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NSCN (K) and AR exchange gunfire in Wokha dist Morung Express news Dimapur | September 2

Gunfire broke out today between the NSCN (K) and the Assam Rifles (AR) in Wokha district this time. The 31 AR post at Chukitong village in Wokha district came under fire from NSCN (K) at around 7:50pm today, disclosed police officials from Wokha. The firing lasted for 4-5 minutes, during which the 31 AR also fired back. No casualties were reported till the filing of this report. This is the latest in a round of continued hostilities between the two sides since the abrogation of a ceasefire between the NSCN (K) and Government of India in March this year.

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Pappu threatens to pull out Manipuris from trains in Bihar PATNA, SEPTEMBER 2 (iANS): Expelled RJD parliamentarian Pappu Yadav on Wednesday threatened to pull out Manipuri passengers from trains running through Bihar and send them back to Manipur in protest against the violence against Bihari migrants in the northeastern state. “If the situation did not improve or violence against Bihari migrants continue in Manipur, forcibly pull out Manipuri passengers from trains running through Bihar and send them back to Manipur,” Yadav, the chief of the Jan Adhikar Party, said here. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should intervene over the violence against Bihari migrants in Manipur. Yadav said Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar were both responsible for what was happening in Manipur. “Modi and Nitish Kumar should talk to the Manipur government immediately to stop the violence,” he said, seeking protection for Biharis in Manipur.

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soldiers of China’s People’s liberation Army march with their weapons during a training session for a military parade at a military base in Beijing, China ahead of the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two to be held on september 3. (REUTERS)

RMNSA teachers boycott enters 11th day

DiMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 2 (MExN): The boycott of classes by the Nagaland RMSA Teachers Association (NRMSATA) 2013 entered its 11th day today with no response or intimation from the Department of School Education. A press note from the NRMSATA informed that the schools affected by the boycott include 44 Government High Schools, 3 Government Higher Secondary Schools and 2 Government

• 49 schools affected across state • No response from government Middle Schools, totaling 49 schools throughout various districts. It alleged that the School Education Department is “directly responsible for the boycott of classes” as the department has “failed to release the due salary of RMSA 2013 teachers consecutively for 6 months (i.e.) March 2015

till date.” The association had made appeals to the department a “number of times,” it said. It informed an open letter was submitted to the Director of School Education on August 6, 2015 and a memorandum was submitted to the Nagaland state Governor and Chief Minister on

August 28, 2015. The association affirmed that its boycott of classes would continue till the government releases their pending salaries in totality from March, 2015 till date. It appealed to all heads of the affected schools, students and parents to “kindly understand the position and situation of the RMSA 2013 teachers and extend their co-operation and support, so that justice be done and delivered.”

NEw DElHi, SEPTEMBER 2 (iANS): A nationwide strike called by trade unions hit India hard as millions of industrial and blue collar workers struck work, affecting all vital sectors of the economy in varying degrees. A business body estimated the day’s loss at Rs.25,000 crore as the strike crippled defence production, banks, insurance companies and the postal department besides strongly affecting almost all mines, steel industry and the power sector. Public transport was crippled or badly affected in different states, inconveniencing hundreds of thousands who were stranded at bus and railway stations in the absence of taxis and auto-rickshaws. While the government made light of the strike called by all 10 central trade unions barring the proBJP Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the strikers called the protest an unprecedented success. “The response has been unprecedented,” veteran Communist leader Gurudas Dasgupta told IANS. “In Delhi, we are seeing such an impact for the first time.” Earlier in the day, the government tried to downplay the impact of the strike with the Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan saying the strike by central trade unions did not have much impact. “There is no impact on normal life,” Pradhan told media persons after a meeting of the union cabinet here. He said the government has arrived at a formula on hiking minimum wages and would place it before all trade unions across the country soon. In the evening, the 10 unions said in a joint statement: “It has been an unprecedented strike (by) millions of workers. All sectors of the economy (were) affected.” The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India pegged the loss to the economy at Rs.25,000 crore, taking into account the numerous direct and indirect losses. Production in state-

run Coal India was severely hit. “Overall, the strike is 80 percent successful,” a company official said. The strike was almost wholly peaceful barring in West Bengal where Left activists enforcing the shutdown clashed with police and supporters of the ruling Trinamool Congress, leaving several people injured. The strike was in support of 12 demands, including axing of labour law amendments, a minimum wage of Rs.15,000 a month, and against privatisation of public sector units. Union leaders said about 300 million workers were involved in the protest. While the shutdown crippled Kerala and Tripura, both Left bastions, it was felt in varying degrees in many other states. The unions said they expected the government to understand the grievances of the workers. “It must restart discussions with the central trade unions for concrete solutions to the demands, failing which the struggle will be intensified,” they warned. According to the unions, the defence production came to a halt. The strike was said to be “100 percent” in the financial sector including banks and insurance companies as well as the postal department. It also hit hard coal, iron ore, bauxite, copper and aluminium mines, was “almost complete” in electricity and power sector and telecommunication, and “total” in tea gardens. It was the first such nationwide strike by trade unions since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took power in May 2014. In the financial sector, lakhs of bank and insurance employees - including those from cooperative banks and regional rural banks stayed away from work, union leader C.H. Venkatachalam told IANS in Chennai. But unions in the State Bank of India, the country’s largest bank, and Indian Overseas Bank did not take part.

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Exclude our land from the Be conscientious stakeholders, Kikon urges students bill: Indigenous women Morung Express news

DiMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 2 (MExN): Six indigenous women organisations of Manipur have come out strongly against the exclusive agreement between the government of Manipur and the JCILPs on the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (seventh amendment) Bill 2015, which was subsequently passed in the State Assembly on August 31. In a joint press statement, the Hmar Women Association (HWA); the Kuki Women Union (KWU); the Zomi Mothers Association (ZMA); Churachandpur Joint Women Organization (CJWO); the Mizo Peoples Convention (MPC) Women’s Wing; and Naga Women’s Union (NWU) maintained that they represent the voice of indigenous women in Manipur who are “distinct” from the dominant societies. In this context, it asserted that the Manipur Land Revenue and land Reforms Bill 2015 which was passed in the Manipur Assembly “should not and cannot include the land of the indigenous peoples; namely in the district of Churachandpur, Tamenglong, Chandel, Ukhrul and Senapati.” “We are a people who have been living and practicing our culture and traditions which are unique and distinct from the dominant societies. Our social, cultural, economic and political life has been passed down from our ancestors and we continue to prac-

tice them,” it added. Noting further that they belonged to a worldview that defines land as “collectively owned by the people and not the State,” the joint statement voiced out against “any form of attempt to alienate us from our land. Land is central to our identity and life.” It also condemned the Manipur Government for going ahead with the said bill despite a strong protest

Six women organizations unite on common issue against Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Bill 2015 by the several tribal civil society organisations including a 12 hour bandh on August 31. The six apex women bodies further condemned the use of brutal force by the Manipur State Police force resulting in killing of 7 civilians and injuries to more than 20 on August 31 September 1. “The use of violence by the state to silence the legitimate voice of the tribals and insult their sentiments is most unacceptable in a democracy” it added. The joint press statement was appended by CJWO president JL Sawmi; KWU president Heshi Haokip; ZNA president Joycee; MPC women’s wing President R Lalkhumi; HMA secretary Chongpouzing; and NWN president, L M Tabitha.

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Parliamentary Secretary, Mmhonlmo Kikon today urged students to become conscientious stakeholders, while stating that Nagas are in the throes of political change. He said this while gracing the 9th Freshers’ Social-cumAnnual Day of the Unity College, Residency Colony, Dimapur. Alluding to the recent Framework Agreement between the GoI and NSCN (IM), he called upon students to make a collective effort and maintained that non participation in the process means inadvertently contributing to the violence. “Be engaging and curious… but do not conclude prematurely.”

“If you don’t want conflict, usher in peace” he reasoned, comparing the situation to 20 years ago, when he said Nagas lived under a “civil war” situation. India, since then, he stated, has undergone perceptible change. “We have undergone from ‘rebel to protector, from secessionist to protector,” said Kikon highlighting the role played by Naga soldiers during the Kargil War. He further informed that a survey, of which he was a part, filtered how the educated and the youth are conversing in social media. “Most of the time, informed, qualified and constructive discussion is missing from the agenda” he said adding that often the atmosphere is vitiated by blatant

commentaries. Rights come with responsibility; as a student, be responsible, he urged. On the controversy regarding ‘Rani’ Gaidinliu, the parliamentary secretary said that she should have been given her due a long time back. “It was because of the change in leadership that it occurred, Nagas could not imagine it” he claimed crediting PM Modi for the initiative. Mmhonlmo said that Modi initiated the move for two primary reason - his “one Nation – one Nationalism” postulation and the other a personal reason. When Late Gaidinliu visits Gujarat once, Modi was a volunteer who chaperoned her across the state. Commenting on the sorry

state of the infrastructure in the state, Kikon said everyone has a stake in this and asked students to be agents of change. “Think about your village, schools and health centre. Assess their achievement. Stop blaming anybody but you,” he said adding that the government has empowered every citizen through the communization process. Before blaming the government, Mmhonlmo urged people to use tool of communization to check menaces such as proxy teachers in schools. He also encouraged students to contribute in developing a positive workforce population by inculcating a winnings habit, and single-mindedly pursuing certain goals.

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Power crisis in Mokokchung

• Power dept urges consumers to use barest minimum of electricity • Danger of complete blackout till new 5MVA transformer arrives

MOKOKCHUNG, SEPTEMBER 2 (MExN): The Mokokchung Electrical Division has appealed for people in Mokokchung town and adjoining villages to restrict their electricity consumption to the bare minimum for the time being. A press note from the Executive Engineer for Mokokchung Electrical Division, Moa Aier, asked the people to completely stop using all kinds of electrical equipment and machinery and use only the barest minimum domestic light points till the 5MVA transformer in Mokokchung, which was damaged recently, is restored. With the damage sustained to the main 33/11kv 5MVA transformer in Mokokchung, the town and its adjoining villages have been facing heavy load shedding and a high degree of power interruptions.

At present, intermittent power supply is being attempted with the existing 2.5MVA transformer. However, it was informed that this is “grossly inadequate.” “We are unable to charge some 11kv feeders like Faltu feeder and Bazar feeder, since its load is more than the 2.5MVA transformer capacity, and the line gets tripped instantaneously due to overload,” the Executive Engineer informed. He cautioned that if the 2.5MVA transformer also breaks down, there will be complete black out. Therefore, he requested consumers in the area to listen to the appeal made by the department. The Department, he assured, is fully seized of the situation at all levels. “We share the difficulties faced by our esteemed consumers,” he added. It was further informed that a 33/11kv 5MVA transformer is currently under repair at Central Stores Dimapur in order to replace the damaged transformer in Mokokchung. Repair works for the replacement 33/11kv 5MVA transformer is reportedly “making good progress with more than 60% of the repair job being done.”

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This photograph provided by the Assam Rifles (AR) shows AR personnel providing “immediate first aid” to one of the civilians who was injured at the August 28 ambush by the AR at Pangsha. The AR, in a press note through its PRo, refuted allegations that their personnel had assaulted civilians at Pangsha after the ambush on August 28. Photo courtesy: PRO Assam Rifles

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Social Audit under MGNREGS launched in Nagaland Dimapur, September 2 (mexN): Social Audit is a process by which the beneficiaries and other stakeholders of an activity or project are involved from the planning to the monitoring and evaluation of that activity or project being audited. Social audit can be described as verification of the implementation of the programme or scheme and its results by the community with the active involvement of the primary stakeholders. This is done by comparing official record with actual ground realities, with the participation of the community in the verification exercise and reading out the findings of the verification exercise aloud in a public platform. The social audit process goes beyond accounting for the money that has been spent to examine whether the money was spent properly and has made a difference to people’s lives. The aim is effective implementation and control of irregularities. According to a press note issued by Dr. Kedise Pucho Principal ETC Phek, SIRD and District Resource Persons (DRPs), as per the Gazette of India, Extraordinary (Part II-Sec.3 (i) Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi 30th June 2011, Notification (G.S.R. 495 (E) and Government of Naga-

Gradually, this social audit will be implemented in all villages of Nagaland. The major objectives of social audits are: 1) Promote transparency and accountability in the implementation of a programme. 2) Inform and educate people about their rights and entitlement under the law in course of conducting social audits. 3) Provide a collective platform such as a social audit Gram Sabha, for people to express their needs and grievances. 4) Promote people’s participation in all stages of the implementation. 5) Improve the capacity of local stake-holders who are participants in the social audit. 6) Democratize decision by providing a platform for implementation authorities to be accountable to beneficiaries. 7) Controlling leakages in implementation of the programme. 8) Detecting malfunctioning in the implementation in the presence of people and promoting corrective action. 9) Providing a platform for systematic feedback to improve the programme. land Notification No.RD/ NREGA-74/2009 dated Kohima, the 31st May 2013. The Society for Training & Research on Rural Development (STRORD) has constituted a Social Audit Unit (SAU) Nagaland under section 4 (1), MGNREGA. Kohima and Wokha selected for pilot Social Audit The pilot Social Audit under MGNREGS has been selected in two districts during 2015-16, i.e., Kohima and Wokha in Nagaland. Under Kohima district, the two villages selected are Pfüchama- Jakhama

block and Khonoma – Sechü block. The first Phase Pilot Social Audit is in the process in Kohima district and 2nd Phase will be held in Wokha district in 2 (two) villages viz., Longsa and Koio. The first Phase Pilot Social Audit has been launched on August 21 at Pfüchama Council Hall on “Social Audit Awareness under MGNREGS for Villagers” and followed on August 26 at Khonoma village. During Awareness programmes in both villages, Zachive Thele, Director SAU, Nagaland had em-

practice by the teachers. The college also started a computer training program for students to offer a certificate course on office automation. For this the institute had tied up with Digitech institute of IT& management and will spread over three months in batches. This will equip the students to enter the job market. The course is being

offered to the students of the 5th semester of both Arts and commerce stream. The above activities have been initiated by the ICT committee of the college. The Internal Quality Assurance Cell of the college has been the driving force behind all these activities and also other activities of various committees in the institute.

