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Accident kills one in Kohima Our Correspondent Kohima | October 23

One person died and two others seriously injured at an accident at New Secretariat road near Niathu Garden Kohima at around 6:30pm yesterday. The deceased identified as Mukesh Kumar Rai, along with two others identified as Mhasiliekho and Rokovizo, both from Nerehema village, were hit by a bus while returning home. Rai succumbed to his injuries while the two sustained serious head injuries and are undergoing treatment at a local hospital, sources said. Sources said that the family of the accused has compromised with the deceased’s family, but Kohima North Traffic has registered a case acting on the FIR lodged by the family members of the two injured. The accused handyman has been identified as Kechavilie, sources said.

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‘i wish i had educated my daughter’ Zeme Naga women from Assam share their experience

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Morung Express Feature sons to be educated,” admits ZPB president, Kirang Haflong | October 23 Jeme (45). Faced with povHungkiamle Newme (78) erty, the Zeme Naga womlives on her small piece of en in Dima Hasao, Assam, land in Hejaichak Village in bear the burden of carryDima Hasao district of As- ing heavy buckets of water sam—formerly called the through broken roads to NC Hills district. She culti- houses with no electricvates food from jhum land, ity where they nurture and tends to a small fruit garden educate their children deand feeds chicken from spite their own discrimiday break. Hungkiamle nated status. The markets converted to Christianity are full of them selling veg9 years back from Heraka. etables, as are the fields. On Only 3 of the 8 children the roadside, they hammer she reproduced are alive, stones to chips. scattered in various places now; only her daughter Development & keeps coming back. She political representation fixes the bulb that producMaternal healthcare in es some electricity from the Zeme Naga areas of the solar power—no electric- district is a no-show. “Till ity has found its way to the today pregnant women, village till date. She mends and other sick people, from this and that, and keeps her some villages are carried mother company when she on bamboo stretchers to can visit from her own poor hospitals in Haflong,” incircumstances in Haflong. forms Kingaule Newme “I regret not having sent (33), a research scholar her to school,” says Hun- and women’s rights activgkiamle of her daughter, ist. Primary healthcare not bitter, not sweet, calmly centres are either missing rolling out red chilli seeds (though they exist on refor the next season. “I wish I cord) or deliver poor serhad educated my daughter.” vices. Death-at-delivery Her voice resonates cases are common but with the Zeme Pui Baudi no documentation exists. (ZPB, or the Zeme Moth- Even after a woman gives ers’ Association) in Ha- birth, she has to go back to flong. “Priority is still for the fields within a month.

political level. The underrepresentation of the Zeme people themselves in the Dima Hasao Autonomous Council presents no irony. This shows up at both the level of the family and the community. Survivors of domestic violence hardly ever speak up—“either they are too ashamed or too scared (of familial repercussions mostly) to report cases.” At the community level, women have no voice at, say, Zeme Council (apex body) meetings wondering if it will be too bold a move—women speaking up at all-male-meetings is looked down upon. The Council has never taken up gender issues, whether related to representation of, or violence against, women.

Hungkiamle newme (78) is seen here at her home in Hejaichak village in Dima Hasao district, Assam, with her jhum harvest for the day. With no electricity in her village, she will go to bed by sunset, rise by sunrise and work her field and garden in between. (Morung Photo)

Younger women are then bestowed with childcare. “So either the girl is not educated, or she has to go

to school with a child on her back. With no land inheritance pattern for women as such, she is too burdened

and has no way to empower herself,” says Kingaule, of the Zeme woman who is unrepresented at any

Peace making When conflict broke out between Dima Hasao resident communities in 2009, Zeme Naga men, through local institutions, decided to have a two-level village-guarding system during the nights. The first gate would be guarded by men; women would guard the next level. Women were simply asked to organize. At home, younger women would take care of the children. When they came back from their night duty, the women would get working to put the household together. For the sake of the community, no one objected. “Whenever the Indian army picked up our men on suspicion, we were

summoned to make sure they were handed over to the police on time. We were there to shield the community from human rights abuse. We facilitated peace talks between the two communities,” lists out the president of the ZPB. “We are a consistent pressure group but our views are consistently left out of meetings where decisions for the community are made.” Fear, today, passes like an undercurrent between the two communities. The Indigenous Women Forum of North East India tried to bring women’s voices from the communities on a platform. That failed as male politics ruled the roost. After the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum was formed as a civil platform for non-Dimasa groups in Dima Hasao district, Kirang worked hard to organize the Indigenous Peoples’ Women Forum. When she went to pacify angry youth at a protest bandh in 2012, she was critically beaten with iron bars and bricks. With increasing cases of violence against women in Dima Hasao, both Kirang and Kingaule admit that a ‘solution’ to the problem, per se, cannot be had. “However, the contribution of women to modern society has to be understood as a first step, followed by an acknowledgment of the problems we face,” suggest the two women, speaking for half the Zeme Naga population in Dima Hasao.

Ao Senden says ‘matter settled’ Survival Nagaland meets CM over IBI issue

mOkOkchuNg, Oc- ‘Withdraws the earlier demand of withdraw- requested the Ao Senden office to kindly permit him tOber 23 (mexN): As per its established cultural ing the mandate of Ao Senden endorsement to address his position. In norms, the Ao community of P. Chuba Ozukum to Naga Hoho office’ this regard, the Ao Senden had given a platform to P. has withdrawn its “earlier demand of withdraw- kum, which appeared in lo- sentative to Naga Hoho, Chuba Ozukum along with ing the mandate of the Ao cal dailies on September 17. giving 10 (ten) days to take his village-Yimjenkimong Senden endorsement of P. “This was a direct reac- appropriate actions from Village Council as witness Chuba Ozukum to the Naga tion against the decision of Naga Hoho Office,” stated and after giving his confesHoho office, and the mat- the Ao Senden on Changki the Ao Senden in a press re- sional statement P. Chuba ter settled thereof.” The Ao issue. To this effect the Ao lease today from its presi- Ozukum has apologised Senden, in its Presidential Senden had subsequently dent, Prof. Sangnyu Yaden his mistake in the meeting Council meeting dated the issued a statement on 6th and general secretary, Tsu- of Ao Senden Presidential Council in presence of his October 16, ‘seriously delib- Oct. 2014 to withdraw the pong Longchar. erated’ Naga Hoho’s press mandate of P. Chuba Ozu“However, P. Ozukum village council on the same Dimapur, OctOber release led by P. Chuba Ozu- kum as Ao Senden repre- had tendered apology and day,” it noted. 23 (mexN): The Naga National Council (NNC) has appealed the leadership of the GPRN/NSCN and NSCN (K) to “withdraw quit notice served to each other family members imMorung Express news mediately in the best inter- riO De JaNeirO, OctO- office-sized version sells for 7,000 Dimapur | October 23 est of both the parties and ber 23 (iaNS/eFe): A Bra- reals ($3,180), while the bigger the people of Dimapur in zilian engineer has designed a version has a price tag of 350,000 Residents of Circuit House colony have expressed dismay over the lackadaisical response particular because this is machine capable of producing reals ($160,000). not the time to do such an 5,000 litres of drinking water a “Initially, our clients were of the Power department to consumer comugly and shameful thing day by condensing humidity mostly schools or individuals plaints. A member of Circuit House colony among the brethren again from the air and processing it to who needed modest volumes council on Thursday said that the locality and to vitiate peaceful atmo- make it suitable for human con- of drinking water,” the engineer some parts of Bank colony was blacked-out after sphere prevailing in the sumption. said. “We now sell our machines a rusting electric pole gave way on the intervennight of October 22 and 23. Naga Homeland as everySince 2010, Pedro Ricardo to restaurants, pharmaceutical ing The council member said that on Thursday body desired and only long Paulino has sold 200 of his Wa- firms, a wider range of customfor real peace.” In a press re- teair devices introduced to the ers.” A human being, according morning, efforts to reach out to Burma Camp lease from its Information markets just as the southern Bra- to UN experts, requires about 3.3 Sub-station to register a complaint proved fu& Publicity Wing, the NNC zilian state of Sao Paulo entered cubic metres of water, or 11 litres tile as no response was forthcoming. Finally, at stated that nobody wants to a crisis due to insufficient water to meet daily drinking and hy- around 10:00am, the colony residents visited the sub-station and found the ‘fuse call’ room see “killing among factions supplies. “All this machine needs giene needs. unmanned. The council member further said and brethren any more in to work is a source of electric pow“One challenge now is to lowthe Homeland but peace er and an air humidity level over er our costs,” Paulino said. “We that the telephone meant for receiving consumand National unity, there- 10 percent,” Paulino told Spanish work on improving our manu- er complaints was found disconnected. While out that the ‘disconnected phone’ apfore, before any unwanted news agency Efe. “Pollution in facturing processes and energy pointing peared intentional, the council member said situation take place do the air doesn’t matter at all since efficiency. Another problem is that only after the residents visited the sub-stawithdraw the quit notice solid particles are not present in the need to import parts from tion did the duty personnel spring into action instantly otherwise both vaporised water.” Paulino, who eight different countries, which and detect the cause of the black-out at around the parties will suffer and said he has invested more than also has an impact on the price.” 11:00am. The fallen electric pole was replaced some people will simply $1 million of his own money over Paulino estimates the cost of wa- and supply resumed at around 5:00pm. laugh at you and clap their the past four years to develop the ter produced by his machine at In an unrelated incident, a distribution hands.” It further asked the apparatus, offers Wateair in two 0.17 reais (about 8 cents) per litre. transformer located at Duncan Basti burst on parties to “forgive and love versions: one, sized as an office Water from Wateair flows, then, Thursday evening, affecting supply. ‘Overeach other in the name of filtering system, can produce at a cost of $77 per cubic metre, loading,’ or drawing more than the specified our living God and for the 15 litres of drinking water daily, compared to $3.30 per cubic me- limit, was suspected to be the reason. In this sake of peace and freedom while the full-size device has a ca- tre of water supplied by the utility case, however, Power Department personnel of Naga people.” pacity for 5,000 liters per day. The that serves Sao Paulo. promptly attended to the transformer.

NNC appeals for quit notices to be withdrawn

Water scarcity solution might be in the air

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Consumers dismayed by power department’s unresponsiveness

The Survival nagaland team with nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang on October 22.

Dimapur, OctOber 23 (mexN): The Survival Nagaland (SN) has met the Chief Minister of Nagaland on October 22 to share their concern about the growing influx of ‘Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants’ (IBI) into Nagland. The SN shared with the CM how “easily any nonindigenous person could enter Nagaland as monitoring ILP is not implemented efficiently and urged the CM to strictly implement ILP system in all the districts.” They also pressed upon the CM to introduce ILP system in Dimapur as it is the gateway to the State. “Containing IBIs in Dimapur will contain the flow of IBIs in the remaining districts,” they stated, according to a press release from its media cell. SN, it informed, promotes dignity of labor amongst locals and encourages taking up various manual jobs “of which we are dependent on non-locals.” Chief Minister T.R. Ze-

liang responded that the government could discuss to make plans for opening booths at the airport and railway station where ILP could be mandatorily checked. Zeliang also referred to the plan of ILP extension from 15 days to 6 months-1 year and said, practically, it is not convenient for all non-locals to re-apply for ILP every 15 days. “There are government teachers and other employees who need not apply for an ILP every 15 days but ILP validating one year could be issued in such cases,” he stated. Zeliang added that the century-old ILP system needs to be reviewed as there is no provision for extension or renewal of the ILP under the current system. He also stated that reviewing of present ILP system will only reinforce the present system. He expressed his happiness to members of Survival Nagaland that they came to meet him in person to share

opinions and know the position of the state before submitting a memorandum/ultimatum. He also welcomed Survival Nagaland or any organization in Nagaland to submit suggestions on the ILP, Nagaland Special Development Zone (NSDZ) and Nagaland Total Liquor Prohibition Act (NLTPA). Lalthara, Advisor & Senior Principal Secretary to the CM, who was also present at the meeting, stated that dependency on IBIs should firstly be done away with and awareness of the destructive impacts of harboring IBIs created. He also suggested locals be encouraged to take up construction jobs as most of the construction works are undertaken by non-locals of which many are suspected IBIs. Relating to this, he suggested to the CM that a year in the near future may be declared as the “year of construction workers” to encourage locals to take up construction jobs.

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Awareness on constitutional provisions & schemes for differently abled persons

Kohima, october 23 (mexN): The Kohima District Legal Services Authority (KDLSA) organized legal awareness programme with “ENABLE” on the theme “Constitutional provisions and schemes for the differently abled persons” on October 23. Zheviholi Swu, Lawyer, Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) was the resource person. The resource person emphasized on the important rights of the children with disabilities under the Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policies and various constitutional schemes, according to a press release from KDLSA. She highlighted the various schemes a disabled person can avail:

Resource person speaks during the legal awareness programme organized by KDLSA on October 23.

Integrated Education for the Disabled Children, Children’s Educational Allowance, Assistance to the Disabled Person‘s for purchase/ fitting of Aids/ appliance (ADIP), National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC ), Inclusive Edu-

cation for Disabled at secondary Stage (IEDSS). Meanwhile, Mezivolu T. Therieh, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kohima & Secretary, KDLSA, in her short speech, underlined the importance of Legal Services Authority and encouraged the parents of the

differently abled children to come forward and avail legal services and legal aid. She shared that one of the major concerns of the Legal Services Authority is to spread legal awareness and legal literacy amongst the citizens of the State, to conduct Lok Adalat for set-

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tling civil and minor criminal case, bank loans, matrimonial disputes etc. An interactive session was also held, where parents of the disabled persons and the participants expressed their grievances with regard to non-payment of scholarships, funds, lack of aids/appliance, lack of Resource Centers, lack of special trained teachers at government aided schools. KDLSA encouraged them to take up the matters with the appropriate authorities under whom the schemes are available, the release added. The programme was chaired by Medohono Kharutso, Panel Lawyer; welcome address was delivered by Dr. Asunu Thong, Genreal Secretary, ENABLE.

Nagaland governor on US visit; Village councils support oil & cultural group accompanies natural gas exploration in Peren

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The Nagaland Folkloric Group, which is on a US visit along with the governor of Nagaland. They will perform folk dances and music of Nagaland at Detroit and Bloomington.

Dimapur, october 23 (mexN): P.B Acharya, Governor of Nagaland & Tripura and Chairman, NEZCC is on a US visit to be the chief guest and deliver a guest lecture at an event and workshop organised by the International Centre for Cultural Studies USA Inc. (ICCS) at Chicago and Detroit from October 22 to 28, 2014.

A press release received here informed that the ICCS event will highlight the life of Native American Community of North America. As part of the delegation, a 12-member cultural group, the Nagaland Folkloric Group, sponsored by North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC), Ministry of Culture, Government of India will

also perform folk dances and music of Nagaland at Detroit and Bloomington. The visit is also expected to facilitate cultural interaction with the Native American Community of North America in a bid to enlighten the people there about the rich cultural traditions, especially of Nagaland and other North Eastern States of India, the release added.

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pereN, october 23 (mexN): The Chairman Union Peren District, a conglomerate of all recognized village councils under Peren district, has unanimously agreed to give fullest support to the decision of the State government for pre-production exploration of petroleum and natural gas by Metropolitan Oil & Gas Pvt. Ltd (MOGPL). This decision was made during the emergency meeting of the union on October 20 at Jalukie town, where issue of oil & natural gas exploration in Peren district was deliberated in detail. A press release from Chairman of Chairman Union Peren District, Namgong, informed that all the respective village councils agreed for a concerted effort in “asserting their rights over their land and natural resources as

vested through customary practices of their respective villages” and emphasized that “it will not allow any vested interests from outside, be it village council or individuals or groups to come in the way of prospective oil exploration in Peren district.” The union, while taking cognizance of its fellow three villages, namely Lamhai, Old Jalukie and Beisumpui, which had signed MoA with MOGPL, also “expects that the company(ies) involved and State Government be true to its commitment in upholding whatever agreements have been reached between the land owners and the company and State Govt. be it verbal assurance or written documents, so that there doesn’t arise any unprecedented discrepancies between the parties in future,” the release stated.

(Top) Amur Falcons spotted at Doyang hydroelectric project, Wokha. (Bottom) A member of the Amur falcon protection squad at a reception site near Pangti village. Green groups say some 50, 000 have already reached Doyang. More, numbering up to a million are expected to arrive by October end and November first week. (Photos by Imti Longchar)

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The Eastern Nagaland Women Organization (ENWO) undertook an exposure tour to North India from October 12–23. The 26-member team also participated in the recently held International Cultural Festival, ‘Harmony 2014’ at Karnal, Haryana. The tour was organized by ENWO and sponsored by DUDA.

KSU demands English teacher at GHSS Chukitong WoKha, october 23 (mexN): The Kyong Students' Union (KSU) has urged the authority concerned to immediately appoint English teacher at Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) Chukitong and also construct new building for higher secondary section of the school. A press release from KSU president, Amos Odyuo, informed that the union visited the newly upgraded GHSS Chukitong under Wokha district on October 22. The KSU visiting team was shocked to learn the non-availability of English teacher since the up-gradation of the high school to higher secondary school, the release stated. It also informed that mid-term

examination for higher secondary level could not be conducted due to nonavailability of English teacher, “which has become hindrance to impart quality education to the students

Urges authority to construct new building for higher secondary section and also affect the students’ career.” The union, the release added, also found that the newly up-graded Higher Secondary School was running in the old building, which was constructed in the year 1968, and was meant for middle school. The KSU team led by its president, and accompa-

nied by general secretary, deputy speaker and secretary information & publicity also held brief meeting with the principal and staff of GHSS Chukitong, who shared their views and grievances. According to the note, the KSU president urged the teaching staff of the school to be committed in imparting quality education to the students' community in the area. The union also lauded the State government for timely up-gradation of the school, which is one of the oldest schools in the district. The Kyong Students' Union has further appealed to the general public of the area to extend support and co-operation to the school authority to impart quality education to the student community in the area.

Kukis to celebrate ‘Chavang Kut’

Kohima, october 23 (mexN): The Kuki tribe of Nagaland is celebrating its first ‘Chavang Kut’ festival on November 1 at Kisama Bamboo Hall, Kohima. Minister for Rural Development, CL John and Advisor to Chief Minister of Nagaland, Lalthara will grace the occasion as chief guest and guest of honour respectively. Meanwhile, presidents of APO, NMA and various other important leaders of the State and invitees will be present at the festival, informed convenor, Chavang Kut festival, Kohima, Thangsat Khongsai in a press release. It added that ‘Chavang Kut’ or ‘Autumn festival’ is a harvest or post harvest festival.

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NPF General Convention in November

Kohima, october 23 (mexN): The president of Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF), Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu, has convened the party General Convention on November 26 in Kohima. A press note from NPF General Secretary, K G Kenye informed that the convention will be preceded by the traditional Central Executive Council meeting at the NPF Central H.Qs, on November 25 at 3:00 pm.

APO executive meeting

Kohima, october 23 (mexN): The Angami Youth Organisation (AYO) has informed all its executives that an emergency meeting will be held at AYO office on October 24 at 11 am. A press note issued by the Press Secretary of APO, Tsoto Sale requested all the range youth organisations, presidents and general secretaries to attend the meeting without fail.

