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The Buddha is not the name of a person but a title of a man who is fully awakened. Buddha from the root budh- means awakened. This, it literally means one who has fully awakened by completely extinguishing all sensual by completely…

Both Election Commission of India and several independent experts however believe that giving statutory backing to the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) would only make the job of the Commission even more difficult. This is because every alleged…

The new agricultural season for most ethnic communities commences almost as soon as the harvest season is over. By Salam Rajesh The rotational seasonal cycle for the agrarian societies in Northeast India is full of activities related…

What is un-digestible for the Naga public is that NONE of the BJP organisations and leaders dared question their high command when Amit Shah poured lies in the Indian Parliament.  By Joel Naga and Amai Chingkhu Let the Naga public be…

Though the Buddha wisely refrained from interfering with the then existing governments, he made the sangha, the community of the monks, an absolutely democratic institution. By Sanjoo Thangjam The Buddha appeared at a time when…

Let history also record how the Yimkhiung people were openly stabbed in the back by Rio’s opposition-less government. By Joel Naga and Amai Chingkhu   The open letter of the apex Yimkhiung tribal body, the YTC, dated December 28,…

Farmers in many parts of the central Manipur valley areas lodged compliant with the Government on the failure of the monsoon rains and of parched fields leading to crop failure. Some places like Khundrakpam in Imphal East District declared…

Come December 27, Nagaland remembers the 1994 Mokokchung incident which seven civilians were gunned down, another five burned alive including a child, and more than a dozen reported missing. The incident also left 89 shops, 48 houses, 17…

The recent incidents in Manipur and Nagaland have put forth several questions that need answers By Yambem Laba In the last one month, the Indian Army has been in the news for almost all the wrong reasons. First came the ambush in…

Deep understanding at experiential level of right practice is only possible through the mental cultivation known as Meditation; Vipasana Meditation. By Sanjoo Thangjam What did the Buddha teach? It is a very common question…