NATIONAL NUTRITION WEEK 2015 (1ST – 7th September)

Theme: - BETTER NUTRITION : KEY TO DEVELOPMENT National Nutrition Week 2015 is celebrated with the theme ‘BETTER NUTRITION; KEY TO DEVELOPMENT’ which shall be marked by various activities across the country National Nutrition Week is celebrated every year from 1st to 7th September. Eat healthy food, Maintain Balance Diet, Take Nutritious Food and Live a Healthy Long Life.

The Department of Social Welfare, Government of Nagaland wishes all“An Amazing Week”

NSCN/GPRN “NAGALAND fOR ChRIST”

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Controlling Officer and Dy. Director, Census Department, Darjee speaks at the training held at DC's Conference Hall on September 2. (DIPR Photo)

Training for updating NPR & seeding AADHAR number in NPR database held Kohima, September 2 (Dipr): The Kohima district level training for updating of NPR database and seeding Aadhar number in NPR database was held at DC's Conference Hall on September 2. The Deputy Commissioner Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor, IAS in his keynote address emphasized on the importance of Census activities and extended his appreciation to the Government of India for bringing out this important act and programme. He said that the NPR exercise is an important issue for which every citizen should extend their cooperation and render assistance to make the programme a success. Stating that manipulation of fig-

ures and giving incorrect data brings disaster and misleading to any genuine action plan of Government's programmes, the DC called upon all the concerned officers and machinery to bring out genuine data to avoid misleading the citizen in the long run. Registration of population is an important issue, which is equally important to maintain transparency of every citizen, he added. In course of this important exercise, the DC said that the primary duty of the Administrative Officers is to sensitise the citizen under their respective charge to give correct data by omitting names of the excluded/expired/migrated etc in order to bring out authentic registration data in future. Maintaining that the concerned officers in this exercise are reliable and efficient who are being assigned with this heavy/ sensitive assignment, the DC reposed his trust with them to render their best

services to restore authentic data in the interest of the citizen and further wished the upcoming exercise all the best. State Coordinator (NPR), Additional Secretary (Home), Libanthung Lotha who gave a short speech stated that Aadhar is an essential and it is the basic need for every citizen, and therefore requested all the concerned officers to educate our people in this issue and further wished them all the best in this exercise. Controlling Officer and Dy. Director, Census Department, Darjee gave the introduction and the resource persons included Consultant, D. Sharma and Compiler, Athisu from the Census Department. Assistant Director Census Department, M. Peseyie chaired the training programme which was attended by the District Administrative Officers from Kohima district who would be the Charged Officer and the Census Officials.

Dimapur, September 2 (Dipr): The Chief Wildlife Warden, Nagaland Satya Prakash Tripathi on behalf of the Forest Department, has appealed to the public, government officials, village councils, army and Para military personnel, students, NGOs and others for the protection of Wildlife in general and Amur Falcon in particular. To stress the importance of protecting the wildlife he stated, “The survival of human beings and animals, both directly as

well as indirectly, depends on forests; as their basic needs in the form of food, water and shelter are met from forests. In addition to these tangible benefits, forests play a key role in carbon sequestration, amelioration of environment and climate change.” “With the passage of time and increasing population, biotic pressure on forests has significantly increased. In Nagaland, lion’s shares (88.03%) of forests are under the control of individuals and communities and remaining 11.7%

of the forests are under the control of the Government. The Government has very limited regulatory role in management of private forests. Since time immemorial, administration and people of the State have played an important role in protection and maintenance of forests in the form of Community Conservation Areas, Wildlife Based Community Conservation Areas, etc. “The existence of wildlife is a good indicator of good forests and subsequently availability of tim-

ber, firewood, medicinal plants for human beings. The State of Nagaland had been traditionally a hunting State since time immemorial. Now, people are coming forward for protection of wildlife and they are rescuing wild animals and they are donating wild animals and birds which are kept in Nagaland Zoological Park, Rangapahar and Tragopan Breeding Centre, Kohima. “With the efforts of the administration, people and different agencies of the Government, NGOs

Health committees sign Memorandum of Understanding

phasized on the importance of Social Audit based on the 2011 MORD guideline. Dr. Kedise Pucho Principal ETC Phek, SIRD and State training Coordinator SAU highlighted the Social Audit process and the outcome of Social Audit. Awareness on the topics- Proactive disclosure of Gram Sabha, Importance of Gram Sabha, Roles of functionaries under Social Audit etc were highlighted by the District Resource Persons. Shortly, the BRPs and VRPs will be under going for training under Kohima district. On August 29, both the villages-Pfuchama and Khonoma, attended the training on “Orientation Program on Social Audit under MGNREGS for Village Functionaries” held at Conference Hall, Hotel Grandeur, Kohima. The topics covered were, Social Audit as fundamental rights, Pre & post social audit process, Social audit Gram Sabha process, Roles & responsibilities of village functionaries, Documents required for social audit, Roles of DRPs, BRPs & VRPs, Report writing and process of final report submission etc. The resource persons were Zachive Thele Director SAU Nagaland, Dr. Kedise Pucho Principal ETC Phek, SIRD and District Resource Persons (DRPs).

Pensioner’s annual physical verification Kohima, September 2 (mexN): The office the Senior Treasury Officer, Kohima, North informed all the pensioners drawing pension from the Kohima North Treasury that as per CTR 368 the annual physical verification for the current year 2015 will be conducted as per the scheduled as ;Live pensioner w.e.f - September 7 to 16, family pensioner w.e.f - September 18 to 23. Time is 12:00 noon onwards. All concerned pensioners have been informed to check their serial numbers and date in the notice board, which will be verified in sequence and come with the original documents and necessary certificates for family pensioners. No further extension will be made beyond the grace period i.e, live pension on September 17 and family pension September 24, and no payment will be made without annual physical verification, according to a release issued by P. Ajung Amer, senior treasury officer, Kohima, North.

DGC conducts smartboard State forest dept appeals to protect wildlife & office automation training

Dimapur, September 2 (mexN): Dimapur Government College conducted smartboard training for faculty members on August 28. The resource person for the training was Er. Rohan Rai from Globus Infocom Ltd. Altogether twenty seven faculty members participated in the training program which consisted of demo as well as hands on

Objectives of Social Audits

Importance of Census activities highlighted

The NSCN/GPRN places on record the highest standard of commiseration demonstrated by each and every compassionate individuals, leaders and communities of Pangsha Old, Pangsha New, ITC ‘Dan’ and PouNiyu during the darkest hour of humanitarian crisis, the “28th August massacre” of innocent Naga women, civilians and five unarmed and un-uniformed NSCN/GPRN members at International border by cold blooded killers belonging to Indian Army from Noklak camp. We are also eternally indebted to Naga Mothers Association (NMA), Khiamniungan Tribal Council (KTC), the commander and sepoys of Pangsha Area village guards, the chairman of Pangsha New Mr. Singya and colleagues for sparing no effort in the recovery of dead bodies, preparations of coffins, laying of wreaths and transportation of the mortals to each destination. No expression is found sufficient enough to show our gratitude for the greatest acts of kindness and camaraderie spirits the benevolent fellow human beings courageously extended against all odds. May your loving deeds and sacrifices reach out to every corner of the world and we pray that every single act of your love and mercy towards our fellow Nagas in life and death be glorified and amplified under the banner “Nagaland for Christ” for all the time to come. Col. Isak Sumi PRO NSCN/GPRN

Kohima, September 2 (mexN): A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the health committees of Noklak CHC, Nokhu SC, Kusong Village under Tuensang District and Nagaland Health Project, Directorate of Health & Family Welfare on August 18 at Noklak CHC. The MoU was signed in presence of Dr. Atoshe Sema, Addl. Project Director (NHP), Dr. Pangjung Sangtam, Chief Medical Officer, Tuensang and Phuniang, EAC, Noklak Town. In continuation to its training programme for the selected health committees under this project, training on “Community Action on Health & Nutrition (CAHN)” was conducted for the Village Health Committees (VHC) members, VCC members & frontline health workers of Noklak Village, Nokyan

& Nokyan B village from August 19 to 20. Altogether 27 participants took part in the training. The training was imparted by PMU team of NHP. Similarly, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was also signed between the health committees of Jalukie CHC,

Mhainamsti SC, Nkwareu village & Ngwalwa Town under Peren District and Nagaland Health Project, on the 25th of August, 2015 at Jalukie CHC in presence of Shri.Rhosietho Nguori, SDO (C), Jalukie Town Dr. Atoshe Sema, Addl. Project Dir. (NHP) and Dr. Nung-

shimeren, CMO, Peren. Training was also conducted on “Community Action on Health & Nutrition (CAHN)” for the VHC members, VCC members and frontline health workers of Lamhai, Deukwaram and Old Jalukie villages under Peren District from August 26 to 27.

etc. Amur Falcons (Migratory Birds) were well protected in the State during their migration in 2013 and 2014. This brought laurels, both nationally and internationally to the State. People of the State were awarded at different forums for the conservation works. “Amur Falcons are expected to arrive in the State around mid September 2015 during their migration from Siberia and Mongolia, Northern China and Japan. The migratory birds are expected to stay in the State till November, 2015.”

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Kohima, September 2 (mexN): The training-cum-interactive session for the Officer and Staff of the Directorate of School Education, Kohima was held from August 26 to 27 at Zonal Council Hall. Formal inauguration of the programme was done by FP Solo, Commissioner and Secretary to the Govt. of Nagaland, Department of School Education. Resource persons for the two days were G. Kevishe Phucho, Joint Secretary, School Education and Dr. Zavise Rume, SCERT Kohima. The programme was attended by officers and staff from the Directorate of School Education, Kohima. This was informed in a release issued by school education director, Zaveyi Nyekha.

Dimapur District Hospital gets new equipments

Dimapur, September 2 (mexN): The Dimapur District Hospital has installed new medical equipments for the purpose of conducting several special and critical tests. The equipments worth over 40 lakh rupees include a Mini vidas Blue fully automated immune assay analyzer, a Benesphera C 71 fully automated biochemistry analyzer, a Cobas B 12 blood gas analyzer and Enectrolyte and HbAIc analyzers. Dimapur District Hospital is the first government hospital in Nagaland to install these equipments. Patients

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Mini vidas Blue fully automated immune assay analyzer.

can avail testing facilities at a minimum cost. With these equipments in place, special tests for detection of various

cancers, tumours, allergies and infectious diseases like Anti HBS/HBC and HBV can also be done here. Such tests

Benesphera C17 fully automated biochemistry analyzer.

were earlier sent outside the State. Critical tests for patients under the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are now also available.

Further, special diagnostic facilities for detecting thyroid, fertility, reproductive harmones is also available.