ENSUK observes cultural-cum-literary day Our Correspondent Kohima | October 23

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Our beloved MARLYN KECHU, entered eternal life on 20th October 2014. If ever a soul was born who was both blessed and a blessing to all who knew her and loved her, it is Mary. After a brief moment of illness, this daughter of God returned to her rightful home. She is missed and loved forever. The family of late Mary wishes to convey our heartfelt thanks to everyone for their expression of sympathy, prayers and all acts of love and kindness extended to us during her brief illness and hour of bereavement. We will never forget your support and pray that the Almighty shower his blessings on you. In gratitude Loving parents, sisters, brother and sister-in-law

The Eastern Naga Students’ Union Kohima (ENSUK) today observed its first cultural-cum-literary day here at the State Academy Hall under the theme “Encapsulating ethnicity.” The daylong event was marked by Miss & Mr. ENSUK contest, cultural display, debate and essay writing competition. Gracing the occasion as the chief guest, MLA Eshak Konyak called upon the students to change their mindset and take a positive step to face various challenges ahead. He called upon the students to maintain sincerity, dedication and work hard and at the same time adopt a comprehensive strategy to excel in life. Advising the students to stay away from social evils and intoxicating things, he also asked the

MLAs Eshak Konyak, Imtikumzuk and others during the first cultural-cum-literary day of ENSUK on October 23. (Morung Photo)

students to consider themselves as privileged lot to be in the state capital in pursuing their academic career in the reputed institutions. Towards this, he said, the students should be thankful to their parents and do

justice to the burden being taken by them (parents) for their overall development. Encouraging the students not to feel discouraged by failures, he asked them to rather take it as a remedial measure and

emerge perfect and victorious. He also called upon the students to have a broad mind and develop sense of ‘common feeling’ for the betterment of the society. He also challenged the students to put

their best effort in the competitive exams and not to depend only on backward quota in the NPSC exams. MLA Imtikumzuk, who accompanied Eshak maintained that today’s students are the leaders of tomorrow and urged them to become a good leader to take the people forward. “Without a leader we cannot march forward and reach to the point.” Also, speaking on the occasion, ENSF general secretary Horang urged upon the eastern Naga students to spread their wings beyond the horizon and meet the expectation of the people. Wishing ENSUK a bright future in its endeavour, he asked them to strive and bring reformation in the society. Earlier, ENSUK president Nyangpong Konyak delivered presidential address. Vote of thanks was proposed by Bengdangmoa.

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10,000 tonne rice sent to Tripura via Bangladesh New Delhi, OctOber 23 (Fe bureau): The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has completed transportation of 10,000 tonne of rice to Tripura from Andhra Pradesh using Bangladesh territory. Sources told The Financial Express that the last consignment consisting of 5,000 tonne of rice from Kakinada port, Andhra Pradesh, reached Agartala using the Bangladesh route a few days ago. A senior food ministry official said the successful transportation of foodgrain to Tripura via Bangladesh not only helped FCI in cutting down transportation costs but also helped commercial usage of Ashuganj port in Bangladesh. “We will soon talk to the Bangladesh government for using other ports for transportation of foodgrain to the north-eastern states,” a food ministry official said. At present, FCI transports grain for Targeted

Mizoram to procure 30,000 quintal rice for 'mega block' aizawl, OctOber 23 (Pti): Mizoram government has decided to procure over 30,000 quintals of rice through a contractor to ensure that no one in the state goes without food due to 'mega block' by railways. The 'mega block' was caused by construction of broad gauge railway tracks at Lumding-Badarpur section in Assam from October one. "Contractor Lalrindika of Zarkawt in Aizawl has informed that he would begin to procure the rice from next week from sources other than Food Corporation of India (FCI)," State Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs secretary C Lalvena told PTI. He said that the contractor agreed to supply rice at the rate of Rs 25.25 to the state government at Zuangtui FCI warehouse in Aizawl. "The contractor said that he would be able to procure rice from Myanmar and other places," he said. FCI also floated a global tender for supply of rice from Myanmar through Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation of India Ltd, Lalvena said. As of now, the stock position of rice in the state was comfortable and would last for three months, he said. Public Distribution System (TPDS) to north-eastern states such as Tripura via trucks that have to negotiate tough geographical terrain, vagaries of nature and frequent roadblocks by insurgent groups. Besides, the Railways is carrying out gauge conversion work between Assam and states such as Tripura,

Manipur and Mizoram to improve the transportation network. A truck travels more than 1,650 km to carry grain from Kolkata to Agartala through Guwahati — a distance that is reduced to 350 km through the Bangladesh route.As part of a pilot project, FCI, following a bidding process, had

awarded the contract for transportation of foodgrain to Delhi-based logistical company SARR freight. To assess feasibility, for the first time Bangladeshi trucks carrying foodgrain from Ashuganj port were directly allowed into the FCI warehouse in Agartala so as to prevent a second transshipment at the Akhaura

international border (IndoBangladesh border). For the purpose of allowing Bangladesh trucks inside Indian territory, the ministry of external affairs had given necessary clearances and 'full truck scanners' were installed at the Akhaura checkpost. The Indian government had also made arrangements for escorting of Bangladesh trucks along with drivers up to the warehouse and the return journey, apart from providing transit visa to truck drivers. A few years ago, Dhaka had allowed state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) land access to transport heavy machinery for the Palatana mega power project in southern Tripura. The north-eastern states are not self-sufficient in grains such as rice and wheat, and depend on supplies from Punjab, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

Half-naked woman found bound, gagged in Mizoram church

aizawl, OctOber 23 (eNS): A 19-year-old woman – half-naked and gagged, with her hands and feet tied up with ropes – was found behind the pulpit of a church in Aizawl early Wednesday morning. Several members of the congregation who were making preparations for an approaching service after the early morning prayers at the Bethlehem Veng Presbyterian Church found the woman around 6.30 am. The woman, who hails from

Tlungvel village about 58 kms from the state capital, was lying behind the pulpit (a raised platform from where preachers deliver sermons) with her hands and feet bound with ropes, and a scarf tied around her mouth. The congregation members untied her but she refused to say in any detail what had happened, only mentioning that two people – a man and woman she said she did not know – tied her up and left her there.

She also asked for another woman with whose family she had been staying for about a month in the locality. An eyewitness from the locality said the woman and her father came to identify her. They confirmed she had been staying in their care and was being taken care of by the daughter, who has been volunteering to care for members of loose occult movements. The police were informed and they have detained her for questioning. They have also registered

a case under IPC section 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.) A senior police official said the woman has not been responsive to police interrogators but that several angles are being investigated, including who were the people that tied her up and left her in the church, and even whether she might have been complicit in the incident.

Conference on NE in India’s Look East Policy

Guwahati, OctOber 23 (MexN): The Jadavpur Association of International Relations(JAIR) is organising a conference on “North East in India’s Look East: Issues and Opportunities” in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) from October 28 to 30. The conference which will be held at Conference Hall, IITG, Guwahati, is supported by External Publicity and Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata. A press release from JAIR General Secretary, Dr. Imankalyan Lahiri stating that the new geopolitical imagination set off by the new policy thinking envisages a space that refuses to be bound by the present geography of the Northeast suggested that the extended Northeast as being officially imagined now has therefore a mnemonic effect insofar as it offers a significant cue to the alternative modalities of imagining the Northeast. “The North-East of India is the bridge between two

sub-regions of Asia - South Asia and South-East Asia. Both regions are in the midst of tremendous positive change, spurred by economic growth and development,” Dr. Lahiri stated. Dr. Lahiri added that India, for various reasons, has to a large extent not been able to leverage the various opportunities that this subregion offers for the well-being and prosperity of the people who live here. “Amongst the opportunities we should seize are not only the geographical factor of being a bridgehead between South-Asia and South-East Asia, but also the natural and human resources of the Seven Sisters of the North-East,” Dr. Lahiri stated. Dr. Lahiri suggested that India's challenge today is to harness these opportunities to ensure that growth and development does not bypass this region but instead, passes by this region. “There has been growing realization on the part of Indian policy makers that development of physical connectivity with Southeast Asia is a prerequisite to fully harness the opportunities provided by 'Look East Policy'. In order to make the 'Look East Policy' relevant for the

region, India has laid greater emphasis on enhancing connectivity through all the possible modes of infrastructure development such as land routes, railways, air connectivity, waterways, energy infrastructure development both in field of hydroelectric and hydrocarbon and telecommunication linkages,” Dr. Lahiri stated. With a special focus on North East India and its development, JAIR has, in the past, organized several conferences in the North Eastern Region focusing on India’s Look East Policy and North East in India. This year, the association has shifted the focus to the issues and opportunities in India’s Look East Policy vis-à-vis the Northeast. Research scholars, academicians, and thinktanks from leading universities and research institutions will present papers during the conference. Broad areas that will be covered are: Trade & Investment, Tourism, Transport & Communication, Technology, Energy, Fisheries, Agriculture, Protection of Biodiversity/ Environment and Natural Disaster Management, Public Health, Culture, Poverty Alleviation, People to People Contact, Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crimes.

'Eton of the east' celebrates STUDENTS’ SPIRITUAL CONFERENCE 150 years in Darjeeling 24-26 Oct.2014

KOlKata/DarJeeliNG, OctOber 23 (tNN): The state's second oldest school, St Paul's School, will celebrate completing 150 years in Jalapahar in Darjeeling next week. This year actually marks the school's 191th anniversary. Alumni from five continents - including some who graduated in the 1940s - will arrive in Darjeeling for the occasion. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Joy Haldar the school's rector said, "Our past students, known as Old Paulites, have acknowledged the need to demonstrate their appreciation and rally themselves in solidarity with their Alma Mater." On October 30, Old Paulites will return to celebrate the school's 150th anniversary in the Hills in an event named 'Paulite Forever'. A committee has been formed to organize this event, where past students will gather for three days of sports, music, culture, exhibitions, socializing and worship. in recognition of the 150 years and pledging to work for several more decades for the Old School. The Old School, as the Paulites call it, was established in 1823 as The Parental Academic Institution by John William Ricketts, an Anglo-Indian leader, where the Indian Museum now stands. Over 30 years the school functioned under various names, including The Grammar School and then The High School. In 1846, the school fell into financial difficulties and the Bishop of Calcutta Rev Daniel Wilson, came to its rescue with a gift of Rs 10,000 and renamed it St Paul's School, bringing it more closely into connection with the Cathedral, which was then nearing completion. In 1864, the school was moved to its present picturesque location atop Jalapahar by Bishop Edward Lynch Cotton. , also the founder of Bishop Cotton School in Shimla. Over the next decades, the 'English weather' and educational ethos made St Paul's a favourite among officials of the British Raj, who called it the 'Eton of the East'. Many students later fought in both the World Wars - wooden plaques put up in the school chapel pay tribute to those who lost their lives in those years. The wars may long be over, but the school had its fair share of good and bad years. It The school has emerged unscathed from the political turmoil that has plagued the Hills since the late 1980's - it remained shut for weeks on a couple of occasions during the Gorkhaland movement.According to the rector, the get together also became necessary to tell people that Darjeeling continues to be the educational hub inspite of all the ups and downs the region has faced. The school has also been the backdrop for many Bollywood blockbusters like 'Main Hoon Na', 'Bobby' and 'Do Anjaane'.

At Agri Expo, 4th Mile, Dimapur

Day-2 SATURDAY (25th Oct. 2014) 8:00 – 9:00 AM : ARRIVAL AT THE VENUE 9:00 – 9:30 AM : Formal Program Host : Mrs. Lovily Chishi Invocation : Pastor Tseizolie Guest Addressee : Mr.Toshi Aier Chief Secretary, Nagaland Choral Presentations : i. Livingstone Foundation HSS ii. St.Stephen HSS

Teachers’ Seminar

Moderator Resource Person Topic 11:00-11:30 AM 11:30-1:00 PM 1:00-2:00 PM Moderator Resource Person Topic 2:00-2:30 PM

10:00 -11:00 AM: I SESSION : : : : : : : : : :

Mr. Leo David Rev. Dr. P. Dozo ‘Moral Responsibility of a Mentor’ Discussion Lunch Break II SESSION Ms. Sedeleü Peseyie Dr. Rabi Pamei ‘Father’s Heart’ Discussion

Students’ Seminar

9:30-10:30 AM: I SESSION Moderator Special Guest Artist Resource Person Topic 10:30-11:30 AM 11:30 -12:30 PM Moderator Choral Presentation Resource Person Topic

: Vepu Pfüno : Mr. Rokovotuo (Naga Idol 2007) : Rev. Fr. Chacko : ‘Building A Clean Future Generation’ : Lunch Break : II SESSION : Mr. Jonah Achumi : Unity HSS : Mr. Pheluopfhelie Kesiezie : ‘Science and GOD’.

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Children with special needs light firecrackers as they celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights at the Shishu Sarathi School in Gauhati on Wednesday, October 22. (AP Photo)

Tripura seeks Centre’s intervention to cap airfares in North East region aGartala, OctOber 23 (tNN): The Tripura government on Wednesday sought the Centre's intervention to regulate airfares in the northeast, considering its geographical location. Transport minister Manik Dey demanded the Centre's immediate intervention to reduce airfares of all the airlines operating in the region and also increase the number of flights to and from Agartala. "The UPA government had deregulated the aviation sector. Despite repeated requests, the new government has also not paid any attention to vital issues like transport and communication," said Dey. The government-aided Air India has been selling tickets on the Agartala-Kolkata route, covering only 310 km at Rs 10,000 and private airlines sometimes sell tickets at Rs 13000-15000 on the same route. Similarly, on the Agartala-Guwahati and Agartala-Imphal routes,

airlines are charging exorbitant fares. People from other parts of the region are also facing difficulties, as except Guwahati, no other town in the region is well-connected with railways. "The state government has repeatedly urged the ministry of civil aviation and director general of civil aviation to put a reasonable cap on airfares in the region considering its remoteness. But nobody has taken any step yet," added Dey. More than 90% flights from Agartala have been flying with full passengers. However, private airlines always argue that they are incurring losses, though fares in the northeast are the highest and travel distance lowest in the country.

"The state government has also written to all carriers operating from Agartala to keep their fares affordable, but they have refused to do so despite doing maximum business from the state," said Dey. Dey said the Northeast Frontier Railways did not start working in Tripura in the first phase gauge conversion work between Badarpur to Agartala. "We are still requesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up work in the Badarpur-Agartala section along with the Lumding-Silchar sector, so that Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur are connected with railways within six months. However, we have been asked to wait for two years," Dey added.

Funeral Service

The funeral service of Rev. Suohie Yashu will be held on October 24 at Angami Christian Revival Church Council (ACRCC) Mission Centre Kohima at 10 a.m.

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With A Pinch Of Salt

recent article diagnosing and illustrating the prevalence of an alarming illness prompted a train of thoughts. The “Dependency Syndrome” in Naga society was pinpointed as a reason for the notorious economic malaise in the state. I would like to attempt a historical reason or alibi for this disease that plagues us today not only economically, but in every aspect. A cynic may ask why we resort to finger-pointing games, but the simple reason is that, “because we need to know. We were not always dependent. Once we could stand tall and strike terror and awe into hearts”, once we too were like the stags in Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey”. Almost every event of historical significance in the north east region comes into prominence after the 1826 Treaty of Yandaboo. Assam and the hills around it became subject to the colonial aspirations of the British Empire, changing the course of history in the region forever. A glaring commonality in almost all colonial accounts ‘missionary accounts or reports by political agents’ is a bewailing of the continuous grievances inflicted upon them by the fierce Hill tribes, people who would not submit to the John Company. As active collaborators in the cause of “bringing darkness to light”, both the agents of

the flag and the agents of the cross desired to categorise these wild hill dwellers under the Christian west’s accepted discourses of “civilized”. One simply cannot, at this point, ignore the culpability of these agents to our present predicament. A person interested in history will stumble upon archival records, and it will lead us into a brief nostalgic interlude, the very first brush of encounter between a missionary and a Naga village. Miles Bronson (missionary to Assam from1838-1879), from the very initial days of his arrival in Assam, was deeply drawn toward the proud Nagas who used to come down to the plains for trade. Curiosity led him to the territory of the Namsang Nagas (in present day Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh) and he was deeply impressed by how the Nagas worked their salt springs. It was a proper little industry in itself, without fuss or machines, with only fire, bamboo, stone and clay “… their ingenuity has made them quite independent of the extensive furniture required at our own saltworks…” he wrote. His wife Ruth Bronson continued to be even more impressed by the Nagas, “who are intelligent” and reminds her of “the aborigines of high

rank in our own country” or “…American warriors in their marital attire…” Their episode among the Nagas is not without anecdotes such as, “…the noise of a deer, or the baying of their hounds, frequently calls their attention from their books, and they are off instantly…” Even in such a utopia of Edenic proportions, the village elders held obvious misogynistic leanings, and warned the missionaries, “… you cannot teach our females. They are trained to bear burdens, to bring wood and water… if they learn to read and sew… who will do this work... our young men can learn, but not our women; it is not our custom”. Learning and the desire to better themselves was a marked characteristic of the Nagas, “the Nagas are a people of such a character, that what they do, they do with their might; and when they come to read, all wish to read at once…” The ideals of government, or any other formalised western concept of “democracy”, is viable only on a subjugated and therefore, dependent people. Bronson is seen to urge the then Political Agent of Assam Captain Francis Jenkins that, “ …you on the part of the Government to take some measures to get hold of the

Nagas and to make them feel a sort of dependence upon them for livelihood and particularly for the administration of all their internal affairs…” He then went on to suggest that the British Government curb the monopoly of the Nagas in the production of salt, and that the Government should manufacture cheaper salt of better quality to destroy the superior sense of independence assumed by the Nagas. A dependency of sorts by the Nagas on the plains for livelihood, would, in effect, imply a smoother way for the cross and the flag into the impenetrable hills. Bronson puts his finger in the whole gist of it when he sums up, “it is their salt’ that makes them so independent”. This missive is reciprocated by Jenkins when he acknowledges, “I have sent a copy of your letter… that the Nagas should be made to feel their dependence on us”. The present day scenario in our state is a testament to the far-reaching success of this proposal. Mary Mead Clark enthuses about the Ao Nagas as, “stalwart, robust warriors”, whom, “once civilized and Christianized, will make a manly, worthy people”. The course of history is yet to judge the veracity of her

