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India Wants to Control Bangladesh Telecoms to Dominate Northeast India
By Moinuddin Naser New York, Dec 27 : India has become desperate to capture the Bangladesh’s telecommunication system and to build up a fibre optic network by using the Cox’s Bazar submarine cable to connect India’s seven sisters in...
‘Geography Has Been Cruel, But We’re Not Alienated From India’
By Prabin Kalita Even as much of India hoped Assam’s long-running problems were over and its insurgents would make the transition from bullet to ballot, Assam’s chief minister took a nuanced view. On Tuesday, Tarun Gogoi insisted his government w...
I’m Giving Up My 37th Birthday!
By Alyssa Milano “If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.” – LORAN EISELY I’m giving up my 37th Birthday and it has nothing to do with vanity or nearing the big 4-0. I couldn’t care less about numbe...
Arrest of Arabinda Rajkhowa May Tilt India’s Assam Rebels Toward Peace
With the arrest last week of India’s Assam rebels chief Arabinda Rajkhowa, only one senior member now remains at large, raising the prospects for peace talks in India’s restive northeastern state. United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Ch...
The Rise of the Hot Jewish Girl
Why American men are lusting after women of the tribe. By Christopher Noxon Cheerleaders. Five-inch heels. Big, natural boobs. Those are merely the most obvious sexual fixations most men have, but there’s another undeniable one: ladies of the t...
The Significant ‘OTHERS’
There are a number of men in a woman’s life whose role is as essential as it is functional By Insiya Amir Mapuii Khiangte has a special relationship with her tattoo artist Olly They are not lovers, friends or family. They are also not the ones you ...
Under-State-Ment
By Shyamoli Vama I have been lucky to have experienced this absolutely stunning land and it’s equally beautiful people. It’s Mizoram in the northeast of India. There are 8 states up north and in spite of having visited most of them, this one rema...
AFSPA Terror – A Woman Versus a State
Her fight for a cause has taken a toll on her frail frame but her spirit is unbreakable By Brown Nongmaithem Shakhi Devi, Irom Chanu Sharmila’s mother who has stood by her all along Irom Chanu Sharmila is my youngest daughter, and she takes up such...
“Nazi Twins” a Myth: Mengele Not Behind Brazil Boom?
By Brian Handwerk Did Nazi doctor Josef Mengele carry on his sadistic science decades after World War II? Recent reports have held up a remote Brazilian town—filled with blonde, blue-eyed twins—as evidence of Mengele’s postwar attempts to...
Did You Know?
By Jose Antonio Vargas Yes, technology is revolutionizing politics, from raising money through online donors to organizing and mobilizing supporters using Facebook and text messaging. Yes, technology is impacting businesses big and small, particularl...
Pro-Drug Mafia Behind Opposition to Dam-Building in India’s Northeast
By Ramtanu Maitra Victoria Tauli-Corpuz Recently, during the course of a lecture in Shillong, in the Indian state of Meghalaya, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz told the audience that she opposes the plan to build large dams in northeast India, because such d...
Sikpuiruoi (Sikpui Festival)
A festival with a difference – Part 1 - By Lal Dena & Zothanchhingi Khiangte There are innumerable festivals and ceremonies among the Kuki-Chin-Mizo tribes of Northeast India. Of these, Sikpuiruoi celebrated by the Hmar tribe is unique. The...
NASA Crusades To Debunk 2012 Apocalypse Myths
The world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted Monday in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fuelled by the Internet and a new Hollywood movie.Sony Pictures’s latest big screen offering “2012&...
The Lost Glory : Theatre Industry Dying in Meghalaya
Theatre industry suffered a jolt with cut throat competition from television and film industry. Although many artists in television and film industry began their career with theatre, today this form is losing the past glory. If you think performing i...
How The World’s Fertility Problem is Solving Itself
Go forth and multiply a lot less Lower fertility is changing the world for the better Sometime in the next few years (if it hasn’t happened already) the world will reach a milestone: half of humanity will be having only enough children to replace ...
Police Denial of Radical Discrimination Of Northeast Citizens in Delhi Shocking
Edited By Alan Gray Special Cell Must be Set Up Delhi Police deny racial discrimination in Headlines TV panel discussion that shocked the nation particularly Northeast communities. In the headlines was the recent gruesome killing of Ramchanphy Hongr...
‘We Are Not From China’
By Debarati Palit Pune, Oct 31 : Mizo girl Baby has learned to live with taunts about her looks and inablility to speak fluent Hindi/Marathi at her Pune college Having fun with her friends on the green campus of Spicer Memorable College, Pune, Baby ...
‘They Say I Don’t Look Indian. But What is Indian?’
By Alisha Coelho Asks Diana Karbak from Arunachal Pradesh, who complains of the cultural ignorance of the country about Northeast “You don’t look Indian.” The statement infuriates Diana Karbak every time she hears it. The 26-year-ol...
Three Films From Northeast in Environment And Wildlife Festival
Guwahati, Oct 29 : Three films from the Northeast — one from Assam and two from Manipur — have been selected for screening at the ongoing fifth competitive edition of CMS Vatavaran, the country’s premier Environment and Wildlife Fil...
Website For Beautiful People Only
Lonely hearts website for beautiful people only goes global An online dating agency that excludes ugly members is to launch worldwide despite criticism that it is superficial. The site was launched in Denmark several years ago and has since opened in...
Going Down? The World’s Most Relaxed Base-Jumpers
To boldly go: 98 base jumpers take part in 400m plunge off Malaysian tower Plummeting through the air off the top of a 421m tower is not everyone’s idea of fun, but for these base jumpers it was an experience of a lifetime. Some 98 of the extreme s...
Man Proves He Has World’s Strongest Fingers
Fu Bingli, a kung fu master from China, has proved he has the strongest fingers in the world. Fu Bingli: Man proves he has world’s strongest fingers Fu Bingli can stand upside down supporting himself on just one index finger Photo: CEN/EUROPICS...
The Dark Side Of Medical Tourism In India
India’s showcase private hospitals have made it easier for the country to forget about the poor. By Jason Overdorf New Delhi, India : Seema sits cross-legged on a filthy sheet of cardboard next to a crumbling concrete planter in the central sq...
El Deigo Loco
Just because Maradona’s paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get him Argentina’s much-maligned manager may have qualified for next year’s World Cup, but his mood was anything but mellow Argentina’s coach, Dieg...
World’s Largest Dam on Brahmaputra River
Brahmaputra- the mightiest of the rivers of Bangladesh – one of the last untamed major rivers of the world is going to change! Good buy Jamuna and Meghna. If you are tormented about TipaiMukhi Dam on Surma and Kushiara then brace for more agonizin...
Married to a Monster: One of Bin Laden’s Wives Reveals
What Like Was Life With The World’s Most Wanted Terrorist Wife and son bare secrets of terror kingpin One night in Khartoum, Sudan, Osama bin Laden decides to take his family — four wives, 14 children — on a camping trip. He drives ...