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Manipur's hill tribes demand PR New Delhi, September 2 (iANS): The people of Manipur's hill districts on Wednesday demanded imposition of president's rule in the state following the death of eight people in violence in Churachandpur district earlier this week Following a protest rally organised by the Manipur Tribals Forum, Delhi, at the Jantar Mantar here on Wednesday, the Manipur Tribal Students, Delhi, submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding, among other things, imposition of president's rule in the trouble-torn northeastern state. At least eight people were killed and more than 30 injured after violence erupted on Monday evening following Manipur government's adoption of three landmark bills - Protection of Manipur People Bill 2015, Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Bill 2015, and Manipur Shops and Establishment Bill 2015. The bills were unanimously passed in the assembly on Monday after the ruling Congress signed an agreement with the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) on August 25. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Manipur Tribals Forum said that the three bills would directly undermine the existing safeguards for the tribal hill areas regarding land-ownership and population influx as the primary

ZYF flays police, Cong Legislators Ask Manipur Governor to refer the bill to ‘Hill Areas Committee’ imphAl, September (mexN): The Zeliangrong Youth Front has strongly condemned the security forces for killing of 8 persons and inflicting serious critical injuries to several persons at Churachandpur district while holding a democratic protest against the passing of 3 Bills on August 31. In a press note, Titus Kamei president, ZYF stated the bill was passed with "procedural lapsed" in the one sided State Assembly and the “communal security forces" of Manipur never hesitated to "spray live bullets to tribal" people whenever tribal people expressed their discontentment in any issue which affects their rights and interest. The incident has once again exposed the government adopting two rule of laws “one for tribal people and another for non tribal” as "shooting with live bullets" for tribal people and "personnel of security forces to run away" from protesters when it comes to non tribal, ZYF maintained. There was procedural lapsed in the bills, ZYF argued, as it was passed despite the existence of provision of Article 371(C) of India Constitution for discussion by the Members of Hill Areas Committee, who are exclusive representatives regarding any matter relatthreat for the tribal people comes not from outside the state but the Meitei people from the valley itself. "The tribal people have made their opposition to the Meitei demands clear... the tribal people were never consulted by the 'Joint Committee' which have been spearheading the demands, nor the Manipur government which accepts them," it stated. "The tribal MLAs in the assembly, fearing for their lives, dared not oppose the bills when the they were in-

ing to tribal. “It was due to Congress Legislative Party (CLP) decision adopted prior to the actual passing of the Bill the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) too much eager to remain in power for the remaining period which is more than just one year by now has done irreparable damage to the social fabrics of Manipur” It also accused the Congress Legislators, particularly the tribal for having too much “loyalty to political party politics” creating complete turmoil and costing 8 precious lives with several critically injured. “They who are supposed to protect the rights and interest of the tribal people have participated and involved in the discrimination policy propagated in the State Assembly” ZYF alleged. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Hill Areas Committee and CLP in particular who are the Members of the “Hill Areas Committee” should have asked the Assembly to refer the proposed “Bills” to the “Hill Areas Committee” for discussion, but, all these procedures were overlooked without valid reason, it further maintained. The Governor of Manipur to give his assent to such “incomplete and procedural lasped Bills” would be inappropriate but must refer it to “Hill Areas Committee” for rediscussion which would eradicate confusion and overcome confidence deficit situation among the people, ZYF contended.

troduced and passed in the assembly." In the memorandum to the prime minister, the Manipur Tribal Students called for action against state security personnel involved in the killing of the agitators and withdrawal of Manipur Police commandos from the tribal areas. It also urged the prime minister to expeditiously act on the demands for a "separate administration" for the tribal areas of Manipur. "There is proof, if any more are needed, that the

Assam flood situation deteriorates GuwAhAti, September 2 (pti): The flood situation in Assam deteriorated as incessant rains pounded the state on Wednesday and four more persons lost their lives in it as the calamity affected nearly 10 lakh people in over 2,000 villages. The Dibrugarh administration has called in the Army to evacuate marooned people from different parts of the district, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in its flood report. With today's four death the toll in the current spell of floods has risen to 24. A total 29 has been killed in the two spells of floods this year. ASDMA reports said two persons were killed under Naduar revenue circle in Sonitpur district, while one died in Mayong revenue circle of Morigaon. Another person lost his life at Samaguri revenue circle in Nagaon district since Tuesday. It said nearly 10 lakh persons are affected in 2,005 villages across Dhemaji, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Sonitpur, Barpeta, Goalpara, Morigaon, Cachar, Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Tinsukia, Darrang, Baksa, Nalbari, Kamrup, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Golaghat and Nagaon districts. Dhemaji is the worst-hit district where nearly 2.4 lakh people are reeling due to the flood. It is followed by Dibrugarh where more than 1.34 lakh people have been affected.

Country-wide strike cripples life in Tripura AGArtAlA, September 2 (iANS): A nationwide 24-hour strike called by 10 central trade unions on Wednesday crippled life in Left ruled Tripura. Government and non-government offices, shops, markets, banks and educational institutions remained shut, while vehicular traffic went off the roads. "The strike was spontaneous and total. No untoward incident was reported from anywhere in the state," Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) working committee member Tapas Datta told IANS. Police said the strike, called in support of 12-points demands, which include withdrawal of labour law amendments and a minimum wage of Rs.15,000 a month, was peaceful. The roads in the city and its outskirts wore a deserted look and children played cricket on the main road.The trade unions are demanding to stop privatisation and foreign investment in railways, insurance and defence, and banning speculative trade in commodities.

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ASDMA said nearly 1.7 lakh hectares of crop land are under water and authorities have opened 308 relief camps in Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Cachar, Dhemaji, Tinsukia, Sonitpur, Nalbari, Dibrugarh, Morigaon and Nagaon providing shelter to more than 1.75 lakh people. Kamrup metropolitan district authority has indefinitely suspended all types of ferry and boat services on Brahmaputra in Guwahati city as the river is flowing above the danger mark. The ASDMA report said Brahmaputra is flowing above its danger marks also at Dibrugarh, Goalpara and Dhubri towns, Nematighat in Jorhat and Tezpur. Also flowing above their danger marks are Burhidehing at Khowang, Desang at Nanglamuraghat, Dhansiri at Numaligarh, Jia Bharali at NT Road crossing in Sonitpur, Puthimari at NH Road crossing in Kamrup, Beki at Road Bridge in Barpeta and Kushiyara at Karimganj town. Flood waters have damaged at least 18 roads in Morigaon, Golaghat, Dhemaji, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Goalpara, Cachar, Dibrugarh, Sonitpur and Darrang and over four bridges were damaged in Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Darrang and Nalbari since Tuesday. ASDMA said 13 embankments were also breached in Barpeta, Dibrugarh, Nalbari and Nagaon districts.

hill tribals and the plain Meiteis cannot live together under one administration." Earlier on Wednesday, leaders of various tribes addressed hundreds of people who attended the protest rally in the national capital. "If you have a map, you will see the discrimination made against the tribal people in terms of infrastructure development in the state compared to the valley areas," Chinkhan Guite, a leader of the Paite tribe, said.

DimApur, September 2 (mexN): Arguing that the passing of the three “anti-tribal bills” by the Manipur Legislative Assembly on August 31 was a “highly divisive move” and passed without any consultation and discussion with the tribals, NEFIS today demanded that, “The bills should be withheld and immediately stopped from implementation.” The three bills were Protection of Manipur People Bill, 2015, Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (Seventh amendment) Bill, 2015 and Manipur Shops and Establishments (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015. In a press note issued by its media coordinator, Hem Chandra Brahma, North East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) said the repression by the state government on the tribal community is not only an attack on democratic values but it also reflects the their marginalization in the decision making. "No bill with an impact on the lives and condition of tribals should be passed without taking into confidence the common populace of hills." Calling for with wide ranging discussion on the issue it further argued, “The Protection of rights of tribal communities is the litmus test of democracy which the Manipur government has failed to pass till date.” NEFIS also condemned in strongest term the “merciless killing” of 8 people and injuring of many during the protest over the bill.

Apam of the Hmar Students Association called for the people to work for the restoration of their dignity. "The land in Manipur belongs to us," said Sasang Haokip of the Kuki Students Organisation. "We have been subjugated because we never raise our voices." Curfew relaxed, internet suspended in Manipur Imphal, September 2 (IANS): Curfew was relaxed on Wednesday in riot-hit southern part of Manipur's Churachandpur district to

enable residents to buy essential commodities.Authorities had also suspended internet services from Tuesday evening check the spread of rumours aimed at causing trouble. "Curfew was relaxed from 5 a.m. so that people could buy essential commodities," Churachandpur District Magistrate Lunminthang Haokip told IANS. "As of now, there has been no report of fresh violence but we are keeping a close watch on the situation," he said.

Mizoram: Landslip at power substation may plunge state into darkness AizAwl, September 2 (eNS): A portion of land on which Mizoram’s largest electricity sub-station stands has sunk several feet, threatening to damage infrastructure and plunge upto three-fourths of the state in darkness in case a major landslip occurs. The 132 KV sub-station at Zuangtui, on the outskirts of Aizawl, feeds power to an area roughly spread over six and a half of Mizoram’s eight districts. “This substation feeds electricity to all parts of MizoramexcepttheHachhek hill range of Mamit district and Kolasib district (on the state’s northern region bordering Assam). In the worst case scenario, if the land sinks further and equipment is damaged, all these areas will be without electricity until the equipment is fixed, which could take months,” said Lal-

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nunfela, a sub-divisional officer with the state’s Power and Electricity Department who is in charge of the sub-station. At the spot, an area the size of a volleyball court in the east of the campus has sunk two to three feet, with sections of several towers and equipment straddling the uneven terrain.An official said they have had to replace the wires

connecting these towers several times since the movement has made them taut and in danger of snapping. Workers have also spread waterproof sheets on the ground since incessant rains has soaked hilly Mizoram for months now, causing innumerable landslides that have blocked roads and damaged buildings.

bAkSA/GuwAhAti, September 2 (hiNDuStAN timeS): As the day breaks over a lush-green tea plantation in Assam’s Baska district, a group of men, women and children file into the neat rows of tea bushes for the early-morning plucking. It is a picture-postcard setting, and the murmur of the workers is only broken by the chirping of birds and the occasional shout by the leader to “hurry up”. Yet, the serenity is just a façade, hiding fault lines running beneath in the garden, and other tea plantations in lower Assam. Children have gone missing from the gardens, feared to have been lured by traffickers active in an economically-backward region. And the tea workers have turned out to be the most vulnerable to trafficking, according to activists and the government. In this garden alone, 25 children have gone missing over the past few years, deepening a crisis which has assumed staggering proportions in some other parts of the country. Official data show that on an average, nearly one lakh children go missing every year in the country, most of them suspected to be trafficked to big cities where they are forced into a lifetime of bonded labour or end up as prostitutes. This year alone, nearly 16,000 children were reported missing till April but only around 7,000 have been traced so far.In Assam, 9,500 children went missing from different places between 2007 and June 2014. Only 3,840 children have been recovered so far. Faced with a growing crisis, the state government recently joined hands with Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s NGO, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), to create a corpus fund of Rs 2 crores for rehabilitation and welfare of trafficked children. Activists say that missing children from the tea estates make up a large chunk of the total figure of those who have vanished without a trace. And the menace is most tangible in the tea gardens of lower Assam and parts of West Bengal. Activists said that children of tea garden workers are vulnerable because of their economic condition. The wage for a full day’s work is just Rs 115, much below the daily minimum wage in the country, living conditions are poor and education facilities are almost non-existent. Traffickers weave grand tales of secure and steady income to the gullible parents of the children, the activists said adding that reports of missing children from neighbouring Udalguri, Lakhimpur and Sonitpur districts surface on a regular basis. Research by the BBA showed that in Lakhimpur alone, nearly 150 girls between 12-18 years of age have gone missing in the last two years. Traffickers keep changing the route of their operations and methods to lure young children.

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Normal life hit across India as millions join industrial strike New Delhi, September 2 (iANS): Normal life was hit in many states on Wednesday as millions of industrial and blue collar employees struck work in the first nationwide protest since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took power more than a year ago. Leaders of central trade unions which called the day-long strike claimed “unprecedented success” as banks, insurance companies and state-run as well as private factories shut across the country. Transport unions and traders too joined the protest in many places, leading to the closure of educational institutions and thin attendance in government offices. “The response has been unprecedented,” veteran union leader Gurudas Dasgupta from the All India Trade Union Congress told IANS. “In Delhi we are seeing such an impact for the first time. We didn’t expect this.” The strike is in support of 12 demands, including withdrawal of labour law amendments, a minimum wage of Rs.15,000 a month and against privatisation of public sector units. Unions said about 300 million workers

were involved in the protest. The strike was largely peaceful except in parts of West Bengal where clashes were reported in Murshidabad, Howrah and North 24 Parganas between Left activists and members of the ruling Trinamool Congress. Financial services were hit hard as lakhs of bank and insurance employees - including those from cooperative banks and regional rural banks joined the strike, All India Bank Employees Association general secretary C.H. Venkatachalam told IANS in Chennai. He said the strike was a success in major cities like Mumbai, the country’s financial capital, as well as New Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata. But unions in State Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank did not take part. In Mumbai, union leader V. Utagi said: “The strike in the banking and financial services sector is near total. Work at Mumbai Port Trust is hit. And Maharashtra’s 1.50 million government employees have joined us.” But public buses and Mumbai’s suburban trains plied though their unions

lent “moral support” to the strike. A section of cabs and auto-rickshaws in Mumbai also joined the strike, which Utagi said was “a major success”. In Delhi, banks, insurance companies and industrial areas observed a shutdown. Most auto-rickshaws, the poor man’s taxi, went off the roads. But Delhi Metro reported normal operations. The strike hit hard life in Kerala, a Left bastion. Most IT firms in Technopark and Infopark reported very thin attendance. Work at the Cochin Port was affected. The shutdown evoked mixed response in Karnataka. Buses and autos didn’t ply while factories, banks and shops were closed. Thousands of commuters were stranded in cities and towns across the state. The strike hit transport and banking services in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh too. Buses of state-owned road transport corporations in both states went off the roads as did auto-rickshaws in Hyderabad and other towns. Truck owners and drivers also joined the strike in some places. Petrol bunks were shut in a few places.