Corrupt Practices We Choose To Ignore Policy of online payment

agaland ranks one ders are exchanged with wheat, sugar and K-Oil. of the most corrupt superimposed photos These are but few areas States in India. Corin e-rolls. One person where corruption is considruption comes in different is enumerated twice or ered normal, insignificant forms; most prominent of thrice wearing different and conveniently ignored which draws public attendresses and hairstyle. De- and yet, cause catastrophic tion is siphoning of developception is considered an effects to Nagas on all fronts. These wrongs can be ment funds meant for pubart. In some villages eleclic. Others that evade public torates exceed the popu- corrected only with the help and active participation of attention include; lation census. 1. Election related corrup- 3. Population Census: Na- the church because 90% of tions: Despite being one galand State has the most Nagas are professed Chrisof the smallest States in inflated population cen- tians. It is the members of the India, elections in Nagasus; both in household Church who are drinking liland are the most expenand people. Members quor; selling votes, cheating sive in India. Vote selling living under one roof are in population and electorate for and buying with hard fragmented into three- enumerations, job card and cash has become an esfour households. One BPL registration, misusing tablished practice. Sellperson is enumerated in political and bureaucratic ing one’s vote is no longer both present and perma- powers. Today, the church seems alive for liquor prohiconsidered wrong. In fact, nent places of resident. rigging, booth capture 4. Job Card holders in MGN- bition only. Whenever, liquor and proxy voting are conREGS: Percentage wise, prohibition issue comes up, sidered election triumph Nagaland probably has the church jumps to its feet in and not crime. Today, the highest number of a knee-jerk reaction. But the elections have become Job Card holders. In most church remains flaccid and the root cause of all evils villages, 70-80% of the indifferent on other social in Naga society. populations are job card and moral issues. The church, as the con2. Electoral roll: Like popholders. ulation census, enu- 5. Below Poverty Line (BPL) science and moral bearer meration of electorates census: Percentage wise, and keeper of the society, in Nagaland is the most BPL census in Nagaland cannot afford to remain inflated. Willful multiple is probably the highest in blind and neglect these enumeration and underIndia. Almost every house- wrongs. The church needs age enumeration by age hold in Nagaland is a BPL to do something to shake the tampering in same or family. That means, ration conscience of the Nagas and different places have becard holders for PDS are apply its doctrinal writ become routine. Even dead very high. Yet, not even fifty fore it is too late. persons votes are cast as percent of ration card holdproxy in elections. Geners get their quota of rice, Dr K Hoshi

must be encouraged

t is reluctant to issue rejoinder to the press statement issue by Business community under the caption Nagaland traders resolve not to pay online taxes few day ago. That in my personal views, payment of taxes on line / shopping / payment / booking/ transfer / anything online transaction is the need of the hour in this 21st century - computer age, which is very appropriate and applicable, where it saves time, energy, money, fuel, un necessary traffic, pollution etc. The policy of online payment must be encouraged by one and all. And to assist customer friendly, Department may open / encourage more felicitator, customer assistant point & Deptt help line service point, seminar on filling of e–registration, returns, waybill, c forms, invoice, etc. to the business time to time. Therefore the demand of the Business Community not to pay taxes due to the lack of infrastructures especially due to interrupted power supply does not sound good. Since payment of online takes only few minutes. Therefore, this can be done even during the absence of power supply by any alternate power pick up. Though the demand for adequate facilities including uninterrupted power is good and genuine but online payment and power supply does not have any relation. Therefore the demand made by business community is unrealistic and should be rectify. Moreover, Deptt. may also call join meeting and resolve the problems face by the Business community in customer friendly manner by adopting certain measures like timely seminar, appointing customer service point, Assistant Booth, helpline No etc. M Zachamo Ezung Dimapur

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words. Captain Butler, a Political Agent, had to resort to force and guile to subdue the ferocious Angami Nagas. He talks about burning the paddy fields and granaries of the “treacherous” Angamis. He also talks about surreptitiously slipping bottles of alcohol to their chiefs. A drunken chief, after all, must have been more amusing and affable to the soldier than a treacherous one. The moral of the story, if any to be learnt, has long gone past its due date. The politics between the rulers and the ruled are this: to create a scarcity where there is plenty, to create darkness where there is light, to create desire where there is no desire, to compel the populace to seek protection under the aegis of the “state”. A state of hopeless dependency by its subjects on a government does not cripple the government. Rather, such a situation works in favour of any government, since governments exist on the premise that people have to be protected by governments from all sorts of evils. Citizens should be made to feel that they want to be protected, that they have to be saved from hunger and despair, thereby co-opting them into the working of the state machinery. The British has packed up and

gone home, but for those of us left behind by our colonial masters, we wallow and take relish in our constraints. The vicious cycle of shameless dependency manifests itself again and again in the generous grants offered by the Government of India, and this cycle is yet again reaffirmed in our never ending whining for deficit write-offs, free hand-outs, and the proverbial begging-bowl. Are we fortunate citizens of a benign government then? Some will tell us that no such government exists. We have sunk too deep into dependency so that we fail to see where we are standing. It is a tactic of every cunning government that when acts of violence or rape by its armed forces do not work with an insurgent people, different methods are introduced and sticks are replaced by the carrot. When will the carrot be replaced? And by what? We have forgotten how long, long ago, we were not like this. Aerosmith, the aging rock band so beloved among Nagas, sings, “You have to learn to crawl/before you learn to walk”. The tragedy is, we already knew how to stand before we forgot it all. Tiainla Medem Assistant Professor in English Maitreyi College University of Delhi

Spiritual Life And Wine Cannot Go Together

hristianity is not religion but to live a saved and spiritual life. It is not a taboo or sacrilege to touch or to do certain things but doing all sorts of sin and evil is a matter of taboo or sacrilege. Followers of Jesus Christ are to be born again and live new life without which no one can go to heaven (John 3:3,5). It is born of the Spirit and born of the Spirit is new life and old things are passed away (2 Cor.5:17). “He anointed us; set His seal of ownership on us and put His Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.” (2 Cor.1:22). It is not self-effort but a new life in the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the source of life,” Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life (John 4:13). The secret of true believers of Christ is that they

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eat together with Christ.” (Rev.3:20). It is a taste of heavenly joy which the world does not know. Anyone who is in ecstasy, to him or her even forefathers’ cultural performances will be regarded as filthy matter because the will of the Spirit and of the flesh are inimical. So anyone who is in relationship with God will be difficult to take part in the performances of tribal festivals because it is a matter of grieving the Spirit of God. Wine stimulates or energises the people in performing cultural programmes because emotion is to be aroused. So formerly, brewing modhu is an indispensable part in the preparation for public cultural programmes. So it is actually a matter of fact that more programmes of cultural shows, more people are dragged into drunkenness. Wine kills spiritual life. Moreover, it kills physical life too. Wine sellers cannot live long. Wine smugDIMAPUR Civil Hospital:

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glers are clever to manage importing wine and sell it without any control. They amass money but life is cut short. What is their gain? Church leaders are human beings and they are also as frail as others. But all of our people being professed believers of Christ, they want all of the people to live according to the standard of the gospel of Jesus Christ as mentioned above. What is good is good and it should be the goal to score even in the generations to come. Under any circumstances the truth should not be compromised. If the prohibition is revoked in the wake of nominalism, shallowness and lukewarmness of faith, or for the sake of yearly revenue, dearer price has to be paid in future and no one will own responsibility. So let us all in oneness see that the good is upheld and evil is overcome by what is good.

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NPF Mkg to hold annual general meeting Friday Morung Express News

Mokokchung | October 23

The internal rift within the Mokokchung Division of the Naga People’s Front (NPF) which first appeared after the recent reshuffle of cabinet portfolios when the present chief minister TR Zeliang took reins of the government has reportedly been mended with the splinter groups within the party arriving at a compromise today. The party’s Mokokchung Division is all set to revamp itself with its annual general meeting being scheduled for Friday where NPF president Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu will be the chief guest.

The Mokokchung District NPF Forum (MDNPFF), a splinter group of the NPF that came into being some months back, were till last evening opposed to idea of revamping the NPF Mokokchung Division office. It is learnt that volunteers of the MDNPFF and the NPF were involved in a skirmish in the party’s office premises this morning when the former group tried to stop the latter who were preparing for the general meeting. The incident reportedly happened at around 9:00am, but was brought under control with the intervention of the groups’ leaders. Mean-

while, all the five elected NPF legislators from the district arrived from Kohima, it was reported, and met with the two groups after which a compromise was arrived at. Sources at the NPF Mokokchung Division, when inquired, said that the MDNPFF and the mainstream NPF Mokokchung Division with the intervention of the NPF legislators have arrived at a compromise and agreed to cooperate and work together for the party. It was also learnt that the MDNPFF members would attend Friday’s NPF Mokokchung Division general meeting.

The meeting, which will be chaired by ex-MLA R. Lepden Longkumer, might see the party adopt some resolutions. NPF in-charge for Mokokchung Division, Noklutoshi, Minister for National Highways and Soil and Water Conservation along with former Medical and Home Minister, Imkong L Imchen, NPF Working President Huska Yepthomi and NPF Secretary General KG Kenye are some of the prominent persons to be speaking at the meeting. Moasangba Jamir, president elect of NPF Mokokchung Division, is also expected to deliver his acceptance speech at the meeting.

VCU issues directive to all VC under Peren dist. to construct Councils building PEREN, OCTOBER 23 (MExN): The Village Chairman Union (VCU), Peren District Nagaland has directed all the village council(s) under Peren district who is (are) keeping their plot vacant at New District HQ (New Peren) to construct their Council’s building on or before December 31, 2014, failing which the “plot permit” will be cancelled.

The President of VCU, Namgong in a press note informed that a resolution for “cancellation of permit” for construction was adopted at the Union meeting on October 20 citing “dishonest and unfaithful towards development of human resource in the district”. “In spite of issuing construction permit to all the village councils long back by the Deputy Com-

missioner Peren, some of the village council(s) are not paying heed and not taken any step for construction of their village council building”, the press note added. In this regard, the VCU, Peren appealed all the village council (s) who are yet to construct their building, to start the construction immediately avoid cancellation of plot permit.

Meanwhile, the Union also expressed its deep sorrow over the sudden demise of Namgumzoing, a Village Council member of Old Poilwa, October 21. Describing Lt. Namgumzoing as an able and sociable person, the union conveyed its heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family members and offered prayer of eternal peace for the departed soul.

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AR enacts civic action projects across the state KOHIMA, OCTOBER 23 (MExN): Assam Rifles has been conducting various Civic Action Projects in different parts of Nagaland. It has undertaken wide range of activities for employment generation, empowerment of youth, afforestation and plantation, medical assistance, aid to accident victims, assistance to destitute organization and contribution to social service, according to a press release from Assam Rifles. In its endeavor to create self employment, Assam Rifles along with Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) had distributed 300 poultry birds to villagers of Khaibung, Thekrezenoma and Zhuikhu in Dimapur district. They also created orchards of 25,000 pineapple

saplings and 400 orange saplings at Zadhima village. The canning plant established by Assam Rifles along with the Village Council of Medziphema has proven to be a constant source of income for locals and has generated earnings for the pineapple growers in the area of Medziphema, the release added. Assam Rifles has also conducted computer courses at Jalukie for students, with an aim of assured employment for the youth. So far, the released informed, Assam Rifles has trained three batches of 30 students approximately for about four weeks and training of fourth batch is under progress. Meanwhile, contributing towards clean and green environment, Assam

Rifles undertook tree plantation drive in Tuensang. A talk was also organized to highlight importance of tree in purifying the air, maintaining ecological balance, preventing soil erosion, habitat for fauna species and providing nutrients to the soil. Assam Rifles unit also carried out free medical examination of students at Orphanage & Destitute Home in Kohima and at Peren for local community. Assam Rifles personnel also organized a blood donation camp in collaboration with International Red Cross Society and YouthNet at Naga Hospital, Kohima on August 13, 2014. Further, while providing assistance to the Kohima Orphanage & Destitute Home, Assam Rifles un-

dertook repair and reroofing of the office complex, living accommodation and prayer hall. Recently, it also resurfaced the entire Orphanage floor, the release said. On October 4, Assam Rifles rescued accident victims in Gopibung area, Peren district. One Jeep had fallen down in a deep gorge while going from Jalukie to New Soget, the release informed. The Assam Rifles troops rescued 13 passengers; gave them immediate first aid and evacuated them to PHC, Athibung. Assam Rifles also organized one month long maintenance drive on NH-29 in August and the maintenance of the road from Athibung to Saijang in Peren district in October.

Bethesda Hr. Sec. School organizes science exhibition DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 23 (MExN): Bethesda Hr. Sec. School in Dimapur organized a science exhibition of working models and projects developed by the students from classes LKG to 12 on October 21 at the new campus of the school. The exhibits cut across Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology, Astronomy and Geography subjects. A press release received here stated the exhibition was organized in view that “scientific attitude, science mindedness and scientific

temper are essential to survive in this technologically advancing world. Along with this, awareness of con-

minor projects were showcased by the students. The exhibition was inaugurated by Ketu Punyti, Engineer, PHE Department. In his speech, he emphasized on the need of awareness of the deteriorating physical environment. He added that science mindedness is essential to face the challenges today. Earlier, Rev. Moses Murry said the inservation and preservation vocation prayer. The exof our environment is also hibition was witnessed by parents/guardians and stuimportant.” Over 150 major and dents of all classes.

Seminar on Iodine Deficiency at Mokokchung PCC OCK peace mission MOKOKCHUNG, OCto District Jail Kohima TOBER 23 (MExN): In commemoration of Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder Day, a seminar on “Iodine Deficiency” was conducted at Pongen Salang GPS Longkhum and Greenwood Kindergarden School, Alichen on October 20 and 22 respectively. The seminar was organised by Longkhum PHC where Dr. Sentila, Medical Officer was the resource person. Competitions on painting and slogan writing under the theme “Iodine Deficiency” were also conducted during the seminar.

Children participating in the painting and slogan competition on “Iodine Deficiency" at Pongen Salang GPS, Longkhum, Mokokchung district.

A slogan titled “Ek chutki iodine namak kahne ke kemat jaante hai kya?” was declared the winning entry for the slogan. Meanwhile,

a demonstration of Iodine in salt was shown by Vizom GNM using a testing kit. Prizes and certificates were awarded to the winners.

KOHIMA, OCTOBER 23 (MExN): Peace Channel Club of Oriental College Kohima visited Kohima District Jail as charity mission under the theme ‘In Words and in Deeds’ on October 22. Peace Channel Club OCK Advisor, Keviuchütuo Kuotsu in a press release informed that all together 23 peace club members along with three teachers took part in the mission. Gopal Chetri, Vice

Principal of OCK shared gospel message, while the club member presented the Peace Anthem. Stephen Yanthan chaired the gospel fellowship, Keviuchütuo Kuotsu delivered the keynote address, and Thepfukedo Mere announced the vote of thanks. The club also provided tea and snacks to the inmates. Mementos were given to the inmates, as a souvenir of the visitation.

Dimapur District Excise Enforcement Force destroyed a total of 25,184 bottles of assorted liquor at the premise of the commissioner of Excise Nagaland on October 22. The liquor was destroyed in the presence of representatives from district administration, police and DMC. The destroyed articles were seized during the period from May to August 2014, and were worth Rs.24,62,000/-.

KVK NU conducts skill development programmes ZUNHEBOTO, OCTOBER 23 (MExN): A vocational training cum demonstration programme was conducted by KVK, Nagaland University in Shichimi Village, under Akuluto Block, Zunheboto District from October 14 -17. The main objective of the programme was to teach the farmers new techniques of cultivation and enable them to utilize these skills in generating income in future. During the inaugural programme, Dr. Rakesh Kumar Chaurasia, Programme Coordinator, KVK emphasized on importance of Vocational Training Programme and urged the farming community to follow the steps of “Learning by doing”. During the four day

programme, the participating farmers were trained on: Improved production technologies on winter vegetables by Edenly Chishi, SMS (Horticulture) and Processing of Soya bean for diversified

food uses by Narola Anichari, Programme Assistant (Home Science). Training and demonstration on crops like cabbage, broccoli, French bean, radish and onion were imparted and video

films on scientific method of cabbage cultivation, high tech broccoli cultivation and French bean cultivation were also shown. This was done with the objective of enabling productive utilization of pad-

dy field in winter which is generally kept fallow after harvesting. In case of Soya bean, the farmers were imparted demonstration on preparation methods of soya milk and soya nuts which has huge market value. Besides that, the participants were also trained on preparation of pickle from brinjal, bamboo shoot and chilli, and also to prepare guava jam and papaya jelly. During the valedictory session, Otova, Deputy Registrar, Nagaland University stressed on the need to develop working habits and proper utilization of the resources made available to the participants by KVK. Altogether 25 participants were awarded certificate for successfully completing the training.

Akuluto Area Union Dimapur (AAUD) organized three days Dental Health Camp at Akuluto Town Sub Division from October 20 to 22. All together 320 patients were given free checkup, scaling, treated for pyoria, fillings and extraction.

The department of Fisheries, Government of Nagaland, organised a three-day mass skill upgradation for ministerial staff and DDOs of the Department at the Directorate of Fisheries conference hall from October 20 to 22. Kevishe Pucho, Deputy Secretary, P& AR department was the resource person. The participants were trained on general conditions of service, fundamental rules and supplementary rules of central and state service rules.

NSS unit of GPK undertakes cleanliness drive Training held on preservation of fruits

Members of NSS unit, Government Polytechnic Kohima during the cleanliness drive organized on October 22.

KOHIMA, OCTOBER 23 (MExN): In consonance with the goal of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched across the country on October 2, the

National Service Scheme (NSS) unit of Government Polytechnic Kohima organised a cleanliness drive in and around the campus on October

22. The principal, faculty, staff and students participated in the drive, a press release informed. The NSS unit has urged each and every

participant to inculcate the habit of keeping one’s surroundings clean adding that total cleanliness can only be achieved through the joint effort

of all stakeholders. NSS is a scheme sponsored by the GOI's Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, to undertake community services.

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 23 (MExN): With a view to make fruits available beyond their seasons, horticulture department conducted a training cum demonstration on preservation of pineapple and star fruit (which are in season now) into juice/ squash at State Horticulture Nursery (SHN), Dimapur on October 11 for Self Help Groups. A press release received here underlined that fruits and vegetables are the main protective foods, which fight against various ailments as they contain many micro-nutrients. However, once their season is over, they, especially fruits, are beyond the reach of most common people both in

rural as well as urban poorfamilies. Hence, it said, the only way to make fruits available beyond the season is to preserve them during the glut period when they are cheap and abundant. The preserved products can also generate much needed incomes for low income groups, it added. A similar training cum demonstration on fruit juice/squash making was held at the Union Baptist Church (UBC), Kohima on October 18 for the women church members. In both the trainings, Chozhule Kikhi, Dy. Director, Training imparted the technical knowhow on food processing. The resource person highlighted on causes of spoilage

of food, different methods of food preservation, aims and objective of food preservation and food preservation not only for meeting household food security, but also as a profitable enterprise for self employment to meet the challenges of the high living cost, the release said. A practical demonstration on Juice/squash making followed. According to the note, participants of both the trainings requested the department to support them with food-grade packaging materials, i.e., bottles for juice and pickles so that the processing activities can continue to generate income in a sustainable manner.

