My Mother, The Naga Warrior

By Esha Roy Full circle Child meets the descendants of the warrior who adopted her mother, Ursula Graham Bower, at Magulong; (below) Child and with her mother and sister Allison in England, in traditional Naga attire Her daughter travels to Nagaland to retrace the fascinating journey of Ursula Graham Bower, the British woman who made her home in these hills in the 1940s, learning the ways...

Arunachal, Meghalaya To Be On Railways Map Soon

The three projects entail a cost of about Rs 3,000 crore After facing a scarcity of funds and a challenging law and order situation for about two decades, Indian Railways’ expansion in the Northeast is finally gaining momentum. Three of the five key railway projects identified by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) as “critical” for the region are nearing completion. Projects about to be...

Tlawmngaihna: The Code Of A Warrior

By Tithiya SharmaTlawmngaihna is an untranslatable word; it is the Mizo code of ethics and dharma. Tlawmngaihna binds the people of Mizoram to be hospitable, unselfish and helpful to others. Tlawmngaihna to Mizos stands for a compelling moral force which finds expression in self-sacrifice and the service ofothers.Vanlalruata lives by this code. He was born in the Khawhai, Champhai District in Mizoram...

Assam Lemon Tests Global Market

Dhemaji district plans export to JapanBy SARAT SARMANagaon, Oct 25 : The farmers of Dhemaji district are opening up to the concept of a global market. After the success in exporting red rice to the US, they are planning to export lemon (kaji nemu) to Japan.The district administration will soon sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Kerala-based export firm to export lemon cultivated in...

The Booming Business Of Package Holidays For Indian Male Sex Tourists

Travelling with the Indian sex tourist to Tashkent in search of ‘full enjoyment’ By Srinath Perur AN EVENING IN TASHKENT Sharmaji of the Indian tour group offers soum libations to his evening’s deity of choice (Photo: Srinath Perur) About halfway into the three-hour flight from Delhi to Tashkent, I fear the plane will begin to spin anti-clockwise and spiral...