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In Bhopal, all state-run public buses remained off the roads. Shops and banks too were shut. The strike was particularly effective in major cities like Indore, Jabalpur and Ujjain. Normal life was hit in Bihar as thousands of workers in the government and private sector joined the strike. In some places, strike supporters blocked roads and halted train services. The strike was total in Left-ruled Tripura. All offices, shops, markets, banks and educational in-

stitutions were shut while vehicular traffic went off the roads. In Kolkata, while educational institutions and commercial establishments were largely closed, buses and the metro operated normally. But there were fewer commuters. Train services on the Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway were hit as strike supporters blocked the tracks in several areas. The strike had the least effect in Tamil Nadu although life was hit in industrial areas besides banks

and insurance companies. The impact of the shutdown in Himachal Pradesh was seen in Shimla, Rampur, Theog, Solan, Mandi, Nahan, Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Dharamsala, Palampur, Kangra, Kullu and Manali towns as bus operators joined the protest. In Goa, markets and public transport were hit hard, union leaders said. Police arrested about 200 workers who had blocked National Highway 17 near the Verna Industrial estate, 25 km from Panaji.

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CheNNAi/New Delhi, September 2 (iANS): Financial services were hit on Wednesday as lakhs of bank and insurance employees across the country began a one-day strike to protest against the anti-trade union and worker policies of the central government. “The strike has begun on an encouraging note across the country as per the initial information. Employees of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), nationalised banks, old private sector banks, cooperative banks, regional rural banks are participating in the strike,” All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIEBA) general secretary C.H. Venkatachalam told IANS in Chennai. According to him, strike is a success in major cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata. Across the country, around 500,000 bankers - workers and officers - would be participating in the strike. Around 75,000 branches will not function. Unions in State Bank of India (SBI) and Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) are not participating in the strike. “All the major recognised unions representing Class III and IV employees in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and four government owned non-life insurers are participating in the strike,” J. Gurumurthy, vice president, All India Insurance Employees Association (AIIEA) told IANS. Some 100,000 LIC workers are estimated to be on strike. Unions in the non-life insurance sector are demanding early conclusion of wage negotiations, finalisation of the promotion policy and scrapping of outsourcing, among other demands. Transport unions in the country are also striking work over the proposed Road Transport and Safety Bill. “All 52 regional rural banks apart from district banks joined the strike,” Venkatachalam said. “Besides, employees of other important banks like IDBI, Nabard too have joined the strike,” he said. “Except the Stae Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank, all other banks have joined the strike. Kotak Bank is on strike,” the AIEBA general secretary added. The strike was called in support of the 12-point charter of demands of the 10 central trade unions. Fourteen unions in the banking sector too have given a call for the strike, protesting against the NDA government’s proposed bills amending labour laws, the Contract Act, the Electricity Act and Factory Act. The unions in the banking and insurance sectors are participating in the strike in support of the 12-point charter as well as other pressing issues in their sectors. Complaining of increasing attacks on the rights and privileges of workers and concessions extended to the employers, Venkatachalam said there are open attempts to amend labour laws in favour of the employers and to the detriment of the workers. The neo-liberal economic policies are only aggravating the problems of the workers and common masses, he said. Venkatachalam said in the banking sector, there are continuous attempts to push through the reforms agenda aimed at privatisation of banks, consolidation and merger of banks and others. “More and more private capital and foreign direct investments are being encouraged. Private sector companies are being given licences to begin banking business,” he said. According to him, Regional Rural Banks are sought to be privatised and a bill has been passed in parliament despite protests from employee unions. The real problem of increasing bad loans is not being effectively handled by the government but on the other hand, crore of rupees are being written off from profits of banks, Venkatachalam said. “Deliberate and willful default of bank loans should be termed a criminal offence and money recovered but no action is being taken on them,” he added. “As on March 31, 2015, there are 7,035 cases of willful defaulters involving bad loans of Rs.58,792 crore. DIMAPUR Civil Hospital:

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CM appoints press secretary Kohima, September 2 (mexN): Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang today appointed Sebastian Zumvu as his Press Secretary. Zumvu is one of the senior-most journalists of Nagaland who began his career as a columnist with the once-popular Nagaland Weekly Journal Newsmagazine in the early 1990s, a release from Media Cell, Chief Minister’s Office, informed. In 1998, he published and edited a daily newspaper called the Northeast Herald and also served as the Press Secretary to the then Chief Minister SC Jamir

till he left the State in 2004 and went to Goa as OSD to the Governor of Goa SC Jamir. He was also OSD to the Governor of Maharashtra in 2008 to 2010. He was also closely associated with former Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and is a functionary of the Naga People’s Front. A political and social commentator, some of his poems and a short story titled “Son of the Soil” are being used in English text books of NEHU, the release added. He will be joining the CMO in the rank of Secretary to the Government of Nagaland.

Govt sets record on Gaidinliu’s ‘freedom fighter status’ Kohima, September 2 (mexN): The Nagaland state government today said that it is the Government of India which labelled Gaidinliu as a “National Freedom Fighter,” and not the state government. A press note from the state government’s Secretary for IPR, N Hushili Sema said that ‘Rani’ Gaidinliu had “risen against the British rule in the late 1920s, before the States of Nagaland and Manipur were formed.” She was arrested in 1932 at Poilwa in present Peren district of Nagaland, and sentenced to life imprisonment by the British Political Agent JC Higgins the next year. She was in-

carcerated for 14 years in Gauhati Jail (1933-34), Shillong Jail (1934-39), Aizawl Jail (1940-42) and Tura Jail (1943-47). She was closely associated with Mahatma, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and a host of other Indian national personalities throughout her life. “Long considered as a prominent Indian freedom fighter, she was officially honoured as a freedom fighter when she was awarded the Tamra Patra by the then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi on August 15, 1972. In 1982, she was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in the coun-

try for distinguished services of the highest order to the nation. Also, in recognition of her contributions to the freedom struggle of India, the State Government of Nagaland vide Home Department's Order No. SAB-1 1/1/84 (Pol-II) dated November 15, 1989 permanently allotted her Quarter No AF/69-V, which she was officially occupying since 1966,” informed the note. It further said that in 1991, the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, instituted an Award by the name Stree Shakti Purushkar (Women Power Award) which is a series of India's national honours conferred

on individual women for “their exceptional achievements.” The series of award contains a category titled the Rani Gaidinliu Zeliang Award. The Award is conferred by the President of India on the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8 every year at New Delhi and carries a cash prize of Rs. 3 lakhs and a citation, the IPR note stated. For 2012, the award was posthumously bestowed on the 2012 Delhi gangrape victim, Nirbhaya. The centre also issued a postal stamp bearing her picture in 1996. The state government hoped that “doubts regarding the freedom fighter status of Rani Gaidinliu are cleared.”

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CM extends Mongmong greetings

Kohima, September 2 (mexN): Chief Minister of Nagaland TR Zeliang has extended warmest greetings to the Sangtam community on the occasion of Mongmong festival. The chief minister wished that the festive season will fulfill all the hopes and aspiration and mark the beginning of new things to come in the year ahead. He hoped that the merry occasion will strengthen the bonds of unity and mutual goodwill from Tesophenyu village not only amongst the community, but also among the against the elderly wom- whole of Naga society and make the celebration more an. The union urged the significant and meaningful. law enforcing authority and judiciary to expedite the case through fast- Torechu condoles track court and award the Thsithrongkyu’s demise most befitting punishment to the rape accused. Kohima, September 2 (mexN): MLA T ToreIt also strongly cautioned chu has expressed shock and pain at the demise of individuals or organiza- Thsithrongkyu Sangtam, GB of Kiphire village, on tions against bailing out September 2 after a brief illness. Torechu in a condothe accused. The release lence message said late Thsithrongkyu was an active was issued by president, social worker and leader of Kiphire district who held Kaghalo Semy and general various posts, including assistant commandant (retd) secretary, Rucheseng Tep. of Village Guard, Kiphire district, president of Kiphire Area GB Association and vice president of Kiphire District GB & DB Joint Forum. The NKVIB chairman said in Thsithrongkyu’s death, Kiphire district has lost a dedicated and sincere leader and the vacuum created would be difficult to fill in. Torechu prayed that Ministries was the speaker. God grant solace to the bereaved family and eternal In his exhortation, Keth- rest to the departed soul. oser highlighted the challenges an individual has to face in life through posing Admit card for LDA, various pertinent questions steno posts in NLA facing us today. Pointing out the enormous chal- Kohima, September 2 (mexN): The Admit lenges ahead, he said that Card for the posts of LDA Cum CA and Steno Gradethe fate of every individual III of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly Secretariat in particular and the Naga will be issued from September 4 to 17. Therefore, all people in general stand to the candidates have been directed to come and colbe determined by the way lect the same during office hour. Thereafter no com“we” choose to deal with the plaint whatsoever shall be entertained by the NLA challenges and issues con- Secretariat, stated a press note issued by NLA additional secretary Pangamla. fronting “us” today. A press release from Kevitsozie Liegise, presi- Dimapur DPDB meeting on Sept 7 dent, Khonoma RüffünoD, Dimapur said that the Dimapur, September 2 (mexN): The Dimaday was marked with gai- pur District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) ety, fun, feast and recount- meeting for the month of September 2015 will be ing of values of the past be- held on September 7. The time and venue remain the sides the exhortation. same, informed a press note issued by Member SecAbout a thousand retary, DPDB Augustine M Yanthan. All the members Khonoma people from have been requested to attend the meeting. various areas in Dimapur attended the function.

All Herakas are not BJP members: BJP Peren unit Unions condemn alleged rape of elderly woman pereN, September 2 (mexN): Taking part in the ongoing discourse regarding BJP and Heraka, the BJP Peren district today asserted that the party (state, national) nor the central government has at no point of time patronized any group or individual on the basis of religion/ community. A press note issued by BJP Peren district president NC Max Dailiam lamented that despite the fact that Heraka has nothing to do with politics, it has been wrongly assumed that all Herakas are BJP members. Asserting that Heraka is an indigenous faith group and not a political party, it said among the Heraka members who have joined the political stream, some are in Congress, JDU, NCP, and NPF and some in BJP as per their choice.

The release pointed out that in Nagaland, there exist a few individuals who have not converted to Christianity and follow and practice the age old traditional beliefs and customs and Heraka of Peren district is just one of them. “The followers of Heraka faith are simple and peace loving people who are honest and hard working and do not bear ill will against the Christians or any other religion as such,” the BJP stated. “They are immersed in their own daily affairs/ chores and most of them are innocent about politics and do not indulge in it.” In regard to the Late Rani Gaidinliu issue, BJP Peren said that the government of India had acknowledged her as an individual and not because she is Heraka. The govern-

ment recognized her in her lifetime during the Congress regime and they did so, on her individual merit, the release stated, adding to allege that the BJP government is patronizing her and Heraka religion is uncalled for. The BJP Peren maintained that religion and politics should not be mixed and that both are one’s own individual/ personal choice and therefore cannot be imposed or forced upon. The party reiterated that Heraka is a minority indigenous faith group numbering few thousands and not a political party nor affiliated to BJP or any other political party. It appealed that the issue should not be politicized as “it brings about misunderstanding and ill will among us.”

Kohima, September 2 (mexN): The Mao Union Kohima (MUK) and Mao Women Union Kohima (MWUK) have condemned the alleged rape on an aged widow by Thanwalo Magh on August 22. “Such a person has no place in the society,” asserted a press note issued by Mao Union Kohima president L. Athikho Lirite and Mao Women Union Kohima president P Ela. The two organizations also

appreciated the wisdom and the restraint shown by the Kohima Village Council (KVC) in not taking the law into its own hands despite the severity of the crime. It further urged the law enforcing agencies to deliver justice to the victim befittingly. In another press release, the Tesophenyu Group Union Kohima condemned the “heinous crime and barbaric act” of Thanwalo Magh

Khonoma Rüffüno celebrated in Kma, Dmp

Kohima, September 2 (mexN): Khonoma Rüffüno Kohima marked its 71st anniversary on September 1 at Multipurpose Hall, Indira Gandhi Stadium. Rüffüno in Tenyidie means either a band of soldiers or an army, a press release informed. Rüffüno was established on September 1, 1944 to protect, encourage, to free the people from the mentality of being dependent on the government for development and to keep intact values, beliefs and traditions to be passed on to the future generations, according to the release. This happened following several round of talk after seeing the great contingent of armies during the WW II Millet farmers from nagaland, Meghalaya and Manipur exchanges millet and other in the village. Vikepelhu Meyase, recrop seeds during millet festival at Chizami in Phek district recently organised by tired director of school ednorth East network (nEn), nagaland. Morung Photo

ucation, who was the chief guest on the occasion urged the people to uphold the value of honesty and integrity in one’s daily lives and to apply it in one’s work. Citing the examples of the legacy carried forth by the leaders and visionaries from Khonoma village, he asked the crowd to ponder on one question, “Where are we today?” Renewing one’s mind is important and as such honesty and unity must be maintained, he added. The celebration saw a huge turnout of people, the release added. The citizens of Khonoma residing in Dimapur region also observed the 71st anniversary of the Khonoma Rüffüno at Tenyiphe-1 Village Council Hall. Kethoser Kevichüsa of the Ravi Zacharias International

KDCC visits TOLIC bi-annual meeting held One arrested for harassing woman Septem- and exhorted all members Kohima, September and grabbed her shoul- from his air gun at them Phesama Dimapur, ber 2 (mexN): The 2nd to implement the policies 2 (mexN): Kohima Police ders making her difficult but missed the duo. The acmeeting of Dima- issued by the Government on August 29 arrested one to move, the release said. cused grabbed hold of the landslides bi-annual pur Town Official Language of India regarding publicity person for harassing and “However, she resisted the victim again at gun point Kohima, September 2 (mexN): The Kohima District Congress Committee (KDCC) executives led by the president, Kevi Vizo on Wednesday visited the Phesama landslides on NH 29. The KDCC team also donated various materials as immediate relief to the Phesama Village Council and interacted with the PVC. KDCC president Kevi Vizo and the entire team expressed sympathy and solidarity with the Phesama people considering that the landslides have already damaged several houses, paddy fields and totally cut-off the vehicular movement on the National Highway 29.