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Nobel Work & Awards

efore the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 was announced, no one had probably heard about Kailash Satyarthi or the Bachpan Bachao Andolan, which he founded in 1980 to help fight against the menace of child labour and the inhumane exploitation of children. Perhaps the most recognized prize in the world, 60 year old Satyarthi shared the Nobel Peace Prize along with teenage Pakistani education campaigner Malala Yousafzai for their individual “struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”. While Sathyarthi was thankful to the Nobel committee for “recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age”, it is disappointing that the political or the media establishment in India has largely remained silent over such a cause or failed in giving proper acknowledgement to people like Sathyarthi. There are probably many more Sathyarthis in India struggling to get their voices heard in a system driven more by populist culture and media excitement. No one is against giving the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India, to a cricketing hero like Sachin Tendulkar who has earned both fame and money for his contribution to the sports. It is just that lesser known people hardly find mention in the mainstream media and someone with a profile like Sathyarthi would find it quite impossible to get such recognition as the Bharat Ratna. But with a Nobel Peace Prize to his name, who knows the political establishment in India may just suddenly rediscover people like Sathyarthi. This is precisely what happened to Amartya Sen when he was awarded the Bharat Ratna one year after getting the Nobel Prize in Economics (1998). Similar is the case with Mother Teresa who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and was conferred with the Bharat Ratna the following year (1980). The case of CV Raman, who won the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics, is a little different in that he was given the Bharat Ratna in 1954 after a gap of over twenty years. Noted filmmaker Satyajit Ray also received the Bharat Ratna in 1992 after he was given an Academy Honorary Award in 1992. The question that arises is why have we failed to recognize genuine Indians working in different fields, especially humanitarian, and we remember or hear about them only after they have received global recognition? Are we obsessed with popular culture? Has the media failed in projecting causes or people involved in them because it is more concerned with financial obligation elsewhere? The recent scandal over ‘paid news’ in the mainstream media in India points to the corrupt practices where favorable coverage is given by the media to those who pay huge sums of money in return. In such a scenario, it is unlikely that the media will ever discover a phenomenon like Sathyarthi or a nondescript organization like the Bachpan Bachao Andolan. Just consider the fact that over the thirty years of activism, Satyarthi has won numerous awards including the Medal of the Italian Senate in 2007, the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in 1995, and the Aachener International Peace Award in 1994. Yet no award seems to have come from the establishment in India, including the Padma awards given each year. The Nobel Peace Prize given to Kailash Satyarthi is as much an honor for India and its people as it is also an acknowledgement of the failure of the media and political establishment to recognize genuine human work that goes beyond political or popular awards that we are used to. (Feedback can be sent to consultingeditormex@gmail.com)

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UN Urges: stop unilateral Israel-Palestinian initiatives

ecretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Palestinian and Israeli leaders on October 21 to halt "unilateral initiatives" that fuel mistrust and thwart peace efforts, an appeal almost certainly aimed at Israel's continued settlement building and the Palestinians' demand that Israel withdraw from its territory by November 2016. Ban challenged the leaders to rise to the occasion and display the "courage and vision" needed to overcome their differences and negotiate a comprehensive peace agreement that leads to the establishment of a viable and independent Palestinian state. But the U.N. chief told the U.N. Security Council that there is no hope for long-term stability without an end to Israel's occupation "that has grinded on for nearly half a century," a full lifting of the blockade on the Gaza Strip, and measures to address Israel's legitimate security concerns. Ban's address, following his recent trip to the region, was harshly critical of the massive destruction to Gaza inflicted by Israel during this summer's 50-day conflict, saying it "has left deep questions about proportionality and the need for accountability." The secretary-general didn't mention the draft Security Council resolution the Palestinians are pursuing to end Israel's occupation in two years, but he called Israel's settlement activity illegal and urged the government to reverse plans for new construction. Ban also expressed deep concern at Israel's "unilateral actions, restrictions and provocations at the holy sites in Jerusalem" and at mounting attacks by Israeli settlers. He said Israeli plans to relocate some 7,000 Palestinian Bedouins, who are mainly refugees, from the central West Bank, if carried out forcibly, would violate international law. U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power echoed Ban's call for leadership and compromise, saying negotiations are the only way to a two-state solution and urging both sides to refrain from "actions that may be politically popular with domestic constituencies but that come at the expense of advancing the cause of peace." She singled out "unilateral steps at the United Nations, Israeli settlement activity and provocations" at the Jerusalem holy site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, where Palestinian demonstrators have recently clashed with Israeli forces over what Palestinians see as Jewish encroachment on the site. The deep polarization between the Israelis and Palestinians was clearly evident in the speeches by their U.N. representatives. Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour said the Palestinians can't return "to the same cycle of failed negotiations" which he said Israel uses to entrench its occupation, He urged international support for the resolution setting a deadline for a complete Israeli withdrawal. Mansour also urged the Security Council to visit Gaza, stressing the centrality of the U.N. in pursuing an end to the conflict and "the imperative of salvaging the prospects of Palestinian-Israeli peace." Israel's deputy ambassador David Roet disputed that settlements are a root cause of conflict with the Palestinians and insisted that Israel is not occupying Gaza. He said the greatest danger today is "the poisonous ideology of extremists" and the real root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are Hamas, the Palestinian group committed to the destruction of Israel whose forces control Gaza, and "unilateral steps" by the Palestinians including "anti-Israel incitement" by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

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Love, Faith and Economic Justice Transformation doesn’t fit into neat and tidy boxes. Intangible emotions are just as important to social change as power relations and material equality

rishna Rajendra market in Bangalore is a riot of noise and color, selling everything from fruit to flowers to hardware. It’s become a symbol of a thriving urban economy. In the basement-level flower market women outnumber men among the traders, but they mostly occupy spaces that are communal (like corridors or staircases), or illegal (like the pavements outside). Meanwhile the men, seated on elevated platforms, are officially recognized by the municipality as wholesale vendors. That’s important because it’s the wholesale trade that generates the biggest profits in the flower business and the most influence over the way the market works. The physical geography of the market illustrates the power imbalances that are innate to the way it functions. Women face the constant threat of eviction or displacement, while men control decisions over sourcing, pricing and distribution. When, as part of my research on gender and the urban economy I asked the President of the Flower Association why there were no women in the wholesale business, this is what he said: “Women cannot do anything in wholesale...lift the weighing scales… carry the sacks of flowers…and because the transaction is in cash, women can’t handle that much of it…Women are soft, and therefore can’t handle the customers...In case we give credit to the retailers and they are not able to pay back, then we have to become very rough…The men know all the technical knowledge.” In fact, only one woman sits up on a platform among the 486 wholesale flower vendors. Her name is Kavya, and she “was happy to be found out” in her own words. Kavya’s story unfolded over many interviews at bus stops and in market alleys and corners, whenever she could find a quiet moment to speak to me. At the outset I was expecting to hear the same story I’ve have heard many times before: one where a woman climbs up the ladder as a result of hard work, persistence and sacrifice, fighting the odds of a patriarchal structure deeply entrenched in the foundations of caste and class. But more than anything else, Kavya's life illustrates how intangible emotions and constructs like love, faith and forgiveness interact with and influence power relations in social and economic systems. Hers is a story that abounds in contradictions, highlighting the complexity of negotiations in which women are engaged. These complexities determine the battles they choose to fight, the manner in which they do so, and the circumstances under which they tolerate or accept inequality. Current frameworks for the study of gender and labour are yet to interrogate these complexities - bound

Flower sellers at Krishna Rajendra Market, Banglaore. Credit: Flickr/Rajagopalan Sarang.

as they are by geographies that aren’t just physical, but also imagined, inherited and possessed. Kavya was born and raised in Gauribidanur, a small town about 75 kilometers from Bangalore where the main cash crop is Kanakambara, a small orange flower that’s used for religious purposes or to wear in the hair. Married to Ramesh after a lengthy courtship, she came to the city to explore a new life when her husband realised the potential of sourcing flowers in the town and selling them in Krishna Rajendra market. Within a couple of years Ramesh found enormous success in terms of sales and profits. By this time Kavya was the mother of two children and was completely involved in the tasks of child rearing and house-keeping, leaving all aspects of the business to her husband. “Bangalore meant fear to me,” she said in an interview, “The only route I knew was from my house in Akkipet (a lower middle class neighbourhood in Bangalore) to the city bus stand to go to my village.” Ramesh, however, became emotionally and physically involved with a vegetable seller from the market, and he deserted Kavya for close to ten years. Her only words to her husband when he came to pick up his clothes were: “you will come back to me when she is done with you. And I will be waiting.” During this time, Kavya worked as many as three jobs a day to make ends meet and ensure that her daughters attended English-medium schools. Eventually, her husband returned, but bankrupt. A month or so of silence ensued between them, before Ramesh tried to convince his lover to come back to him. When she refused, he’s believed to have murdered her in broad daylight in front of a hundred witnesses. He was arrested soon after. “He wrote to me fifteen days after he was in jail,” Kayva told me, “and apologised for spoiling our marriage and the lives of our children. He asked me to help him get out of jail so that we could build our life again together. The fact that he apologised was enough for me, and I spent whatever little savings I had on lawyers and all my time in convincing the witnesses to change their statements.” Ramesh was released from jail four years later.

When I asked Kavya whether love played any part in accepting her husband back a second time she said no: “it’s not a question of love. He had to do what he had to do. That was his dharma (or duty). I had to do my dharma too.” Kavya and Ramesh returned to Krishna Rajendra market but encountered resistance from the other traders. They said the only reason Ramesh had survived was because of Kavya's forgiveness, and allowed them to resume their flower business only on condition that Kavya took the lead. It didn’t take long for her to learn the ropes. “Now I think my ideas and my business sense are becoming far better than his,” she told me, “I can even tell how the price is going to be tomorrow or for the next week. I go the bus, get the sacks of flowers down and bring them to my place, sell them, pack them and tie them up on the bus on my way back home. I do the work of ten people.” The changes in Kavya’s life from housewife to entrepreneur have given her tremendous self-confidence, but they haven’t altered the sexual division of labour in the domestic sphere. Her work day begins at five in the morning and includes cooking, cleaning and washing. Then, after a full day in the market, she returns home at nine in the evening. Even now she prefers her husband to manage all their money. “There is no compulsion to give. He has never asked me to” she said while laughing, “But it is the right thing to do no? It’s a good lakshana (or sign).” Kavya's act of forgiveness not only conjured up the image of the 'good wife' in the eyes of the other market vendors—thereby granting her access to the lucrative wholesale trade—but also obliged her husband to share his experience and knowledge, building her capacity to carry out the business successfully. This is an opportunity that almost never comes for other women who work in the market. Savithramma, a retail flower seller who has worked in Krishna Rajendra for over thirty years, told me: “It’s not like I don’t want to do that (wholesale business). But I can’t… we don’t have the knowledge that they (men) have.” Kavya’s story contradicts the claims made by the Flower Association President and many others about the kinds

of work that women can and cannot do. She carries loads, uses the weighing scale, shouts out loud, is able to price sensibly and earn decent profits, has the business acumen to interact with other traders, travels and negotiates deals, and is able to deal with multiple levels of conflict successfully. While in one sense she has challenged, provoked and changed the patriarchal nature of the wholesale trade, her empowerment in the market has not translated into changes in her own, domestic world; nor has it triggered debate or wider action among women in the market. In many discussions with me, she opined that it was women themselves who were their biggest obstacle because of their lack of ambition and willingness to take more risks. Feminists could argue that much of her behaviour is rooted in deeply socialised gender norms. If marriage is a matter of equal give and take, of mutual consent and choice, then—at least from the outside—it appears that she has given far more than she has received. However Kavya's sheer tenacity, her courage in holding her own in male dominated spaces and professions, and the moral authority she’s gained in her relationship with her husband and her peers in the market, illustrate that processes of transformation and empowerment are never linear. Although these aspects of her story may not appear to fit into a feminist political frame, working women are always engaged in negotiations around the politics of labour and gender in everyday life. I’m reminded of a quote from feminist Carol Hanisch in her seminal essay The Personal is the Political: “I think ‘apolitical’ women are not in the movement for very good reasons, and as long as we say ‘you have to think like us and live like us to join the charmed circle,’ we will fail. There are things in the consciousness of ‘apolitical’ women that are as valid as any political consciousness we think we have.” This consciousness is connected not only to knowledge, power and money, but also to faith, love and longing. Unless the questions we ask encompass the full spectrum of these emotions and experiences, we’re unlikely to find the answers we are looking for, or to understand them in any depth.

Israelis question medical care of Hamas leader's daughter Josef Federman and Peter Enav

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srael and the Gaza Strip are bound by much more than enmity: Israel controls nearly everything that comes in and out of the territory, including food and energy, and sometimes allows Gazans to enter the country for medical care. But following a bloody 50-day war over the summer, a decision to allow the daughter of a top Hamas official to receive care at an Israeli hospital is proving to be too much for some Israelis. The treatment of Ismail Haniyeh's daughter has sparked a debate over whether Israel's stated commitment to providing humanitarian aid should be extended to its bitterest enemies. Haniyeh, who served as the prime minister of the Hamas government in Gaza, is one of Israel's greatest foes. He frequently calls for Israel's destruction in fiery sermons and drew international criticism for praising Osama bin Laden as a "martyr" after he was killed by the U.S. in 2011. Haniyeh's daughter "shouldn't have been treated," commentator Avishai Ivri said on the Army Radio station Tuesday. "She should have been arrested for war crimes." Few details

of the case have been made public. Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital confirmed this week that a daughter of Haniyeh was treated for "a number of days" earlier this month. It gave no details on her condition, or even her name or age. But many Israeli commentators defended the decision to treat the daughter in ethical terms. "I think the state of Israel, in line with the values it espouses, has an obligation to assist people in need, to provide them help," said Nachman Shai, an opposition lawmaker and former chief spokesman for the Israeli military. He said that while it was possible Israel might have used the case for public relations gain, it nonetheless did the right thing. Israelis often portray their country as a rare bright spot in a dark region. The nation's leaders proudly describe it as the Middle East's only democracy and routinely call Israel's military "the most moral army in the world." But this image has taken a beating in recent years as the country comes under growing international criticism for its continued control over millions of Palestinians and its settlement policies in the West Bank. It faced a stiff test

during the summer war, in which more than 2,100 Palestinians were killed, including hundreds of civilians, according to U.N. figures. The U.N.'s Human Rights Council is now investigating whether Israel's military may have committed war crimes during the fighting. Israelis overwhelmingly reject such accusations. Israel has accused Hamas of sparking the war by firing rockets into Israel, and says the Islamic militant group is responsible for the heavy civilian death toll because it launched attacks from residential areas, drawing Israeli retaliation. Israelis also note that the country withdrew from Gaza in 2005, though it still controls the territory's airspace, coastline and major cargo crossings. In a statement, Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, the military commander in charge of movement of civilians in and out of Gaza, said Israel "does not discriminate" in its treatment of people. For years, even at times of heightened tensions, Israel has taken in several dozen Gazan patients for medical care. Permits are granted based on security and health considerations, and are usually given to cases in dire and life-threatening conditions. Hatem

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Moussa, an Associated Press photographer who was critically wounded in an explosion during the summer war, has been treated at Israel's Hadassah Medical Center since the incident. Israel's obligation to help is linked to the control it exercises over Palestinian territories — directly in the case of the West Bank, and through its imposition of a blockade in the case of Gaza. Rights groups and Palestinians also say that Israel often uses offers of medical care and travel permits for political gain or even extortion in order to enlist informants. "It is clear that for historical reasons particularly in Gaza both also in the West Bank, there is a lack of adequate medical infrastructure. We believe that Israel has an obligation to provide care for people from these areas, because it exercises control over them," said Hadas Ziv of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel. Ahmed Yousef, a senior Hamas official in Gaza, said Haniyeh was left with little choice. He said the girl's case was life-threatening, and with Gaza's borders virtually sealed by Israel and Egypt, there was no other place to go. "If you are on the verge of death, and your enemy is the only one to treat you, of course you will resort to him," he said. "Children of Hamas leaders are human beings."

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PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

SIN & SALVATION: AN INTRIGUING FORMULA Dr. John Mohan Razu, Professor Of Social Ethics CTC, Mokokchung Sin and salvation are two-sides of a coin posing existential questions. Hence, these two terms are dynamically and dialectically webbed with each other. These two doctrines are to be understood by delving deep into the biblical and theological sources. SIN AS ALIENATION AND SINS OF ALIENATION “Over the past decades, biblical scholars have warned us time and again that we cannot understand the biblical message about sin and conversion unless we consider each individual writer and each book of the Old and New Testaments in its historical context … It is never abstract and timeless but is always integrated into the concrete message of salvation … at a certain historical moment.” It clearly reminds and informs us that we should never ignore the historical context of the biblical teachings on sin. With our unflinching fidelity to the Bible and infallibility of the Scripture, we can speak of sin only with our yearnings on the salvation in which we are called to enter into saving-activity of God. Due to ambivalent nature of our understanding of the world in which we live we come across Jesus interceding: “I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world” (Jn 17: 15-16). So, the concept of alienation both from God and one’s neighbour is the key for a theology of sin. It is a call to individual and collective salvation from the world of pulls and pushes, dubious distinctions, acquisitions, avarice and greed, self-interests and self-aggrandizements, and from the polarizations fostered by human systems, structures, divides and divisiveness. We believe in God who is the Creator, Sustainer and Redeemer. In this context our faith is an intense and dynamic relation between the believer and the One to whom the belief is attributed. So, “A person’s decisive moral and religious choice lies in whether or not he wants to know God more and more, and honor him who is the origin, centre and goal of our life. Today we not are interested in theoretical discussions and assertions about the existence or non-existence of God as ‘a higher being’ or ‘prime cause’ or whatever, if this has nothing to do with the ordering of man’s life.” In conjunction to the above, Paul, in his letter to the Romans, sheds much light on this theme. He emphatically asserts that those who negate the existence of God or refuse to know God are alienated. In view of this fact they are alienated from their God and neighbors and thus from integral human life. “For we see divine retribution revealed from heaven and falling upon all the godless … they are stifling the truth … Thus, because they have not seen fit to acknowledge God, he has given them up to their own depraved reason. This leads them to break all rules of God. They are filled with every kind of injustice, mischief, rapacity, and malice … They show no loyalty to parents, no conscience, no fidelity to their plighted word … Not only so, they actually applaud such practices” (Rom 1: 18-32). Manipulation of fellow human beings manifests that alienation which begins with a refusal to honor God and to honor others who have the image and likeness of God. Sin, therefore, has ripped open the fragility and vulnerability of humans resulting in the alienation of him/her from neighbors, fellow human beings and the world around him/her. Hence, humans per se fall into the slavery and alienation of sinfulness. It is therefore, a common Christian teaching that God created humans in His image (imago dei). But the human nature filled with all sort of instincts and desires distorting that image that was given to us (Rom. 6:1-4, 11:1-9). The Bible depicts this feature as sin which means failing in, falling short of, one’s intention, the missing of the mark. In this sense, human beings failed because of their pride that prevented from establishing the communion with God and one another to which they are originally called. Sin could also be defined as the destruction of the totality, the break of positive relations -- indeed, of the human community – revolt against and violation of covenant, alienation between God and humankind.

