA, Duncan Basti. Most of the items available are made from recycled clothes, paper, jute etc. The products range from Rs. 30 to Rs. 80/-

CBCNEI Youth Fest 2015 photo courtesy

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NORTH-EAST

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‘Centre examining NE’s special category status’ AgArtAlA, OctOber 9 (IANS): Central government's finance ministry is examining the continuation of the special category status for the eight northeast states, a minister said here on Friday. Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh said the issue whether the eight northeast states will continue to get special category status "is being looked into by the union finance ministry". "When and how the issue would be settled, I do not know," he said. He said many states, including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, have been demanding for a special category status for additional funds from the central government. "This issue was also considered by the 14th finance commission. Also, there is a problem of fund crunch." He said region is a priority area for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked all ministers to visit the region repeatedly. During the governance of NDA government in the past 16 months, the space of development has been stepped up to a large extent," he said. Cutting across political lines, the chief ministers of the eight states ruled by the Congress, Left and regional parties through a unanimous resolution had earlier urged Modi to maintain the special

Gogoi asks PM Modi to restore Special Category Status for Assam gUWAHAtI, OctOber 9 (PtI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restore the Special Category Status for Assam and other north-eastern states. In a letter sent to Modi, which was acknowledged by the PM, Gogoi also requested PM's intervention for a change in the funding pattern of the centrally-sponsored schemes. "Change in funding pattern of the centrally-sponsored schemes has retarded the pace of development in the state," he said. After the present dispensation took over the reigns of government at the Centre, Special Category Status for Assam and other NorthEastern states have been suspended, sources in the government said. The funding pattern for the centrally-sponsored schemes have also been changed, thus affecting pace of development in the state, the sources said. category status for their states. The funding pattern for the special category was in the ratio of 90:10, where 90 percent of the total expenditure was borne by the central government and 10 percent contributed by the state concerned. There are 11 states in India clubbed under the special status category - eight northeast states, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand. Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur and Meghalaya are ruled by the Congress, while Tripura has a CPI-M led Left Front government and Sikkim is ruled by the Sikkim Democratic Front. In Nagaland, the BJP is a partner of the ruling Nagaland People's Front-led Democratic Alliance of Nagaland.

ATR aircraft meant for NE diverted to Bengaluru ItANAgAr, OctOber 9 (PtI): Arunachal Pradesh has claimed that the Union Civil Aviation Ministry had deprived the North Eastern state, in terms of development, by diverting a 72-seater ATR aircraft meant for the region to Bengaluru. The ministry has recently procured five such aircraft for Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, out of which one was meant for the North East. The ministry had reportedly diverted the aircraft toBengaluru depriving the region, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Ramesh Negi said here yesterday. Negi raised the issue before the team of Rajya SabhaAssurance Committee led by its Chairman Hussain Dalwai, who was in the state capital on a two-day visit beginning October 7. The chairman, however, assured him to take up the issue with the concerned authorities. "With coming up of several airports in the state, the introduction of the new ATR plane will boost the tourism industry besides improvement in the economy," Negi said, adding that if the service could be introduced between Guwahati and Lilabari in Assam's North Lakhimpur district, which is around 62 kilometers from Itanagar, the people of the state would largely be benefited. CM Nabam Tuki on several occasions had pleaded for introduction of air services in the state.

DIMAPUr, OctOber 9 (MexN): The Tribal Rights Demand Committee (TRDC), Jiribam in concert with Zeliangrong Students Union (Jiribam Area), Kuki Students Organisation (Jiri-Tamenglong Region), Hmar Students Association (Jiri-Vangai Jt. hdqrt), United Chief Committee (Jiribam Region) and with approval of tribal apex bodies Hmar Inpui, Kuki Inpi (Jiribam Region) and Zeliangrong Baudi (Jiribam Region) have expressed their views on the upgradation of Jiribam subdivision to full fledged Revenue District The TDRC, in a press note, stated that it does not oppose the demand for Jiribam SubDivision to be upgraded to a full fledged district but that Jiribam should be upgraded to a Hill District. This contention is in regard to the fact that Jiribam has always been regarded as Hill Area wherein government employees in Jiribam, till the 1960s, enjoyed Hill Area allowance. The discontinuation of Hill Area Allowance shows a questionable design of the Government of Manipur towards the tribal populace, it said. The TDRC lamented that lack of transparency in regard to the boundary of the proposed District is creating serious apprehensions that part of Tamenglong and Churachandpur Districts would be included in the

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Tripura might soon export power to Myanmar gUWAHAtI, OctOber 9 (IANS): India's Tripura will soon export power to neighbouring Myanmar, an official said on Friday. ONGC Tripura Power Company Ltd managing director Satyajit Ganguly said that it is on the final stages of clinching a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Myanmarese government. Following the agreement, the company will begin exporting its gas-based power to the neighbouring country from November this year. Addressing the "NER Infrastructure Conclave 2015 - Tapping the True Potential of Northeast" organized by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry here, he also said that the company has also discovered a couple of new gas blocks

in Tripura for exploration in collaboration with other companies. Ganguly, however, refused to divulge much about the new discoveries, saying the details will be shared at an appropriate time. The ONGC Tripura Power Company Ltd generates about 726 MW of power at present. Referring to the PPA with Myanmar, Ganguly said that the agreement relating to power export to Myanmar would happen for a minimum of 15 years and that the Central Electricity Regulatory Authority has also been involved and engaged in this exercise. He said that the power generation is no longer a problem in India but the problem relates to its pricing and also on the front of distribution and transmission.

NHIDCL to invest Rs 25,000 crore on twenty-one projects in Assam

gUWAHAtI, OctO- lines of a day-long in- ing on in four more projber 9 (PtI): National frastructure conclave by ects. These will be awarded Highways & Infrastructure PHDCCI here, he said the by December this year and Development Corporation NHIDCL has been entrust- will be completed by March Ltd (NHIDCL) today said it ed with 21 projects in the 2019," he added. NHIDCL has been carwill invest around Rs 25,000 first phase in Assam. "These 21 projects are rying out Detailed Project crore to complete 21 road and bridge projects in As- scheduled to complete by Reports (DPR) for another sam over the next five years. March 2020. These will entail seven projects in the state The company, which an investment of around Rs and these are likely to be was set up last year, has al- 25,000 crore, including con- awarded for construction ready awarded contracts struction cost, land acquisi- by March 2017 and are for 10 projects and four tion price and payments for expected to be ready by more will be handed over reforestation. This will be March 2020, Kumar said. All the 21 projects are on to contractors by Decem- financed by the Central government," Kumar said. National Highways 37, 37A, ber this year. Out of the total amount, 38, 52, 52A and 53 in Assam. "Our focus is on infrastructure to unlock the po- Rs 10,294.86 crore have Most of the projects are for tential of land, manpower been earmarked for con- four-laning of the existing and resources. We want to struction works, he added. highways, while constructdevelop the infrastructure Elaborating on the projects, ing some important bridges. The projects are locatin North East to bring the re- Kumar said ten projects gion closer to mainstream," have already been awarded ed in Upper Assam on both NHIDCL Managing Direc- and these will be complet- North and South banks of ed by December 2018. Brahmaputra along with tor Anand Kumar said. "Bidding process is go- Barak valley. Speaking on the sideproposed Jiribam District. It asked the Manipur government to furnish details of the area to be covered by the proposed District. This is due to the fact that any lack of transparency may lead to unnecessary upheaval among the tribals of Jiribam sub-division and other tribals of the adjoining districts, it added. It further opined that the proposal for upgradation of the Jiribam subdivision would ZIENUOBADZE, HIGH SCHOOL AREA, KOHIMA take into account the opinions, consent and approval of the tribal populace, which comprises of 18 tribal villages in the Jiribam Subdivision. Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the following It expressed disappointment that so far teaching positions. Preference will be given to applicants with not even one tribal-based organization has minimum two years teaching experiences in CBSE Schools. been invited in matters regarding to the upgradation of the Jiribam subdivision. “We sl. No. of would like to state that the opinions and conName of the Post Qualification sent of the tribal populace deserves attention No Vacancy as tribals occupy a good percentage of land 1 P.G.T (Physics) 1 M.Sc, B.Ed area and a sizable population resides in the 2 P.G.T (Botany) 1 M.Sc, B.Ed sub-division.” 3 T.G.T (History /Geography) 1 B.A, B.Ed It demanded that the contents of the 11 4 T.G.T (any discipline) 1 PSTE/ Montessori points MoU with the State Government be Trained with B.Ed. made public at the earliest, and that no further decision is taken by the State Government in For complete details, regards to the upgradation of Jiribam sub-divisit www.grioschool.com (M): 9856006380 vision without the prior consent of the tribals sd/in Jiribam.

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Assures funds for India-Bangladesh rail project Funding would not be a problem for the new India-Bangladesh railway project along Tripura and once completed it would provide a major boost to the region's development and economy, Jitendra Singh. "Funds will not be a major problem for the Agartala-Akhaura railway project. The project will boost Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Act East' policy," the minister of state for the development of north eastern region (DoNER) told reporters. "Completion of the new rail link with Bangladesh and conversion of the metre gauge track up to Agartala (Tripura capital) would give a major boost to region's development and economy, besides improving connectivity with

neighbouring countries," he said. Singh, who arrived here on Friday on a two-day visit, held meetings with Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and discussed various ongoing projects of DoNER ministry in the north-eastern state. Five years after the Rs.575-crore India-Bangladesh railway project along Tripura was finalised by the governments of the two countries, uncertainty prevails since no funds have been allocated so far. The project was finalised in January 2010 when Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met her then Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh during her visit to New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the project with Hasina during his visit to Dhaka in June. Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) general manager R.K. Gupta told reporters here on Sunday that it was not certain when the work on the India-Bangladesh rail project would begin. "No funds have been allocated so far for the Agartala-Akhaura project. We will begin work immediately after the sanction of funds," said Gupta, who visited Tripura to supervise ongoing railway projects in the state. "Earlier, the DoNER ministry committed to provide funds to lay tracks on the Indian side. But recently, it categorically expressed its inability to give funds. The railway ministry was earlier considering providing funds for the Tripura part of the project, but has not taken a final decision yet," an NFR official said.

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succession Case Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 foe grant of Succession Certificate for the estate of Late LIPoKteMsu Deceased, has file by Smti. seNtIMoNGLA PoNGeN relation Wife R/o Duncan Bosti H. No. 15 to draw his Family Pension, Bank Account, etc, who expire on 20.09.2015. Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate of the said deceased, may if she/he so desire appear in this court on the said day of 07.11.2015. Given under the hand and seal of the court this 6 day of 10/15 Addl. Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur: Nagaland

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Amid commodity crisis, LPG emerges as accidental bright-spot Singapore, october 9 (reuterS): Liquefied Petroleum Gas, long a niche product used by the poor to cook and the rich to barbecue, has become a rare bright spot amid a broad commodities rout, riding on the wave of strong economic growth in India and parts of Southeast Asia. LPG is best known to consumers as propane or butane used in heating appliances and vehicles. But it is also used in the petrochemicals industry and the electricity sector, acting as a replacement for diesel in generators and power stations. While tumbling prices for oil, gas, coal and industrial metals have seen energy companies and miners slash capital expenditure, investment is flowing into the LPG sector to feed burgeoning demand from the world’s poorer nations.

The biggest growth market is India, with its 1.3 billion people and 8 percent economic growth expected this year, where millions of households are switching from kerosene or wood burners to LPG. “LPG is convenient because it is smoke-free and saves time,” said Sunita Nagar, a 45-year-old housewife in the village of Dujana on the outskirts of Delhi, who got her first LPG in July. Tejveer Singh Nagar, 36, who has a physical disability, has also recently received his first LPG for cooking. “I’m unmarried. Since I’ve got LPG I boil milk, and cook myself,” he said. “Earlier, I was dependent on my sister-in-law to cook and give me milk.” Indian government data shows that the share of households which have access to LPG has risen from around 50 percent in 2010 to

70 percent this year. “There is a clear decision to increase LPG penetration as this is a cleaner fuel,” said Indrajit Bose, executive director at Indian Oil Corp (IOC.NS). “It cuts pollution and also replaces use of wood as well as animal dung used for cooking in rural India. In the last 5-6 years, the government has been consistently reducing the allocation of subsidized kerosene... Delhi is today kerosene-free.” SHALE REVOLUTION Energy consultancy IHS expects global LPG demand to rise from around 275 million tonnes this year to some 310 million tonnes by 2019, with the biggest growth seen in Asia. That compares with under 250 million tonnes in 2010. The World Bank says LPG helps reduce poverty, giving

millions of households access to cooking heat and electricity for the first time. “Reduction of extreme poverty is impossible without addressing energy scarcity,” said Anita Marangoly George, senior director of Sustainable Development at the World Bank. “We see LPG as crucial in fighting energy poverty.” LPG burns cleaner than wood or kerosene, and although both LPG and kerosene are highly flammable, large conversion programmes such as undertaken in Indonesia show a fall in household accidents following a switch to LPG. One issue the LPG industry acknowledges, and is trying to make people aware of, is unsafe handling of LPG canisters, such as the decanting of domestic cylinders for other uses including powering vehicles. “This is an illegal and high-

ly dangerous practice and we are working very hard with national authorities to stamp it out,” said James Rockall, CEO and Managing Director of the World LPG Association. SUBSIDISED GROWTH Just as important as the demand growth has been a change in LPG supply. Previously mostly produced in the Middle East, its rise over the last few years has come as a side-effect of the U.S. shale oil and gas exploration boom, of which LPG is a by-product. With LPG production from shale soaring since 2006, the United States has this year become the world’s biggest exporter. Its soaring production has also made LPG much cheaper, a key ingredient for its success in developing countries, with U.S. propane prices PRO-USG

new Delhi, october 9 (agencieS): Chinese mobile handset company Gionee, which entered India in 2013, is planning to make the country an export hub for South Asia and Africa. The company will start manufacturing in India by February 2016. It is setting up a manufacturing unit with a Rs 300 crore investment. “Our facility will be ready by February. The unit will be able to meet all our requirements in India,” said Arvind R Vohra, chief exec-

new Delhi, october 9 (ianS): Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurveda will roll out its noodles across the country on October 15. “We will launch Patanjali noodles all over India on October 15. Maggi used to sell for Rs.25, we will offer it for Rs.15. Its taste maker will be a health maker. It will have no added lead or MSG (monosodium glutamate),” Ramdev said at a joint press meet here to announce the strategic partnership between Kishore Biyani-led Future Group and Patanjali. Saying that Patanjali will clock a business of Rs.5,000 crore in the 2015-16 financial year, Ramdev added: “In Maggi, they (Nestle) used palm oil, but we will use much costlier ricebran oil in our noodles.” He said the catchline for Patanjali noodles will be “Jhat pat pakao, aur befikr khao”. In June, Maggi noodles were taken off the shelves across India amid concerns over “dangerous levels” of lead and MSG.

SpiceJet to add six new aircraft new Delhi, october 9 (ianS): Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Friday said it has embarked upon a major fleet and flight expansion programme for the upcoming winter season. It said it will induct six new aircraft within 30 days, calling the move “a first of its kind initiative in the history of Indian aviation”. Presently, the airline has in its next generation fleet 20 Boeing 737 and 1 Airbus A319 aircraft along with 14 Bombardier Q-400 aircraft. According to the airline, the fresh induction was part of a comprehensive plan to meet the winter demand. SpiceJet also unveiled a new winter schedule, raising a total daily flight operation to 291 from the current 250, adding 10 new sectors, 30 new frequencies and 22 connecting flights. “We have been speedily moving on the growth path by consistently adding new flights to enhance our overall network,” said Shilpa Bhatia, senior vice president and head of sales and distribution, SpiceJet. “With the new network schedule, we are offering better timings, increased frequencies. With this enhancement we have significantly growing our capacity by 16 percent.” It said the newly added sectors in the winter schedule effective from October 25 were Ahmedabad-Goa, Mumbai-Varanasi and Varanasi-Hyderabad. The flights for Khozhikode-Dubai and Amritsar-Dubai are to start from November 15.

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an engine of economic growth,” said Kim, after the release of the report. Subtitled “Development Goals in an Era of Demographic Change”, the report came as a jarring counterpoint to the attitude of many developed countries who see migration as something to be fought off. From fiery rhetoric among Republican presidential candidates in the US to attack ads placed by the Danish government in Lebanese newspapers, migrants are often treated as pariahs that leech off dwindling public resources. Kim rubbished this viewpoint, saying “if countries with ageing populations can create a path for

refugees and migrants to participate in the economy, everyone benefits. Most of the evidence suggests that migrants will work hard and contribute more in taxes than they consume in social services”. According to the World Bank’s analysis, the core evidence of this statement came from the difference in working-population percentages between developing and developed economies. Its findings showed the share of global population of working age has peaked at 66 percent and is now dropping.The report said the share of the elderly will double to 16 percent of the global population by

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utive officer and managing director of Gionee India. “India is a prospective manufacturing hub for markets in South Asia and Africa once our requirements are met here,” he added. Gionee sold four million handsets in the country in 2014 and expects to sell six million handsets this year. According to William Lu, president, Gionee India, is a strategic market for the company. “We were not present online. We are now partnering Snapdeal

to offer our premium product, the E8,” he said. “We have 32,000 channel partners in India but one cannot stay out of the online space. We did not go online because we were waiting for the right product,” Vohra added. “It is a great addition to our smartphone offerings. We hope our customers will be excited about the choices we are bringing them just before the festival season,” said Kunal Bahl, co-founder and chief executive officer of Snapdeal.