Implementation Committee (TOLIC) was held at Assam Rifles Training Centre & School (ARTC&S) here on August 31. According to a press note, representative from TOLIC member offices, including central government office, banks and public sector undertakings, tabled their progressive reports on the use of official language in their respective offices. Assessing the progress regarding implementation of Hindi in Central government offices in Dimapur, Lt. Col. RK Sharma, SO1(Engr) ARTC&S, Shokhuvi stressed on the importance of progressive use of Hindi

and implementation of the official language. Regional implementation office, Rajbhasha department Guwahati Deputy Director Dr BK Singh underscored the need to use technology in propagation of Hindi by using Unicode and online. He requested all the officers to submit quarterly report regarding official language implementation online to minimize gaps amongst the offices and Rajbhasha department. TOLIC Dimapur secretary Lt. Col. Praveen Pallath also lauded the efforts of the members for wide publicity of the official language

threatening a woman in Tseminyu. A press release from PRO, Kohima Police informed that on August 29, an FIR was received at Tseminyu Police Station from the president of Tesophenyu Group Women Union (TGWU) that one Naga woman while working at her field in Tseminyu was “attempted of rape” by one person identified as Phachulo Tep (26). As per the statement of the victim, on August 21, while she was closing the door of the farm hut and was preparing to return back home, the accused came from behind

advances made by the accused and sensing the illmotives of the accused, she shouted for help. Her mother-in-law who was working nearby the field heard her screaming immediately came to her aid and the accused getting the apprehension of getting caught fled from the spot,” it added. While the victim and her mother-in-law were returning home after the first encounter with the accused, he followed them and shouted at them to halt or else he will shoot and kill them. The accused then fired several rounds

Kohima, September 2 (mexN): Kerala Club, Kohima (KCK) celebrated Onam festival, the biggest harvest festival of Kerala, with enthusiasm and joy at Hotel Evergreen here on August 30. AK Prem Kumar, president of the club delivered welcome speech and Isaac K, advisor of KCK, Babu Kuriakose, former presand threatened to kill her ident of KCK delivered Onam greetings. if she shouted or resisted, the PRO said. It was only Mongmong festival in Kohima when the victim’s motherin-law shouted for help the Kohima, September 2 (mexN): The Seyocaccused left the victim and hung Area Union Kohima (SAUK) will be observing its first Mongmong festival at Highland Park, near IG fled from the scene. The accused was arrest- Stadium, Kohima on September 4 from 11:00 am oned along with the air gun wards. (weapon of offence) on August 29. During preliminary NPF minority wing meeting investigation, he voluntarily admitted before the po- Dimapur, September 2 (mexN): NPF milice to have committed the nority wing has convened meeting on September 4, crime, the release stated. 11:00 am at Dimapur Division Office. Therefore, the In this connection a crim- members have been requested to attend the meeting inal case vide Tseminyu without fail. P.S Case No. 004/2015 U/S 354/306 (b) IPC was regis- NIDA general body meeting tered against him. The case Kohima, September 2 (mexN): All the Nagais under investigation. land In-Service Doctor Association (NIDA) members have been informed that an emergency general body meeting will be held on September 4 at Directorate of Health & Family Welfare’s conference hall, Kohima to discuss the ongoing service Rule Amendment. All prosper from their pres- CMOs, MSs, and District NIDA representatives have ent situation, the series of been asked to attend positively. trainings was conducted. Post the training, Alivi, Es- Losami Baptist Church ther and few others have started earning by utilizing CYE pre-gospel anniv their acquired skills and Dimapur, September 2 (mexN): The Losami knowledge. Baptist Church, Christian Youth Endeavour (CYE) The training sessions department is celebrating its 75th pre-gospel anniwere conducted in four slots in four different loca- versary on September 20 with Pastor Kesowe Metions during the month of krisuh as the speaker. The Organising Committee has June and July 2015. The first invited all the members and well wishers to attend cascade training was con- the programme. ducted in Seluophe village, while the other trainings FPS/ Village Councils of were conducted in SodzulKohima Centre informed hu village, Doyapur village and Prodigals’ Home DIC Kohima, September 2 (mexN): All the FPS/ respectively. Village Councils of Kohima Centre have been inIn total, 111 people formed that the AAY food grains for two months will participated in the probe released from September 7 to 9 between 11:00 am gramme. The resource per- and 3:00 pm. The concerned FPS/Village Councils sons for the training pro- have been directed to collect their respective quota gramme were Naro and within the stipulated period. Jolly of Prodigals’ Home.

ASHA’s role in addressing Young women social entrepreneurship development prog held Septemviolence against women Dimapur, ber 2 (mexN): With the maNgKolemba, September 2 (mexN): Training for ASHAs on Module 6 and 7 for Mangkolemba Block 1 & 2 and Alongkima Block was conducted from August 24 to 28 at Town Hall, Mangkolemba. Dr. Akum Jamir, SMO, CHC Mangkolemba; Dr. Arenkaba (MHT) MO, IMDH, Mokokchung; and the three Block ASHA Coordinators (BAC), Talirenla, Rebecca and Talitila, were the resource persons. Focusing on the topic “Violence Against Women,” the trainees were taught on the causes and consequences and the role of ASHA in addressing violence against

women. Lessons on NonCommunicable Disease (NCD), Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Kar yakram (RKSK), Tuberculosis and Malaria were delivered by Dr. Akum Jamir who also urged upon the ASHAs to be more sincere in their duties and work with zeal and dedication. Chubala, State ASHA Nodal Officer and Abeni, MCTS Consultant also visited the programme. The ASHAs were equipped with the knowledge of preparing blood smear and the steps involved in collecting blood samples. The training programme ended with a valedictory service on the final day.

objective of inculcating spirit of social entrepreneurship while empowering young women and girls, Prodigals’ Home, sponsored by British Council in partnership with DIAGEO, conducted four trainings on ‘Young Women Social Entrepreneurship Development Programme’ across various venues in Dimapur. Theoretical and practical sessions during the two days each training were on Social Entrepreneurship, Innovative Business Model, Marketing plan for social enterprise, product making on various items like pouch, beads work, and traditional necklace. The participants in the trainings were NGO Peer

Participants during the Young Women Social Entrepreneurship Development Programme conducted in Dimapur.

educators, school dropouts, weavers and tailoring trainees within age group of 18-35 years. Most of the participants were from very difficult background with little/no scope for

skill training/enhancement, according to a press release. Thus, with the belief that capacity building, hand holding, knowledge on networking and such related skills, they can

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express X issue 240X issue 185 Thursday 9volume July 2015 volume By aheli moitra

War on peace

two-year-old child I know understands the notion of power really well. Every morning she wakes up and refreshes her mood by trampling to death half a dozen harmless millipedes crawling about the compound. The squashed worms she leaves behind mean nothing to her except pure joy at having been a bigger thing that stops a smaller thing in its tracks. Because she can. Once the act is done, she looks up at the adults around her with glee, proudly showing off her conquest. At times, she gets accolades by those who taught her this behaviour. This eggs her on. Other times, she has a furrowed eyebrow staring down on her with the stern warning of a wagging finger. But she does not quite seem to understand why the crushing of harmless beings, at a clear disadvantage in terms of size, is unethical. She does not have the faculty to understand this given her two mere years in human society. But the Indian armed forces are not run by two-year-olds, nor do they occupy the land of millipedes. They are supposedly run by professionally trained grown men, who have been given a thorough training in the “art of war.” They have been armed with weapons to wipe out a whole nation, especially if smaller than itself. They have also been equipped with special powers that allow them to take life based on their “opinion.” These special powers have gone unchecked for so long that any value of kindness and good judgment is setting on the armed forces. In July, when a senior official of a self prophesised “friendly” paramilitary force was questioned about why youth leaders in Kohima were beaten to near-death by the force in June, the response was stunning. “We cannot give them chocolates to make them admit they’re from xyz group,” said the otherwise-gentle man. Though it later turned out they were from no group at all, with the whole State machinery on your side, why would you promulgate such cowardly acts? Simply put, because they can. In a span of two months, in Nagaland alone, these grown men of the armed forces have targeted women and children in the name of “counter insurgency.” They have projected, and normalised, a violent sense of “being human,” destroying the tenets we believe to be part of the term “humanity.” The violence of militarisation has crept into the dreams, turned into nightmares, of the people of Kashmir and the North East. No more is it possible for people, armed groups, their families or civilians, to partake in peace without the fear of being unfairly blown up. Is this how the Indian Union plans to share its future with the Naga people? What kind of framework of peace is this in the making that has no markings of the framework for peace? Every time the hands of peace draw closer, there are violent situations created by an over enthusiastic military to destroy the foundations of peace. This is unacceptable for the people of India. It is, thus, time for Indians, and their political leadership, to put an end to such violence by plugging the encouragement given to it. It is time for the people of the Indian Union to demand demilitarisation (pull back armed forces) of zones which are aching for peace. Not just because we should, because we want peace, but also because we can. Let us stop funding this war on peace. Comments may be sent to moitramail@yahoo.com

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Janice Neumann Reuters Health

Sleep-deprived kids are more tempted by food

hildren who don’t get enough sleep might be more tempted by food, a new study suggests. Five-year-olds who slept less than 11 hours a night were more eager to eat at the sight or reminder of a favorite snack, compared to those who slept longer, researchers reported in the International Journal of Obesity. The children who slept less than 11 hours at night also had a higher body mass index – a measure of weight in relation to height – than those who slept 11 hours or more. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends 11 to 12 hours of sleep for pre-school children. “There is now accumulating evidence in both children and adults to suggest that short or insufficient sleep increases reward-driven ('hedonic') eating,” said Laura McDonald, the study’s lead author and a researcher at University College London, in email to Reuters Health. “This is, of course, a concern,” she added, “given that we live in a modern ‘obesogenic’ environment” where tasty, highcalorie foods “are widely available and cheap to consume.” Previous studies have shown that too little sleep significantly increases the chances that a child will be overweight or obese, McDonald and her team point out. But less was known about how sleep affects daily calorie intake. “Some studies using brain imaging in adults have shown that sleep restriction increases responsiveness in reward centers of the brain in response to images of palatable food . . . however, no studies in children have examined whether sleep changes food responsiveness,” noted McDonald. The new study involved 1,008 five-year-olds born in 2007 in England and Wales. The researchers had mothers answer a questionnaire about their youngsters’ responsiveness to food cues and their behavior toward food when they were presumably full, soon after eating. The average sleep duration for the children in the study was 11.48 hours. Among kids who slept less than 11 hours a night, food responsiveness was 2.53 on a scale of 1 to 5, compared to 2.36 for those who slept 11 to 12 hours, and 2.35 for those who got at least 12 hours of sleep a night. “In children who do not get enough sleep at night, limiting exposure to palatable food cues in the home might be helpful at preventing overconsumption,” McDonald said. The study found no link between sleep duration and whether kids were still willing to eat when they were full. While the study can’t prove that less sleep causes more eating, McDonald said another possibility is that the reverse might be true. “It is definitely a possibility that food responsiveness might impact sleep behavior,” she said. “For example, it could be that children who are more food responsive are also more difficult to settle at night (when adults or older children might be eating).” Emerson Wickwire, director of the Insomnia Program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, told Reuters Health by email that the study adds a new twist to research showing sleep is a risk factor for obesity. “The current study suggests a new potential explanation (hedonic eating) for weight gain among children who sleep less . . . in other words, kids in the study who slept less were more susceptible to unhealthy food cues in the environment,” said Wickwire, who was not involved in the study. Wickwire said the study also showed the importance of sleep for children. “We know that parents have a huge influence on the sleep patterns of five-year-olds. So really, it’s incumbent on parents to make sure their kids are getting enough sleep,” said Wickwire, a board-certified sleep specialist.