The New Testament continues this line of thought stressing the failure to exercise love towards one’s neighbor as sinful. In the final analysis, “the Bible as a whole condemns any human approach and any mentality directed against God and humankind as sinful transgression of the boundaries and limits inherent in divine creation and human createdness.” Out of a maze of definitions and theological articulations: “This sin (singular) against God becomes concrete in the sins (plural) against his creatures. The alienation between God and God’s creation is, however, part of the human condition, from which we cannot escape (Rom 3:23). Humankind does not just act sinfully; it is sinful.” We need to arrive at a satisfactory understanding of the doctrine of original sin. “This doctrine expresses the conviction that sin, though universal, is not necessary, holding human beings, who have committed the breach of solidarity with their Creator and one another, paradoxically responsible in united solidarity of sin and guilt.” In view of our callousness, total decadence and arrogance totally depending on our intellect, freewill, uncanny discernment and erratic behavior seem to be drifting away from our Creator. It in this context the Gospel calls us back to be in communion with God promising redemption and forgiveness of sin. This offer is made possible because Jesus Christ who took upon himself the guilt of humankind and punished although he was innocent. Despite our fallings, failures and frailties, “Christ did what human beings ought to have done – bore the divine condemnation merited by human sin – and thus through dying in their place, he won the righteousness required from them … Through faith in Jesus Christ humankind now participates in his justice … from having been instruments of and slaves to sinfulness into becoming instruments of and slaves to righteousness (Rom 6: 12-13).” AMIDST A MAZE OF UNDERSTANDINGS Sin is natural for man in the sense that it is universal but Not in the sense that it is necessary. ----Reinhold Niebuhr Sin is a much broader concept. Sin cannot be zeroed down to a particular aspect such as psychological or physical or disease-prone or something else. Sin has always understood particularly traditionally perceived as a universal category, and not something which only a particular segment of the population experiences. Therefore, “Sin has to do with a more generally shared human inclination.” Sin is a theological category. In this context the Gospel clearly reiterates that nobody is perfect and everyone has sinned in one way or other. So, bashing people based upon certain habits and branding them as sinners lead to blatant reductionism. So, “Sin has a way of blinding us to our own complicity. Victimization, on the other hand, is capable of insight and greater self-understanding. Hunsinger argue that while salvation is an eternal issue, healing our psychological dysfunctions is a this-worldly activity.” In our society sin has been understood in many ways. Therefore, sin as a Christian doctrine, needs deeper probing, greater self-understanding and appropriate definition. In recent times a great deal of attention is given to the dynamics of addiction to electronic gadgets, alcohol, gambling, Internet, face book, shopping spree, pornography, profit-maximization, accumulation of wealth through dubious means, acquisition of unlimited wants, consumerism, power-mongering and others. People are addicted to alcohol, tobacco products and host of other things. As Christians how do we look and treat those who are addicted? How does the Church view addiction and treat the addicts? Prior to inferring any derogatory statement we need to know the meaning and content of addiction. “While the term addiction was originally employed to describe a perpetual dependency on a mood-altering substance, it is now also used to describe an attachment to any mood-altering experience which has negative, damaging consequences for one’s life… The question becomes: Are we pushing the term addiction so hard that it takes away our sense of personal responsibility? Some think that what is so easily labeled “addiction” should actually be called a bad habit. In such behavior, there is not a

loss of willpower and control as there is in chemical dependency. Others argue that chemical dependencies reveal a tragic, but a far more general, problem than we had previously thought.” As observed, sin has many facets: personal/individual/familial, communitarian/corporate, societal and structural. Each facet is mutually connected and hangs on maintaining a delicate balance with each other. Therefore, we will have to balance all aspects and thus respond and treat them with apt care and diligence. Focusing and acting upon exclusively on individuals disfigures and distorts the larger picture of sin. It is important to bear in mind that we are individuals as well as social beings, and so, whenever one aspect is maximized and the other facet gets minimized, and in the process we end up in lopsided understanding of sin. SALVIFIC ACTIVITY OF GOD (SALVATION)—A CONTINUOUS PROCESS ‘Salvation’ should never be construed as exclusively a supernatural concept. The Old Testament view of salvation appears in passages which recount events of deliverance and liberation. And it also condones the blessings granted and promised, of peace and life. Further, salvation is not only deliverance and peace for the individual, but for the whole people of God. The fundamental paradigm is found in the exodus where the Israelites tasted their freedom from captivity as promised by Yahweh. The liberation process from Egypt and the entry to Promised Land portrays that the Israelites live and lead life without hindrance in the service of Yahweh. It includes spiritual, physical and social well-being of the total community. I am surprised that many who talk of salvation fail to concretize the issues that the people face in social, economic or even political spheres. By and large the interpretations that we hear and read are either spiritualized or personalized formulations that do not take the real world seriously. On the contrary salvation in the Bible is a multi-dimensional gift of God that is experienced all the time here and now. It is relational and thus acquires fuller meaning when it is applied in relation to the context-specificities. So, salvation is very much horizontally-geared towards humanity. And in that God becoming human taking human form posits horizontal relationship and opens up the possibility of immanent-transcendent dynamic. Further, “That justification by faith is the major expression of biblical salvation … in Romans 1: 1617. Here the apostle calls attention to the Gospel. God’s good news to guilty sinned. He unequivocally affirms that God’s righteousness has been revealed, and it has been revealed to the whole world in the Gospel which is “the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.” The doctrine of salvation is crucial and far-reaching importance for all people everywhere. If the meaning and means of salvation is wrongly interpreted and understood, it would lead to alarming and dangerous consequences. Paul centers his understanding of salvation in and through Jesus Christ. Likewise M.M. Thomas emphasizes that Christ-centered life is to be lived out in our concrete situation that fosters true humanization. M.M, Thomas in a nutshell defines “Salvation is the spiritual inwardness of true humanization and humanization is inherent in the message of salvation in Christ.” M.M. Thomas was fully convinced that for a multi-religious and plural country like India humanization plays an important part concerning salvation. For instance, M.M. Thomas reiterates that “… it is the theme of humanization which provides the most relevant point of entry for any Christian dialogue on Salvation in Christ at both spiritual and theological depths.” We should not all the time bang on Fall-Crucifixion axis, rather move towards Creation-Resurrection dynamic. Salvation is a historical reality, the salvific history of God should be presented appropriately so that we may perceive and interpret history in proper manner. Salvation is an ongoing continuum that shows the present in line with God’s all-embracing design and purpose. God’s redeeming activity never ceases. Salvation history is a faith-filled history that opens up the vast expanse of human existential trajectory . Salvation history has the most cherishing and celebrative meaning. It presents God’s creative and redemptive presence in this world. The challenges are enormous while explicating sin and salvation.

intervention - imperialism or human rights? ray Kiely

Are we caught between support for liberal intervention which often has disastrous, unintended, but often foreseeable consequences, on the one hand, and an antiinterventionism where we simply ignore the repression faced by many people, on the other?

he issue of intervention, and more specifically of altruistic, liberal intervention has regained its prominence in the post-Cold War era. Interventions— their forms and their justifications— have varied since the early 1990s, but they have usually involved some recourse to the argument that the human rights of individuals are more important than the sovereignty of states. Critics reject intervention irrespective of circumstances, on the grounds that state sovereignty is paramount, cosmopolitanism is instrumentalised by powerful actors in order to impose their will on weaker ones, and that the morality of intervention is undermined by double standards. Many liberal interventionists contend that such arguments might have applied in the Cold War, but they are far less applicable now. In the past, Western interventions were often carried out to protect authoritarian regimes on the grounds that this was unavoidable in the context of Cold War power politics, but now intervention is said to be less self-interested and targeted at undemocratic regimes with poor human rights records. Sometimes the argument is made that these interventions remain self-interested and ethical justifications are simply ideological covers for Western interests. However, too often what it is not made clear is

what these interests are: for instance, the claim that the war in Iraq was really a war for oil is hardly convincing as the US easily meets its oil requirements irrespective of Iraqi oil, and in any case it is less dependent on Middle East oil than other nations. The argument that interventions are hypocritical because they involve double standards might be true but for interventionists it is beside the point, as it is impossible to intervene in all places at all times. Moreover, the exercise of double standards is a lesser evil than simply allowing dictatorial regimes to continue. In effect cases against intervention made by so-called anti-imperialists all too easily become apologies for dictatorships. There is plenty of evidence to support this last accusation. The trajectory of the Stop the War Coalition, formed to oppose intervention in Afghanistan and then Iraq is but one example, as its statement on the Ukraine crisis and implicit support for Russia (as my enemy’s [US imperialism] enemy is my friend [Russia]) showed. On the other hand the anti-imperialist argument concerning selectivity and double standards cannot be as easily dismissed as the liberal interventionists make out. It is one thing to say that each individual intervention must by its nature be selective, but it is quite another when the US or Britain actively court allies to the cause of ethical intervention. The coalition of the willing in Iraq in 2003 contained a number of states that had poor human rights records, and too often the US and its allies have made alliances with states or political movements only to then deem these same allies as evil when circumstances change. This cannot simply be dismissed on the grounds that ‘that was then and this is now’. Historical amnesia runs the danger of producing an ever recurring cycle of violence in which yesterday’s contingent friends are today’s necessary enemies,

and today’s contingent friends may end up being tomorrow’s necessary enemies. Serious questions therefore have to be asked about ‘the West’s’ perception of itself as being the purveyors of freedom and justice, a fact reinforced by a far from noble history of colonialism and bloody intervention. This latter point brings us to some of the most difficult issues for liberal interventionists. First, as David Runciman’s brilliant deconstruction of Tony Blair demonstrates, there is the assumption that good intentions alone are sufficient to justify supposedly unintended actions and outcomes, such as the curiously named ‘collateral damage’. These outcomes are then supposedly ‘excused’ by good intentions, as if the problem—say, civil war in Iraq, or the rise of IS—lies with reality, and not the judgement of the liberal interventionist. This distinction between intention and outcome is central to certain strands of liberal political thought, and neoliberalism in particular, but it ignores the question of foresight, in this case the existence of political forces that do not embrace liberal democracy. To recognise the reality of undemocratic outcomes is not to apologise for it, but clearly the moralisation of politics carries with it all kinds of dangers when reality is all but ignored. Second, liberal interventionists are very naïve about the conflict-ridden realities of capitalist (and non-capitalist) development, both in the past and the present. Interventionists should be realistic about the outcomes of interventions, all too often assuming that a foreign military intervention will rapidly be followed by a period of peaceful development. This assumption betrays a key characteristic of neoliberal thought, namely a methodological individualism which in this specific case reduces the problem of a rogue or

failed state to the existence of a single evil individual or political movement. Finally, the overlap between liberal interventionism and neoliberalism can be seen in terms of the further assumption that intervention will be followed by the rise of a politics which naively embraces actually existing globalisation as if this was simply a policy choice without constraint. Liberal interventionists thus often support forms of exclusion, exploitation and marginalisation which are the product of structured hierarchies and inequalities rather than the deliberate action of an identified individual, but these hierarchies are no less coercive for that. Where then does this leave the debate? Are we caught between support for liberal intervention which often has disastrous, unintended, but often foreseeable consequences, on the one hand, and an anti-interventionism where we simply ignore the repression faced by many people, on the other? In some respects that depends on what we actually mean by intervention, for much of the debate has focused almost exclusively on military intervention. Much of the debate is polarised around ‘the West’, either as the saviour of oppressed peoples from rogue dictators (liberal interventionism), or as the oppressor responsible for all the ills of the developing world (anti-imperialism). This displaces agency in those countries in the developing world, reducing it to being the passive recipient of an omnipotent West. This is not a useful starting point for debate, and instead we need to place people in the developing world at the centre of the analysis. Only then can agents in ‘the West’ start to re-think the question of solidarity, and thus reconstruct a far more modest and humble understanding of what intervention might bring about and above all what intervention might be.

Draining development: illicit flows from Africa Menelaos agaloglou

Since 1970, Africa has lost at least $854 billion through capital flight which is not only enough to wipe out the continent’s total external debt of $250 billion but leaving around $600 billion for poverty alleviation

llicit flows are difficult to measure due to lack of reliable data. Global Financial Integrity in 2008 reported that Africa has lost between $854 billion and $1.8 trillion in the last four decades. The flows seeking higher returns are directed towards western financial institutions and the process is being facilitated by tax havens, trade mispricing (by overpricing imports and underpinning exports on customs documents, residents can illegally transfer money abroad), fake foundations and money-laundering techniques. Sometimes it is a response to economic and political instability or to high taxes placed on international trade. Frequently it is a way of hiding the illegal accumulation of wealth owed to corruption or criminal activity. Additionally, massive illicit flows can also be a reaction to a defaulting government debt or to a lost confidence on the economic strength of the country. These outflows of capital seriously harm the efforts for poverty alleviation and socio-economic development. In the first place, investment has decreased, yielding negative implications for job creation, improvement of infrastructure and industrialization. Illicit flows of money harm economic growth by stifling private capital formation and causing the tax base to remain narrow. Since it drains hard currency reserves, it encourages poor countries to borrow money from abroad making their debt crisis worse and curtailing public investment further. This burden is paid more by the poor since high levels of unemployment and increased inflation affects them more. Illicit flows increase inequality that can lead to political tensions and further poverty. Interestingly, Africa has become a net creditor to the world despite its global image as an inactive recipient of aid and loans. It has the highest share of private external assets among developing regions. Since 1970, Africa has lost at least $854 billion through capital flight which is not only enough to wipe out the continent’s total external debt of $250 billion but leaving around $600 billion for poverty alleviation and pro poor growth. Africa is the largest recipient of aid in the world. Vast amount of resources are being spent every year with the task of achieving poverty reduction and meeting the Millennium Development Goals. But what’s the point of sending money in the region if the region sends it back? For the region as a whole, illicit outflows outpaced official development assistance by a ratio of around 2:1. Taking other statistics into account, developing countries lose at least $10 through illegal flight for every $1 they receive via the aid regime. It is logical to conclude here that it would have been more beneficial to keep the locally produced wealth and invest it in the continent rather than waiting for aid from abroad to safeguard basic needs. A serious inquiry that needs further investigation is what exactly this amount (between $1 trillion and $2 trillion) being lost means in terms of schools, hospitals and infrastructure. For example, the Education For All 2011 report stated that current aid levels fall short of the $16 billion required annually to close the external financing gap in low-income countries. This crime kills the economic chances of the region. In 1970 it sent abroad 2% of Africa’s GDP, in 1987 it sent abroad 11% and 8% of its 2007 GDP. Illicit outflows from Africa grew at an average 12% a year over the four decades. To have a chance to meet the Millennium Development Goals, African countries must attack the illicit outflow and try to recover what is now held abroad. If the amount lost could be returned, then development can be achieved painlessly with local resources finally putting an end to aid dependency. Economic growth without reform that can keep the wealth locally reinvested will lead to more illicit capital flight, and not to less. Sub Saharan Africa had high growthrates over the last decade. Illicit outflows have also increased during this period. If the resources gained from growth cannot be invested locally then pro poor growth will not be achieved and the continent will continue suffering from extreme poverty. The region crucially needs diversification of its economy, research and development in relation to its agriculture and an expansion of its social services both in urban and rural areas. Only locally-led efforts, with local resources, can succeed in bringing prosperity. Former South African president Mbeki blamed multinational companies for the flow of capital out of Africa, whereas other people are blaming the growing African elite for wanting higher returns for their money. The alternative view is that this economic problem of the outflow of money is just one of the consequences of the real problem that generates all others: in many African countries, governments (even the whole apparatus of the state) lack legitimacy, and their policies and actions do not represent the whole of society but special groups with economic and political power. In most African countries there is no bargain among groups; just the imposition of power by a small elite. An effective state can tax its citizens with a political settlement, a rational consensus between state and citizens whereby taxes will be used to further guarantee and protect their interests. At this point we can start perceiving the problem of illicit flows more as a political problem and less an economic one. It is necessary for African societies to address their weak state legitimacy by becoming more open political units, which will integrate the different groups from the societies they supposedly lead. On the other hand businessmen, in order to keep their wealth inside their countries, need to be sure that they will profit with a positive real rate of interest. Serious macroeconomic policies, such as lower fiscal deficits, low inflation and reduced monetary expansion need to follow. In conclusion, capital flight places the whole burden of solving the problem upon African countries. However one views the problem, either as an economic or a political one, the burden is placed on these societies to solve problems through their own efforts. It is true that African financial institutions are the smallest and least developed in the world. It is also true that they are not transparent - probably a symptom of their connection with the political establishment which also lacks credibility among the locals. But credibility, transparency and legitimacy are central ideas to development. It would be wiser to start our development discussions from these basics rather than wasting more resources and time setting more and more millennium goals.

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Friday 24 October 2014

The Morung Express

Modi announces Rs.745 crore more for Kashmir

In this handout photo provided by India’s Press Information Bureau, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, arrives to greet soldiers on Diwali, a major Hindu festival, at Siachen Base Camp in Siachen Glacier, known as the world’s highest battlefield, in Indian Kashmir on the border with Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Thousands of troops are stationed on Siachen in northern Kashmir as part of a decades-old standoff with Pakistan, which also claims the region. More troops have died from the grueling conditions in the freezing Himalayan terrain than from hostile fire. (AP Photo

SrINagar, OctObEr 23 (IaNS): Wrapped in thick woollens, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to the icy heights of Siachen Glacier in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday where he lauded the armed forces and promised a national memorial for Indian soldiers. He later announced an additional relief package of Rs.745 crore for the flood-ravaged state. The Siachen halt marked the start of a visit on Diwali day to the state where he later met victims of the recent floods - the most destructive in 50 years - at Raj Bhavan, an event boycotted by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. “I am fortunate that as a servant of the nation, I got to see in what circumstances the soldiers have to live here,” Modi said, addressing troops in Hindi in freezing temperature at the world’s highest battlefield. Dressed in battle fatigue woollen jackets, a red scarf and goggles to protect the eyes from blizzards, Modi promised to enforce a one-rank-one-pension scheme for the armed forces during his tenure. “It is my duty to see that you and your family live in pride.” The Siachen conflict between India and Pakistan

has reportedly claimed more than 2,000 lives on both sides since 1984, with most soldiers falling victim to inhospitable weather and altitude problems. “Everyone is aware of the extreme conditions at Siachen. Overcoming every challenge our soldiers stand firm, protecting our motherland,” Modi earlier tweeted. “Be it the altitude or bitter cold, nothing deters our soldiers. They stand there, serving our nation. They make us truly proud.” He said he had “a message from each and every Indian to our soldiers: that we stand shoulder to shoulder with you... “We realise how and in what difficult conditions you are deployed here.” From Siachen, Modi extended Diwali greetings to everyone -- including President Pranab Mukherjee, the commander in chief of the armed forces. “Perhaps this is the first time a prime minister has got the wonderful opportunity of spending time with our jawans on this auspicious day... Am sure this would be among the most unique greetings Pranabda received.” As Modi flew to Siachen, Pakistan Rangers fired at In-

dian paramilitary positions on the international border in Jammu, 365 km away while a strike called by separatists hit life in Srinagar. Modi also said he wanted to build a national war memorial for the military. Meanwhile, buses went off the roads in Srinagar but some private vehicles and auto-rickshaws plied during a shutdown called by separatist groups opposed to Modi’s visit. Most shops were shut, and police and paramilitary personnel were deployed in large numbers all across the city. Separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani accused Modi of rubbing “salt on our wounds” by visiting Kashmir on Diwali but not extending Eid greetings to Kashmiri Muslims. Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front leader Yasin Malik said Modi was “politicising a human tragedy” -- a reference to Modi’s meetings with the flood victims. Modi later announced an additional relief package of Rs.745 crore for rebuilding of damaged homes and hospitals in the flood-affected state. “I had come here immediately after the floods last month and announced a relief package of Rs.1,000 crore. The purpose of my today’s visit has

been to meet the people and get a better idea about what needs to be done for the people who suffered during the floods,” Modi told media persons at Raj Bhavan. He said the loss memo of Rs.44,000 crore submitted to the Centre by the state government was being examined, and announced an immediate relief of Rs.570 crore for rebuilding of damaged homes and Rs.175 crore for similarly affected hospitals in the state. Meanwhile, many floodaffected people who came to meet Modi returned disappointed as they were not allowed to enter Raj Bhavan. “We had heard on radio and television that the prime minister would meet flood victims at Raj Bhavan. Following that announcement, we walked to meet the prime minister since there was no public transport in the city because of a separatist shutdown,” said one of the people who walked to Raj Bhavan. “We were not allowed to go inside Raj Bhavan. Some people told us the list of those meeting the prime minister had already been finalised,” said the disappointed man, a flood victim who wanted to meet Modi.