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not a decade ago to some 20 million tonnes this year.” LPG is also seeing industrial-scale growth. Malaysia is developing the huge Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project in Johor, close to Singapore’s oil hub. RAPID will have the capacity to store more than 2 million cubic metres of crude oil, refined products, petrochemicals and LPG and plans to start operations in 2019. One problem the LPG industry could face is a scaleback in subsidies it heavily relies on in many countries. “A lot of demand for LPG is subsidized,” said Walter Hart, Global Lead of Natural Gas Liquids at IHS. “Eventually, the subsidies will be pulled back, and that would result in a lot of subsidized demand growth reduction, for instance in India.”

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down 70 percent since 2014. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said this week that investment in the overall oil sector would drop by at least 20 percent this year versus 2014, the biggest fall on record. While many oil majors like Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) or Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) also trade LPG, it makes up only a small share of their business and they often sell it on to specialized firms who are now taking advantage of cheap LPG to create new markets in developing countries. “The sea-change of U.S. LPG exports has been fantastic for us,” said Theodore Young, chief financial officer of New York-based Dorian LPG (LPG.N), one of the world’s biggest shippers of the fuel, which has ordered 19 new vessels to meet demand. “It’s been massive growth of perhaps 4 million tonnes

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NNC objects Governor’s remark on issue of leadership and insurgency “Just because NSCN (IM) has the resources to trouble the Indian state or to muffle its own people with their muscle power if desired, it does not make them the leader of the Naga people”

Dimapur, OctOber 9 (mexN): The Naga National Council (NNC) has taken strong exception to the remark made by the Governor of Nagaland & Assam, PB Acharya that “the NSCN (IM) is the leader of the insurgent groups and it claims that it has the monopoly over all representing

the Nagas. That is why the government is engaging with it.” The statement appeared on October 8 in sections of media of both Nagaland and Assam. Stating that there are two main erroneous perceptions that require urgent corrections, first the idea of leadership and secondly, the idea of insurgency, NNC vice president, Thupushuyi S Keyho, in a rejoinder maintained that leadership is not claimed by individuals but recognized and mandated by the people. “Just because NSCN (IM) has the resources to trouble the Indian state or to muffle its own people with their muscle power if desired, it does not make them the leader of the Naga people. A leader, on the contrary, is someone who commands the loyalty

and respect of the people and one who represents the hope and aspiration of the people,” the NNC stated. While not doubting their (NSCN IM) leadership, NNC said it is “reasonable on his (Governor) part to ask if all the Naga people accept their leadership or whether they enjoy the mandate and loyalty of even the majority of the Nagas.” “He only needs to ask the Naga public, not just to rely on the claims of the leaders of NSCN (IM). It is irresponsible on the part of any official to make sensitive political statement without verification,” the NNC rejoinder further maintained. Secondly, the NNC pointed out that Naga political groups are not insurgent groups. “We are not

fighting to overthrow the government or to bring about revolution in the state and society,” it said, “Even if NSCN (IM) accept this insurgent identity as given by the Indian state, NNC is not ready to accept this.” It further sought to enlighten that unlike any insurgent groups or movements which try to fight for specific objectives within the structure of the state, NNC right from its inception refused to recognize the authority of the Indian state over the Naga people and placed itself outside the Indian state. In addition, NNC said Acharya’s reference to NSCN (IM) as having the ‘monopoly over all groups representing Nagas’ need serious attention. “As vocal as NSCN (IM) is on the Indo-Naga issue and respected by Indian

government for its ability to strike violently, it is certainly a fallacious inference to conclude that NSCN (IM) therefore, enjoys the monopoly of public support,” the rejoinder stated. Despite the NSCN (IM)’s clarion call to the Naga people to welcome and support the ‘Peace Accord’ signed between them and the Government of India (GoI), the NNC said a large majority of Nagas are still reluctant to openly and publicly give their approval. “To put it simply and directly, they have no monopoly of leadership at all. On the contrary, all the leading Naga public organizations have been unanimous in their demand to the GoI – to include all the Naga Political Groups in the negotiation table,” it injected.

Uphold and protect the struggles MLA Azo on the idea of Smart City and identity of the Nagas: CL John Our Correspondent Kohima | October 9

Morung Express News Kohima | October 9

Under the theme, 'Adapt, Improvise and Achieve', the Tenyimia Post Graduate Students Union, Kohima Campus, Meriema celebrated its 13th freshers' meet on October 9 at Ura Academy Hall with CL John, Minister for Rural Development, REPA as Chief Guest. Asserting that the Tenyimia students are the heart and backbone of the Naga students, CL John exhorted the students that they have a huge responsibility lying ahead of them. The responsibility John pointed out was to break apart the menace of tribalism. He urged the students not to identify themselves based on their tribes. "Naga society is westernized but not modernized," stated John, who added that the role of the students is to modernise and develop the Naga society and that it is the prerogative of the University students to reform Naga society. The Naga students are also expected to protect

Minister CL John speaking at the freshers’ meet of PGSU, Kohima Campus on October 9.

and uphold the struggles and identity of the Nagas. We have lost the essence of work culture, mentioned John. Pointing out that most youngsters today are only on the lookout for easy money, he questioned, who can reform our society. “Only the students can.” Further, admitting that the values and principles that leaders in the past have lived and worked for the people is all lost, John stated that today politicians, bureaucrats, religious leaders and even student leaders work just for money and not for what is right. The

misuse of power and intelligence has grown so much over the years, the minister, who was also a former student leader in his youth, stated. He added that earlier activities were organized without seeking monetary help from ministers. The grassroots, he said, have become corrupted leading to the corruption of leaders. There need to be a revival in every section of the society, John asserted. The event chaired by Sekholü Tetseo, began with a prayer by Sentuile Daime. The presidential note was presented by Vecita Vasa. Kevichalie Metha, Asst Pastor, PBC said prayer for the Freshers. A speech on behalf of the Freshers was delivered by Thünoküve Tetseo while words of gratitude was presented by Sedevinuo Ngukha. TPGSU, Nagaland University, Kohima Meriema Campus was established in the year 2003 with the motto "Nourhe-u Kekuo" (Unity is Strength). The TPGSU members consist of nine tribes - Angami, Chakhesang, Pochury, Rengma, Zeliang, Mao, Poumai, Thangal, and Inpui.

MLA Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu today said that with change of government, people expect changes to happen. One of the innovative ideas on the pipeline of BJP led NDA government is to create 100 smart cities all over the country. He expressed happiness that Kohima is included in the first list. “Though it is not sure what is meant by ‘smart’ in the present context, among others, it could mean ‘simple’ or simplifying what is difficult and complex,” he said while addressing the 54th general session cum freshers social of the Kohima Chakhesang Students’ Union here at CBCK conference hall. He said that an important feature to add would be “accessibility to all.” In the present time, he said, we are depending more and more on modern technology to meet the challenges of simplicity and accessibility. “As of now, the idea of ‘Smart City’ is almost made synonymous with modern technology. However, unless we take enough care not to confuse development with technology, we are in the process of destroying some of the basic human and social val-

MLA Azo addressing the general session of KCSU in Kohima on October 9. (Morung Photo)

ues, for example, equality,” he said. “For not many in our society can own modern technologies yet.” Azo also viewed that in the process of pursuing a smart city, one should not forget or ignore the importance of ‘accessibility,” accessibility to all. Stating that road is undoubtedly the most important part of human development and progress, he said not only is it a symbol of progress by itself, but it also makes possible other areas of progress and development. “We should also remember that road can also become a symbol of injustice and inequality in the society. When we think of road, we basically think of vehicles. But majority in our society cannot afford to buy

or maintain a vehicle. It is the rich who benefit the most from road development. Road is primarily for the rich if there is no effective public transport system. This is not to criticize the idea of road development itself but to help us reflect on the concept of development itself,” Azo said. He also stated that footpath and super market need to be addressed accordingly. Also, exhorting the gathering, Chakhesang Hoho Kohima president Theja Therie said the youth of today must tell government to provide infrastructure, connectivity and uninterrupted power supply and other basic supplies, but leave the rest to the youth to struggle and stand on its own feet. “We do not need subsidy, grants, cheap loans with political sponsorship or any other welfare schemes. We are educated and exposed to skills and schemes, we must struggle on way forward,” he said. Therie also urged the youth to be courageous and to maintain cordial and good inter-tribal relationship. Earlier, KCSU president Wekhrope Marhu urged upon the students to give priority in their studies. “Perseverance, hard work, sincerity and dedication must be the priority of student’s life to succeed,” he said.

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NSCN (R) orders two transport companies

Dimapur, OctOber 9 (mexN): The NSCN (Reformation) today alleged that OM Caring Transport and Prince Transport, Dimapur are not complying with the norms set by its finance ministry. Therefore, NSCN (R) asked the two transport companies to come and solve the matter amicably within five days. A press release from Finance Secretary, Dimapur In-charge, NSCN (R) further cautioned that failing to comply with this order, the NSCN (R) will impose prohibition order upon the two companies till further order.

IGNOU induction prog at Study Cenre 2002 KOHima, OctOber 9 (mexN): IGNOU induction programme for freshly enrolled learners of Diploma, Bachelors and Master Degree Programmes for July 2015 Session at Study Centre 2002, Dimapur Govt. College will be conducted on October 11 at 11:00 am at Dimapur Govt. College, Dimapur. All learners registered at the IGNOU Study Centre have been informed to personally attend the induction programme. Re-registered (RR) students for Bachelors and Master Degree Programmes in 2nd year and 3rd year for July 2015 Session at Study Centre 2002, Dimapur Govt. College are also informed to collect their Study Materials on the day (October 11) at 11 am. For more details, contact IGNOU Study Centre - 2002, Dimapur Govt. College.

School level painting competition Dimapur, OctOber 9 (mexN): The Dy. District Education Officer Dimapur, Amongla Jamir has informed all the head of the institution under Dimapur District that the school level painting competition on Energy Conservation 2015 organized by Ministry of Power and Bureau of Energy efficiency, Government Of India has been extended to October 26. In a press note, the DDEO said that the categories for the competition are as follows: Category A (Class 4 to 6) - “Save Energy Save Environment”; Category B (Class 7 to 9) - “Save Electricity to Light More Homes.” All concerned schools have been requested to submit the same directly to the following address: Basant Kumar Tigga, Sr. Manager (HR), DHEP, NEEPCO Ltd, Doyang, district Wokha, Nagaland – 797100; Pollem Tep, Addll. Director, Directorate of School Education, Nagaland, Kohima.

NSU & NKD Nousi Kehou today KOHima, OctOber 9 (mexN): Nerhema Students’ Union (NSU) along with Nerhema Krotho Dimapur will be holding a ‘Nousi Kehou’ in line with other NSU pre golden jubilee events on October 10, 10:00 am at Razhüphe Baptist Church, Old DC Court, Dimapur. All well wishers have been invited to attend the same.

DEO Zunheboto informs ZuNHebOtO, OctOber 9 (Dipr): District Education Officer (DEO), Zunheboto, has informed all Government High Schools and Government Higher Secondary Schools under Zunheboto district to submit names of two girls each from Class IX and Class X who are not availing any other scholarship, both Central (PMS) or State, for Nagaland Special Stipend for girls on or before October 20.

No ADC, EAC in Shamator for almost five months Business interface - Obsidian Nagaland 2015 SHamatOr, OctOber 9 (mexN): Yimchungrü Tribal Council (YTC) today voiced out against the non-deployment of ADC and EAC to Shamator ADC HQ even after four months since the earlier officials got transferred. In an open letter to the State commissioner concerned, YTC through its general secretary, L Chuba Yimchunger said that Shamator is one of the most sensitive areas in Nagaland. The area is located at the interior where there has been an instance of petty law and order situations quickly escalating into serious law and order situation. However, knowing the facts, the area has been in-

tentionally neglected in almost every aspect, the letter claimed. “Non-deployment of the ADC and EAC for nearly about five months is one instance of intentional negligence of the competent authorities of the State. No degree of explanation or corroboration of material facts and circumstance could justify the stand.” In the absence of the ADC and EAC, the letter said, people are constrained to visit the DC of Tuensang, which is not viable all the time and upon every single grievance. “When people have to relay to the administrative officers about most of their grievances either verbally or through written representa-

tion, unfortunately both the ADC and the EAC of Shamator ADC HQ were simultaneously allowed their transfer to other places without relievers,” it lamented. The YTC expressed dismay and resentment that the competent authorities of the State remained lethargic and unresponsive in despatching their relievers even after the lapse of more than four months. “Hence, the lackadaisical attitude of the competent authorities has virtually placed the fate of the area and its people into a state of uncertainty,” YTC stated. “As of now, for them there is no protection and prevention and hence they are being tacitly and impliedly

North East otolaryngologists’ conference underway in Kohima Morung Express News Kohima | October 9

“Such workshops /conferences should enable our NE fraternity of specialists to design health camps in the rural areas where the real needs are sidelined,” stated P Longon, Minister for Health and Family Welfare during the inauguration of the 28th Annual Conference of the North East Branch of Association of Otolaryngologists of India (NEBAOI) at Capital Convention Centre. The Conference will end on October 11. Longon commended the founding members of the Association which was established in 1970. All NE states have hosted the conference, including Na-

galand in 1992, under the leadership of Late Dr. R. Zinyü, the first ENT Surgeon of Nagaland. Longon called it is a matter of pride for the small community of ENT surgeons of Nagaland to be hosting another conference after a gap of 23 years. Asserting that the NE region in many aspects is lagging far behind in accessing health facilities, especially in 70 to 75 per cent of the rural areas, Longon called it a great burden for state governments. Therefore, he requested the ENT doctors through the conference to coordinate in areas of technology sharing, medical and allied health resources, low cost and affordable services and capacity building of human resources. “And wherever

denied of their rights and privileges guaranteed by the Constitution of India.” Pointing out that the situation in the Shamator area is sensitive, volatile, isolated and deserving, YTC urged the commissioner to address the grievances with utmost urgency. In the event of outbreak of law and order situation or anything contrary to the interest of the peace loving citizens that could have been prevented if the authorities concerned had timely deployed the administrative officers, YTC warned that the onus of proof concerning such failure shall completely rest upon the State government and YTC shall not be a party to solution.

Our Correspondent Kohima | October 9

The Entrepreneurs Associate (EA) today organised Business Interface titled “Obsidian Nagaland 2015” here at Hotel Vivor under the theme “You Can.” Speaking on the occasion, minister for roads & bridges Y. Vikheho Swu said the lifestyle of depending on other people has really affected the Naga people. “Developed Nagaland”, according to him, would mean the amount of production that we are able to produce will define our status of development. He said the amount of the produces that the villagers could bring from villages to

Gorkha Elders’ Forum meeting

Dimapur, OctOber 9 (mexN): A general meeting of the Gorkha Elders’ Forum Dimapur will be held on October 11, 2:00 pm at Hotel Alwyn, Purana Bazar (Opposite possible, compassion and Zion Hospital junction), Dimapur. A press release from free services to the poor- the forum informed that the meeting will discuss about est of our societies,” added chalking out programme for 2016 calendar year, and introduction of office bearers, among others. Longon. Kedozeto Punyü, Organising Chairman delivered the welcome address while a welcome song was presented by Nursing students from Naga Hospital Authority, Kohima. The keynote address was de- Dimapur, OctOber gas if voted to power. NNC in livered by Dr. Kuddush 9 (mexN): The Naga Na- a release welcomed internaAhmed, President of NE- tional Council (NNC) today tional leaders who were and BAOI. The NEBAOIVON lauded Aung San Suu Kyi, are concerned for the Nagas 2015 Souvenir and NEBAOI the leader of Myanmar’s Na- and appealed to the leaders Journal was also released tional League for Democ- of other countries to speak during the inaugural ses- racy, for speaking out boldly for the Nagas for peaceful sion. A surgical workshop about Nagas of Eastern Na- settlement in the interest of was also held on October 9 galand for peaceful settle- peace and development in at NHAK. The next two days ment. NNC quoted Suu Kyi the South East Region. The will witness scientific ses- as saying, "India has to work NNC prayed that the Nationsions where ENT profes- to come to a peaceful settle- al League for Democracy sionals from the North East ment with the Nagas.” She come to power for freedom will be discussing and pre- also vowed to ensure trans- of democracy in the Myanparency to deal with the Na- mar election next month. senting on varied topics.