C O M M E N T A R Y

Barry Schwartz New York Times

Rethinking WoRk

OW satisfied are we with our jobs? Gallup regularly polls workers around the world to find out. Its survey last year found that almost 90 percent of workers were either “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” from their jobs. Think about that: Nine out of 10 workers spend half their waking lives doing things they don’t really want to do in places they don’t particularly want to be. Why? One possibility is that it’s just human nature to dislike work. This was the view of Adam Smith, the father of industrial capitalism, who felt that people were naturally lazy and would work only for pay. “It is the interest of every man,” he wrote in 1776 in “The Wealth of Nations,” “to live as much at his ease as he can.” This idea has been enormously influential. About a century later, it helped shape the scientific management movement, which created systems of manufacture that minimized the need for skill and close attention — things that lazy, pay-driven workers could not be expected to have. Today, in factories, offices and other workplaces, the details may be different but the overall situation is the same: Work is structured on the assumption that we do it only because we have to. The call center employee is monitored to ensure that he ends each call quickly. The office worker’s keystrokes are overseen to guarantee productivity. I think that this cynical and pessimistic approach to work is entirely backward. It is making us dissatisfied with our jobs — and it is also making us worse at them. For our sakes, and for the sakes of those who employ us, things need to change. To start with, I don’t think most people recognize themselves in Adam Smith’s description of wagedriven idlers. Of course, we care about our wages, and we wouldn’t work without them. But we care about more than money. We want work that is challenging and engaging, that enables us to exercise some discretion and control over what we do, and that provides us opportunities to learn and grow. We want to work with colleagues we respect and with supervisors who respect us. Most of all, we want work that is meaningful — that makes a difference to other people and thus ennobles us in at least some small way. We want these things so much that we may even be willing to take home a thinner pay envelope to get them. Lawyers leave white-shoe firms to work with the underclass and underserved. Doctors abandon cushy practices to work in clinics that serve poorer areas. Wall Street analysts move to Washington to work as economic advisers in government. You might object that those are examples of professionals — people who have the financial security to care about more than just their paychecks and the privilege of working in fields in which it is possible to find meaning and personal satisfaction. What about the janitor? The phone solicitor? The hairdresser? The fast-food worker? I submit that they, too, are looking for something more than wages. About 15 years ago, the Yale organizational behavior professor Amy Wrzesniewski and colleagues studied custodians in a major academic hospital. Though the custodians’ official job duties never even mentioned other human beings, many of them viewed their work as including doing whatever they could to comfort patients and their families and to assist the professional staff members with patient care. They would joke with patients, calm them down so that nurses could insert IVs, even dance for them. They would help family members of patients find their way around the hospital. The custodians received no financial compensation for this “extra” work. But this aspect of the job, they said, was what got them out of bed every morning. “I enjoy entertaining the patients,” said one. “That’s what I enjoy the most.” Similarly, a few years ago the Wharton management professor Adam Grant studied a group of college students who worked as phone solicitors, calling alumni to ask for contributions to their university. As an experiment, Professor Grant arranged for a recent graduate who had attended the university on a scholarship funded by such solicitation efforts to meet the students. The graduate gave a short talk about how the scholarship had affected his life and

how grateful he was for their solicitation efforts. Professor Grant found that the money that the students raised increased 171 percent afterward. Again, there was no added compensation for the harder work — just a deeper sense of purpose. These are just two examples from a literature of cases demonstrating that when given the chance to make their work meaningful and engaging, employees jump at it, even if it means that they have to work harder. Such cases should serve to remind us there is a human cost to routinizing and depersonalizing work. Too often, instead of being able to take pride in what they do, and derive satisfaction from doing it well, workers have little to show for their efforts aside from their pay. But perhaps there is an upside to monotonous, routinized work. Is it possible that what we lose in work satisfaction, we gain in efficiency? This, again, is what Adam Smith thought. In his famous example of the pin factory, he extolled the virtues of the division of labor: “One man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head.” Our work experience might be poorer, but we — or at least our bosses — would be richer. Yet more than 200 years later, there is still little evidence of this satisfaction-efficiency trade-off. In fact, most evidence points in the opposite direction. In his 1998 book, “The Human Equation,” which reviewed numerous studies across dozens of different industries, the Stanford organizational behavior professor Jeffrey Pfeffer found that workplaces that offered employees work that was challenging, engaging and meaningful, and over which they had some discretion, were more profitable than workplaces that treated employees as cogs in a production machine. For example, he cited a study of 136 companies across many different industries that had initial public offerings in 1988. It found that companies that placed a high value on human resources were almost 20 percent more likely to survive for at least five years than those that did not. Similar differences in success were found in studies that compared the management practices of steel mills. And a study of United States apparel manufacturers found that sales growth was more than 50 percent higher in companies with enlightened management practices than in those that did things the old-fashioned way. The findings were similar in studies of semiconductor manufacturing, oil refining and various service industries. And comparable findings were documented more recently by the Harvard Business School professor Michael Beer in his 2009 book “High Commitment High Performance.” You get the distinct impression that if you’re trying to decide where to make an investment, the best place to look is those annual lists of the 100 best places to work. When employees have work that they want to do, they are happier. And when they are happier, their work is better, as is the company’s bottom

line. This is admittedly not news. But that only raises a deeper question: In the face of longstanding evidence that routinization and an overemphasis on pay lead to worse performance in the workplace, why have we continued to tolerate and even embrace that approach to work? The answer, I think, is that the ideas of Adam Smith have become a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy: They gave rise to a world of work in which his gloomy assumptions about human beings became true. When you take all opportunities for meaning and engagement out of the work that people do, why would they work, except for the wage? What Smith and his descendants failed to realize is that rather than exploiting a fact about human nature, they were creating a fact about human nature. The transformation I have in mind goes something like this: You enter an occupation with a variety of aspirations aside from receiving your pay. But then you discover that your work is structured so that most of those aspirations will be unmet. Maybe you’re a call center employee who wants to help customers solve their problems — but you find out that all that matters is how quickly you terminate each call. Or you’re a teacher who wants to educate kids — but you discover that only their test scores matter. Or you’re a corporate lawyer who wants to serve his client with care and professionalism — but you learn that racking up billable hours is all that really counts. Pretty soon, you lose your lofty aspirations. And over time, later generations don’t even develop the lofty aspirations in the first place. Compensation becomes the measure of all that is possible from work. When employees negotiate, they negotiate for improved compensation, since nothing else is on the table. And when this goes on long enough, we become just the kind of creatures that Adam Smith thought we always were. (Even Smith, in one passage, seemed to acknowledge this possibility, noting that mindless, routinized work typically made people “stupid and ignorant.”) The truth is that we are not money-driven by nature. Studies show that people are less likely to help load a couch into a van when you offer a small payment than when you don’t, because the offer of pay makes their task a commercial transaction rather than a favor to another human being. And people are less likely to agree to have a nuclear waste site in their community when you offer to pay them, because the offer of compensation undermines their sense of civic duty. If people were always paid to load couches into vans, the notion of a favor would soon vanish. Money does not tap into the essence of human motivation so much as transform it. When money is made the measure of all things, it becomes the measure of all things. To be sure, people should be adequately compensated for their work. Recent efforts across the country to achieve a significant increase in the minimum wage represent real social progress. But in securing such victories for working people, we should not lose sight of the aspiration to make work the kind of activity people embrace, rather than the kind of activity they shun. How can we do this? By giving employees more of a say in how they do their jobs. By making sure we offer them opportunities to learn and grow. And by encouraging them to suggest improvements to the work process and listening to what they say. But most important, we need to emphasize the ways in which an employee’s work makes other people’s lives at least a little bit better (and, of course, to make sure that it actually does make people’s lives a little bit better). The phone solicitor is enabling a deserving student to go to a great school. The hospital janitor is easing the pain and suffering of patients and their families. The fast-food worker is lifting some of the burden from a harried parent. Work that is adequately compensated is an important social good. But so is work that is worth doing. Half of our waking lives is a terrible thing to waste. A professor of psychology at Swarthmore College and the author of the forthcoming book “Why We Work.”

False Alarm on a Crisis in China Nicholas R. Lardy

New York Times

HINA, many believe, is in a financial and economic meltdown causing anxiety and panic everywhere. China’s stock market dive first dragged down other emerging markets and has now spread to the United States, slicing trillions of dollars off the value of stocks traded here and in other global markets. Since China is the world’s second largest economy and has growing financial ties around the world, developments there clearly have enormous potential implications for both developed and emerging markets. But the popular narrative is not well supported by the facts. There is little evidence that China’s economy is slowing significantly from the 7 percent pace reported by the government for the first part of the year. Wage growth is running at about 10 percent annually; the pace of creation of nonagricultural jobs is stronger than in any recent year; both real disposable income and consumption expenditures of Chinese households are growing strongly. It is not the picture of an economy heading for a hard landing. Services, not industry, are driving China’s growth, as has been the case for three full years. This is likely to continue since per capita incomes in Chi-

na are reaching a level where a growing share of spending is on entertainment, travel and other services rather than on goods. Naysayers question government economic data, continuing to focus on weakness in China’s industrial sector and the extremely slow growth of electric power output. But steel production, for example, is significantly more energy intensive than entertainment, so the demand for electricity has fallen sharply as the structure of the economy has evolved. Assuming that electric power growth is a good proxy for China’s overall economic expansion is like trying to drive a car by looking in the rearview mirror. Some economists watching from abroad believe that the country is in the midst of a financial crisis because of the excessive debt burden it incurred in recent years. But that view is even less well supported. After a very modest two-day depreciation earlier this month, the exchange rate of the renminbi has changed little against the dollar for eight consecutive trading days; capital outflows continue at a moderate, very sustainable pace; bank liquidity remains strong. This does not yet look remotely like a financial crisis. Rather than a financial and eco-

nomic meltdown, China is experiencing an overdue correction in its equity market. And the connection between China’s equity market and China’s real economy has always been tenuous. By my tallies, from June 2014 to June 2015, prices increased more than 150 percent on the Shanghai exchange, and even more on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen ChiNext board, a Nasdaq-style marketplace. An unusually large part of this runup was fueled by retail investors who borrowed to buy equities. The market was priced way beyond perfection. Once prices fell even slightly, many of these investors found themselves needing to sell, leading to a sharp market correction. At first, the government unwisely intervened to stem the rout for a time, but the sharp sell-off continued earlier this week. There is likely to be more of the same to come. Even at Tuesday’s much lower prices, the Shenzhen market was trading at a still-lofty 39 times earnings. While not as overpriced, American equities before last week had experienced a six-year bull market without a correction. The catalyst for this month’s correction was the view that China’s growth was weaker than advertised and likely to soften further and

WRITE-WING

that the currency depreciation that began earlier this month was China’s last gasp at propping up economic growth. The perception that China’s growth was slowing drove commodity prices to new lows, further weakening emerging markets such as Brazil and Chile that are big commodity exporters, and eventually driving down American equities sharply. But if China hadn’t been the catalyst for the correction in American markets, it most likely would have been something else. Despite what many think, not all debt is the same, nor are all equity market slides. There have been many more corrections in both the United States and China than there have been financial crises. Allowing those corrections to take place is part of letting markets determine outcomes, which is a good thing. And that is what the government of China is now doing, both with respect to the exchange rate and belatedly in more recent days, to a surprising extent, with the equity markets. There remain concerns over Chinese real estate and state-owned enterprises. But recent events should be seen as part of the conscious liberalization and rebalancing of the Chinese economy. Even if that means a sell-off in stocks, it is not a sell-off in the fundamentals of the Chinese economy. In fact, this may strengthen those fundamentals by going further down the path to reform.

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Tea With the Queen? In ThEIR DREamS Neal Aschersonaug

Rule of Law as a Foundation for Sound Economic Growth

NYT

UEEN ELIZABETH II, at 89, is a very old lady. By day, her subjects see less of her than they used to. But by night, it’s different. Then she and her family visit millions of households up and down the kingdom. Up to a third of Britons have dreams about Her Majesty and the royals. According to “Dreams About H.M. the Queen and Other Members of the Royal Family,” the classic study by Brian Masters, author of several books about the British aristocracy, the dreams frequently involve cups of tea. A characteristic scenario is that she, or sometimes he, settles down at your kitchen table. She remarks on what a nice cup of tea you make. Then she says: “You don’t know what a relief it is to talk to somebody normal and ordinary like you. I’m at my wits’ end how to deal with my grandchildren, I can tell you.” That, in summary, is roughly how most royal dreams go. Not only loyal monarchists have them. To their intense shame, fiercely red republicans get them, too. Sometimes, when princesses appear, there’s a shy glint of the erotic. But mostly, these are dreams of reassurance. The very fact that royalty can come down to our level and be “normal” actually reinforces their magical “specialness.” In less than two weeks’ time, the queen will have reigned for 63 years and 217 days, overtaking the record set by her awe-inspiring great-greatgrandmother Queen Victoria (18371901). By the time the Widow of Windsor finally passed, imperial Britain found a post-Victorian epoch a baffling prospect. For Britons today, who have themselves grown old with this stolid but much-loved lady, a post-Elizabethan age looks like a dismal abyss. The recent fuss over a newly unearthed film clip, showing Elizabeth as a young girl and her mother giving a comic “Heil Hitler” salute, was revealing. Nobody quite dared to ask if the Windsors were, as a family, seriously pro-Nazi in the early 1930s. Much like the persistence of royal dreams, that reluctance to confront troubling and awkward issues shows how powerfully the monarchy still grips the English imagination. (Scottish attitudes are a different matter; Northern Irish, too.) English loyalty to the Crown, though, is growing strikingly ambivalent. Mystic awe is combined with touchy social resentment — a sense of “when it comes down to it, they’re no better than the rest of us.” More potent still, Britain’s establishment might change its mind if there were another royal crisis like Edward VIII’s abdica-