Shiv Sena ready to back BJP-led coalition in Maharashtra India to send 50 names MuMbaI, OctObEr 23 (IaNS): The Shiv Sena may support a Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Maharashtra, a top Sena leader said here Thursday. “The election results indicate that no single party can form the government. However, both (Shiv Sena, BJP) can come together for the purpose. This is the people’s mandate,” Shiv Sena parliamentarian and emissary Anil Desai told a private television channel. The two parties are expected to start discussions on forming the government Monday, he said.

On the issue of the chief minister, Anil Desai said since the Bharatiya Janata Party has secured more seats, it would be their decision. But other things would be discussed by the two parties, he added. In the 288-member assembly, the BJP and allies secured 123 seats, the Shiv Sena got 63, Congress managed 42, the NCP won 41 and the remaining seats were bagged by either Independents or smaller and regional parties. A party needs 145 seats for simple majority in the state assembly. The change of heart in the Shiv Sena follows a quick trip

by Anil Desai, a Rajya Sabha member and his colleague Subhash Desai to New Delhi two days ago. “We had detailed and fruitful discussions with the BJP leaders authorised by the party... After a couple of days, formal discussions will start and all final decisions in the matter will be taken by Sena President Uddhav Thackeray,” Anil Desai said. Though both the Shiv Sena leaders have not revealed whom they met among the BJP top brass, it is apparent they cleared the ground for entering into an alliance again, which was broken by the BJP Sep 25, just three

weeks before the assembly polls October 15. Meanwhile, sources in both the BJP and the Shiv Sena claimed that no fresh proposals have been sent to each other, while the BJP went a step further, saying there could not be “preconditions” by the Shiv Sena for extending support. Though both sides said it was too early to outline the contours of the proposed government, based on the number of seats secured, it could be based on a formula of the BJP 28 and the Shiv Sena 14 ministers each. The Shiv Sena’s decision to initiate talks with the BJP was

prompted by various factors, among them, the BJP’s tough stance before and after elections, and the general anathema to the ‘unconditional external support’ extended by the Nationalist Congress Party. Besides, the Shiv Sena had to grapple with a section of hawks within the Shiv Sena who were against supporting the BJP while another group advocated alliance amid possibility of largescale defections from the Sena. This will be second time since 1995 when the two parties will unite to give Maharashtra its second non-Congress government till date in the state’s history.

India sees Brazil as a “role BJP govt in Haryana will probe Robert Vadra’s land deals model” in beating hunger rOME, OctObEr 23 (tHOMSON rEutErS FOuNDatION): India has sent a mission to Mars, but maintains the “dubious distinction of being the world capital of malnutrition”, a senior Indian official said Wednesday, adding that economic growth alone will not be enough to end hunger. “The prevalence of underweight children in India is nearly double that of sub-Saharan Africa,” Vimlendra Sharan, an Indian representative to the United Nations, told delegates at a nutrition summit in Rome. One in every three malnourished children in the world lives in India and the country of about 1.2 billion has more than 190 million undernourished people, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Even though the situation has improved over the past decade, malnutrition persists as higher economic growth rates are not translating into better nutrition rates across the board, he said. To beat the problem, India re-

cently embraced the “zero hunger” challenge, pioneered in Brazil. Redistribution of wealth through taxation, subsidies directed at poor families and other policies as well as economic growth helped Brazil virtually eliminate malnutrition. “Brazil is known as a role model for access to family agriculture and financing,” Eduardo Nilson, an adviser to Brazil’s ministry of health, told delegates. Local schools provide subisidised or free meals to poor children, Nilson said, and the schools themselves buy the food from local farmers. “We are trying to do that again with hospitals, to stimulate local production,” said Nilson. Growers and rural residents are, counter-intuitively, often the worst affected by food insecurity. In its quest to end hunger, India has made access to food a legal right, and sees Brazil as a “role model”, Sharan said. “We have moved away from welfare schemes to a rights-based scheme… this is one thing that stands out.”

NEW DELHI, OctObEr 23 (tNN): Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday indicated that the soon-tobe-formed BJP government in Haryana will order a probe into the land deals of Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, in the first clear sign that BJP’s takeover of power at the Centre and in states might impinge on the comfort of Congress’s first family. “I, prima facie, see a case where somebody starts with negligible capital, a certain amount of favours are granted to him, there are sweetheart deals as a result of which within a matter of months or years, a no-capital transaction helps him raise hundreds of crores of assets. This is not normal course of business, it is a little out of ordinary,” Jaitley told a TV channel, putting an investi-

gation into Vadra’s land deals right on top of the agenda of Manohar Lal Khattar-led government which will be sworn in on September 26. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made Vadra’s deals a major campaign issue in the just-concluded assembly elections, following through his party’s attack on Sonia’s controversial son-in-law during the Lok Sabha elections. Jaitley’s remarks were the first strong indication that the regime change in Haryana could have direct consequences for Vadra. While the BJP government in Rajasthan is already probing Vadra’s land transactions in the state, it is his deals in Haryana which are seen as more vulnerable to probe by an unsympathetic government. Haryana’s IAS officer Ashok Khemka has alleged

that Priyanka Gandhi’s spouse received illegal favours from the Bhupinder Singh Hoodaled Congress government. Significantly, senior officials in Haryana feel the new government is legally competent to reverse the decisions taken by its predecessor. Senior BJP leader and freshly-elected MLA Anil Viz had said on Tuesday that the Khattar government would probe the decisions which the Hooda regime took to provide irregular benefits to Vadra, but Jaitley’s comments suggested that BJP could indeed be serious about it. Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi lashed out at the statement as aimed at influencing the agencies. Singhvi added these were matters for investigating agencies and “not for the virtual No.2 in the government”.

to Switzerland for probe

NEW DELHI, OctObEr 23 (agENcIES): A week after a high-level delegation of the revenue department met Swiss authorities in a bid to persuade them to assist with details of the 700-odd Indians who are reported to have bank accounts with the HSBC Bank in Geneva, the NDA government is set to send the first batch of 50 names to Switzerland. “The Swiss authorities have agreed to confirm the authenticity of the HSBC list. This is a breakthrough in the investigations,” said a senior government functionary. “As the first step, we will send the names of 50 account holders to Switzerland and ask them to confirm if these accounts exist. That will be our confirmation.” Some details of the 700 HSBC account holders, as first reported by The Indian Express, were obtained by India in 2011. The Swiss government has since been denying any more details, saying that the request dealt with data stolen by an HSBC employee and that their local laws do not permit information exchange where a possible criminal angle could be invoked. But a joint statement released in Berne last week, after Revenue Secretary Shaktikanta Das met Swiss State Secretary for International Financial Matters, Jacques de Watteville, said: “The Swiss authorities would assist in obtaining

confirmation on genuineness of bank documents on request by the Indian side and also swiftly provide information on requests related to non-banking information… the Swiss competent authority will provide the Indian side with the requested information in a time-bound manner or else indicate the reasons why the cases cannot be answered within the agreed timeline.” The high-level delegation led by Das included Chairman of the Central Board of Direct taxes (CBDT) K V Chowdary and Joint Secretary (Foreign Taxation and Tax research) Akhilesh Ranjan. As recently as March this year, the Swiss authorities had declined to cooperate with India, even in cases where the Income Tax department had gathered evidence through independent investigations. The then Finance Minister P Chidambaram had written to his Swiss counterpart that further non-cooperation could effect bilateral ties between the two countries. He had said that since India had confirmed tax violation issues existed for several among the list of 700 HSBC bank account holders, Switzerland should assist with banking transfer and account balance details under provisions of the Double Taxation Avoidance Convention signed between the two countries.

Bureaucrats asked not to act on oral orders from ministers

NEW DELHI, OctObEr 23 (tNN): Ministers or their personal staff may no longer be able to get any work done by merely passing an ‘oral’ order as government officials have been advised not to go ahead with any decision unless written orders are issued by their immediate superiors. The advisory, issued as part of an office memorandum at the behest of Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) last week, will be applicable to staff across ministries where a junior official will carry out oral order of his/her senior only after getting written confirmation. Written confirmation of any oral order will be a must, irrespective of whether such instructions are in accordance with the rules or not. In recent years, ministers have often been reluctant to record their observations and have instead instructed officials verbally. While some officers insist that orders be spelt out on file, in several cases, including some crucial ones, ba-

bus have gone ahead and complied with the ministers’ wishes. By issue the latest missive, the PMO has also put ministers on alert. The instructions from the PMO are the latest in a series of advisories and orders on toning up the government and improving the overall decision-making process. “If any officer receives oral instructions from the minister or from his personal staff and the orders are in accordance with the norms, rules, regulations or procedures, they should be brought to the notice of the secretary (or the head of department where the officer concerned is working in)”, said the manual, referred to by the office memorandum (OM). In case the orders are “not in accordance with the norms, rules, regulations or procedures”, an official should approach the secretary “stating clearly that the oral instructions are not in accordance with the rules”. Though the government manual

talks about certain exceptions during emergency/urgency or when a minister is on tour or sick, it still insists that the officer should obtain the order in writing from the minister’s private secretary and get it confirmed when the minister returns. The manual said, “In rare and urgent cases when the minister is on tour or is sick and his approval has to be taken on telephone, the decision of the minister shall be conveyed by his private secretary in writing. In such case, confirmation will be obtained on file when the minister returns to headquarters or rejoins.” Besides spelling out such dos and don’ts for babus on oral order, the ministry of personnel through the OM also instructed all ministries to conduct a regular weekly training programme for junior officials. Noting that the present training structures were largely meant for senior civil servants as part of their “induction training” and “manda-

tory mid-career training”, the OM, issued on October 17, said, “Perhaps, there is no training being imparted at ministry/department level covering all its Group B and C employees on same subject.” It noted that such training is also important for officials, ranging from UDC to under secretary, in this “era of rapid transformation and heightened expectation of prompt and effective public service delivery”. “The effectiveness with which the new policies are implemented will largely be dependent on the quality of civil service administration and the ability of its members to operate effectively in the changed environment. This requires a continuous focus on training of employees,” said the OM. Accordingly, the ministry of personnel advised all central departments to hold “an hour inhouse weekly training” for all employees on a regular basis without dislocating their work.

Exile Tibetan students of the Tibetan Children’s Village School perform during a parade to mark the 54th Founding Anniversary celebrations of their school in Dharmsala on Thursday, October 23. The school, which started as an orphanage in 1960, houses and educates over 2000 refugee children. (AP Photo)

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WHO official Ebola toll near 5,000 with true number closer to 15,000 GENEVA, OctObEr 23 (rEutErs): At least 4,877 people have died in the world’s worst recorded outbreak of Ebola, and at least 9,936 cases of the disease had been recorded as of Oct. 19, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, but the true toll may be three times as much. The WHO has said real numbers of cases are believed to be much higher than reported: by a factor of 1.5 in Guinea, 2 in Sierra Leone and 2.5 in Liberia, while the death rate is thought to be about 70 percent of all cases. That would suggest a toll of almost 15,000. Liberia has been worst hit, with 4,665 recorded cases and 2,705 deaths, followed by Sierra Leone with 3,706 cases and 1,259 deaths. Guinea, where the outbreak originated, has had 1,540 cases and 904 deaths. On Friday the WHO put the toll about 300 lower with more than 745 fewer cases. In the past week, transmission of the disease was most intense in the capital cities of Monrovia and Freetown, while Guinea’s capital Conakry reported 18 confirmed cases, its second highest weekly total since the outbreak began. Although Ebola has been contained in Nigeria and Senegal, the disease is spreading towards Ivory Coast in both Liberia and Guinea, including in Guinea’s Kankan district on a major trade route with Mali. Kankan saw its first case in the past week. However, the WHO said the Liberian district of Lofa had seen a third consecutive week of decline in the number of cases, which reports from observers suggested was a result of disease control measures. Among the thousands of cases are 443 health care workers, 244 of whom have died. The WHO said it was undertaking extensive investigations to determine why so many had caught the disease. “Early indications are that a substantial proportion of infections occurred outside the context of Ebola treatment and care,” it said. A U.N. plan to stop the epidemic, known as 70-7060, involves isolating at least 70 percent of cases and safely burying at least 70 percent of those who die by Dec. 1, a 60-day deadline from the start of the plan. That is supposed to rise to 100 percent by the 90-day deadline on Jan. 1. The number of isolation beds had increased substantially to 1,126 but remained only 25 percent of the 4,388 expected to be needed in 50 Ebola treatment units. There were also firm commitments from foreign medical teams to staff only 30 units. Without those beds in those units, families have to care for sick relatives at home and risk infection. The WHO also estimates 28 laboratories are needed in the three worst-hit countries, with 12 now in place, and 20,000 staff will be needed to keep track of people who have had contact with Ebola patients and may be at risk. The three worst-hit countries will also need 230 dead-body-management teams by Dec. 1, it said. They have 140.

Myanmar criticized on Rakhine response WAsHINGtON, OctObEr 23 (AP): An influential Washington think tank is criticizing Myanmar’s government for presiding over a “humanitarian catastrophe” in western Rakhine state and doing little to track down perpetrators of Buddhist-on-Muslim violence around the country. Those criticisms come in a very mixed assessment by the Center for Strategic and International Studies of the situation in Myanmar, three years after it began a historic transition to democracy from decades of oppressive and ruinous military rule. The centrist think tank, which has the ear of the Obama administration, visited Myanmar in August and issued its report Wednesday. President Barack Obama, who counts U.S. support of the Southeast Asian nation’s reforms as a foreign policy success, will make his second visit to Myanmar in two years when it hosts a summit of regional leaders in November. The report points to some hopeful signs in Myanmar, which is gearing up for elections in late 2015. It cites prospects for a nationwide cease-fire in long-running ethnic conflicts, improvements in a woeful health care system and economic reforms that have spurred rapid growth. But the report also says power is deeply skewed in favor of the military, and that decision-making on key political reforms has stalled. It says that likely reflects a struggle between “reformists” allied to President Thein Sein — the former general who has overseen the shift to democracy — and establishment interests who fear losing privileges through more change. “It is not yet clear that the military’s overwhelming dominance will diminish significantly as the current government approaches the end of its formal tenure in April 2016,” the think tank says. The report says massive human suffering continues in Rakhine, where 140,000 stateless Rohingya Muslims have been rounded up into barbed-wire-enclosed camps after sectarian violence erupted in mid2012 with majority Buddhists. It said for months the Myanmar government has “abdicated its leadership responsibilities” as worsening violence drove international humanitarian groups out. The government’s action plan to address the situation in Rakhine — criticized by human rights groups as discriminatory — puts forward ideas for peaceful coexistence, citizenship and resettlement, but it remains to be seen if the government can defuse the crisis, the report says. In the past three years, the United States has led the charge as Western nations have re-engaged with Myanmar and rolled back sanctions, and Wednesday’s report advocates continued American engagement despite congressional concerns over Myanmar “backsliding” on reforms. The report calls for the U.S. to double health aid to Myanmar, including in the fight against drug-resistant malaria, and to sustain limited U.S. engagement with the military. It says however, those ties shouldn’t be expanded before it’s clear the military hasn’t intervened in the elections.

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‘Canada will never be intimidated’

OttAWA, OctObEr 23 (AP): Two deadly attacks in three days against members of the military stunned Canadians and raised fears their country was being targeted for reprisals for joining the U.S.-led air campaign against an extremist Islamic group in Iraq and Syria. “We will not be intimidated. Canada will never be intimidated,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper vowed in a nationally televised address hours after a masked gunman killed a soldier standing guard at Ottawa’s war memorial shortly before 10 a.m. on Wednesday. The suspect then stormed Parliament in a dramatic attack that was stopped cold when he was shot to death by the ceremonial sergeant-at-arms. Harper called it the country’s second terrorist attack in three days. A man Harper described as an “ISIL-inspired terrorist” on Monday ran over two soldiers in a parking lot in Quebec, killing one and injuring another before being shot to death by police. Like the suspect from Wednesday’s shooting in Ottawa, he was a recent convert to Islam. Investigators offered little information about the gunman in Ottawa, identified as 32-year-old petty criminal Michael ZehafBibeau. But Harper said: “In the days to come we will learn about the terrorist and any accomplices he may have had.” Witnesses said the soldier posted at the National War Memorial, identified as Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, was gunned down at point-blank range by a man carrying a rifle and dressed all in black, his face half-covered with a scarf. The gunman appeared to raise his arms in triumph, then entered Parliament, a few hundred yards away, where dozens of shots soon rang out, according to witnesses. People fled the complex by scrambling down scaffolding

PM says shooting rampage was terrorism

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen visit the Tomb of the Unknown soldier in Ottawa on Thursday October 23. Michael Zehaf Bibeau fatallyshot reservist Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial before setting his sights on Parliament Hill. Bibeau was killed just feet from where hundreds of MPs were meeting for their weekly caucus meetings. (AP Photo)

erected for renovations, while others took cover inside as police with rifles and body armor took up positions outside and cordoned off the normally bustling streets around Parliament. On Twitter, Canada’s justice minister and other government officials credited 58-year-old sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers with shooting the attacker just outside the MPs’ caucus rooms. Vickers serves a largely ceremonial role at the House of Commons, carrying a scepter and wearing rich green robes, white gloves and a tall imperial hat. At least three people were treated for minor injuries.