Minister Y. Vikheho Swu addressing Business Interface in Kohima on October 9. (Morung Photo)

Kohima will define how developed we are. He acknowledged that EA has trained many young entrepreneurs and provided employment to more

than thousand youth and congratulated them. “Our society has been predominantly dependent on government sector job alone. State government is the only major employer at the moment,” he noted. He expressed happiness that many entrepreneurs had made decision to be contributor to the society by bringing in new ideas and production, generating wealth and creating employment opportunities. Swu also stressed on the need to enhance the planning process and at the same time encouraged the entrepreneurs to broaden their vi-

sion to excel in business. MLA Merentoshi Jamir also exhorted the gathering. The EA, an NGO passionately promoting entrepreneurship in Nagaland since 2000 conducts business interface once 3 years to further the growth of entrepreneurship in Nagaland. The Business Interface witnessed the coming together of several first generation entrepreneurs from seven districts of the state. The event connected the banks and entrepreneurs to scale up the business enterprises for creating more economic opportunities in the state.

AR busts ‘illegal detention centre’ Dimapur, OctOber 9 (mexN): On specific information regarding extortion, detention, peddling arms, ammunition, and drugs, a team of 32 Assam Rifles under the leadership of Company Commander conducted a house search in Half Nagarjan colony, Dimapur and reportedly found

an “illegal Detention Center of NSCN (IM).” A press note from the PRO, Assam Rifles informed that one Rovisalvo Angami (29) was allegedly “detained by NSCN (IM) under Operation Acceleration Dimapur Town.” The AR stated that during the spot questioning it was learnt that the individ-

ual was allegedly assaulted and “placed in a closed chamber with no ventilation by NSCN (IM) cadre.” The AR apprehended six NSCN (IM) cadres identified as Sgt Major Trihah, Sgt Major Yetovi, Sgt Major Aketo, Cpl Lamek Rongmei, Cpl Among and Vikhuho.

NNC lauds Suu Kyi for NSCN (IM) condemns raid by Assam Rifles OctOber 5, ‘Deputy Kilonser’ Khotso the Government of India. speaking out for Nagas Dimapur, While condemning the 9 (mexN): The NSCN (IM) at Sochiinuma village on has strongly condemned the raid of the office of Dimapur Town Command and the arrest of its 6 (six) cadres by the 32 Assam Rifles (AR) on the midnight of October 7, 2015. Stating this though its MIP, the NSCN (IM) further condemned raids at the residence of the following national workers namely‘Tatar’ Viyeto Sumi at Burma Camp on September 15; Saul, ‘Leacy’ of UT-1 at Burma Camp on October

October 6 and ‘Razoupeyu’ Tino at Chumukedima on October 8. Stating that these incidences has serious ramifications that must be looked into considering the initiative towards a lasting final solution, the NSCN (IM) termed it as a breach of trust and violation of agreed ceasefire ground rules which have created confusion to the level of confidence and momentum that have been built up between Nagas and

raids at different places and arrest of its cadres, the NSCN (IM) reminded the AR that it's an era of peace and not confrontation and the group was deeply committed to the ongoing political dialogue which have entered its crucial phase and inching towards final settlement. At the same time, the NSCN (IM) also urged the AR to exhibit political maturity if at all they honour the ongoing political talks.

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PeoPle, life, etc...

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

Feasting on Locusts in Nagaland Michael Snyder

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n several of the dialects spoken among the Naga tribes, who live in remote hilltop villages along India’s northeastern border with Myanmar, there is no single word for ‘hello.’ Instead, people greet each other by asking, ‘Have you eaten?’ By the time I learned this, I’d already spent three weeks traveling around the Indian state of Nagaland, bumping along muddy tracks waterlogged from near-nightly thunderstorms, dipping into banks of fog, and rounding blind corners over deep valleys bursting with bamboo and bananas and giant ferns. I’d tasted winged beans in a tar-black paste of fermented mud crab and sesame seed, snakehead eels electric with the numbing zap of Sichuan peppercorns, and a thick curry of pig intestines cooked in blood over the open fire that is the center of every Naga kitchen and home. Yes, I had most definitely eaten. I first tasted Naga food about three years earlier when a friend’s sister-in-law invited me over for a dinner of homecooked dishes from her native state. She prepared smoked beef, pungent with a fermented soy paste called axone, smoked pork with fermented bamboo shoots, and fresh pork in anishi, a black gravy made from pounded and smoked yam leaves, all served with heaping mounds of rice. These were bold, confrontational flavors and textures I’d never associated with India. Until recently, few people outside India’s northeastern corner could tell you anything about Naga cooking. In Mumbai, where I’ve lived for the last four years, this is still Ellery Biddle

y friend Sands Fish is a data scientist and a grad student at MIT, and, like most people in his demographic, he uses Facebook. But Sands took an unplanned break from the platform this summer when Facebook sent him an automated message formally requesting that he verify his name with the company or risk having his account suspended. Indeed, Facebook requires people to display their “real” names on their profiles. The unusualness of Sands’ first name, especially in combination with his last, seemed to have sent Facebook’s name verification robots the wrong signal, and suddenly he had seven days to submit some form of state-issued ID or lose access to his account. After a few weeks of frustration, Sands complied and sent the company a scan of his driver’s license, proving that “Sands Fish” was not some maritime-flavored in-joke but in fact is his legal name. His account was reinstated. Several thousand miles away, in India’s southern state of Kerala, a woman namedPreetha G had a similar experience. A writer and outspoken feminist, Preetha has 27,000 followers on Facebook. She regularly comments and debates issues of gender and politics on the platform, and is one of many Indian women who see Facebook as space for expressing themselves that they do not have in public life. Kerala-born blogger Inji Pennu, who now lives in Florida, describes Facebook as “a place where we could gather around with other women and tell the world, I do not want men to grope me while going to school, I do not want men to tell me what to do at offices, I do not want my parents to give me off in a wedding.” In late July of this year,

true. In Delhi, where Naga people move in significant numbers to study and work, a few small restaurants now serve classics of the Naga arsenal and have started to catch the attention of a larger population that’s increasingly attuned to the Subcontinent’s wealth of regional cuisines. Ethnically closer to their ancestors in China and northern Burma than to anyone on the Subcontinent, the Naga are still viewed with suspicion by many people in mainland India. Young people who move to cities like Delhi often meet with discrimination, verbal abuse, and even physical violence. That’s left their food to play cultural ambassador—an unexpected one in the Indian cultural milieu, where consumption of meat is so often a subject of controversy. Naga cuisine isn’t a secret anymore. I came to Nagaland for the first time one year after that initial meal, arriving by train from the west in the shambolic border town of Dimapur, the entry point for the hill country. I’d come on assignment for a Mumbai-based travel magazine, for which I’d proposed to explore the ins and outs of the local cooking, but within a few days I learned, much to my personal pleasure and professional dismay, that actually there is no such thing as Naga food. The Nagas themselves are really a collection of 36 sub-tribes scattered across the faintly drawn boundary that separates India from Myanmar. Over the course of time, each tribe, and in some cases each village, developed its own unique way of speaking, dressing, and, of course, cooking. “We Semas make the best axone,” my friend Lilian told me on that first visit to Dimapur, where

she runs a pair of bars, two years back. A Mumbaibased friend from the Ao tribe, named Al, told me about his community’s more subtly flavored dishes, things like anishi and a meat-and-pounded-rice porridge called amursu, just on the soupy side of a Chinese congee. He told me that the Angami “eat anything that moves”— an exaggeration, but only barely. Of Konyak food, Lilian would only say, “it sucks.” Tribal rivalries notwithstanding, Lilian and Al and any number of other Naga friends all agreed that Lothas cook the most sophisticated food. They’re especially famous for the quality of their bamboo, an essential ingredient of all Naga cooking, and particularly for their use of the mild tender shoots from a variety called vapüu (the Lotha language recognizes 10 kinds of bamboo). No part goes unused. The round, pale-green bases of the shoots (they look like curtain rings) are hacked off with machetes and pulverized, then pressed of their juice,

which is left to ferment into an opaque white vinegar that lasts for years. The leftover pulp is stored and fermented in jars. The tender tops of the shoots, the shape of antique telescopes, can be shredded, pressed and fermented, then sun-dried into fine brown threads that keep indefinitely, or soaked in ashy water to leach out their bitterness, before being quartered and boiled, sometimes as a plain vegetable side dish, sometimes with meat (the mild, vegetal crunch went nicely in a collagenous stew of beef trotters). On my second visit to Nagaland in September of this year, at the tail end of the rainy season, I went into the Lotha districts with Steve Odyuo, who runs a wildlife conservation NGO in the area called Natural Nagas. In Nagaland, the rainy season is also the time for landslides and leeches. It’s also, Steve told me, the time for the bamboo shoots. My timing was perfect. Steve and I met in Dimapur and spent the better part of a day driving to New

Facebook’s Stop and Frisk a politician in Kerala proposed a ban on women wearing jeans. Preetha was outraged. She started talking about it on Facebook, organizing an opposition. And then the trolls came, piling on harassment and calling her nasty names. She’d dealt with this before. But then something new happened. Her account was suspended, and she received the same message that Sands had just a few weeks earlier. Like Sands, Preetha was accused of violating the “real name” policy. But it wasn’t a robot that reported her. It was another user—perhaps one of the people who had been harassing her. Unlike Sands, she had no grace period, no time to react. With no warning, she was instantly locked out, silenced in the place where she was once most able to speak freely. Then things got worse. A “Preetha the Prostitute” page appeared on Facebook, featuring doctored images of her wearing provocative clothing, drinking, and smoking—things that can bring a woman all kinds of trouble in her part of the world. Commenters on another page threatened to hurt her son. Without access to Facebook, she couldn’t respond to these attacks. Other women began to stand up for her, and similar things befell them. When Inji Pennu spoke up about it, she got a message from another user telling her to shut up. “We will choke you on Miami Beach,” the user wrote. Preetha couldn’t let this continue. She sent Facebook a scan of her state ID. The thing is, Preetha had not violated the real name policy. She’d used the name she “uses in real life,” as Facebook requires. And she was not alone. Thousands of other Facebook users, ranging from Native Americans to clergy members to transgender

people, have found that Facebook’s real name policy does not extend the definition of “realness” or authenticity to include their unquestionably real identities and life circumstances. These and many other communities have pressed upon the issue with the company for years, to little avail. In real life, she leaves out her surname, which indicates social caste. Also known as a caste name, this stands as a marker of India’s technically abolished but still very powerful system of social hierarchy. When Facebook reinstated Preetha’s account, her full name appeared on her profile, caste name and all. Preetha is not only opposed to this system—her name also links her to a low social caste. My South Asian colleagues have explained to me that a move like this can leave a person vulnerable and without recourse. Whether online or off, it gives your enemies license to treat you as badly as they like, with impunity. For instance, police would be unlikely to respond to a call from a woman with a caste name like Preetha’s. After three weeks of sending urgent requests and pleas to the company, and a series of phone calls between Facebook employees and community members atGlobal Voices, where Inji and I both work, Preetha’s account name was reinstated as she likes it. But for her, this is not really the end of the story. It is ongoing. The Internet has a long memory. W h o e v e r re p o r t e d Preetha used Facebook’s “report abuse” button as a tactic, a mechanism of silencing. And it worked. Facebook prioritized the attacker’s speech rights over those of the person being attacked. I later learned that Facebook does not evaluate reports like these within the con-

text of recent events and communications between the two parties involved. For example, if the person who filed a name violation report against Preetha were the same person who created the “Preetha the Prostitute” page, this would have had no bearing on Facebook’s actions. When the company receives a name violation report, it automatically asks users for ID. Many of Facebook’s moderation techniques rely either on machine learning technologies or on reports from the “Facebook community,” but that concept is a bit like McDonald’s declaring itself a “community of hamburger eaters.” There is nothing in particular that ties Facebook users together, aside from a basic, unremarkable pleasure that human beings take in connecting with one another. And Facebook does not have terms of use—it has “Community Standards,” a term that gives the impression that we all made them up together, or that they somehow naturally evolved from some shared agreement on what is right and good. It is from Facebook’s Community Standards that users first learn that “when people stand behind their opinions and actions with their authentic name and reputation, our community is more accountable.” The treatment that Sands and Preetha received from Facebook invites comparison with being (truly) randomly searched at the airport or carded at a liquor store. But it is actually more akin to profiling, a social media equivalent of stop and frisk. Preetha’s effort to shed a marker of social class—a proxy for her relative worth as a human being, in the eyes of an antiquated social system—was upended by Facebook’s system. The abuse came

Riphyim, a small congregation of tin-capped houses perched on a forested ridge over the mighty Doyang River. Herb gardens, replete with lemon balm and spear-shaped Naga coriander and three varieties of basil, pushed through the loose weave of bamboo fences. Cinnamon and star fruit trees threw shade over the low-slung houses. We rolled into town around 11 a.m. and went directly to the home of the villager Yanpothung Odyuo, who had already started preparing our lunch. An earthenware pot filled with smoked beef, dried fish, bitter eggplants, and a paste of roasted black sesame seeds gurgled over the coals. Three tubes of bamboo, filled with water and black tea leaves, angled up out of the flames: homemade kettles. On a plate set on the packed dirt floor, Yanpo had combined pieces of fresh river fish, bought earlier that day, with dry fermented bamboo shoot, green chili, and a dried herb called hantserap, which had the bright green taste of pure chlorofrom another user, but it was the cultural blindness of Facebook’s policies that made this possible from the start. And when Preetha explained to the company what had gone wrong, it took far too long for it to pay attention and do something about it. There are, of course, scenarios in which the use of one’s legal name does increase accountability. Facebook has many reasons to stick with this policy, and this is one of them. But more than this, I believe the real name policy is about business. It would be unfeasible, with Facebook’s terrifyingly large user base, for the company to check ID at the proverbial door, but not enforcing a real name policy would also undercut the essence of Facebook’s business model. We all know that Facebook makes most of its money from data that it sells to advertisers. Part of what makes this data so valuable and powerful in the global data economy is that it seems, in large part, to be tied to “real” people. Since Facebook cannot actually verify the identities of all of its users, it instead exercises a combination of machine and user-driven social control, a sort of performance of cross-platform verification. While a few users may leave on account of its policies, far more opt to follow the rules for fear of losing the benefits that Facebook brings them. This situation challenges things we like to put faith in—algorithms, the wisdom of the crowd, the power of free speech. Maybe you don’t relate to Preetha but you do relate to Sands. Maybe the real name policy will never create, for you, an inconvenience or a life-changing experience of risk and fear. But it is clear that Facebook’s technologies and policies have a long way to go before they can fully understand and appreciate the responsibility that they carry when they decide to dictate what and who is “real” in the world.

phyll. He stuffed the marinated fish into another hollow of bamboo, corked the top with ginger leaves, and placed it over the fire to steam in the moisture released from the wood. “When I was a child in the 50’s, food was often scarce,” Yanpo said, recalling the difficult years immediately after India’s independence in 1947. When the British left the Subcontinent and drew their border through the Naga hills, they cast half of the Nagas into the new state of India, very much against their will, sparking a bitter war between the Indian government, which wanted to maintain its new and already embattled territorial integrity, and the Naga guerillas, who wanted a state of their own. Though the conflict has cooled considerably in recent years, some insurgent factions continue to patrol the jungle, and the Indian military maintains a significant, and much resented, presence across the state. “We lived on maize and millet and jungle leaves, and when we did get meat, the whole community would share it, so we could have it maybe two or three times per month,” Yanpo said. Today, improved infrastructure means that barely a meal passes without chicken, pork, beef, fish, or, on days when the farmers get lucky, wild game, which is still distributed equally among the villagers. After the beef had been boiling for an hour, Yanpo added a few tablespoons of fermented bamboo juice, the primary source of acidity in Naga cooking—“if you add it too soon, the meat will become tough,” Steve explained—then a handful of dried leaves from a local basil variety with a strong medicinal finish. The beef came out of the pot as dark

and viscous as tar, and tasted of smoke and sesame, with a bitter bite from the basil and eggplants, a rising heat from the chilies, and mushroom-like funk from the bamboo. The fish, which came off the fire some 40 minutes later, was a delicate antidote, its sweet flesh infused with the scent of fresh bamboo—probably the mildest Naga dish I’ve tasted. The next day, Steve and I went to the home of Yantsao Lotha, a teacher in the village, who told us about his school days back in the late 1960s, when he would trudge five hours up the road to Wokha, the nearest town (there were no public vehicles then), often carrying 15 kilos on his back. “Whatever we had in the village we took to town,” he said, “we couldn’t afford to buy our rice there and we couldn’t get the ingredients we wanted.” Things have changed since Yantsao and Yanpo were kids. For many Nagas, the future lies not in the hope of independence as it did for their parents’ generation, but in the big cities of mainland India. Some return home after their schooling; many others do not. And while it’s certainly easier to get village ingredients in Naga towns than it was before, if you live in India, you have to bring your ingredients from home, just as Yantsao did 50 years back. Naga friends who have studied away from the hills and lived in college dorms, have told me time and again, with good-humored laughs, about the complaints they got from Indian neighbors when they cooked with the pungent, half-rotten ingredients that their parents sent down. Nagas in the towns and villages alike have abandoned their traditional dress; they know nothing of the animist

faith of their ancestors; and many of them have even stopped speaking their tribal dialects, learning instead to communicate in English and a creole called Nagamese that’s less than a century old. But they still come of age in the family kitchen and learn to cook the food of their ancestors. However far they scatter, Nagas take those flavors with them. As Yantsao proudly told me over lunch that day, he still sends packages to his children in Delhi and faraway Jammu, near the western border with Pakistan, filled with dried bamboo shoot, straight from the forest where he grew up. On my last night in New Riphyim, after an evening of grasshopperhunting and many tin mugs of cheap rum, I told Steve some of the things I’d heard about the Naga diet before coming. “In most countries, when locusts come it causes a famine. In the Naga hills, we call it a feast,” a friend had said over drinks. “Of the things that fly, we don’t eat helicopters. Of the things with four legs—” “—we don’t eat tables,” Steve interrupted with a roll of the eyes. “In towns they say these things as a sort of joke. Because it’s what people from outside expect.” When I left New Riphyim, I went to other villages among other tribes. I tasted other dishes and, as Steve had promised, I did notice the difference: no two villages cooked in quite the same way. I tasted the unexpected everywhere I went and found that the reality of Naga food would always keep receding, that there would always be some other dish from some other village, hidden just over the next ridge. The hills, happily, still have their secrets.

TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF Kamala Thiagarajan

hirty-five years ago, at his office in Kochi, Kerala, young scientist E. Vivekanandan felt terribly giddy soon after lunch. "It was a normal day and I wasn't under any stress," recalls Vivekanandan, PhD, now 65 and widely noted for his research on climate change. Hours later, when the giddiness still hadn't left him, he went to a doctor who found nothing amiss. "At 135/90, my blood pressure was only nominally high, according to the doctor. Yet my dizzy spells continued and no one could explain it." Months later, a hospital in his hometown of Chennai diagnosed hypertension, or high blood pressure (BP). A week of taking the prescribed pills made Vivekanandan feel better. But when he stopped the medication, the dizzy spells returned. Again, for a while, Vivekanandan was irregular with his medication and his BP steadily climbed. Even before he turned 35, he was contending with readings as dangerously high as 220/110 mm Hg despite reverting to regular medication. (Normal BP is about 120/80 mm Hg, and mm Hg is the unit used to measure BP. Also see the portion subtitled "How is BP measured?" later in this article). According to the World Health Organization's statistics for India, approximately 23 percent of both men and women over age 25 suffer from hypertension. The risk rises with age. It affects nearly half of all Indians above age 40, estimates Dr V. V. Muthusamy, Madurai-based cardiologist and president of the Indian Society of Hypertension. He adds that genetics is one of the most common causes. Among Dr Muthusamy's major endeavours-he is also director of the World Hypertension League-is to educate the public about the seri-

ousness of "uncontrolled hypertension," when the condition remains undiagnosed and untreated. Recent studies estimate that for every Indian diagnosed with hypertension, there could be two with either undiagnosed hypertension or pre-hypertension, where the BP is slightly elevated, but not high enough for concern. "Uncontrolled hypertension increases the risk of heart disease and brain attacks (strokes), kidney failure and blindness," he says. "It can also cause cerebral hemorrhage-a leakage of blood in the brain, a condition that may lead to strokes and is often fatal." "Hypertension is usually a symptomless disease. However, some people may experience headaches, giddiness, nosebleeds, blackout, blurred vision, or breathlessness. These symptoms generally appear when the disease advances. Detection is often accidental, since most Indians don't take routine health checks. Unfortunately, many hypertension sufferers reach a hospital only to treat an aftermath of the disease-a heart attack or stroke perhaps. Hence early detection and treatment of this silent condition is vital," says Dr Rajendra Agarkar, founder-president of the Society for Prevention of Hypertension & Diabetes in India, who is also the medical head at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. For research scientist Vivekanandan, those high BP readings, way back when he was in his mid-thirties, were the start of lifelong care. Bringing his blood pressure under control at such a young age meant constant effort and monitoringwhich went beyond regular BP medication. He needed to change his lifestyle too. He made a focused effort to eat more fruit and vegetables, cut down his rice

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intake, and replaced his old favourite mutton with leaner choices like fish and chicken. He also reduced salt and oil to a minimum, and made regular morning and evening walks a habit. Today his blood pressure is still slightly higher than normal, hovering between 140/90 and 150/90, but that's a safe range, says his doctor. Though Vivekanandan has never experienced any major side effects from over three decades of medication, he feels drowsy occasionally and tires more easily than others. "But the dizzy spells have gone and for the most part, I feel good," he says. "I'm happy I can manage the condition effectively and find the energy to travel frequently on work." Vivekanandan's story, the experts will agree, is a model for anybody diagnosed with high BP. Not only did he get the right treatment at an early stage, he has, despite some irregularity at first, done a good job of taking control of his own health. Looking back, his early dizzy spells were a warning-but not everybody is so lucky. Without routine health checks, this condition could remain silent till it reaches a dangerous level. So it is critical that patients are made aware of the importance of monitoring and controlling BP. Also, since Indians are very prone to diabetes, they are at increased risk of hypertension, experts maintain. Another fact is that hypertension is not debilitating or even troublesome at first. So patients often stop taking their medicines without telling their doctors. "Many patients mistakenly feel that once their BP returns to normal, they no longer need to take their medication. Only a doctor's constant monitoring of their medication can help them manage the condition," says Dr Chandan Kedawat, a senior consultant cardiologist in New Delhi.

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Being 99! Samhita Barooah Researcher and Travel Writer

he World Mental Health Day is on October 10 every year. It is an occasion for formalities or does it hold any real meaning in the context of severe mental health contingencies which affect our societies. According to WHO, mental health as a state of well-being in which an individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and is able to make a contribution to his or her community. In this positive sense, mental health is the foundation for individual well-being and the effective functioning of a community. Communities in rural areas of Nagaland, include people with different physical or mental disabilities. They provide with the basic subsistence living needs but that may not be enough. During the course of my research work recently, I came across a poignant experience which needs attention. While walking through the potholed pathways amidst the lush green forests of a Chakhesang village in the Phek district of Nagaland, I came across two women walking together. They were walking with a purpose. They were knitting while walking. I was quite amused with the kind of concentrated effort these women took in knitting while walking along the village roads. When I came closer they were unaware of my presence and busy knitting and chatting with other bystanders. My friend from the village introduced me to the two women and they just kept staring at me. When I asked them their names then they shared reluctantly. They just kept talking to my friend who happens to be working in a local women’s organisation and asked her for a job. The women were dressed in pyjamas, t-shirts and sweaters. They wore plastic slippers and kept walking through the village roads while knitting at the same time. After some time, the women reached the women’s organisation where I was a guest and staying within their premises. They asked for a job to the staff members, later they came to me and said that they could do anything; even a sweeper’s job would do for them. Both women kept following me everywhere I went in the village whether it was the Church, market, shops, community hall or any such

place where they could locate me. All they wanted was a sweeper’s job. When I wanted to know more about them my friends in the village shared that they were very attractive and talented women during their hey -days. Then as fate would have it, they loved some people who never bothered to care for them. So they stayed back in the village and suffered from mental health problems now and they are called 99. 99 is the word used for persons with mental health problems in the village context. The women kept coming to meet me every day to the women’s organisation. One day I was having food inside the kitchen and they could not find me in the room I was allotted. They went to ask the other staff members especially the driver about my whereabouts. They charged the driver and enquired whether he brought me safely or not. I have stayed more than 12 days in this village and these women came everyday to see me and asked for a job of sweeper and sold me three of the woollen caps which the sisters knitted. After about a week, I spoke to one of them at length to know about her story. She shared how she was educated till higher secondary in commerce in Jakhama and Dimapur in colleges outside her village. She also said that she was running a petty shop for six years in the village and sold diverse products like fish, eggs, vegetables, pan, sweets and many such knick knacks which the young people in the village really enjoyed. After six years of running the shop she discontinued her vocation for very personal reasons. When I asked the woman about the kind of problems she faced at her home or when she was on the road, she shared some gruesome experiences. She said that when she walked on the road, she was an object of ridicule; children threw stones at her and made fun of her and sometimes abused her verbally. At home her ailing mother and other family members stopped her from coming out of the house out of shame. But she always came out to find a job and also out of boredom as she did not know else to do. She said she could cook, clean the house, looks after her aged mother and also could work in the fields. She could tie the paddy for harvesting better than anything else in the field. She also shared that she liked hen and could clean it, dress it and cook it and then enjoy a

meal with hen. Her persistence with a sweeper’s job was consistent and the women’s organisation really took care of her other basic needs. They offered her to do some weaving work. She promptly started working on the waist loom and wove some sample designs on the loom. My thoughts could not be contained with just observing the women’s insistence to work with dignity. I kept thinking that these women were educated, skilled and lived safely with family in their close knit community with the support of the church, community institutions and women’s agency but they were suffering and longed to be accepted and engaged in gainful employment. Social inclusion and skilled engagement seemed distant for these women. The women were ready to work for Rs. 500 for a sweeper job. But needed something to hold on which could relieve their trauma of loss of relationship and pass their time well instead of being an object of ridicule for the whole community. Such sense of pride, dignity and aspiration to live a decent life is very rare in today’s times. Prevalence of mental disorders as per World Health Report (2001) is around 10% and it is predicted that burden of disorders is likely to increase by 15% by 2020. At the international level, mental health is receiving increasing importance as reflected by the WHO focus on mental health as the theme for the World Health Day (4th October 2001), World Health Assembly (15th May 2001) and the World Health Report 2001 with Mental Health as the focus. Taken together, mental, neurological and substance use disorders accounting for 13% of the total global burden of disease in the year 2004. Depression alone accounts for 4.3% of the global burden of disease and is among the largest single causes of disability worldwide (11% of all years lived with disability globally), particularly for women. The gap between the need for treatment and its provision is large all over the world. WHO’s Mental Health Atlas 2011 provides data that demonstrate the scarcity of resources within countries to meet mental health needs. According to various community based surveys, prevalence of mental disorders in India is 6-7% for common mental disorders and 1-2% for severe mental disorders. In India the rate of psychiatric disorders in children aged

between 4 to 16 years is about 12% and nearly one-third of the population is less than 14 years of age. With such a magnitude of mental disorders it becomes necessary to promote mental health services for the well being of general population, in addition to provide treatment for mental illnesses. Treatment gap for severe mental disorders is approximately 50% and in case of Common Mental Disorders it is over 90%. ‘In Nagaland, out of 1988636 population, 19886 persons are suffering from major mental disorders and 99430 persons are having minor mental health disorders. There are only 25 beds available for mental health care in the Government sector. Professional psychiatrists are only 5 in the whole state. There are no clinical psychologists and psychiatric social workers posted in state level health care institutions’. This information is sourced out from the National Survey of Mental Health Resources carried out by the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare during May and July, 2002 and also from the Mental Health Scenario Report by Ashadeep, Guwahati. Under such circumstances how much can community based groups, institutions and families do to support their wards and respond to the intensive mental health needs of the affected individuals. Selfrighteous ideals of tribal societies will always support persons with mental health problems but such societies also need tremendous reinforcement in the form of knowledge, skills and attitude which are specialised in mental health care system. This is also to recommend to the concerned authorities, agencies and change-makers to extend any support, necessary resources and even counselling services in rural areas will be a welcome step towards strengthening the dignity and human rights of the two women with mental health problems and also others like them. Regular psychiatric health care camps, trainings and referral services regularly for remote areas in Nagaland alongside all line departments can initiate livelihood opportunities for such women in distress. Such initiatives can truly emancipate the vulnerable reality of women’s lives in the conflict torn rural pockets of Nagaland. May be all those who are 99 will turn the society to be more sensitive to their needs.

A plane in the jungles of Nagaland Shahwar Hussain

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chance pit stop for shelter turns into a discovery of a lifetime. Shahwar Hussain recalls the magical moment of stumbling upon remains of pre-World War II aircrafts that had crashed in the jungles of Nagaland The sky had promised rain since dawn and when the clouds opened up in the afternoon, it poured cats and dogs. Big blobs of rain stung my face, forcing me to take shelter in a shed by the roadside. In Nagaland, you will find sheds like these all over. They are meant to shelter villagers who walk long distances to get to town. There were a few old men in the shed waiting for the rain to stop so that they could carry on home. But the rain gods had different plans and so one of the men got a fire going. He put a piece of bamboo in the fire with water and tea leaves and let it boil. I got talking with them as the man poured strong black tea in a bamboo mug for me and offered me a handrolled cigarette. The man who spoke the least, said the most interesting thing which set my mind racing. As I strapped on my helmet when the sky held, the drone of an aircraft drifted down to us from afar. He looked heavenwards and said "I hope this won't fall like the plane in the jungle." Removing my helmet in a flash I asked "plane in the jungle?" And the man casually replied saying he'd once seen the remains of an airplane in the jungles many years back. An airplane in the jungles-he pointed to the blue mountains yonder and said it lay beyond the third range of mountains. Vague, but I will trace it, I thought to myself. Tracing it out was easier said than done. It took the jungle nine long years to share its secret with me. I got to know that the remains of the airplane lay scattered over a large area under the jurisdiction of a new village named Tsurevong.

My photographer friend, Anuj and I decided that motorcycle was the best way to travel to these far flung villages where you can see life in all its rustic glory. A few kilometres out of Kohima, we crossed villages like Mima, Cakhabama, Pfutsero, Chizami, Losami, Lanye, Jessami, Meluri, Akhegwo, Longmatra; we then bypassed Kiphire town and went onto Pungro. As we approached Pungro, I watched the beautiful Zinki River flowing gently and then disappearing across a bend as it made its way to the Chindwin River in Myanmar. By village standards, we reached late, and Thronghokiy, a teacher at the local school, put us up in the newly built government guest house where we feasted on delicious fish curry made by his wife. The next morning, the last of the 45 km to Tsurevong village were spent offroading. Meanwhile Thronghokiy had sent word to the village and said someone would wait for us along the way. K. Athong, a village head (Gaon Bura) met us on the way and led us to the village. Tsurevong is a new village, with only 38 households, was set up a couple of years back. Cool wind from the mountains descended upon us as we sat outside the headman's house sipping sweet tea. I waited impatiently to meet old man Kimusai, the only man who had seen the aircraft come down in flames from close quarters. As I finished my third cup of tea, the old man appeared. He was in his 90s but he walked straight and although he carried his long red walking stick, he never really seemed to use it. Kimusai and I sat on a large rock as he narrated the story. His memory was sharp and he spoke as if it happened just yesterday. It was in late 1942, Kimusai lived in Salomi village and he wanted to treat his new bride with a wild boar feast. In fading light, Kimusai stood under a tree at the very top of a hill when he heard a loud wailing sound. He explains "I saw a giant bird with its wing

on fire circling close overhead. It was crying out loudly'. As he watched, the circling plane narrowly missed a hillock and an instant later came down in the forest just below the hill where he was standing. "There were a thousand fires and it made an ear splitting noise as if the moon has come crashing down on earth!" said Kimusai. He was a brave hunter and a warrior but he had never ever seen such a massive explosion so close. He dropped his kill and ran all the way to the village. The burning aircraft was seen as a message that the Gods were angry. Prayers were held, mithuns were sacrificed and nobody was allowed to hunt. In a few days' time, the village started running out of food and livestock. So Kimusai and a couple of hunters decided to investigate the giant bird. They had never seen an aircraft before but knew that it was not some bird fallen from the heavens. As they cautiously made their way through the debris, they found human remains of three dead bodies. Kimusai and the others buried the three airmen some distance away from the aircraft. They collected a few things from the site including a gun and didn't return there for many years. "The place was haunted by the spirits of the men who died there" Kimusai said. He didn't specify how and I didn't ask anymore. It was most probably a C-47 transport plane that had taken off from Chabua Airbase in Assam. Before the United States were officially engaged in World War II, American pilots flew these supplies planes across the high snow covered jagged peaks of Himalayas to ferry supply to the armies of Chiang Kai-shek in Kunming in western China who was fighting against the Imperial Japanese army. Like so many others, this plane never made it back to base after dropping its cargo in Kunming. The evergreen jungle soon overgrew the area and it was

only in 1967 that the villagers ventured into the area again. Kimusai shifted to a new village, Longkhimvong, which was being established some kilometres away from the crash site and led the villagers to the aircraft. They started clearing the forest for cultivation and the huge bulk of the downed aircraft was revealed. Kimusai is a great story teller and by the time he finished, the sun had gone down the hill and the skies turned a flaming red. He had a faraway look in his eyes as he stood up with a deep sigh and made his way home. That night we stayed at a community hut by the village church. Dinner was rice, boiled vegetables and meat of some jungle fowl. The headman's wife made some jungle fowl soup which was unbelievably delicious. We sat in the kitchen by the fire and ate the simple food served with a liberal dose of affection. The concept of breakfast as the world knows it does not exist in most of Nagaland. So at 7 am, we were served rice and vegetable and with a full stomach, we made our way to the much-awaited crash site. The site was a few kilometres downhill from the village. We headed there with Thuviki and Retringia leading the way. The fact that some parts of the forest were burnt off recently for jhum cultivation made things a bit easier for us. It was evident that the villagers had not burnt the forest at the crash site for a few years. Retringia slashed a path with his razor sharp machete and we followed close behind. It was deadly quiet except for the occasional call of the lone eagle that circled the sky. Along the way, we found still shiny landing gear, some twisted wheels, parts of gearbox, crankshafts, a fan of some sort and some other heavy parts scattered over a very large area. We walked down stream, slashing away the thick foliage and found a number of large engine parts. I am sure a concentrated search would re-

veal a whole lot of parts. Even though the area had been burnt and cleared in the past, we were surprised to find pieces of unburnt fabric and rubber hose pipes scattered in the area. A whole lot of parts are buried underground and some keep popping up during cultivation almost every year. A couple of years back, a villager dug up an old radio set and a rusted and loaded revolver! It is an overwhelming sense of discovery-for something that I have searched for for a very long time. The fact that the headman told me that I was the first person from mainland India to visit the site made it even more satisfying. As I sat on a fallen tree and looked down the valley, I couldn't help but imagine the plight of the crew as they came down in flames. Even if they had survived the crash, it would have been near impossible for the wounded to survive the dense jungle crawling with wildlife. After half a century, nobody knew where the three graves were but I said a silent prayer for the men who died so far away from their homeland. The remains lay in a far and obscure place but it is well worth a visit. It makes civilians realise the plight of soldiers. If you are visiting Tsurevong, travel another 25 km and visit the village of Mimi on the borders of Myanmar. I was fortunate to see the villagers harvest honey from hives of the rock bee. It is harvested twice a year, in April and in October. There were 85 hives on a sheer rockface with a 300 ft vertical drop; the villagers harvested honey using traditional means. Scary but interestingand the honey tasted just great! Mimi has a tradition of making pottery mostly by women and they do not use the traditional wheel. They beat the clay by a wooden plank and shape it up into all sizes of pots. They also make some fabulous smoking pipes. I bought a pot of honey fresh from the hive and the earthen pot had the inscription "Made In Mimi."