tion in 1936, deciding that the monarchy had become more of a liability to its interests than a protection. Nobody knows whether the queen intends to abdicate, or whether — like Pope John Paul II — she is determined to die in office. More accurately, she and a tiny palace circle almost certainly do know, and have no intention of sharing their knowledge. But however her reign ends, Prince Charles is due to succeed her as king. Now in late middle age, Charles lacks dream magic. He appears all too human: a well-meaning person tormented by what he sees as the mounting callousness, greed and ugliness of the world. Being Prince of Wales has seemed, for him, a penance: something that he believes he must bear, but which he does not enjoy. A few years ago, it was widely thought that he might reject the succession on his mother’s death and pass the crown directly to his son William. This no longer seems likely, in spite of William’s wildly popular marriage to Kate Middleton. Charles’s sense of duty will prevail. He may dread becoming king, but he will grit his teeth and think of Britain. The media and some politicians fear that he will be an interfering monarch. Charles has a record of writing private letters to cabinet ministers about projects affecting his pet causes:

architecture, the environment, organic food. These “black spider” letters, so called because of his handwriting, were regarded by some as evidence of direct royal interference in government affairs, violating Britain’s unwritten constitution under which the sovereign must maintain strict political neutrality. The letters themselves, when freedom of information lawyers finally dragged them out of secrecy, proved harmless: They contained mild suggestions that this or that consideration should be remembered. In any case, the royals are not politically neutral. The queen failed to hide her alarm over Scotland’s independence referendum last year, and Britain’s prime minister, David Cameron, revealed that when he called to tell her that the Scots had voted narrowly to stay in the Union, Elizabeth “purred” down the telephone. But Scotland, its independence movement still accelerating, remains a challenge to the monarchy. The Scottish National Party insists that an independent Scotland would invite Elizabeth to stay on as “Queen of Scots,” harking back to 17th-century times when England and Scotland were separate states sharing a monarch. This pledge, though, overlooks Scotland’s grumbling republicans, who are a much louder minority than they are in England. That thousands recently

signed a petition against a new hospital in Glasgow being named “the Queen Elizabeth” indicated how thin traditional deference has worn in Scotland. The Scots tend to judge the monarchy by the personality on the throne. The English, in contrast, have revered the institution: A bad king or queen did not affect the magical glamour of the Crown. But this is changing, and the queen herself has helped to bring about the change. By giving the media wider access to the royal family, she has moved the focus from anachronistic court pageantry toward modern celebrity culture. As she remarked, with a certain dry wit: “I have to be seen to be believed!” The uproar that followed Princess Diana’s death in 1997 showed that English people could reproach the queen personally, for slighting “the people’s princess.” That storm blew over, and Elizabeth is today as welcome in her subjects’ dreams as ever. But as her reign nears its end, the emphasis on person, rather than Crown, becomes ominous. The British increasingly fear that Charles may be a weak, unpredictable king. If they are right, will the 1,000year splendor of the Crown outweigh people’s impatience with an elderly, melancholy man who finds it a burden to reign?

The God We Follow A God of Violence or of Peace? Matthew J. Distefano

Sojourners

was recently asked the question: "Why do you care so much about others’ belief about God?" As a Christian, I am sure the stock answer should have been, "So they can be saved." And sure, "being saved" is of eternal importance — but I knew that is not the direction the question was coming from. What this gentleman wanted to know was why I confronted others about their belief in a retributive God — an understanding of God that includes violence. Had he given me the chance to answer (which he did not), I would have hopefully come up with something similar to the remainder of this article. I believe when the Bible is approached with the mindset that "God said it, I believe it, that settles it," you are going to run into a litany of troubling issues. The specific issue that triggered the question at the top was my insistence that the violence attributed to God in the Old Testament is not an accurate portrayal of the God revealed in Jesus. Because the particular Christians I was engaging believed everything attributed to God literally was enacted by God, their conclusion was that God can, at times, be violent. "Yes, he is merciful, but he is also vengeful. It plainly says that all throughout the Hebrew Scriptures." This is what theologian Michael Hardin calls the Janus-faced (two-faced) god. What is the problem with this? Mimetic theory teaches us that human beings will imitate the God they worship. If that god is believed to be violent, then violence, broadly speaking, will be more tolerated by his/her adherents. For an extreme example, one could look at Pastor Steven Anderson of Faithful Word Baptist Church, who is quoted in USA Today as saying: "Here’s what the Bible says, Leviticus 20:13, ‘If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.’ And that, my friend, is the cure for AIDS. It was right there in the Bible all along [ . . . ] Because if you executed the homos, like God recommends, you wouldn’t have all this AIDS running rampant." I am not for labeling others, but I am not sure how Pastor Anderson’s comments could ever be compat-

ible with Jesus—whether in action or in lesson. Then, on the extreme end of Islam, you have ISIS, whose members believe they are doing the will of god. The Raven Foundation’s Adam Ericksen aptly points out that not only is ISIS gravely mistaken, they are not even to be labeled "Muslim." I realize both ISIS and Pastor Anderson are extreme examples, but my point is that it is their shared belief in a violent God, as well as their probable shared exegesis of their respective scriptures, that leads to such violence. "God said it, they believe it, and that settles it." Well, not so fast. What can Jesus, as our Rabbi, teach us? First, doesn’t Jesus show us how to interpret Hebrew Scriptures in places like Matthew 5? He says on multiple occasions, "You have heard that it was said," yet follows that up with, "but I say to you." In verses 38-39, he even makes a direct contradiction of Leviticus 24:20 when he states: "You have heard it was said, ‘an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also." Using the same interpretive lens — a bit of midrash — couldn’t we imagine Jesus interpreting Leviticus 20:13 in the following way? "You have heard that it was said, ‘a man that lieth with a man shall be put to death,’ but I say to you, ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’" One should simply not read Scriptures without using Jesus as one's lens. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gives us clues into his hermeneutics: Quote Hebrew Scripture, then exegete with mercy and grace as the lens. In Luke 7:18 – 23, he does the same thing. Jesus, in talking to John’s disciples, is talking to the disciples of a man who believed in a vengeful God. Luke 3:7 gives us insight into this. When Jesus says to John’s disciples, "Blessed is he who does not take of-

fense at me," I believe he does so because it is Jesus’ commitment to non-violence and mercy that would cause a scandal — a stumbling block if you will. For further evidence of this, look also at how Jesus references the Hebrew Scriptures in Luke 7. Verse 22 reads (with OT references): "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight (Isaiah 29:28, 35:5, 61:1-2), the lame walk (Isaiah 35:6), the lepers are cleansed (1 Kings 17:24, 2 Kings 5:1-27), the deaf hear (Isaiah 29:18, 35:5), the dead are raised (1 Kings 17-24, 2 Kings 5:1-27), the poor have good news brought to them (Isaiah 29:19)." In every reference Jesus makes to the book of Isaiah, there is an associated Isianic verse that includes divine vengeance. Yet, when Jesus quotes from it, he leaves off such vengeance. For John, this would have been a great offense. Thus, Jesus concludes his message with, "And blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me." Jesus is the fullness of God in bodily form. Too often this point is missed. Not only do Christians overlook Jesus’ hermeneutics, but so too do we miss just how merciful he is. It seems as if his mercy is tempered by our presupposed understanding of God’s wrath and vengeance. A "theology of the cross," as Martin Luther introduced us to, is rarely considered by many of us in the West. That is tragic. So what do I say to those who hold to a theology that includes violence? Start everything with Jesus. Read your Bible with Jesus. Approach the Father in the same way Jesus did — as Abba. Stop "searching the scriptures" prior to coming to Jesus. He is our model in all things — in how we engage the world with grace and mercy and compassion, and in how we read our Bibles. I hope my answer to the gentleman who posed the original question would have resembled something like this article. Grace be with you.

he rule of law refers to the ability of a government to enforce the laws of the country, particularly with respect to protecting private property and enforcing contracts. Economists at the World Bank have ranked 118 developing countries on the basis of how well their governments enforce the rule of law in 2000. The 20 developing countries that have the strongest rule of law, such as Czech Republic and Israel, grew more than six times faster during the 1990s than the 20 developing countries that have the weakest rule of law, such as the Congo and Albania. Where there is political instability or a corrupt government, the economy cannot grow. Contracts are hard to enforce, and frauds often go unpunished. In some cases, the government not only fails to enforce property rights but actually infringes upon them. To do business in such environments, people are expected to bribe powerful government officials. Therefore, domestic residents have less incentive to invest or start new businesses. At the same time, foreign investors stay away from investing in such politically unstableplaces. Of course, the market system left to its own devices can also create a lot of social inequalities, economic disparities, and environmental problems. When lawlessness exists, the rich and the powerful often form nexus to promote their own self-interests and accumulatewealth at the expense of the poor. Or, firms may cut corners in pursuit of profit in ways that make the society worse off. For example, a manufacturing firm has the incentive to reduceproduction costs by dumping its by-product wastes on nearly vacant land than by paying to get rid of them properly. Still many people, who are unaware of these hazardous problems, will actually reward the firm by buying more of its products, which will be cheaper than what can be produced by competitors that pay to dispose of their wastes in a more responsible way. The best way tocorrect problems like this is through a nonmarket mechanism. This is where the government steps in and plays a very crucial role in the market economy because the government is not anotherprofit-making business per se but a socio-political institution that can use the law to serve the interests of all who live within its geo-political jurisdiction. On the other hand, the poor are also not without selfinterests either. In fact, some of the poor can be more selfish and greedy than the rich, except that they express these vices in a different way. For instance, they may choose to be free riders of the system instead of taking responsibility to contribute their part to grow the common wealth. Let me use an imaginary situation to illustrate my point: Let us assume that Iwas able to put a satellite into orbit so that it couldsend television signals directly to where I am staying in Kohima. Let’s also say that it couldprovide me with many modern conveniences such as direct phone communication, GPS-based navigation for directions, information about wind currents, or ability to forecast rainfall, to name a few. Since my cost would be astronomical to install this system, I ask all the residents of Kohima to share my cost because I knew that they too can easily receive all these benefits for their private use. In the real world, most people mightchoose not to pay me any fee because they have an opportunity to be free riders ofmy system without my knowledge. On my part, it would be very hard, if not impossible, to exclude people who might not pay for the services they would use. Knowing this full well, I wouldn’t want to pay the full cost of the system myself. In the end, we get no satellite system even though it might have made all of us better off. Free riders can cripple enterprises. In the absence of good government or the courts, firms cannot force consumers to pay for the goods and services the latter get, no matter how much utility they may receiveor how often they may use them. For that matter, any system of voluntary payment falls prey to the free riders. Due to these reasons, every society needs to have a good government that can enforce laws and regulations to hold everyone accountable. Without a good government, society becomes a “dogs eat dogs” situation---that is, everyone tries to live off other people. Failure of the rule of law is one reason why nepotism, clans, and other family-centered behaviors are so common in developing countries, including India. In such situations, even reliance on trickle-down economic development and a host of other strategies will not work. A good government, like an umpire in a World Series game,sets rules and enforces them for a functional market economy. It defines and protects property rights. In fact, a market system cannot work well unless property rights are enforced. Entrepreneurs are unlikely to start anything big because investors are unlikely to lend them funds unless there are courts or the rule of law to protect their investments from being arbitrarily seized. But when there is the rule of law, or the access to an independent judicial system, even complex contractual agreements between total strangers can occur. For instance, we can take substantial amounts of money to our bank and hand it over to people we have never met before. We do so because we trust that the system is in place and credible enough so that we would not need to worry that the person at the bank who takes our money won’t just pocket it. Or that we when we use credit cards to buy some goods over the Internet, from a business that is located in some other state or country, we are confident that we will get our merchandise, and they are confident that they will get paid. For a market system to work, businesses and individuals rely on the courts to enforce contracts and protect property rights. But if these are missing, the production of goods and services will be reduced, leaving the economy stagnant. Thus, good government (or more specifically, the rule of law)matters. The more sophisticated our economy becomes, the more sophisticated our government institutionsneed to be. The role of government in e-commerce is a good example. Although the private sector is usually the engine of growth for e-commerce, it is the government that makes online transactions legally binding through the legal system---that is, the courts enforce contracts, protect property rights, settle disputes, discourage thefts, and root out frauds. This way,the rule of law does not just fix the rough edges of the market system, but it makes a market economy possible to function and thrive for the benefit of all.