In Washington, President Barack Obama condemned the shootings as “outrageous” and said: “We have to remain vigilant.” The U.S. Embassy in Ottawa was locked down as a precaution, and security was tightened at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington. Harper vowed that the attacks will “lead us to strengthen our resolve and redouble our efforts” to keep the country safe and work with Canada’s allies to fight terrorists. Court records that appear to be the gunman’s show that he had a long rap sheet, with a string

‘2013-14 devastating for human rights’’

uNItED NAtIONs, OctObEr 23 (AP): The U.N. human rights chief on Wednesday blamed rising inequality and exclusion for much of the unrest that has swept across the world in recent years, calling the recent deepening turmoil devastating for human rights. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein told the U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee that “a toxic tide of discrimination and xenophobia” is undermining the dignity, equality and rights of people in many countries. “From the relentless slaughter in Syria and its spillover to a new wave of barbarity in Iraq; from the deplorable conflict in Ukraine to the entirely avoidable bloodshed in South Sudan — and, at the end of this reporting period, the slow, smoldering spread of Ebola — 2013-2014 was a year of devastating impact on human rights,” he said. Zeid, Jordan’s former U.N. ambassador who took over as

the U.N. high commissioner for human rights last month, said it is vital that human rights are protected in “two looming tragedies: Ebola and climate change.” He said the failure of governments and others to address people’s rights to health care, food, livelihood, housing and timely information “have fueled the Ebola epidemic.” And similar to the Ebola crisis, he said, “failure to address systemic and systematic denial of economic, social and cultural rights may be not only a causal factor of climate change, but also among its far-reaching consequences, including especially for small island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean.” Zeid was strongly critical of countries that attack human rights investigators and commissions of inquiry into rights violations instead of focusing on the findings and addressing abuses.

He also raised what he called “the painful issue” of government reprisals against people who defend human rights, saying their work is not only legitimate but often “heroic.” “If despite all the power and authority at its disposal, the future of a government hangs on a tweet, a street protest or a helpful report to an NGO or U.N. agency, then that government is in far deeper trouble than it believes,” Zeid said. “For it has forgotten the fundamental principle that the state is the servant of its people — not the other way around.” He also criticized the 193-member General Assembly for its lack of funding for human rights, saying he was startled to discover when he took office that the U.N.’s regular operating budget covers just over one-third of his office’s budget, meaning it doesn’t have funds to carry out its mandated activities.

of convictions for assault, robbery, drug and weapons offenses, and other crimes. Tony Zobl said he witnessed the Canadian soldier being gunned down from his fourthfloor window directly above the National War Memorial, a 70-foot (21.34-meter), arched granite cenotaph, or tomb, with bronze sculptures commemorating World War I. “I looked out the window and saw a shooter, a man dressed all in black with a kerchief over his nose and mouth and something over his head as well, holding a rifle and shooting an honor guard in front of the cenotaph

point-blank, twice,” Zobl told the Canadian Press news agency. “The honor guard dropped to the ground, and the shooter kind of raised his arms in triumph holding the rifle.” The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. had video of the gunman going to his car alone with his weapon after the shooting at the memorial. The car was later spotted parked in front of Parliament Hill, just down the block. Cabinet minister Tony Clement tweeted that at least 30 shots were heard inside Parliament, where Conservative and Liberal MPs were holding their weekly caucus meetings. “I was just taking off my jacket to go into caucus. I hear this pop, pop, pop. Possibly 10 shots, don’t really know. Thought it was dynamite or construction rather than anything else,” said John McKay, a member of Parliament. He said security guards then came rushing down the halls, herding them toward the back of the buildings. “And then we started talking to another woman and she was apparently inside the library of Parliament, saw the fellow, wearing a hoodie, carrying a gun,” McKay said, “and then the implications of this start to sink in.” The attack came two days after a recent convert to Islam killed the Canadian soldier and injured another with his car in a parking lot in the Quebec city of Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu. The killer had been on the radar of federal investigators, who feared he had jihadist ambitions and seized his passport when he tried to travel to Turkey. Canada had raised its domestic terror threat level from low to medium Tuesday because of what it called “an increase in general chatter from radical Islamist organizations.” As recently as Tuesday, Canada sent eight fighter jets to the Mideast to join the battle against Islamic State.

Even a gentle touch balances unsteadiness

LONDON, OctObEr 23 (IANs): Even the light touch of someone’s finger could help people maintain balance when they feel unsteady on their feet, a research found. The study explained how neural and mechanical mechanisms synchronise our sway with another person. Participants stood on force platforms while undertaking a range of tests; with no physical contact, a shoulder grasp and a light touch. The researchers looked at pairs of volunteers in a range of tests to understand how visual and mechanical interactions between them would affect their stability. “There’s something very human, very instinctive, that makes us reach out and grab something or someone when we’re unsure of our balance and experience sway. We know this. But being able to significantly reduce that sway with even the gentlest touch tells us a lot about how our body relates to the people around us,” said Raymond Reynolds from the Univer-

sity of Birmingham in Britain. “When Person A has his eyes open, and Person B has his eyes closed, and they apply the slightest fingertip contact we see Person B experience a reduction in sway.” “Surprisingly, Person A also experiences a reduction in sway - it is quite literally a case of the blind leading the sighted,” Reynolds added. The volunteers experienced a 37% reduction in sway when grasping each others’ shoulders. Even a non-forceful touch with the fingertip accounted for an 18% reduction in sway, and it is the underlying mechanisms behind this that the team have described for the first time. The phenomenon in question describes how each person essentially estimates how ‘upright’ they are, based on a weighted combination of sensory feedback from themselves (the inner ear, the sense of force underfoot and vision) and feedback based upon the motion of their partner, Reynolds concluded.

Gaza rebuilding slowed by trickle of aid, rivalry

Palestinian workers check bags of cement at a warehouse with security cameras to watch construction materials and for U.N. monitors to inspect periodically to make sure they are not diverted by Hamas for military use, while working in Shijaiyah neighborhood in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, on October 22. (AP Photo)

GAZA cItY, OctObEr 23 (AP): Several dozen tons of cement bags stored in a warehouse are one of the few tangible achievements so far of a $2.7 billion plan to rebuild war-wrecked Gaza Strip. The program was launched with high expectations at an international conference in Cairo on Oct. 12, but has run into obstacles, including wrangling between the rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fa-

tah for control in Gaza and what officials say has been a trickle of promised aid. Hardest hit by delays are tens of thousands of Gazans living in communal shelters or the ruins of their homes since the summer war between Israel and the Islamic militant Hamas destroyed or damaged some 100,000 homes. “We are waiting and waiting,” said Samer alKhaisy, 29, who lives with his wife and three pre-

school daughters in one room of his damaged apartment, with holes in the wall covered by plastic sheets. Getting cement, steel and gravel from Israel into Gaza is a major challenge because of a blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt in 2007 after Hamas seized the territory from Westernbacked Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas has since ceded some control to a Palestinian unity government that

reports to Abbas and is to lead reconstruction. The United Nations, in turn, devised a system under which Israel would gradually ease a ban on selling building materials to Gaza, with U.N. monitors keeping track of shipments in Gaza to make sure they are not diverted by Hamas for military use. So far, Israel has only delivered about 400 tons of cement in a single shipment, prompting allegations of politically motivated foot-dragging from Palestinian Cabinet Minister Mamoun Abu Shahla. But a U.N. official said the holdup is mostly technical and that he expects more deliveries once the Palestinian government has vetted more Gaza importers of construction material and potential buyers. Twelve importers have met the security requirements so far, including setting up CCTV cameras in their warehouses, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the program with the media. At the al-Shamali com-

pany in Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neighborhood, cameras were trained on 120 tons of cement in a corner of a warehouse. Company accountant Nashad Aref said U.N. monitors have visited three times so far to check the setup. The company is not yet allowed to sell the cement, he said, adding that he has had to fend off impatient residents of the hard-hit area. Company driver Nafez Awad said he’d hoped to have first dibs to repair his apartment, but was told the U.N. isn’t allowing sales yet. Another hurdle is the fraught relationship between Hamas and Abbas, and differences over divvying up responsibilities. For example, Hamas wants to keep some of its border officials at the main Israel-Gaza cargo crossing, Kerem Shalom, but the unity government wants to send its own team there, arguing that this would expedite imports. “Nothing is solved about the government and the crossings,” said Ghazi Hamad, a Hamas official. It was business as usual

this week at the cargo crossing, a conduit for consumer goods Israel has allowed to enter Gaza in recent years. On Tuesday, trucks delivered bananas, apples, refrigerators, cows and horses — just no cement. A private Palestinian company handles the transfer of goods from Israel. However, at a Hamasrun point about a mile away, drivers pay customs and inspectors check cargo. Slow aid payments are another problem. “It is known that money needs months to arrive, but we are encouraging donors and ask them to give us even part of the assistance so as to begin the projects,” said Mohammed Mustafa, the top government official in charge of reconstruction. Government envoys will soon start visiting wealthy Gulf countries to seek accelerated aid payments, he said. “Reconstruction is facing some problems, that is why it is not taking off,” said government spokesman Ehab Bseiso. “These things are not going to be changed overnight.”

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Kvitova beats Sharapova; Two late Arsenal goals Williams beats Bouchard seal epic escape SINGAPORE, OctO BER 23 (AP): Petra Kvitova beat Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-2 at the WTA Finals on Thursday, further eroding the Russian player's hopes of claiming the yearend No. 1 ranking. Serena Williams, on the other hand, rebounded from the worst beating of her professional career to rout Eugenie Bouchard 6-1, 6-1 at the WTA Finals on Thursday. Sharapova, who needs to win the title to have a chance of overtaking Serena Williams for top spot, fell to a 0-2 record while Kvitova is 1-1 in the White Group round-robin stage. In order for Sharapova to progress to the semifinals, she will need to win her last match against Agnieszka Radwanska and rely on Caroline Wozniacki beating Kvitova while also having set and game percentage turn in her favor. Sharapova, who lost the Wimbledon final to Kvitova in 2011, had beaten the Czech left-hander in their past five meetings and started brightly by winning the opening two games. But Kvitova took over from there, winning 11 of the next 12 games. Earlier Wozniacki moved closer to a place in the semifinals by beating Radwanska 7-5, 6-3 for her second win in the group stage. The first set, which began with four service breaks in five games, lasted 67 minutes and contained some long games and lengthy rallies that were punctuated by superb shot-making. Radwanska may have ended up the loser, but played a couple of extraordinary volley winners: one picked up at her shoelaces and lifted diagonally over the net and another leaping

Petra Kvitova of The Czech Republic celebrates beating Maria Sharapova of Russia during their singles match at the WTA tennis finals in Singapore on October 23. (AP Photo)

effort played with her back to the net. "It was a couple of amazing rallies and a couple of amazing shots as well," said Radwanska, who has a win and a loss so far. "I just needed some more good serves as well in that match." Wozniacki was able to smile after Radwanska's trick shots. "I'm like, 'Okay,

you know what, that's just too good,'" Wozniacki said. "You can either get frustrated or laugh â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it's better to laugh." Serena Williams who was humbled by Simona Halep the previous day, stepped up her game and eliminated Bouchard from semifinals contention with a 0-3 record in the round-

robin stage, while Williams improved to 2-1. The American will have to wait until Friday's match between Halep and Ana Ivanovic to know if she is through to the semis. Williams will make the final four unless Ivanovic manages to beat Halep in straight sets. Halep is guaranteed of a semifinal berth.

BRUSSELS, OctOBER 23 (AP): Kieran Gibbs and Lukas Podolski scored in the final minutes to give Arsenal 2-1 victory over Anderlecht and a thrilling Champions League birthday present for manager Arsene Wenger. With defeat seeming assured, Gibbs brought Arsenal back into the game in the 89th minute with a low volley. Podolski followed up from close range in stoppage time after a goalmouth scramble to keep the London side second in Group D. Anderlecht had sensed victory after midfielder Andy Najar gave the Belgian champion a 1-0 lead with a powerful header which wrong-footed Arsenal's third-choice goalie Emiliano Martinez in the 71st minute. Dortmund leads the group with nine points ahead of Arsenal, whose coach Wenger celebrated his 65th birthday on Wednesday, with six points. Anderlecht and Galatasaray have one point each. "We are in a strong position now. It is down to us now and we have to win our home games," Wenger said. It put a smile back on the face of Wenger, whose side long seemed incapable of producing something special for the Frenchman's 65th birthday. Struggling in the Premier League with any hope of winning it seemingly gone ahead of Christmas, Arsenal was on the verge of dropping to third place in its Champions League group. In front of a sellout crowd of 26,000 at the Vanden Stock stadium, Anderlecht more than held its own against the injury-depleted Londoners and af-

Arsenal's Nacho Monreal, left, and Anderlecht's Gohi Bi Zoro Cyriac, jump to head the ball during the Group D Champions League match between Anderlecht and Arsenal at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday October 22. (AP Photo)

ter Honduran international Najar scored, it seemed poised to jump over Arsenal in the standings. Five minutes after the goal, Anderlecht defender Anthony Vanden Borre

could have doubled the lead but fluffed a closerange shot that bounced off the crossbar. Arsenal took heart and never gave up. Increasingly, it ripped the defense to

shreds right up to the point that even goalie Sivlio Proto cracked. Wenger can claim credit for bringing on Podolski only six minutes from time to make the difference.

India hope to get Devi's suspension reversed Atletico Madrid routs Malmo Messi aims for record

NEW DELHI, OctOBER 23 (REUtERS): Boxing India is confident of L Sarita Devi's return to the ring before too long after the International Boxing Federation (AIBA) suspended the 29-year-old for her petulant display at the recent Asian Games at Incheon, South Korea. Sarita was furious after losing her semi-final bout in women's lightweight division to local favourite Park Ji-na and lodged a protest against the verdict which was rejected. The adamant boxer refused to wear the bronze medal and left it behind when the presentation was over, an action she subsequently regretted in a letter to AIBA. Her apology, however, cut no ice with AIBA which slapped a provisional suspension on the boxer, three coaches and leader of India's

Asian Games delegation Adille Sumariwala, barring them from all AIBA events. "This case has been sent for review by the AIBA Disciplinary Commission, and it means that... Devi, the above mentioned coaches as well as Mr Adille H. Sumariwalla will not be allowed to participate to the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships (in) Jeju 2014," the governing body said on its website. Sports minister Sarbananda Sonowal has asked the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to pursue the matter and do whatever it takes to get the suspension overturned. "We have not received any official communication from the AIBA regarding the suspension and don't know what exactly are the charges," IOA secretary general Rajeev Mehta told Reuters on Thursday. "We are awaiting a formal communication and

only after receiving that we can tell you about our next step." Boxing India (BI) secretary general Jay Kowli virtually admitted Sarita would miss next month's world championship at Jeju City in South Korea but said the federation was trying to get the suspension lifted. "The damage has already been done and I don't think she can participate in the world championship," Kowli told Reuters by telephone. "We are guiding Sarita and trying to ensure that the issue is favourably sorted out. "I saw the bout and I too felt she should have been declared the winner. It was an emotional outburst and she too realised that but the damage was done by then. "We are trying a damage control exercise now. She is an Olympic medal hope for us in the (2016) Rio Games and we are working hard to get her back in the ring."

MADRID, OctOBER 23 (AP): Atletico Madrid overcame a sluggish start to score five second-half goals in a 5-0 rout of Malmo and move top of Group A in the Champions League on Wednesday. Atletico lacked accuracy in its first-half corners, something that visibly exasperated coach Diego Simeone after a chance went wide in the 44th minute. Whatever Simeone said at halftime clearly had an effect as Atletico returned with real determination. Jorge "Koke" Resurreccion turned home Arda Turan's threaded cross in the 48th, opening the floodgates. Mario Mandzukic made it 2-0 in the 61st, Antoine Griezmann found the net two minutes later and Diego Godin headed home in the 87th before Alessio Cerci scored in injury time. Atletico has six points and leads Olympiakos on goal difference. Juventus and Malmo have three points each. Atletico's first real opportunity didn't come until the 20th minute when it counter-attacked with Arda Turan and Juanfran Torres racing for goal, but when Mandzukic arrived he failed to get his shot past Malmo's defense. Atletico's Brazilian defender Siqueira hit a long-range shot in the 30th, but Malmo goalkeeper Robin Olsen grabbed it easily. Atletico 'keeper Miguel Moya tipped Magnus Eriksson's free kick over the bar in first-half injury time. "We began the second half very strongly and then found ourselves a goal up, and thanks to that the team went forward and played really well," Koke said. Mandzukic tapped in Torres's perfectlyweighted cross and two minutes later Griezmann scored his second goal in three matches when he shot hard against a falling Olsen's legs, with the rebound rising high before bouncing into goal. Cerci finished the rout in injury time when he hit the post only to latch onto the rebound for Atletico's fifth goal.

Olympiakos beats Juventus in Champions League

PIRAEUS, OctOBER 23 (AP): Olympiakos pulled off another Champions League upset by beating Juventus 1-0 on Wednesday to go level on points with Group A leader Atletico Madrid. Swiss midfielder Pajtim Kasami fired the winner past Gianluigi Buffon in the 36th minute. The goal arrived after Alejandro Dominguez found striker Kostas Mitroglou, whose cutback was steered into the back of the Juventus net by Kasami. "Mitroglou got me the ball with his first touch. You don't have a lot of time to react in the Champions League ... so I'm very happy," Kasami said. Atletico, which routed Malmo 5-0 on Wednesday, tops the group on goal difference ahead of Olympiakos. Both teams have six points, while Juventus and Malmo have three points each. Dominguez sliced open the Italian defense all evening at Karaiskaki stadium, missing two scoring chances himself and setting up Kasami in the 60th for a shot

Juventus' Arturo Vidal, left, challenges for the ball with Olympiacos' Eric Abidal during a Champions League Group A soccer match between Olympiakos and Juventus at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in the port of Piraeus near Athens, Wednesday, October 22. (AP Photo)

that rolled just past the post. Goalkeeper Roberto maintained Olympiakos' lead as Juventus piled on pressure in the last 25 minutes, twice stopping goal-bound shots from Alvaro Morata and also

denying Carlos Tevez. Morata, who saw his second shot hit the crossbar after Roberto's save, said he regarded the Spaniard as being "one the best goalkeepers in the world." Olympiakos,

which had already caused an upset in Group A by beating last year's finalist Atletico 3-2, showed no signs of any nerves after a summer overhaul of its squad had led to lapses in defense in recent weeks.