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An appeal to Naga Students' Federation (NSF) and Angami Students' Union (ASU) Arhumo Ezung: 1. NSF Trophy: As a football fan I used to watch NSF Trophy almost every year, the match played by good teams. And according to my observation through the tournament, I always see students with their full uniforms watching the football match during class hours. Of course, they can watch and support some matches being allotted by the authority or the organizers concerned. But I always see them (students) watching whole day, when no college teams are taking part/playing in any of the matches. So, I kindly request the organizers and NSF to check on the students during class hours. 2. Traffic Menace in Kohima: As a concerned citizen through these years I’ve been observing that one of the reasons for increase of traffic in Kohima are made by the Govt. issued vehicles (NL-10). Because these NL-10s are making minimum 5 to 6 round trips in a day. First and mainly the vehicle (NL-10) drop the Officer/Boss’ child in the School, come back drop the Boss in the office, come back home take out Maam Shaib (Boss wife) to shopping, come back and go out to pick up Boss’ child from school, pick up Boss from office, etc. So, I request the concerned Students’ Organization not to allow any Officers to drop their children in the school from Govt. issued vehicles and request the organization to check on them. Timothy Thong: Sporting and gaming events should all be held at IG stadium because the noise, traffic congestion and the disturbances caused to offices in and around the ground should be avoided by doing so. Organizers may ponder over this subject. Peter Rutsa: Let it be a tournament just between the federations units, various colleges and schools, village or area student unions, no need to commercialize NSF Martyr's Trophy. The more it is commercialized and more professional, the more corrupted the tournament will get. Once a student enters higher secondary or college, they cannot and should not be monitored or controlled like while they were in high school. Ked Sachu: As a student I used to watch football in school uniforms. My principal was kind enough to let us take some off classes and enjoy the match once in a while. May be they have taken permission too, maybe they have only half day classes. We live in a town with little or no space for outdoor entertainment, football games, basketball games are the only few source as of now to have fun with friends. And come on, we all as students want a day out watching a match or a concert for that matter. Zapi Kath Naga: On the other side, appreciation goes to ASU and NSF for giving a platform to upcoming young footballers. Be it NSF, ASU or anyone let’s not expect 100% all the time. I am sure NSF and ASU will look into the matter, but let us also learn to respect. Why not approach in a proper way if one really does concern for general. It’s NL- 10 again... interesting to note most of time private vehicle and taxi violates traffic. Blame the government for everything...?

Nagaland: A HOT SPOT OF EMPLOYMENT Ringo Kikon: Precisely, the scene of an educated unemployed person going from one office to another with files tucked under his arm is not a rare and strange scene anymore. Rather you won't be surprised to be one of those desperate job seekers after a year or so. The issue of unemployment is getting more and more complex. The rise in the level of unemployment makes the competition even tougher. If a layman like me put forward in our state Assembly that 'Nagaland is a hot spot of employment', the educated unemployed youth from Nagaland won't mind to storm the streets and trail after my blood. Of course, they have their own story to tell. But if we look within ourselves, analyse the situation and take time to think twice, than this menace will be solved. In Nagaland, scores of jobs are lying unnoticed. We Nagas don't want to work in private sectors. White collar jobs are all that we want. The term 'dignity of labour' is absent in our society. Half of our state population consists of non-local (Biharis, Miyas, Advisas, immigrants, etc). These non-local inhabitants mint a lot of money from our state. They came here leaving their homes to earn their living. Every nonlocal that are scattered all over our state are employed. On the other hand, many Naga youths are unemployed in Nagaland and loitering in the streets seeking for jobs while the outsiders are sitting quietly with a job. We consider those laborers as downtrodden people. But we don't realize that they have raised concrete buildings in their home state with the money they have earned in Nagaland. It may also be noted that the central government is dumping hoards of money in our state. And no doubt, 'Nagaland is a rich state' but Nagas are poor. It is time for us to wake up. The Indian government wouldn't come ringing the bell. Instead they will play a lullaby so that we will sleep for another hour. We must wake up from our slumber. If we surrender our ego and pride, Nagas will be employed in Nagaland. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are the views of the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of The Naga Blog.

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Can India tap fresh water wisdom for "smart" cities?

NEW DELHI, OCTO BER 9 (THOmsON REuTERs FOuNDaTION): Shanti Kushwaha waits anxiously for the water tanker to reach the slums of Seelampur in India's capital New Delhi, bringing a scarce and fought-over essential. Many of India’s urban slums have no piped water, only getting a delivery by public tanker on alternate days. So as soon as the tanker arrives, people rush with buckets and other containers to grab their share. “This struggle is now part of our life,” said Kushwaha. “The water supplied through tankers by the municipal body in our area is not enough.” Frequent quarrels erupt between neighbours trying to get water from the tanker, with everyone wanting as much as possible. Those who lose out have to fetch water from far-off public hand-pumps, overhead tanks or wells. Others get their water from friends and relatives who have a piped supply. Residents in many other parts of the country face the same problem, including in Bhopal, capital of the central state of Mad-

number of people living in Indian cities will touch almost 850 million by 2050, up from 350 million now. A key question is how well equipped these "smart" cities will be to handle a bigger inflow of citizens from rural to urban areas – not least when it comes to water.

Village girls look on as they gather around a hand pump to collect drinking water on the outskirts of Jammu on June 9, 2015. (REUTERS File Photo)

hya Pradesh, where slum dwellers wait hours for tankers. “We really have to struggle daily for water,” said Ramzan Khan, who lives in Bhopal's Banganga area, explaining that each family tries to fill up four or five buckets. Independent environmentalist Anupam

Nepal forms panel to ease political standoff with India KaTHmaNDu, OCTOBER 9 (IaNs): The Nepal government on Friday formed a three- member panel to talk with India to end the current political and diplomatic standoff and ensure smooth supply of essential commodities, including petroleum products. Nepal is facing a crisis after thousands of Nepalbound trucks remain stranded at the Nepal-India border following violent demonstrations, protests and unrest in Nepal. The protests -- against the newly-adopted constitution -- have claimed more than 40 lives. A cabinet meeting on Friday formed a three-member talk team headed by Minister for Foreign Affairs Mahendra Bahadur Pandey and having Chief Secretary of the Nepal government, Somlal Subedi, and Commerce and Supplies Secretary Naindra Prasad Upadhyay as members. Though the detailed terms of reference of the Pandeyled panel were yet to be made public by the government, sources told IANS that the team will soon visit Indian capital New Delhi where it will hold high-level meetings with senior Indian ministers and officials. The team will communicate the ground realities and will seek a possible solution. Nepal is reeling under shortage of essential commodities including fuel, medicine and other goods of daily use. India has denied imposing any kind of embargo against Nepal and refuted all allegations made against it. It has been repeatedly saying that obstruction at the border on the Nepali side was the main reason behind the stoppage of truck movement across the India-Nepal border. Another talks team headed by Commerce Minister Sunil Bahadur Thapa was also formed to ensure smooth supplies of fuel from India, according to the cabinet decision.

India denounces Saudi chopping, will seek justice NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 9 (IaNs): India on Friday termed as "unacceptable" the chopping of an Indian domestic worker's hand by her Saudi Arabian employer and said it will pursue justice for the Indian woman. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said: "We are very much disturbed over the brutal manner in which the Indian lady has been treated in Saudi Arabia. "This is unacceptable. We have taken this up with Saudi authorities. Our embassy is in touch with the victim." External affairs ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said the Indian mission in Riyadh had visited Kasthuri Munirathinam in the hospital and her situation was currently stable. "Our mission in Riyadh is actively pursuing the matter with the Saudi authorities. "We had raised the issue on October 7 itself with the ministry of foreign affairs and asked for strict action in the matter and severe punishment for the sponsor." He said the Indian mission officials had met the chief as well as the investigating officer of the police station and requested that the woman's statement be recorded without further delay, an independent probe be launched into the incident, and a case of attempted murder lodged against the Saudi national. The Saudi employer should be also directed to pay for her treatment. The police had assured Indian officials "a speedy and fair investigation", he said. Swarup said the ministry and the Indian mission were monitoring the status of Munirathinam and were in touch with her family to extend necessary support to overcome this difficult phase. "At the same time, we continue to pursue the matter at all levels with Saudi officials to ensure speedy justice for her." Munirathinam, from Mungileri village near Katpadi in Vellore in Tamil Nadu, lodged a complaint with the Saudi government that she was being ill-treated and not fed properly by her Saudi employer. After that, the employer attacked her. She was reportedly trying to escape from the house where she had been confined when she was caught by her employer and her arm chopped off. Munirathinam is currently admitted in the Kingdom Hospital in Riyadh.

Mishra said India’s cities have a much greater need for potable water than acknowledged by the government, which cannot supply enough. “A large number of people in cities depend on groundwater, and this has led to a sharp decline in the water table in a number of places,” he added.

India plans to develop 100 "smart" cities, creating modern satellite towns around existing cities. The aim is to create urban spaces where green, high-tech initiatives bring more efficient management of resources, including water and energy, and better services to citizens. Experts predict the

GROWING WATER GAP? According to data from India’s Urban Development Ministry, at least 30 of 35 big cities have much less water than they need, leaving their inhabitants to deal with daily shortages. The government has said it will be in a position to meet water demand by 2021, Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Ram Kripal Yadav told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. But experts don’t believe the government can meet this promise, saying the gap will likely increase in the coming years. In a 2012 report looking at water needs for the next five years, the Planning Commission of India said that, in cities with a population of over 100,000, only 73 percent of people were getting sufficient water. Nearly half the water supply was lost in distri-

bution, as old, rusty water pipes fractured and broke, it added. “The paradigm for water supply is to grab as much from wherever possible, while laying insufficient, leaky pipeline networks and not monitoring usage or billing,” said Nitya Jacob, head of policy for WaterAid India. “This must change to maximise supply from local resources such as surface water, rainwater and groundwater,” he added. Members of an expert panel set up by the government to suggest ways to improve urban drinking water supplies have called for clear and effective policy, arguing that official agencies rarely try to preserve precious water sources. In a report, the panel said city officials, planners, builders and developers had ruthlessly destroyed water bodies in and around cities, despite their important role in re-charging groundwater and ensuring water security. Protecting and restoring those water bodies was crucial to meet rising demand, the panel concluded.

ernments are responsible for the supply of drinking water, with funding from the central government. Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, which ran from 2005 to 2014, the government approved infrastructure development schemes worth around Rs 466 billion ($7.8 billion), including for drinking water, sewage and drainage. Yet while public investment in drinking water projects has increased nine-fold over the last decade compared to the preceding two, India's cities are still thirsty. Experts say more money is needed, but this alone will not resolve water shortages since corruption in the sector is rife. “Transparency is necessary so that the desired results can be achieved (on the ground),” Jacob said. One major barrier to the people of Seelampur getting a better water supply is the apathy of government officials towards impoverished slum dwellers. “They are the ones who suffer the most (yet) offiINCREASED cials treat them as someINVESTMENT one who should be given DRINKING SEWAGE Minister Kripal Yadav the least priority,” Jacob In India, water is often said individual state gov- said.

Arvind Kejriwal sacks food minister for corruption NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 9 (IaNs): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday publicly sacked Food Minister Asim Ahmed Khan for allegedly demanding Rs.6 lakh in bribe from a builder. Announcing this at a hurriedly called press conference where he played an audio tape of a conversation purportedly involving the builder, Khan and a middleman, Kejriwal said he won't tolerate corruption. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said the case was being referred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). "We won't tolerate any corruption, even if it is by our ministers or legislators," said Kejriwal, flanked by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and official spokesman Nagendar Sharma. "I'll not spare any minister, any legislator, even my son or even Manish. Strict action will be taken against anyone involved in corruption." And Sisodia must not spare him (Kejriwal) if he (chief minister) himself indulged in corruption, the AAP chief said. "I am sad to take this decision," he said. "Till the CBI completes the

investigation, he (Khan) will not be a minister." AAP legislator Imran Hussain will replace Khan in the Delhi cabinet. Kejriwal began his press conference by saying that the AAP was born from an anti-corruption movement. "We were forced to contest elections... People trust us only because of our honest politics and anticorruption stand. "We had dreamt of a corruption free India. And we had said we will not compromise on corruption at any cost." Still keeping the media guessing, Kejriwal said the step "we are going to take is a solid step" -- and he then announced Khan's sacking. He said an audio tape given to him on Thursday established the claim of the complainant that the minister demanded Rs.6 lakh from the builder for allowing illegal construction in his Matia Mahal constituency in Old Delhi. "Prima facie it seems the matter is serious...We cannot tolerate this." He underlined that this was a decision of the AAP government, and that the media did not unearth this episode. Kejriwal went on to demand that Prime Minister Na-

regarded as a mere input for other activities rather than a resource to be used wisely and sustainably, experts say. Hence water management is inefficient and plagued by corruption, they argue. In addition, around three quarters of India's surface water is polluted by domestic sewage, and the rest is unfit for human use without treatment, Jacob noted. “Cities never plan to collect and treat sewage from unplanned colonies, slums and poor localities,” he said. Sewage treatment must be universal and highquality, he explained, otherwise untreated sewage seeps into groundwater which is then pumped up for human consumption. “Increasingly we will be drinking our own sewage,” he warned. India's "smart" cities will clearly need better planning for water and sanitation than is the case now. “It is important for the government to think out of the box,” said Jacob.

rendra Modi should similarly sack Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is linked to a recruitment scandal. Khan is the second minister to bow out of the AAP government in disgrace. Then law minister Jitender Singh Tomar resigned under pressure in June after being arrested for allegedly faking his educational degree. "If we can remove our minister, then we can take action against anyone," Kejriwal said on Friday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the only opposition in the Delhi assembly where the AAP has 67 of the 70 seats, and the Congress made light of the minister's sacking. "Sometimes Kejriwal fights with (Delhi's Lt Governor) Najeeb Jung, sometimes with PM (Narendra Modi), sometimes with (Home Minister) Rajnath Singh, and sometimes with his own people," said BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad. "Let his stories of fights be left to him," he said. Congress spokesperson R.P.N. Singh added: "This is the situation when there is no Lokpal in Delhi. Imagine if there was one, the whole cabinet would have to resign."

