Peace Team Finds Meghalaya Border Tense

Displaced tribal people at a camp in Assam A peace team which visited victims of ethnic clashes in northeastern India says the main task relief workers have in returning people to their homes is rebuilding their confidence. “Tension prevails in relief camps. Hence the need to reduce fear and build self confidence among villagers,” said Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati, who led the...

Torchbearers For Victims in a Violent Land

By NILANJANA S. ROY Whenever Ojas Suniti Vijay performs the one-woman play “Le Mashale” (The Torchbearer), whether at a recent conference on peace in the insurgency-racked states of northeast India or at colleges in Delhi, the audience flinches at exactly the same point. This is where Ms. Ojas intones the line that declares how women have been treated by the security forces in Manipur State through...

With $70 bn, Mubarak Richest Man in World: Report

London: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is likely the richest man in the world with an estimated fortune worth about $70 billion. According to the Guardian, Mubarak has money stashed in several Swiss and other foreign bank accounts, and has shadowy real-estate holdings in Manhattan, London and Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. The $70 billion would put the 82-year-old comfortably ahead of Mexican...

Egyptian Protesters' Makeshift Helmets

Brave protesters on the streets of Cairo face many challenges. Among them, flying rocks and projectiles are likely to cause serious injuries. With limited resources at the scene, we take a look at how people are creatively improvising to protect themselves. It's amazing to see what people will do when they have to adapt to survive. ...

Permit Scrapped, Prosperity Beckons

By Yambem Laba Manipur is poised for another revolution. And it’s not because a new insurgent outfit has been floated but because the Centre, having administrated the state since 1949, has decided — after 63 years — that it no longer needs to be “protected” from the evil influence of foreigners and has lifted the much-hated “Protected Area” status. This came as a pleasant New Year’s gift,...

The Ungoverned Territories

By Patricia Mukhim One of the blessings of journalism involves forsaking the beaten track for the road less travelled. On one such trip to the eastern part of Arunachal Pradesh, adjacent to Namdapha National Park in Changlang district, I met a group of people who called themselves the Lisu and occupy that fringe which is India’s border with Myanmar. The Lisus claim they live on their own land, which...

Shocking: Pak Man Beheads Wife at US Television Station

Buffalo, Feb 8 : The founder of a Muslim-oriented New York television station was convicted Monday of beheading his wife in 2009 in the studio the couple had opened to counter negative stereotypes of Muslims after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. In this file photo made available by Bridges TV, Muzzammil Hassan, and his wife Aasiya Hassan, of Orchard Park, NY, are shown. Muzzammil "Mo" Hassan never...

10 best IT companies to work for in 2011

Like last many years, Fortune magazine's '100 Best Companies to Work For' list is dominated by IT companies this year too. In fact, for the second year in a row, the list has an IT company on top. And if you think it's only a handsome pay packet and numerous perks that earns them a seat in the sought-after employer list, you got it wrong. Apart from good money, these companies offer a lot...