"It's a magic night â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we had a fantastic crowd and fantastic players. It's a real team, that's what we want," Olympiakos coach Michel Gonzalez said. "I won't say if I think we are close to qualifying, but I will tell you that we'll be celebrating tonight's win." The Greek champions earned their victory after overcoming an early scare, with Omar Elabdellaoui heading a loose ball off the line in the 12th minute, while a Tevez header that found the net eight minutes later was ruled offside by Serbian referee Milorad Mazic. Buffon congratulated Roberto after the match, and veteran Italy star Andrea Pirlo was clapped by the home crowd when substituted in the second half despite his lackluster performance. Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said he had no regrets starting the 35-year-old free kick specialist. "I don't think the squad was the problem, but the mistakes they made," he said. "We can still qualify. I believe that."

vs. Ronaldo in clasico

JOSEPH WILSON

Associated Press | October 23

aturday's game between Real Madrid and Barcelona will last 90 minutes like any other, but this clash between the Spanish giants promises to be a classic among clasicos and provide the stuff of memories. Barcelona and Madrid almost always offer scintillating contests, and this one is set up to offer so much more. Not only can Lionel Messi equal or surpass the Spanish league's alltime leading scorer on the pitch of his archrivals, new teammate Luis Suarez could play his first minutes since being banned for biting an opponent at the World Cup. Toss in Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo both aiming to extend their record starts to the Spanish league, and you have one of the most highly anticipated games of the season in any league. Here are some things to know about the ninth round of the Spanish league: ___ MESSI AND RONALDO: Again taking center stage will be the two stars who have divvied up the world player of the year award for the past six years. While Ronaldo leads Madrid with 20 goals through 13 games this season, Messi has improved his passing skills with each year, and threatens both to score and set up his teammates, particularly Neymar. Messi and Ronaldo arrive in spectacular form, and with their own personal challenges beyond leading their teams to victory. Messi needs to score once to equal Telmo Zarra's league record of 251 goals that has stood untouched for almost 60 years. Ronaldo can extend the best scoring start to a season, having netted 15 through the first eight rounds. As usual, the two played down their individual duel. "I am not going to play against Messi, I am going to play against Barcelona," Ronaldo said. "It is going to be a tough game because Barcelona is playing well." BETTER BARCELONA: The return of former player Luis Enrique as coach has reaped immediate benefits, and has Barcelona leading the league by three points over Sevilla with Madrid another point back. The team is attacking more fluidly than at the end of last season under

Gerardo Martino, and its defense is so improved that its run of eight clean sheets to start the league with newcomer Bravo in goal is a record. Luis Enrique has moved Neymar from the left wing nearer to the area where he can work in close quarters with Messi, and the two have formed a powerful scoring duo with both finding the net for the past five matches after each scored in a 3-1 win over Ajax on Tuesday. The biggest question of all is whether Luis Enrique will give Suarez his first minutes in an official game for Barcelona. "We are assimilating well what our coach is asking us to do," said Barcelona right back Dani Alves, who added that the clasico is the game "we live to play." "There is nothing like this game. This game is what marks the difference between a Barcelona player and a player who just aspires to play for Barcelona." REAL GOOD: Carlo Ancelotti's Madrid has forgotten its early stumbles and is on a run of eight straight victories after a 3-0 win at Liverpool on Wednesday thanks to two goals by Karim Benzema and another from Ronaldo. Madrid has outscored its opponents 35-5 during the winning streak. Madrid mesmerized Anfield late in the first half with exquisite passing more reminiscent of the best days of Barcelona. With Gareth Bale doubtful after missing the Liverpool match due to a muscle pull in his buttocks, Ancelotti could again give the nod to Francisco "Isco" Alarcon and deploy a trio of finesse midfielders along with Luka Modric and Toni Kroos, who may dare to challenge Barcelona for possession. "We are arriving in good form to the clasico, as is Barcelona," Ancelotti said. POLITICAL OVERTONES: Clasicos have long been seen as a symbolic staging of the rivalry between the team's cities, but the match in the Spanish capital arrives with Catalonia's secessionist movement in full force. The Catalan government plans to hold a mock referendum on Nov. 9 on whether the region's 7 1/2 million residents would like to become an independent state separate from the rest of Spain. Chants of "Independence" are common at Camp Nou in recent years, while last year's Copa del Rey final in Valencia saw the neutral Mestalla Stadium speckled with Catalan flags on the one side and Spanish flags on the other.

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24 October 2014

Dimapur

Pop music in the office speeds up work: study

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hether it is Mozart or Miley, your choice of music could determine whether you will perform well at your job. A new study suggests that listening to music in the office improves the speed and accuracy of tasks such as data entry, proof reading and problem solving. In an office-based experiment, 88 per cent of participants were found to produce their most accurate work when listening to music. The study also found that 81 per cent completed their fastest work when music was played. And it matters what type of music you listen to. For instance, if you’re doing your tax returns, then classical music is the most effective as it improves maths skills. Listening to Jessie J or Justin Bieber could also improve your speed, with 58 per cent of participants completing data entry tasks faster while listening to pop songs. During proof-reading, dance music, such as David Guetta, had the biggest positive impact with participants increasing their speed by 20 per cent compared to tests undertaken with no music at all. Dance music also had a positive effect on spell-checking with a 75 per cent pass rate compared to 68 per cent when no music was played at all. The research, undertaken by Brighton-based Mindlab International, suggests that silent offices may be the least productive. ‘The MusicWorks experiment revealed a positive correlation between music and productivity – overall it showed that when listening to music, nine out of 10 people performed better,’ said Dr David Lewis, chairman of Mindlab International. ‘Music is an incredibly powerful management tool in increasing the efficiency of a workforce. 'It can exert a highly beneficial influence over employee morale and motivation, helping enhance output and even boosting a company’s bottom line.’ The research also showed that when people sat in silence, they made the most mistakes while solving equations and spellchecking. Ambient music worked best for accurate data entry tasks, with participants scoring a high pass rate of 92 per cent. ‘The increase in levels of productivity when music is playing is striking,’ said Paul Clements, Director of Public Performance Sales, PRS for Music. ‘This project provides a refreshing reminder of the multiple benefits to be gained from listening to music at work.’  THE APP THAT BOOSTS BRAIN POWER BY 400 PER CENT

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Listening to music while battling through a work assignment or doing mind-numbing admin can be tempting. And while some people claim that music passes the time, others find it distracting. Now an app called Focus@Will claims to boost your attention span by up to 400 per cent, using ‘neuroscience-based music channels’. The music is designed to help people focus and ‘effortlessly zone out distractions’ as well as retain information while studying. Half of people listen to music while working, but it could be the ‘wrong’ music, according to the company behind the app, because songs with lyrics are designed to connect with people emotionally – distracting them. The app has ‘attention amplifying’ music channels, which the San Francisco-based start-up says are scientifically designed ‘to engage with the brain’s limbic system. ‘This soothes the easily distracted fight or flight mechanism, increasing attention span and general focus,’ it says.

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MOKOKCHUNG TOWN BAPTIST AROGO The Dimapur Ao Baptist Church Youth Ministry is organizing a Praise & Worship Concert tour from October 24 to 26, 2014. The team comprising of 37 members led by two Associate pastors will be performing at Chuchuyimlang Village on October 24, followed at Yisemyong and Marepkong on October 25 and Mokokchung Town Baptist Church on October 26.

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On a personal note … Meren Jamir

hen I first heard Tali Angh sing, I was seriously overwhelmed, it was back in the year 2009 and he was singing one of his originals ‘Pole Star’. The words were quite a handful and I was thinking “that’s something new” to be able to tell so much in a song with such depth yet being able to relate to any regular guy. Though Take it slow is his first album Tali Angh has been in the music scene for a long time that many people inadvertently think he already has previously released albums. All of us have our own prejudices and as a Christian Artist it’s pretty easy to be stereotyped. So to give you a ring side view of how the album is, we talked to the recording crew of the album to get their personal take of the album and its making. Tali Angh”s Debut album ‘Take it Slow’ is slated for release on the 28th of October.

Debut Album Tali Angh’s ng Kevi Neibulie Kiso (The Jam Tree)

t was indeed a great privilege when Tali honored me -a rookie, to work with him in composing some of his music back in 2012. A man of great depth, patience and a true songwriter, his proficiency in music is eloquently translated through his songs. Developing this album was a fresh experience not only for me but for all the crew members as well which extended from sound designs, practice and production which required imparting untiring energy and constant motivation and the ideology of a clean and honest music making. I believe that Tali's songs will find its way into the hearts of many that are seeking for a Hope in their lives. “Heroes lose to win, they only fall to rise again”- Tali Angh

Joey Woch (professional violin and guitar teacher) Musician (violin) for TaliAngh debut album.

efinitely the most unique artist I have ever come across. What I like about his music is that it is versatile, innovative, and original. His powerful lyrics backed with incredible musical arrangement is going to surprise many of the listeners. The skills and the artistic touch of the musicians and the sound engineer are to be applauded. I am very optimistic that this album will inspire many young artists to explore as well as experiment new possibilities in writing music.

Moatemjen (UDX) Musician (guitar) for TaliAngh debut album.

aliAngh’s album has been one of the inspiring projects to date for me because the first time I hit the studio for my session, I thought I knew which direction I was headed to, with regards to my sound and playing, my direction took a major ‘U’ turn and it ended up being something completely different from what I had imagined. Drawn from his experiences as a Christian believer and his life, I am certain everyone who listens to this album will definitely relate to at least one of the songs if not all. It’s definitely an album you wouldn’t want to miss listening to.

Akum Jings Jinger (We the Giants) Musician (drums) for TaliAngh debut album.

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KeviPucho(Element Indie Studio/ We the Giants)

Music producer and Musician (guitar) for TaliAngh debut album.

I feel honored to have worked with some awesome fellow musicians. It has greatly enhanced my skills as a musician and also helped me grow as a person. They are extremely talented and I look forward to work with them even in the future.

Co-music producer and recording engineer for TaliAngh debut album.

ersonally i would describe the album as "One Giant Beautiful Painting" with so much of vibrant colors,working with TaliAngh has been an excellent experience.A Man with "Beautiful Mind ,Heart&Soul,comes with the most beautiful Songs" is what I would describe about him. I ask the people to expect nothing from the album cos' I believe one should actually listen to the album FIRST to really understand and recreate the beauty that was imprinted in this Album. Music at its finest Art form is what I would conclude with.

Meyasunep (We the Giants) Musician (Bass) for TaliAngh debut album.

usically it was an enriching experience working with some of the most talented musicians in Nagaland. I’ve learned many new things and one thing in this project that sets it apart from many other projects I have worked till now has been the opportunity and experience to grow personally. I know TaliAngh as a person and that most importantly his songs are all about connecting with the heart, and even as I played I felt it in a different dimension which I have not experienced before.

Kevin Savino Musicain (keyboard) for TaliAngh debut album

hen I first heard Bro Tali , I had just begun my piano classes and to be part of his Debut album I am just ecstatic. , I usually have a pre-planned "what to play" thing in my head but for this album, I just told myself to let go. It just clicked during studio sessions - just pure "in the moment” recordings. Every time I heard a new song from this album, the first impression was always - People need to hear this!! Just pure - no added preservatives heart to heart songs with a contemporary modern touch to it. These are the type of songs I would listen to everyday!! Bottom line - THIS ALBUM IS A MUST HAVE!!

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XX MDFA Tournament Ronaldo scores 70th as Real beats Liverpool MOkOkchung, OcTOber 23 (Mexn): The fourth quarter final match of the ongoing MDFA tournament ended in a goal fest for Sports Society Soyim. They beat Rising Star SC 9-0. Rhitsho Mero proved to be the star of the match scoring 5 goals. Osen scored two goals while Toshiwapang and Lipoktoshi scored a goal each. Mero of Sports Society, S. Panger and B. Nukshi of Rising Star SC were awarded yellow cards in the course of the match. Moa Imchen officiated the match and was assisted by Perong and Among with Sashi as the Fourth Referee. The first semi final will be played between Arkong SC and Fusion SC on October 24 while the second semi final match between Shitilong SA and Sports Society Soyim Players of SSS (Red Jersey) and Rising Star SC (Black Jer- will be played on October sey) in action during the 4th Quarter Final Match of the on- 25 at Imkongmeren Sports going XX MDFA Trophy 2014 here at Imkongmeren Sports Complex Mokokchung from Complex, Mokokchung, on Thursday, October 23. 1 p.m. onwards.

22nd Loyem Memorial C’ship underway Tuensang, OcTOber 23 (Mexn): The 22nd Loyem Memorial Senior Soccer Open Championship 2014 was declared open on October 21 by Thongwang Konyak, Advisor, DUDA, Government of Nagaland. He congratulated the organizing committee, Confederation of Chang Students Union (CCSU) for promoting sports to the younger generation and encouraged the players to not only look at district level competitions but aspire to compete at the state, national and international level. To achieve this, he reminded that there is no Thongwang Konyak delivering his speech during the in- magic formula and one must augural of the 22nd Loyem Memorial Senior Soccer Open be wholly dedicate and work hard to reach the top level. Championship 2014.

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, centre, races away from the Liverpool defence during the Champions League group B soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Wednesday October 22. (AP Photo)

LIVerPOOL, OcTOber 23 (aP): Cristiano Ronaldo moved to the brink of the Champions League scoring record by setting Real Madrid on its way to a 3-0 win over Liverpool on Wednesday in the latest show of strength by the free-scoring defending champions. Madrid handled an early onslaught by the hosts before ripping them apart in a devastating 18-minute spell at the end of the first half, sparked by Ronaldo's sublime flicked finish for his 70th goal in the competition. He is just one goal behind Raul Gonzalez's all-time record and one ahead of great rival Lionel Messi. Karim Benzema grabbed Madrid's other two goals — in the 30th and 41st minutes — to secure a third straight win for the Spanish side, which tops Group B by six points. For Liverpool, it was a chastening night that highlighted the gulf in class between two of Europe's grandest clubs who have been European champions 15 times between them. It was also another miserable match for Mario Balo-

telli, Liverpool's out-of-form striker who was substituted at halftime after an ineffective display. Swapping shirts with his marker, Pepe, as they walked to the dressing rooms will hardly endear the Italy international to Liverpool fans who have seen him score just one goal in 10 games since joining from AC Milan. "It's not something I stand for," Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said. "If you want to do that, for me you do that at the end of the game. It's something I'll deal with." While Liverpool, on three points from three games, is locked in a fight with FC Basel and Ludogorets Razgrad for second place in the group, there is no stopping Real. With Ronaldo spearheading the charge with 20 goals from 13 games this season, the Spanish giants again look the team to beat in the Champions League. The Portugal star could easily have drawn level or surpassed Raul's record, but was twice denied by Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet in the second half before being substituted to applause from home fans in the

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October 23 (2nd semi final) Match Result: Barak FC Peren beat M.T. Youth Club 4-1 Barak FC: Sangem Salym 7’, Lemrai Zeliang 55’, Tingyek Konyak 69’, Tepongmeren 70’; MTYC: Kato Ayemi 74’) Match patron: L. Dikho, MLA, Manipur NB: The losing semi finalist walks away with Rs.20,000/- sponsored by C. Khalong, Director, Departent of Higher Education, Government of Nagaland. Night exhibition match

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75th minute. Almost every touch in the first half had been greeted by jeers from Liverpool supporters courtesy of his previous connections with Manchester United. It was Real's first win in four meetings with Liverpool — and Ronaldo ended a scoring drought at Anfield. After riding an intense opening 20 minutes when Liverpool — backed by vociferous support — threw everything at the visitors, Real settled into a bewitching rhythm. Toni Kroos was the team's orchestrator and Ronaldo and Benzema provided the cutting edge. Ronaldo's 23rd-minute goal came out of nothing, the Portugal star passing short to James Rodriguez and then sprinting through the defense and onto a chipped through-ball to caress a finish into the corner ahead of covering defender Martin Skrtel. Anfield, atmospheric up until then, was silenced. And Liverpool's intensity dropped, giving Real free rein. Kroos curled in a cross from the left that went over Glen Johnson's head and found Benzema at

the back post. The France striker's header looped into the far corner. And Benzema made it 3-0 when a corner evaded everyone and landed at the chest of Pepe, who controlled the ball and prodded it across the face of goal for Benzema to turn home from inside the sixyard box. It was the first time that Liverpool had conceded three goals in a Champions League game since the 2005 final. On that occasion, the Reds fought back to beat AC Milan, coached at the time by Ancelotti, on a memorable night in Istanbul. There was to be no miracle comeback this time. With Balotelli substituted for Lallana, Liverpool had the diminutive Raheem Sterling as a lone striker and had better shape in the second half. Joe Allen went closest to a consolation, but Madrid was dangerous on the counterattack. "I thought they were outstanding," Rodgers said. "They have many players with big-game experience and quality right through the group."

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Lobo sparks Atletico de Kolkata comeback

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gOa, OcTOber 23 (agencIes): Atletico de Kolkata managed to comeback from being a goal down to win the tie 2-1 against FC Goa at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa on Thursday evening. Andre Santos had put the home side ahead in the first half before Cavin Lobo struck twice in the second session to ensure that the Kolkata side remain unbeaten in the inaugural edition of the Indian Super League (ISL). Goa have now lost both their home games this season as they lie sixth on the table with a point from their three matches. Meanwhile, Atletico continue their reign at the top of the table as they have amassed 10 points from four matches. FC Goa’s coach, Zico, named an unchanged starting line-up for the home side while there were four changes in the visitors' squad. Luis Garcia hadn't recovered from his hamstring injury while Borja Fernandez returned after serving his one match ban with Cameroonian goalkeeper Edel Apoula Edima Bete replacing Subhasish Roy Chowdhury and Cavin Lobo taking the place of Jakub Podany who started on the bench. Andre Santos delivered two good deliveries inside

Cavin Lobo of Atletico de Kolkata celebrates his goal during the Indian Super League match against FC Goa on Thursday, October 23.

the Atletico box within the first five minutes, although Gregory Arnolin and Ranti Martins weren't allowed space to get on either of them. Borja Fernandez shot wide off the immediate counter and minutes later, Cavin Lobo also saw his shot go wide of the near post on the right. Santos fired the ball into the net in the 21st minute to send the fans into ruptures after receiving a quick pass in the box from Ranti Martins

with the move being initiated by Clifford Miranda on the left. This was after right back Denzil Franco was on ground waiting to be substituted. The Brazilian goalscorer then attempted a curler from distance, but Apoula claimed it comfortably. However, the Goan side refused to take their foot off the gas as Robert Pires got close but found the outside netting in the 26th minute. The Goans largely dictated terms in the opening half besides Seda being

forced into a save from Cavin Lobo's long range strike that bounced just ahead of the Czech goalkeeper. Fikru was lucky to be on the pitch after headbutting with Gregory Arnolin after half-time whistle. After the break, the play was slow as the two teams resorted to tough tackling in order to keep the opposition’s attack at bay with the referee brandishing cards at every instance. Fikru, the Ethiopian did well to chest the ball down

from a Lobo cross and shot first time which missed the top corner by a few inches in the 54th minute. Nine minutes later, Santos laid the ball for Debabrata from a free-kick and the full back’s shot came off the wall. Off the rebound, Debabrata saw Edel spill the ball only for it to came off the inside of the post for him to collect it again while Arnolin was lurking around. Goa should have doubled the lead in the 68th minute. Pires won the ball in the middle and found Gabriel inside the box who found Santos. However, the Brazilian strike went inches wide, much to the disappointment of Zico. Atletico found the equalizer out of nowhere when Jofre Mateu’s long ball was Fikru flicked it on for Cavin Lobo who smashed it home giving Jan Seda no chance whatsoever in the 72nd minute. If that wasn’t enough, Lobo went on to score the winner eight minutes later. Goa’s clearance went as far as Lobo outside the box as his left footed effort went flying into the back of the net to silence the home crowd. Thereafter, Goa did try to string together a few moves but nothing concrete came of it. Santos powered his way into the box only for Arnolin to poke it wide in the injury time.

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