After BJP assault, PDP, NC underline secular values sRINagaR, OCTOBER 9 (IaNs): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and opposition leader Omar Abdullah came together on Friday to call for upholding the state's secular and pluralistic values. Speaking on near similar lines on religious tolerance, Sayeed and Omar Abdullah spoke eloquently as the assembly unanimously passed a resolution pledging to uphold the ethos of the country's only Muslim-majority state. "We have been elected to set an example here," National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said, moving the resolution. "What we are witnessing today (in the state) isn't a reflection of our religious tolerance and communal amity." His comments come a day after two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators assaulted an independent legislator, Engineer Rashid, in the assembly on Thursday for hosting a beef party. Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh of the BJP apologized for the attack, which drew wide condemnation, including from Chief Minister Sayeed, whose PDP rules the state with the BJP as its ally. Saying Kashmiris had always upheld communal harmony, Omar Abdullah said: "We should respect religious sentiments and aspirations of every region in the state. "The unruly scenes witnessed in the assembly (on Thursday) should not happen again." Chief Minister Sayeed said Kashmir

had to be a beacon to strengthen India's secularism and the country's inclusive nature must be preserved. He said when the sub-continent was caught up in communal flames in 1947, Kashmiris embraced a secular path. He went on to praise Omar Abdullah's grandfather and National Conference founder Sheikh Abdullah's "vision of tolerance and brotherhood". He said Sheikh Abdullah converted his Muslim Conference into the National Conference in 1938 and opted for a path different from that of Muslim League founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah who founded Pakistan. "Despite Jinnah sahib's popularity, Kashmiris sided with Sheikh in his mission of religious tolerance and secularism," Sayeed said. Kashmir had to act as a model of secularism, he said. "I am thankful to former prime minister Indira Gandhi for persuading Sheikh to come back to the assembly, which eventually cleared the way for people like me and others to become members of this house." Taking a larger view, Sayeed said the 17 crore Indian Muslims had always supported secular parties. He also thanked Omar Abdullah for bringing in the resolution. The resolution was later adopted unanimously as members from the Peoples Democratic Party, the National Conference, the Congress and the BJP as well as independents raised their hands in support.

In Bihar, a test for Modi's economic reforms & Hindu agenda PaTNa, OCTOBER 9 (REuTERs): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on the campaign trail in a state election that could define the rest of his term, promising jobs and development in one of the country's most backward areas, while his right-wing party pushes a Hindu agenda. Braving the scorching sun, thousands of men and women clad in bright shirts and saris trudged miles to Modi's campaign rally last week in the state of Bihar. Voting to the legislature there will start on Monday and the result will be out on Nov. 8. Modi's message to nearly 100,000 people gathered near the banks of the sacred Ganges river was that only his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could make one of India's poorest regions an industrial powerhouse like his home state of Gujarat. "A BJP government in Bihar will help us work seamlessly to create jobs for the youth, look after our farmers and ensure overall development, which is the antidote to every single problem," Modi said, to rapturous applause. An impressive tally in the election will give the BJP more seats in the Rajya, where it lacks a majority, making it easier to pass legislation to modernise India's $2 trillion economy. However, pundits say a drubbing for the BJP may foment dissent in the party against Modi,

while strengthening a hardline faction that believes the prime minister's economic programme loses votes and that he must push Hindu-first policies in Hindu majority, but multi-faith, India. Eighteen months after the general election that swept him to power, anger in the countryside has already forced Modi to drop a policy to make it easier to take over farmland for industry and infrastructure - key to his economic plans. And the 65-year-old's aura of electoral invincibility was dented when the upstart, anti-establishment Aam Aadmi Party crushed the BJP in a state election in New Delhi in February. "If Modi fails to redeem the lost ground by ensuring his party's victory in Bihar, his government's economic reform programme will take a back seat. He'll simply not have the gall to carry out these measures, especially the politically sensitive ones," said Saibal Gupta, secretary of the Asian Development Research Institute, a private think tank. NO CHANCES An opinion poll published on Wednesday suggested the BJP was widening a narrow lead, but the prime minister is taking no chances. Modi plans 20 rallies in the next few weeks in Bihar, and the state's hotels are packed with party work-

mostly Muslims, died. Modi has denied any wrongdoing.

ers from all over the country. While the prime minister takes the high ground promising jobs and growth, his party's campaign has now turned to religious polarisation, a road-tested method of uniting fractious Hindu castes behind the BJP. Sushil Kumar Modi, a senior party leader in Bihar who is not related to the prime minister, said if the BJP came to power in the state it would impose a strict ban on killing cows, considered holy by many Hindus. Emotions over the issue have been high after the lynching of a Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh on rumours he had beef at home. Since Modi took over as prime

minister, several BJP states have tightened laws protecting cows. Modi's main rival in the election, Bihar's current Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, was a former ally of the BJP who is respected for cleaning up the state's crimeridden politics and building up its infrastructure. But their personal political differences led to a break-up of the alliance between the BJP and Kumar's Janata Dal-United in 2013. Kumar, known for his secular, left-of-centre politics, broke the partnership when Modi became the BJP's prime ministerial candidate because of Modi's alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots in which at least 1,000 people,

POSSIBLE VIOLENCE Kumar's party says the BJP is looking to create religious tensions in the run-up to the election in Bihar, where 17 percent of the population is Muslim, higher than the national figure of 14 percent. The theory is that such tensions and sectarian clashes lead to increased support for the BJP from the majority Hindus. Kumar's record of clean governance has taken a hit since he split with the BJP, not least because he has now partnered with a notorious veteran politician who has done prison time for corruption. But for the state's religious minorities, Kumar's message is still preferable to that of Modi. "We don't agree with the brand of politics that Modi and his party practice," said Muhammad Asgar, who lives in Dumrawah village, about 20 km (12 miles) from Banka, where Modi addressed the rally. The BJP's message is two-fold. "We've only one agenda for Bihar. And the agenda is development," said the party's national general secretary Bhupendra Yadav. But Sushil Kumar Modi, the senior leader in the party's Bihar unit, said: "This election is a fight between those who eat beef and those who want an effective ban on cow slaughter."

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Afghan medical NGOs faced increasing danger long before MSF hospital tragedy KABUL, OctOBer 9 (reUters): The U.S. air strike in Afghanistan that killed at least 22 patients and staff at a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital wasn’t the first time the escalating war has affected an aid-run medical facility. There have even been instances since. Foreign aid workers and Afghan colleagues shaken by the weekend tragedy in Kunduz, one of the worst incidents of its kind in the 14-year war, say increased violence around the country makes it harder to provide basic services in a country where NGOs help provide the vast majority of healthcare. In recent months, local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have seen equipment and ambulances damaged in suicide attacks, raids by Afghan security personnel and threats to their lives from militants, staff members told Reuters this week. “A few years ago the situation was much more stable,” said Antoine SagotPriez, head of the Afghan mission for French aid agency Premiere Urgence Internationale, which has contracts through the government to run 80 health facilities in Kunar and Dai-

Wounded Afghan boys, who survived a U.S. air strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, receive treatment at the Emergency Hospital in Kabul on October 8. (REUTERS Photo)

kundi provinces. “Now we have more and more casualties because the fighting is spreading all over the country,” he added. According to SagotPriez, in mid-August intense fighting broke out near a remote clinic operated by Premiere Urgence in Kunar, in the east. The staff evacuated with their patients and none too soon: that day, the clinic was damaged in the shelling. “We expect this kind of

event to happen more and more,” he said. The Afghan government recognises the growing risks. “Staff no longer feel safe in any health facility anywhere in the country,” the Ministry of Public Health said in the wake of the Kunduz attack. CAUGHT IN CROSSFIRE Afghanistan was the most violent country for aid workers last year, according to the Aid Worker

Security Database, and international medical NGOs have been targeted before. In 2004, five MSF staff were killed in Badghis province, prompting it to pull out of the country temporarily. In 2013, a ICRC staff member in the eastern city of Jalalabad was killed. But changing tactics by Taliban insurgents this year, coinciding with the withdrawal of most foreign troops that made the country less stable, has seen dis-

trict and provincial centres targeted more frequently and across a broader area. “My staff always tells me the situation is deteriorating,” said Qudratullah Nasrat, chief executive of Organization for Research and Community Development, operating government clinics in Ghazni province. “They say it’s getting worse, day by day.” Health clinics and hospitals, particularly in remote areas, can be affected

by both sides of the conflict. On Monday, just two days after the MSF hospital in Kunduz was hit, members of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security intelligence agency broke into an ambulance at a clinic in Wardak province, west of Kabul, operated by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, staff reported. The agents, who said they suspected explosives were hidden inside, detained two SCA staff members overnight, according to Khalid Fahim, SCA’s programme director in Afghanistan. The NDS was not immediately available to comment. On Thursday, the same charity received news that the head of another clinic in Wardak was kidnapped by unidentified armed groups. His kidnappers told local elders he would be released on condition he left the district within a month, SCA said. Fahim said that “all warring sides” have used the group’s facilities as shelter at some point during the long war. Meanwhile, in the eastern province of Nangarhar, 11 clinics have closed in recent months due to threats from fighters loyal to Islamic State, which has gained a

foothold in the province despite the broader Taliban offensive. They have accused staff of being government spies, said Mohammad Jan, the monitoring and evaluation coordinator for Agency for Assistance and Development of Afghanistan (AADA), which operates medical facilities in five provinces. One has since reopened, he said. “The clinics were also benefiting them. (For us) there is no difference between Daesh, the government and the public,” Jan said, using the local name for Islamic State. “But they don’t know what impartiality means.” AADA, like MSF and other medical aid groups working in Afghanistan, practises strict neutrality and treats patients on all sides of the conflict. GROWING UNEASE No group Reuters spoke to said Saturday’s air strike had prompted them to scale down their operations. MSF told reporters on Thursday it was taking stock of its activities and would seek assurances from the government that it could carry on. But the incident has taken its toll on some staff

members, particularly those working in remote and insecure areas. On Wednesday, aid coordinator Hekmat Zadran received a call that staff were panicking at a health facility in Farah, in the southwest, one of the facilities that French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans operates in three provinces through contracts with the government. “There was a rumour that there was going to be an attack in the city,” said Zadran. “They were thinking it was going to be like what happened in Kunduz.” Even before the Kunduz attack, uncertainty about safety had prompted SCA’s expatriate staff to temporarily leave the country as of Sept. 27, SCA’s Fahim said. Others are staying for now. Luca Radaelli, programme coordinator for international NGO Emergency, said the group had no plans to scale back, even at first aid posts in the southern province Helmand which have seen intense fighting in recent months. “Obviously what happened to MSF makes you think, but what are we supposed to do?” he asked. “If you remove (NGOs), who will do the job? Who will treat the people?”

Maths apps can ‘Science won’t stop until it beats AIDS’ Climate change behind mysterious kidney disease help children, New YOrK, OctOBer 9 (IANs): A mysterious kidney disease that has killed over 20,000 people in Central America since 2002, and now spreading to other countries including India, may be caused by chronic, severe dehydration linked to global climate change, says a new study. “This could be the first epidemic directly caused by global warming,” said one of the researchers Richard Johnson, professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in the US. So far, the manual labourers on sugar cane plantations in the hotter, lower altitudes of Central America’s Pacific coast have been hit hardest by the disease. It has also been reported among farmworkers, miners, fishermen and construction and transportation workers in the region. “Some districts of Nicaragua have been called the `land of widows’ due to the high mortality rates occurring among the male workers from chronic kidney disease,” Johnson pointed out. The epidemic was first described in 2002 and has been dubbed Mesoamerican Nephropathy. Theories abound about what may be causing it, including exposure to heavy metals, pesticides and other toxic chemicals. But Johnson believes the actual culprit is chronic recurrent dehydration.

His research team studied sugar cane workers in Nicaragua and El Salvador. They found that the labourers routinely worked in conditions exceeding the recommended heat standards of the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). And even though some of them drank up to one to two litres per hour, the researchers found they still suffered serious dehydration on a daily basis. One of the major side-effects of this dehydration was hyperuricemia or excess uric acid levels in the blood. In one study, sugar cane workers in El Salvador had uric acid levels of 6.6 mg per decilitre in the morning which increased to 7.2 mg in the afternoon. And 21 of 23 people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) had hyperuricemia. Dehydration also activates a pathway in the kidney which generates fructose that, when metabolised, produces uric acid. Johnson’s team also found that these dehydrated workers had high concentrations of uric acid crystals in their urine. The uric acid crystals are thought to trigger tubular damage and fibrosis in the kidneys. The study suggests that this epidemic may be gaining momentum now because global warming is increasing the risk of dehydration.

parents do better

New YOrK, OctOBer 9 (IANs): Providing elementary school children with a maths-based app at home can significantly improve their performance within months, a new study finds. Most importantly, the app was particularly helpful for children with mathsanxious parents, a demographic that tends to struggle more with the subject. To measure the effects of home-based interventions, Talia Berkowitz from the University of Chicago and colleagues used a sample of 587 demographically diverse parents and their first grade children in the Chicago area. The families were randomly assigned to use a maths-based iPad app, while the control group was assigned a reading app. By the end of the school year, a distinct trend in the maths group was noted, where more frequent use of the app was associated with higher achievements. No similar difference was noted in the reading group. The most striking difference within the maths group was the difference between children with maths-anxious parents compared to children whose parents are less anxious with handling the subject.

Myanmar official accuses China of meddling in rebel peace talks YANGON, OctOBer 9 (reUters): A top negotiator in Myanmar’s peace talks with ethnic rebels has accused neighbouring China of derailing a nationwide ceasefire deal last week that would have brought Japan and Western nations in as observers to monitor an end to decades of conflict. Beijing has denied the accusation but the rare public criticism exposes growing tensions between China and the Southeast Asian nation, which has sought to reduce its dependence on Beijing and build relations across the globe since a reformist government took power in 2011. Min Zaw Oo, a senior official at the government-linked Myanmar Peace Center, which coordinates talks to quell the patchwork of insurgencies that have lingered in Myanmar since independence in 1948, said China’s special envoy pressed two key rebel groups not to sign the peace accord. After Sun Guoxiang’s intervention, only eight out of 15 groups that were invited by the government committed to the agreement. Some of the other groups are headed by ethnic Chinese commanders, and have received funding and support from Beijing in the past. “China usually says they want stability. Of course they want stability but at the same time, they want to wield influence on the groups along the Chinese border,” Min Zaw Oo told Reuters. Min Zaw Oo said he had stayed quiet on China’s interference until now, “but it

was time to stop whispering”. The eight groups are due to sign the ceasefire agreement in mid-October. The other groups would be allowed to sign later, Min Zaw Oo said, but there was no immediate word if any fresh negotiations were ongoing. China objected to clauses in the deal that would have included Western nations and Japan among international observers of the conclusion of the peace process, Min Zaw Oo said. “The choice of witnesses is a particularly sensitive matter. In the context of competition, even rivalry, between China and Japan, it’s not surprising that these issues would come up,” said Richard Horsey, a Yangon-based independent political analyst and a former United Nations official in Myanmar. China is still Myanmar’s largest trade partner, with significant commercial and strategic interests in a country that sits on the rim of the Indian Ocean, and its covert support of some rebel groups has long given it leverage in Myanmar. But it has watched nervously in recent years as its own influence waned while Washington lifted some sanctions and engaged with the semi-civilian government. SOURING TIES Beijing rejected Min Zaw Oo’s claims that it had meddled in the peace process. “China has consistently supported all sides in Myanmar in resolving differences through

peace talks in service of signing a national-scale ceasefire agreement at an early date,” said Hong Lei, spokesman at China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The failure of an all-encompassing peace pact with the rebels is a blow to President Thein Sein, who made it a priority to bolster both his own legacy and the chances of his ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party in an election next month. U.S. President Barack Obama, who has portrayed his country’s backing of Myanmar’s reforms as a foreign policy success, has pushed Thein Sein to conclude the ceasefire as part of wider changes to protect minorities. Ties between Myanmar and China soured this year over fighting between Myanmar’s military and the ethnic Chinese Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) along part of the shared border with China’s Yunnan province. Chinese citizens have been killed by bombs and stray shells falling inside China’s territory, angering Beijing. Min Zaw Oo said China told some rebels not to agree to the peace pact unless Myanmar invited the MNDAA into the process. Specifically, he said Sun encouraged the United Wa State Army (UWSA), which once received support and arms from China and is led by ethnic Chinese commanders, as well as the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), to refuse to sign.

PArIs, OctOBer 9 (reUters): More than 30 years after she identified one of the most pernicious viruses to infect humankind, Francoise Barre Sinoussi, who shared a Nobel prize for discovering HIV, is hanging up her lab coat and retiring. She’s disappointed not to have been able to claim ultimate victory in the battle against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes the killer disease AIDS, but also proud that in three decades, the virus has been beaten into check. While a cure for AIDS may or may not be found in her lifetime, the 68-year-old says, achieving “remission” - where infected patients control HIV in their bodies and, crucially, can come off treatment for years - is definitely within reach. “I am personally convinced that remission...is achievable. When? I don’t know. But it is feasible,” she told Reuters at her laboratory at Paris’s Pasteur Institute, where she and her mentor Luc Montagnier discovered HIV in 1983. “We have ‘proof of concept’. We have...the famous Visconti patients, treated very

early on. Now it is more than 10 years since they stopped their treatment and they are still doing very well, most of them.” Sinoussi is referring to a study group of 14 French patients known as the Visconti cohort, who started on antiretroviral treatment within 10 weeks of being infected and stayed on it for an average of three years. A decade after stopping the drugs, the majority have levels of HIV so low they are undetectable. These and other isolated cases of remission, or so-called “functional cure”, give hope to the 37 million people worldwide who, due to scientific progress, should now be able to live with, not have their lives cut short by, HIV. In developed countries at least - and in many poorer ones too - an HIV positive diagnosis is no longer an immediate death sentence, since patients can enjoy long, productive lives in decent health by taking antiretroviral drugs to control the virus. It’s a long way from the early 1980s, when Sinoussi remembers sick, dying HIV-positive patients coming to the doors of the Pas-

teur and pleading with scientists there for answers. “They asked us: ‘What we are going to do to cure us’,” she says. At that time, she says, she knew relatively little about HIV, but what she was sure of was that these patients would never live long enough to see a treatment developed, let alone a cure. “It was very, very hard.” Yet this interaction with real patients, and with their doctors and later their advocates, gave Sinoussi an important insight into what was needed to make her life in science one with meaning and impact -- collaboration. Working across barriers - be they scientific disciplines, cultural, religious and political divides, international borders or gender distinctions, has been and remains Sinoussi’s driving force. In her earliest days, feeling disengaged while working on her PhD and itching for action in a real-life laboratory, she hustled her way in to working at the male-dominated Pasteur Institute for free with a virologist researching links between cancers and retroviruses in mice.

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pilot project on apple & cardamom cultivation inaugurated at Konya

Parliamentary Secretary, Kejong Chang along with Director of Horticulture, Watienla Jamir and others at the inauguration of the pilot project on apple and cardamom cultivation in Konya village.

Dimapur, october 9 (mexN): A pilot project on Cardamom and Apple was inaugurated by Kejong Chang, Parliamenta-

ry Secretary, Horticulture, GB & DB on October 8 at Konya Village, Tuensang. He was accompanied by Director of Horticulture,

MGM Hr Sec School holds parents teachers meet

Dimapur, october 9 (mexN): The MGM Hr Sec School, Midland organized a parent teachers meet on October 9. During the meeting, the parents were made aware about their role in the teaching learning process. Principal Fr. PS Varghese reminded the parents about their role in nurturing the child and in what ways they can be a part of the teaching learning process to enhance the quality of education.

Kohima School notified on UDISE 2015-16

Kohima, october 9 (mexN): In pursuance of the earlier notification on the implementation of UDISE 201516 (Unified District Education System for Education, date of filling up UDISE format on the spot is scheduled for EBRC wise as under: EBRC Sechti Zubza, October 9; EBRC Tseminyu, October 12; EBRC Chiephobozou October 13; EBRC Viswema October 14, 15th Oct. for EBRC L Khel (All Govt. Schools) October 16; and EBRC L.Khel (All Pvt. Schools) October 16. A press notification from Lithrongla Tongpi, Additional Deputy Commissioner -Cumi/c Chairman, DMA, SSA Kohima, Nagaland informed that UDISE which is mandatory for all the State/Union Territories is to be collected annually as on September 30. In this regard, the DCF (Data Capture Format) for UDISE and Aadhaar (Students Profile) which is collected annually as on September 30 and the information is already dispatched to all the concern schools viz; Govt. Pvt, Central Schools and Colleges, it added. Further, the respective EBRCs are to scrutinize and verify UDISE filled up format for accurate data and submit to DMA on November 3 and Aadhaar (Students Profile) in both hard and soft on November 10 for onward submission to the State Mission authority SSA Nagaland. The DMA Chairman informed and directed all concern to co-operate and extend all logistic support by filling up the said formats correctly and submit at the stipulated time positively. “Failing which the concern school/college shall be treated as non-cooperative and appropriate action will be taken against the defaulter schools.”

Watienla Jamir and host of other dignitaries. Konya is about 38 kms away from Tuensang where maize cultivation and Mit-

hun rearing is the main occupation of the people. The intervention of Horticulture Department in introducing this pilot project

in the village would lead to the upliftment of income generation for the farmers. Speaking as a Chief Guest, Kejong Chang exhorted the farmers to take up the project seriously and compete with other progressive farmers. He said that they should work in unity for the success of the project. Watienla Jamir said that vegetable cultivation could be a very competitive ven- Rev. RP Murry releasing the magazine of Kids Worship Centre (KWC) at the 10th anniversary ture with other local mar- celebration of KWC held at East Dimapur Ao Baptist Church. Also seen is director of KWC, kets due to its high freight Robert Longkumer. charges in transportation. She termed large cardamom as a potential crop with minimum investment and maximum return. The program was chaired by Dr. Moa Walling, Deputy Director of Horticulture.

rti workshop held with Vcs & Vdbs at Kohima

Kohima, october 9 (Dipr): As a part of the Right to Information (RTI) Week celebration, the Kohima District Administration organized a one day workshop/seminar at the DC's conference hall, Kohima October 7. Speaking on the theme 'RTI and Village Administration', the resource person, State Coordinator, Disaster Management, A.T.I. Kohima, Dr. Hovithal N. Sothu said that the main objective of the RTI Act was to create a practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure transparency and accountability of public authorities- to grant a statutory right to information for every citizen and to contain corruption. He said that under the Village Administration there are many schemes and the two important agencies/schemes are Village Councils (VCs)/Village Development Board (VDBs) and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Dr. Hovithal said the Commission has noticed that several VCs have been passing resolution not to file RTI without the knowledge or permission of the Village Council. However the Commission is constrained to take serious view of this illegal obstruction by a legally constituted body and threat to information seeker under the RTI Act, 2005. In this regard, he said that the Commission had written to the Government of Nagaland to take necessary steps against those Village Councils passing such 'illegal' resolutions. He also emphasized on the guidelines of MGNREGS which is the only scheme where RTI is in-built. He also informed

that under Village level, the VDB Secretary is the PIO and Block Development Officer/Planning Officer is the Appellate Authority (AA) whereas in the Block Level the VDB Secretary is the APIO, BDO/PO is the PIO and the District Program Coordinator is the AA. Emphasizing on what information a citizen can get or cannot get, Dr. Hovithal said that a citizen can get information from Government Departments and VCs/VDBs and NGOs which are substantially finance by the Government, however one cannot get information relating to sovereignty, security, integrity, strategic scientific and economic interests, relation with foreign States and incitement to violence etc. He also highlighted on the stakeholders in the implementation of the RTI Act and roles and responsibilities of PIOs and APIOs. PIO and ADC Kohima, Lithrongla Tongpi in her keynote address expressed her appreciation and gratitude to the VCs and VDBs for their participation in the programme. Giving a brief introduction on RTI Act, she said that the RTI Act was enacted on 15th June 2005 and came into force on 12th Oct. 2005 which applies only to citizens of India covering whole part of India except the state of Jammu & Kashmir. She also gave a brief highlights on how to file RTI application and to whom it should be addressed. APIO and SDO (c) Sadar Kohima, Kethosituo Sekhose chaired the programme. A Documentary Film on RTI entitled ' My Right My Voice' produced by the Nagaland Information Commission was also screened during the programme.

ATMA Kohima participated at the Ex Servicemen Rally (ESM) on October 8 at Military camp Jakhama. (In Photo) Dy.PD (ATMA), Smt. Angela demonstrating on homemade detergent, Dish wash and Hand wash gel. Technical folders and books on agriculture were also distributed. The programme was graced by his excellency Shri P.B Acharya, the Governor of Nagaland.

AK Postcard was formally launched by Razuzakie Phinyo Asst. Superintendent of Post Offices Kohima Sub Division, during National Postal Week at Head Post Office Kohima today.

after reconciliation, npF Kma holds first executive meeting

Talent Show in GHSS Bhandari stresses on nurturing peace Dimapur, october 9 (mexN): The Govt. Higher Secondary School, Bhandari celebrated its first Talent show on October 6 with Orenthung Lotha, Addl. Deputy Commissioner, Bhandari as the Chief Guest. Participants of team of students from Assam’s Doyang College, Merapani Town High School, 7th Bn NAP School, Bhandari, Renowned Singers Amos, Keneth and Adolf from the locality and Students and Teachers from GHSS, Bhandari distinguished the unique Talent Show from normal school programmes, a press note informed. During the event, the chief guest stressed on the importance of developing artistic talents among the students along with

academic activities and encouraged the students to overcome the obstacles and difficulties faced by them through hard work and support of teachers. He appreciated the ef-

forts of Principal, GHSS, Bhandari, Nellayappan and his team of dynamic Teachers in organizing the Talent Show to bring out the talents hidden in the students which is first of its kind in the

history schools at Bhandari.. The DC further expressed his gratitude to the Principal, Doyang College and the Headmaster, Merapani Town High School for attending the func-

tion along with the faculty members and students and hoped that extending mutual cooperation between the institutions of the border areas would help the state authorities to solve the border issues with ease. He also thanked the people of Bhandari for supporting the initiatives of the school authority for bringing development to the region. Principal, GHSS, Bhandari briefed about the objectives of the programme in his welcome address and Zanbeni, PGT compered the programme. The event was also attended by Capt. Rajesh, Post Commander, 17 Assam Rifles, Officers of various establishments, Public Leaders and hundreds of well wishers.

Kohima, october 9 (mexN): The Naga People’s Front (NPF), Kohima division held its first executive meeting for the current year on October 7 at NPF central office, Kohima. Following the political impasse within the NPF party early this year, the meeting comes as the first after the NPF party workers reconciled, a press release from the division said. Presiding the meeting, Gonei-u Sirie, president, NPF Kohima division, advised the party workers to maintain and uphold the principle and ideology of the party and to co-ordinate

with the party leaders and work cohesively for the betterment of the party. He also urged the party members to work earnestly to uplift the Naga society at large. The working president of NPF Kohima division, Kesoneilie Theünuo urged the party members to tirelessly work for the welfare of the NPF party. “Regardless of the post one holds in the party, all are equal and therefore everybody should strive to contribute for the welfare of the party,” Theünuo said and urged the members to maintain party secrecy. Informing the mem-

bers about the constitution of the party, the working president urged them to be sincere and regular. “Any office bearer is liable to be disqualified if he/she fails to attend three consecutive meetings without any further notice,” he reminded. Earlier, the meeting commenced with an invocation pronounced by Arhi Khruomo, president, Farmers Wing, Kohima division. The vote of thanks was tendered by Vira Lhousa, vice president, NPF Kohima division. The meeting also resolved to conduct a sports meet in the later part of this year.

public discourse

empower a Girl chanGe the world

he United Nations General Assembly declared 11thofOctober as the International Day of the Girl Child, to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world.. In recognition of the importance of investing in adolescent girls’ empowerment and rights, both today and in the future, the theme of International Day of the Girl Child for 2015 is: The Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030. The Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (Save the Girl Child; Educate Her) was launched by the Prime Minister of India, Shri NarendraModi on January 22, 2015 at Panipat, Haryana. This scheme aims to address the significant declining trend in the Child Sex Ratio (CSR) between 0-6 years of age.

According to the 2011 Census data of India, the CSR is at an all-time low of 918 in the country. Longleng district in Nagaland has also been identified as one of the 100 Gender critical districts identified across India, with its CSR at 885 as per 2011 Census, indicating a sharp decline from 964 as per 2001 census. The Government of India, through the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme, therefore aims to address this serious issue through a mass campaign across the country, and focussed intervention and multisectoral action. The overall goal of the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme is to celebrate the girl child and enable her education. The objectives of the scheme are: i) To prevent gender biased sex se-

lective elimination campaign on BBBP, Multi-Sectoral ii) To ensure survival and protection intervention in 100 gender critical of the girl child districts worse on CSR iii)To ensure education and participation of the girl child Monitorable Targets: • Improve the SRB in 100 gender Target Groups: critical districts by 10 points in a 1. Primary: Young and newly maryear. ried couples; pregnant and lactat- • Reduce Gender differentials in ing mothers; parents Under Five Child Mortality Rate 2. Secondary: Youth, adolescents from 8 points in 2011 to 4 points (girls & boys), in-laws, medical by 2017. doctors/ practitioners, private • Improve the Nutrition status of hospitals, nursing homes and digirls - by reducing number of unagnostic centres derweight and anaemic girls un3. Tertiary: Officials, PRIs, frontline der 5 years of age (from NFHS 3 workers, women SHGs/ Colleclevels). tives, religious leaders, voluntary • Ensure universalization of ICDS, organizations, media, medical asgirls attendance and equal care sociations, industry associations. monitored, using joint ICDS Components: Mass communication NRHM Mother Child Protection

Cards. • Increase girls’ enrolment in secondary education from 76% in 2013-14 to 79% by 2017. • Provide girls’ toilet in every school in 100 CSR districts by 2017. • Promote a protective environment for Girl Children through implementation of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012. • Train Elected Representatives/ Grassroots functionaries as Community Champions to mobilize communities to improve CSR & promote Girl’s education. The administration of the scheme is at various levels at the National level, the National Task Force is headed by the Secretary, Ministry of Women

and Child Development, at the State level the State Task Force is headed by the Chief Secretary, with the Secretary Social Welfare as the convenor. The District Task Force is headed by the Deputy Commissioner of Longleng. With cases of sexual offences been committed on the Girl Child, we can no longer say it does not happen here in Nagaland, let us all ensure a safe environment for the girl child. And as the world celebrates the International Day of the Girl Child; the State Resource Centre for Women (SRCW) request all, to come join us in this mission to provide every Girl Child the equal opportunity to education and a career, to live the life that she deserves. SRCW- Nagaland

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.

Saturday 10•10•2015

Nervousness is good: Alia Bhatt

ollywood actress Alia Bhatt, who will be working with superstar Shah Rukh Khan in her next film, says she is nervous about sharing screen with him but it keeps her on her toes. The actress said she feels nervous about working with SRK because the superstar has so much experience while she is new. “But nervousness is good as it keeps me on my toes. With Shahid Kapoor also I felt nervous initially because I thought it was a nice opportunity,” Alia told reporters here when asked whether she felt intimidated about working with SRK. Alia will be seen next in Karan Johar’s home production film which will have Shah Rukh. It is not yet clear if the King Khan and Alia will have a romantic angle in the Gauri Shinde-directed movie. The “Student of the Year” actress launched “’Neend Na Mujhko Aaye” from “Shaandaar” with Shahid at midnight in a coffee shop. A rendition of Asha Bhosle’s classic by the same name, “Neend Na Mujhko Aaye” is pictured on Alia and Shahid who play insomniacs in their upcoming film. Going by the title of the song, when asked Alia what are the reasons of sleepless nights for her, she said, “Whenever heartbreak happens or love happens, you don’t feel sleepy at that time.” Directed by Vikas Bahl, “Shaandaar” is set to hit the screens on October 22.

Legendary Musician Ravindra Jain Dies in Mumbai Hospital

eteran music director-singer-lyricist Ravindra Jain died today at a city hospital due to multiple organ failure. He was 71. Mr Jain breathed his last at 4.10 pm at Lilavati hospital due to multiple organ failure, sources close to him said. Mr Jain was shifted from Wockhardt Hospital in Nagpur few days back to Mumbai by a chartered air ambulance for treatment at Lilavati Hospital in Bandra. The music composer was suffering from a urinary infection causing a problem in his kidney, sources said. He was in Nagpur for a concert on Sunday, but could not participate because of his ill-health and was subsequently airlifted to Mumbai. He was kept in the ICU at Lilavati and was on ventilator. Mr Jain, who overcame blindness to become one of the most successful composers, gave music for hit films like Chor Machaye Shor, Geet Gaata Chal, Chitchor and Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se, in the 70s. He was given a big break by Raj Kapoor, for whom he composed super hit songs in movies such as Ram Teri Ganga Maili, Do Jasoos, and Heena, which was directed by Randhir Kapoor.

A Naga girl has won the first runner up title of Miss India Elite 2015, the finale of which was held on October 8. Imlibenla Wati, former Miss Nagaland, also won the subtitle Miss Congeniality. Divya Saini from Punjab won the Miss India Elite 2015 crown, while Sofia Singh from Delhi emerged the second runner up.

Daira Band Win the Mumbai leg of Hornbill On Tour

he first leg of the competition started with a bang, with some of Mumbai’s most talented bands across genres wooing the packed house at Hard Rock Cafe. The Mumbai edition of Hornbill on Tour saw six of the city’s best independent bands battle it out for a chance to fly to Kohima to participate in the Hornbill International Music Festival and Rock Competition 2015. The chief guest for the evening was Khriehu Liezietsu, Nagaland’s Parliamentary Secretary for Youth Resource & Sports, Music Task Force, who had flown down to inaugurate the first leg of the competition, while the jury comprised Indus Creed frontman Uday Benegal, musician/actor Luke Kenny, and music journalist Lalitha Suhasini. Blues/rock act Kanchan Daniel &

by the lukewarm response from the audience. Up next were punk rockers The Lightyears Explode, who played a mix of originals and even threw in an uptempo cover of rock outfit Pentagram’s “Nocturne,” followed soon after by electro-rock act Laxmi Bomb with frontman Keegan Pereira rapping and singing his way through the dance-friendly set. Alt-rockers Daira were next to take the stage, playing a fierce and well-rehearsed set of originals, that would later be deemed their winning performance. College alt-rock Khriehu Liezietsu Parliamentary Sec- band Unohu put up an equally imretary for Youth Resources and Sports pressive performance, and were foland Muisc Task Force Government lowed soon after by fusion/rock band of Nagaland, officially launching the Hornbill On Tour at Hard Rock Cafe Anand Bhaskar Collective. The evening ended with Daira Mumbai, 7 October 2015. being announced the winners of the the Beards were first up on stage, and Mumbai edition and Unohu as rundelivered an energetic set, undeterred ners-up.

Gaga’s Fiance coached her for TV for debut

Sidharth chosen as Tourism New Zealand’s Indian ambassador

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oung and dashing Bollywood actor Sidharth Malhotra has been named the first Indian ambassador for Tourism New Zealand, which markets New Zealand as a visitor destination. He is excited to embark on a visit to the picturesque land to experience its diverse landscapes, culture and adventure activities. As a lover of nature, great outdoors and extreme sports, Sidharth is looking forward to visiting New Zealand later this month. During his trip, he will be visiting both the North and South Islands, getting a chance to soak in the joys of an array of activities and an experience of the country’s local Maori culture. Talking about it, Sidharth said in a statement: “I’ve heard from my friends about

the many activities that New Zealand has to offer and I’m very excited for this trip. I’m a traveller who believes in experiencing everything that a destination offers and New Zealand has so much to offer.” He is especially “gearing up for some hardcore adventure such as skydive, SkyWalk and diving. I can’t wait to experience the local wildlife in New Zealand. I have also heard extensively about the food and wine, Maori culture and other unique experiences that the country offers,” he added. The actor, who has amassed a fan following with roles in entertainers like “Student of the Year”, “Hasee Toh Phasee”, “Ek Villain” and “Brothers”, has managed to capture the attention of youth in particular. And that’s evident by the over 4.3 million followers that he has on social media. While in New Zealand, he is is also upbeat about interacting with some of his fans during his trip to the Kiwi land, which is replete with spectacular landscapes from vast mountain ranges, steaming volcanoes to sweeping coastlines. Officials at Tourism New Zealand are also trying to ensure that Sidharth has an experience of a lifetime. “Sidharth is young and dynamic, and extremely keen to experience New Zealand’s offerings. From adventure activities to food and wine experiences, local culture to luxury indulgence, New Zealand is gearing up to surprise Sidharth at every step of his journey. We look forward to hosting him and making him feel at home,” said Steven Dixon, regional manager, South and South East Asia, Tourism New Zealand.

Borkung Hrangkhawl & DJ INA all set to perform LIVE at Bacardi NH7 Weekender in Shillong on October 23-24.

Taylor Thanks Fans and ‘Cute Cats’ for Making Her the Most Followed Celeb on Instagram

aylor Swift is aware that she has 50 million followers on Instagram and becomes the most followed celebrity on the social media. The “Bad Blood” hitmaker took to Instagram on Thursday, October 8 to thank her fans and her cute cats for helping her achieve the milestone on the social media. Taylor posted a screengrab of the header of her Instagram page. It could be noted that when she took the screengrab, she had 734 posts and 50m followers. The 25-year-old singer thanked her fans as saying, “50 million followers!! Thanks so much guys.” She tried to be low-profile with her accomplishment as she gave her cats credit for it. “I’m pretty sure this is just because I have cute

cats though,” she said. With her new milestone, Taylor makes a quite significant gap with the celebrities who previously held the throne including Kim Kardashian and Beyonce Knowles. The “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” star cur-

rently has 48.4 million followers on the social media while Beyonce comes after her with 47.5 million followers. In fact, Taylor has been the most followed celebrity on the social media since September 8 when she garnered 45.5 million followers. At that time, she beat Kim who just celebrated her own milestone of reaching 45 million followers in the previous week. Taylor has been one of the most influential pop stars, marked by being on the top of Vanity Fair’s “Powers That Be” list. “Swift isn’t merely the world’s favorite pop star, putting up sales numbers that are nearly unfathomable in the post-Napster age. She is also using her platform to make giant companies conform to her will,” the magazine explained.

he Born This Way singer made her debut as a series regular on the new U.S. thriller on Wednesday (07Oct15) night, and she revealed to E! News that Kinney, star of his own drama Chicago Fire, was “exponentially supportive the entire time” during his fiancee’s new project. “What guy in that scenario would be like, ‘Sure, babe, do TV!’”, Gaga said. “He does TV, that’s his thing. I do music, and you know, we’re together. But I sort of was like, ‘Is it cool if I do TV?,’ And he was like, ‘F**k yeah!’” “He was like, ‘We can read scripts together, and we can talk about our characters together, and I can teach you how to be on set!’”, she continued. “And he taught me all about etiquette and what actors would appreciate during their coverage (filming on camera). He taught me to make sure that I was always available fully to the actors when I was working so that when the coverage is on them that I don’t drop my character, that I’m always in it for them, and you know, that’s invaluable advice.” Gaga, who plays a bloodthirsty hotel owner in the series, has already accepted show creator Ryan Murphy’s offer to return next season, and the project has reignited the acting bug for the former New York University Tisch School of the Arts student. “I think I’d like to do like one great acting project a year,” Gaga admitted. “I’d really like to do a film now. But it’s about the right people, the right project. I want to take some time to write something. “I want to make a great piece. It’s just so not important to just be in acting and music and be that person that does both things. Just having that on my roster is not important to me... The future for me is very good.”

Benny Prasad in Mokokchung

Neil Patrick Harris writing children’s books

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eil Patrick Harris Is Following His Former How I Met Your Mother Co-star Jason Segel Into The World Of Children’s Literature By Penning His Own Fiction Series. Jason embarked on a new career as an author last year (14), with the launch of his Nightmares! horror stories, and now Neil has revealed he is busy working on a book franchise called The Magic Misfits. “Reading and books have become a mainstay in my family, and they have gotten me thinking in a new way about the power of storytelling,” he tells People.com. The father of two is already a published writer after the success of his best-selling memoir, Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography, last year (14), but he admits writing for youngsters was a real joy. “Playing with the elements of magic, adventure and friendship, The Magic Misfits is the kind of series that would have thrilled me as a kid,” he says. “And I hope it does just that for today’s young readers.” The Magic Misfits is due for release in 2017.

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R Kimatsur Jaming from Nagaland to perform at COLORS INFINITY English Music Reality Show- ‘The Stage’.The show will be aired every Saturday starting from October 10 at 9:00pm. Kimatsur Jaming is 23 years old, from Dimapur, Nagaland. He strongly believes that Music is his God. For him, it’s the journey that matters more than the destination. Produced by SOL, the show aims to choose the best of the participants who will only be judged by the jury members with no voting from viewers. One artist will emerge victorious from amongst twenty young hopefuls through weekly performances, scrutiny by the judges and heart-breaking eliminations. The pot of gold on the other side, is the launch of the winner’s career with a record deal with Universal Music, a 10 city tour, a mentorship program, the full muscle of Viacom18 backing the winner’s music career across all its platforms and a brand new Renault Duster.

Benny Prasad with his friends in Mokokchung

enowned musician and world record holder Benny Prasad is here in Mokokchung, his maiden visit to this remote township, where he will be performing a number of shows and speaking to several groups. A devout Christian, Dr. Kandukuri Benny Prasad is the designer of world’s first bongo guitar called ‘bentar’ and holds the “travelling world record” for the fastest time to visit all 245 countries in the world in six years, six months and twenty-two days. He arrived Mokokchung on October 8 evening, on the invite of his friend Limaonen Imchen, and will be here till Sunday, October 11. He spoke with the students of People’s College Mokokchung this morning before addressing the students of John Douglas School, Yimyu. Later in the evening, he visited Nagaland Bible College, Mokokchung. He will be visiting an ongoing “detox

camp” at Impur on Saturday morning, followed by a session with Tongdentsüyong Youth Fellowship leaders in the noon and a ‘free performance’ at Cosmos Hall from 6:00 pm onwards. He is also slated to interact with students at In-builders Hostel, Salangtem after the show at Cosmos Hall. On Sunday, Prasad will be speaking at the Evangelical Union, Fazl Ali College at 9:00 am followed by a fellowship with Youth Alive Ministry at 11:30 am and Ignite Ministry at 1:00 pm. Later, from 3:30 pm onwards, he will attend and speak at the Mokokchung Town Baptist Church Youth service. Later in the evening, he will be visiting the students hostel of Nursing School, Mokokchung. Limaonen Imchen has invited all interested people to Prasad’s performance at Cosmos Hall which is ‘entry free’ for all. He also expressed special thanks to Ignite Ministry for sponsoring Prasad’s travelling expenses.

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

16th NSF MARTYRS’ MEMORIAL TROPHY 2015

MDFA TrOphy 2015

NU Lumami registers another win; Shooting Starz defeats Zonipang

A Dilong Youth Association player (orange jersey) tackle a Shitilong SA player at the ongoing XXI MDFA Trophy 2015 at the Imkongmeren Sports Complex, Mokokchung on Friday, October 9. (Photo/Temjenlemba Longchar)

Mokokchung, october 9 (Mexn): Day four of the XXI MDFA Trophy 2015, three matches between six tough contenders of the tournament. The Dilong Youth Association drew with Shitilong S/A, the resilient Shooting Starz FC defeated C M Y

Zonipang SA and the underdogs NU Lumami (PGSU-L) defeated Youth Association Merepkong XI, on a raindrenched day at the Imkongmeren Sports Complex on Friday, October 9. The NU Lumami (PGSU-L), a team which has

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the match was even. The NU Lumami (PGSU-L) striker Pumgying (jersey no 9) found the ball while there was a rush at the danger zone, and scored a goal at the 11th minute. The Youth Association Merepkong, tried their

The match between Khulioh King vs Alianza FC on October 9. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent Kohima | October 9

Khulioh King Tuensang and Barak FC Peren today registered wins in their respective quarter-finals matches and moved to the semi-finals of the ongoing 16th NSF Martyrs' Memorial Trophy 2015 here organised by Angami Students’ Union (ASU) in memory of Lt. Kekuojalie Sachü & Lt. Vikhozo Yhoshü. In the 1st quarter-finals match, Khulioh King defeated Alianza FC Dimapur 1-0. Kingiudi Zeliang netted the winning goal for Khulioh King in the 56th minute. Barak FC Peren blanked Laii Youth & Students Org Manipur 5-0 in the 2nd quarter-finals. Nzauhutbo Nbung and Salu Kulim contributed two goals each to Barak FC while Nyithung Magh produced another

goal and the team registered a comfortable 5-0 win over the opponent. Earlier, Kohima SP, Joseph Hesso graced the first quarter-finals match as the match patron while Vipopal Kintso (former NSF president), convenor organizing committee introduced the players of the 2nd match. Thejao Vihienuo, Mission Director RMSA and Er. Krosiil Rhetso, additional programme director SIPMIU will be the match patron of the 3rd and 4th quarterfinals match, respectively on October 10. FIXTURE FOR SATUDAY October 10 3rd quarter finals match (11:30 AM) Pro-Streax United Dimapur vs Nagabazar Youth Org 4th quarter finals match (1:30 PM) Addax FC vs Senapati FC Manipur

Liverpool appoint charismatic Klopp as manager

been participating in the MDFA trophy for the past many years, and which won the first match against Elation SA (2-0), played superbly against Youth Association Merepkong. The Imkongmeren Sports Complex was soggy, but

best to equalize but the strong defense line of the NU Lumami team thwarted some serious attempt. In the second half, Yashimeren of Merepkong, within minutes after the referee's whistle, dribbled the ball with teammates and found the net, equalizing the goal 1-1. The second half was more exciting. Attacks and counter attacks from both the teams. But at the dying moments, 62ndminute, Watimeren (jersey no 11) found a perfect cross from his fellow midfielder, who breached the Merepkong defenses, and struck the second goal. In the first match, the Shitilong SA drew with Dilong Youth Assocaition. Shitilong dominated the match. The Dilong YA team was vigorous on scoring a goal, but the Shitilong defense was hard to breach. It was an equally contested match. The second match of the day, Zonipang Sporting Association were defeated by Shooting Starz FC 5-2.

Khulioh King, Barak FC enter semi finals

LIVerPooL, octo ber 9 (reuterS): Liverpool named former Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp as manager on Thursday with the club posting photos of him signing his contract on their official Twitter account. It was widely reported earlier that he had agreed terms with the club's American owners Fenway Sports Group on a contract to take over at Anfield. The length of the deal was not disclosed but British media said Klopp had signed a three-year contract to help breathe life into a team that has struggled for

consistency. After several days of speculation, the charismatic 48-year-old has finally been confirmed as the replacement for Brendan Rodgers, who was sacked on Sunday after 3-1/2 years in charge. "Liverpool Football Club are delighted to announce Juergen Klopp has been appointed as the club's new manager, said a statement on their official website (www.liverpoolfc.com). "The German coach has signed a deal to take the helm at the Reds and will be presented at a press conference at Anfield on Friday morning." Klopp

has been out of work since May when he finished a seven-year reign at Dortmund to take a sabbatical. He is expected to bring with him Zeljko Buvac and Peter Krawietz, who were his former assistants at the Bundesliga club. Klopp, who led Dortmund to two Bundesliga titles and a Champions League final, is credited with reviving 'Die Schwarzgelben' and moulding them into one of the most exciting brands in world football during his seven years in Westphalia. In general, his widely expected arrival as the Liverpool boss has been welcomed, with Dortmund defender Mats Hummels remarking: "He eats, lives, breathes and thinks football day after day. He's a fantastic coach."

FIGHTING FOOTBALL Klopp has long praised the English game which he has compared to heavy metal music, saying: "I always want it loud! "I want to have this 'booooom!' I like fighting football, not serenity football. What we call in German 'English'. Rainy day, heavy pitch, everybody dirty in the face and goes home and can't play foot-

ball for the next four weeks." Liverpool's season started serenely enough with opening wins against Stoke City and Bournemouth but they have largely been hitting the wrong notes since then with only one win in 90 minutes in their last nine matches. Rodgers was sacked af-

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ter the 1-1 Merseyside draw at Everton, but his fate was sealed before Sunday after a shattering 3-0 home defeat by West Ham United, a 3-1 loss at Manchester United and an embarrassing League Cup penalty shootout win after failing to beat fourth-tier Carlisle United in extra time.

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15.05.1955 to 07.10.2015 Expressing our profound gratitude and thanks to each and everyone who comforted and supported us at the sudden demise of our beloved mother Mrs. A. Watila Longkumer. We regret our inability to thank everyone individually, but pray that the Almighty God bless each of you abundantly.

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He rued that Nagas have a very big problem with self-discipline when it comes to sports. He said sports is a fantastic medium to ensure and to maintain self discipline because every sports is played within the framework of the laid rules and regulations and therefore, by getting involved in sports one also learn to self-discipline. Yhome further said sports also helps one to maintain a healthy lifestyle and food habit and all these makes healthy mature persons. “Ultimate objective of sports is not about winning the game but the ultimate reward of sports is that it helps us to grow as individuals to become better human beings,” he told the participants. Declaring the Table Tennis tournament open, the DC also played an exhibition match with DDTTA president, Er. Chirhotho Rasutho. A total of 10 schools are participating in the tournament, besides 80 players in the various open categories. The closing ceremony will be held on October10 at 3 pm.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY 10th October, 2015 Mental Illness is like any other Non-communicable Disease. It can be treated.

We must safeguard Human Rights and Dignity of people with Mental Health conditions. The Government of India is supporting: District Mental Health Programme in 241 Districts for: • Prevention, early identification and management of mental illnesses • Awareness generation on mental illnesses and removal of stigma • Promotion of mental health through life skills education in schools and counselling in colleges, and • Suicide prevention services

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DIMaPur, october 9 (Mexn): The 4th Dimapur District Open & InterSchool Table Tennis Tournament began here today with Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur, Kesonyü Yhome, IAS inaugurating the 2-day event. The event is being organized by Dimapur District Table Tennis Association (DDTTA). Speaking on the occasion, DC Dimapur urged everyone to make sports a part of their life. He said sports is important because it helps us not only to keep up a very good health but also helps one to establish a good network with people around them. “Sports helps us to come together as a nation and as a community,” he said adding, therefore, it is very important for each of us to make sports a part of life. Stating that sports and games helps one to remain healthy, he said there is nothing more important in life than being a healthy person. “Health and sports go together and encourage each one to make sports a part of life, irrespective of profession,” he said.

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