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ThursDAY 03•09•2015

INDIA

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Bengal's dubious distinction: Topping in crime on rail tracks

KolKAtA, September 2 (iANS): Far from evoking feelings of romance or nostalgia, train journeys in West Bengal now are replete with morbid tales of blood, gore and wails of the innocent, with the state topping the country in terms of murders, rapes and kidnappings on the railway tracks. As per recently released National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, West Bengal aced the dubious list of crime in railways, recording 6,347 cases, including murder and rape, to account for a whopping 17.40 percent of the 36,466 incidents that occurred across the country in 2014. Besides registering a jump of around 325 percent from last year's figure of 1,494 for total number of crimes, Bengal accounted for 120 murders in the railway premises, with Bihar coming a distant second with 60 such deaths. The Government Railway Police (GRP) recorded 396 murders across the country. In terms of women's security, the scenario is rather worrisome. Of the 123 rapes on railway premises recorded across the country, a staggering 85 occurred in the eastern state, with Madhya Pradesh (11) the only

other state to reach a double figure mark. In 2013, Bengal accounted for 34 of the 288 murders and only five cases of rape of the 53 recorded by the GRP in the entire country. The railways in the state also witnessed 241 cases

61 infants die at Odisha hospital in just 14 days CUttACK, September 2 (reUterS): Sixtyone infants have died at an children's hospital in just two weeks, sparking protests and forcing the state government to launch an investigation. The deaths highlight the challenges faced in India's underfunded public health system, where successive governments have failed to address the acute shortage of staff and clinics. Those problems are compounded by the stark poverty and poor sanitary conditions in many villages. Cases of shoddy medical treatment are also regularly reported throughout the country. A criminal probe was under way into the conduct of three staff at the Shishu Bhawan, or Children's Home, in the city of Cuttack in Odisha, state health minister Atanu S. Nayak said on Wednesday. Five workers have been suspended. Opposition parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), staged protests outside several government hospitals across Odisha, waving flags and shouting slogans against state government officials. "Infants have died but the chief minister has yet to visit the hospital," said Samir Mohanty, one of the BJP protesters. "A preliminary inquiry found (the staff) had neglected their duty that contributed to the deaths," state's health minister Nayak said, without elaborating on the causes of death. Doctors at the hospital blamed the deaths on overstretched facilities, not negligence. Niranjan Mohanty, a senior official at the hospital, said it was overburdened, admitting up to 50 critically ill children and treating up to 500 outpatients daily. Last year, at least 13 women died after being sterilized in Madhya Pradesh. In 2013, more than one million children died before the age of five and 50,000 maternal deaths were recorded. India is the world's second most populous country after China.

70 schoolchildren taken ill after mid-day meal lUCKNow, September 2 (iANS): Over 70 children were taken ill on Wednesday after eating the mid-day meal at a government primary school in the state capital, officials said. As soon as the children consumed the meal at Juggaur primary school in Chinhat block around noon, they began vomiting and complained of loose motions. Locals and parents rushed the children to the nearby Lohia hospital in Gomtinagar where the condition of a few was said to be serious. Senior district and education department officials rushed to the hospital to oversee the treatment. Angry parents created a ruckus at the school and allowed the staff to leave only after the intervention of some elders. In the past too, many cases in which stale and poor quality food was served to children have come to light.

No role for any third party in Indo-Pak talks: BJP JAmmU, September 2 (pti): The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday said there was no role for any third party, including Hurriyat Conference, in the talks process between India and Pakistan as per the Shimla agreement. “There is no room for any third party interference or consultation for holding talks between India and Pakistan,” state BJP chief spokesperson Sunil Sethi told reporters here.“Dialogue can take place only between the two countries as per the Shimla agreement and any involvement of person or organisation within or outside India is not acceptable...there is no role for Hurriyat Conference or any other separatist body in any such talks,” Sethi said. Opposition National Conference had on Tuesday said Hurriyat Conference has shunned armed violence and opposes it and is prepared for a sustained, productive dialogue. “This should be enough for New Delhi to engage with them and include them in their talks with Pakistan — be it on issues directly related to Kashmir or indirectly related to Kashmir.” Sethi said the talks can take place between the two countries to resolve the border dispute and on ceasefire violations and Pakistan’s support to terrorists and separatists in India. Pakistan’s attempts to involve Hurriyat will only give legitimacy and importance to it, which is unacceptable, Sethi said.

of causing death by negligence while the figure for the entire country stood at 318. Is the scenario really as grim as the NCRB data shows? The custodians of passengers' security beg to differ. Attributing the GRP's ef-

ficiency in recording even the pettiest of crimes for the high crime chart, Additional Director General of Police (Railways) Mrityunjay Kumar Singh claimed only a minuscule percentage of the 120 murders actually took place within the rail-

ways premises. "Of the 120 murders that have been recorded, only about one to two percent actually occurred within the railway premises. In most of the cases, the bodies were recovered by the GRP and the murders actually took place beyond our premises," Singh told IANS. "It would be unfair to question the security standards just on the fact that criminals find it convenient to dump bodies on tracks passing through secluded areas," Singh reasoned . Besides topping in murder and rape, the state also accounted for the highest number of cases of attempt to murder - 259 out of 347 across the country - and kidnapping and abduction - 208 out of the country's total of 447. In addition to the murders and rapes, 131 accidents occurred at railway crossings across the state, resulting in 112 deaths, including of 23 females. Singh admitted the staff crunch of the GRP did take a toll on passenger security. "GRP has been perennially short-staffed. When it comes to allotting more personnel, we unfortunately always feature at the lowest rung of the government's preference list," rued Singh, also a lyricist

of the national award winning film 'Chokher Bali'. Even Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, during his recent visit to the city, conceded that the desired police-passenger ratio was not feasible owing to the huge number of passengers serviced by the national carrier. Former minister of state for railways and Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, though, pinned the blame on the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in the state. "When the law and order situation is down in the dumps in the entire state, how can the railways be expected to remain untouched," Chowdhury told IANS. "When the ruling party has been taken over by criminals and the police rendered mere puppets in the hands of the Trinamool, such a thing is bound to happen. The railways should not and cannot be blamed alone," added the Lok Sabha member from Baharampur. Incidentally, while the GRP recorded nearly 200 cases of trespass (22) arson (134), and riots (26), only a solitary arrest was made in the entire year under the Railways Act and the Railway Property (Unlawful

Possession) Act that contain penal provisions for destruction of railway property. Even in the current year, the railways in Bengal continue to be in the news for the wrong reason. While a battle of sexes panned out on the tracks earlier in the month when male and female commuters clashed and fought pitched battles for claiming rights to ladies special suburban trains, an explosion on a local train in North 24 Parganas district prompted the union home ministry to call upon the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe the matter. The May 12 explosion in Sealdah-Krishnanagar at the Titagarh railway station killed one and left at least 15 others injured. Former IPS officer Nazrul Islam, who served as the Executive Director (Security), Railways, attributed police's inability to create deterrence behind the high crime chart. "Crime can be prevented mostly through deterrence which requires effective policing. So long as there is lack of specialised training, adequate strength and dearth of technological assistance, a change in the grim crime scenario is not possible," Islam told IANS.

'Smart cities initiative will push mindset change' New Delhi, September 2 (iANS): A change in mindsets will be a "significant outcome" of the government's smart cities initiative and the NITI Aayog will be the "facilitator" of this change, eminent economist Bibek Debroy said here Wednesday. "Urbanisation is inevitable, but resource utilisation has been inefficient. The Smart Cities Mission is rightly positioned to enable better planning for our cities. Mind-set change will be a significant outcome of this initiative on smart cities and NITI will be a facilitator of this change," Debroy, a member of the body that has replaced the Planning Commis-

sion said at a workshop here on finding solutions to the various challenges that India’s urban local bodies (ULBs) face in developing smart cities. A report proposing a Reference Framework for Smart Cities, prepared by Bengaluru's Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) was also released at the event, orgganised by NITI Aayong. "Cities require good governance, rules, laws and regulations. For our cities to become smart, they need to be based on collaboration, innovation and transparency. Niti Aayog will work towards achieving this with

state governments to through an outcome focused approach," NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Khullar said. Opening the workshop, CSTP chairman V.S. Arunachalam said: "To be smart, Indian towns and cities have to solve many problems common to our cities and there is merit in our working together. The solutions are going to be similar and with innovations we should be able to develop solutions that are made for India." The workshop was attended by nearly 100 representatives from 27 states belonging to urban development departments of the state government and municipal

corporations of various cities. Some of the key concerns raised by them included the lack of implementation of the 74th constitution amendment (devolution of power to states), the need for capacity-building in all aspects of smart cities (from concept to implementation), private sector participation in the Mission, slum and poverty management, position and powers of special purpose vehicles (SPVs). The CSTEP report, 'Reconceptualising Smart Cities: A Reference Framework for India', comes in response to the multitude of questions, concerns and challenges that have featured in

public debates in India since the announcement of the Smart Cities Mission and other urban development initiatives by the Narendra Modi government. It proposes a reference framework for smart cities that offers directions for sustainable ways of city planning to both practitioners and theorists. The framework is based on the four guiding principles of well-being, equity, efficiency and foresight, derived from the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The framework primarily aims to crystallise future pathways for smart city development in India.

Raja misled Manmohan in Selection of law officers must be transparent: SC 2G spectrum allocation: CBI

New Delhi, September 2 (iANS): The CBI on Wednesday told a special court hearing the 2G spectrum allocation case that former telecom minister A. Raja misled then prime minister Manmohan Singh on the allocation and has a "habit" of making false statements. Special public prosecutor Anand Grover told Special Judge O.P. Saini that Raja had "deliberately" told incorrect facts to Manmohan Singh on policy issues. He said Raja has a habit of making false statements. He even misled the then prime minister, and with a stroke of

a pen changed the cut-off date for receiving applications from firms seeking 2G licences, the prosecutor submitted. The cut-off date for receiving applications was changed from October 10, 2007 to October 1, 2007, and the decision was taken by Raja to favour some firms, said the Central Bureau of Investigation. The court was hearing final arguments in the case which will continue on Thursday. The case pertains to the 2G spectrum allocation in which Raja, DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi and others are facing trial. According to the CBI, Raja was biased in allocating 2G mobile airwaves and operating licences to telecom firms, causing huge loss to the state exchequer. The court framed charges on October 22, 2011, against 14 accused and three companies under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act. All the accused, including Raja, are out on bail.

New Delhi, September 2 (iANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the appointment of law officers to represent governments in courts cannot be an act of "political appeasement" and must be transparent. Law officers are important positions and there has to be a semblance of selection process, said an apex court bench of Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Kurian Joseph. Pointing out that "normally people picked (as law officers) are known", the court said there were instances when people engaged in other vocations, including politics, were appointed government counsel. Taking exception to such appointments made by state governments, Justice Thakur said: "Some people grace the office (they come to occupy) and (in other cases) office graces the person." The court's strong obser-

vation came in the course of the hearing of a plea by the Punjab government challenging a September 2013 order of

made and the remuneration being paid, it appeared "it is a some kind of pension. Lakhs of rupees are going down the drain just for doing nothing". The apex court said there has to be some "objective basis or justification" for the appointment of Additional Advocate General. Apparently not satisfied with the affidavit filed by the Punjab government in response to the questions framed by the court by its April 2014 order, the court noted that Punjab had 74 Additional Advocate General, five Senior Deputy Advocate General, 40 Deputy Advocate General, 55 Assistant Advocate General and two Advocate on Record. The court noted that there were 40 courts in Punjab, and even if there was one committed law officer for each court, that would have been sufficient.

'Law officers are important positions and there has to be a semblance of selection process...' the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The high court had refused to interfere with a single judge order of October 21, 2011 that the services of Brijeshwar Singh Chahal as the law officer not be terminated. The single judge, by another order of October 18, 2012, had said the matter required a detailed hearing. Favouring "transparency" and "objectivity" in the selection process, the apex court said from the kind of appointment being

How India's tax system helps heavily taxed cigarettes flourish New Delhi, September 2 (iANS/iNDiASpeND): In March 2015 - in response to a drop in sales as taxes more than doubled over four years - India’s leading cigarette company ITC Ltd. shortened its discount Bristolbrand cigarettes by 5 mm. That allowed Bristol cigarettes to make use of India’s complicated sixtier cigarette-tax system and fit into the lowest tax bracket. So, a pack of Bristol costs the same as before. Cigarette-smokers comprise 39 percent of India’s smokers according to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2010, but - as the first part of this series explained - they are taxed up to 210 times more than smokers of bidis, whose manufacturers tend to have greater political clout than

cigarette companies. Cigarette companies argue that taxes have hit demand, as this Bloomberg report explains, but they have substantial wriggle room thanks to India’s complex tax structure, which categorises them by length and filter. The effect of such manipulation is that despite a 1,606 percent (for the shortest non-filter cigarettes) and 198 percent (for the shortest filter cigarettes) rise in taxes over 19 years, the number of cigarette smokers has risen. Cigarette smokers in India increased from 25 million to 46.4 million over 14 years (1996 to 2010), and per capita annual consumption of cigarettes declined marginally, from 101 to 96 cigarettes over the same period. The result is

that cigarettes are part of a health crisis - encompassing cancer, respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and tuberculosis - that in 2011 cost India Rs 104,500 crore ($15.90 billion). That is more than the combined nationwide state and central government spending on healthcare that year. India’s convoluted cigarette tax structure Cigarettes were 175 percent more affordable in 2011 than in 1990, and tobacco has become five percent more affordable in India since 2008, according to the WHO, all because real incomes have been growing at a faster clip than taxes on cigarettes. India levies excise duty on cigarettes per stick. A six-tier (seven-tier until 2014) structure defines taxes per 1,000 cigarettes,

depending on the length of the stick and the presence or absence of a filter. Currently, excise duty varies between Rs. 1.28 per stick and Rs. 3.37 per stick. States levy additional value-added tax (VAT). The World Health Organisation’s Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2015 criticises India’s tobacco tax structure for being complicated and, therefore, difficult to administer. Multiple slabs allow manufacturers to keep prices intact despite tax raises, which defeats the very purpose of hikes. The Indian government should also pull out all the stops in using cigarette taxes as a means to improve public health. A Public Health Foundation of India study shows that increasing taxes on cigarettes

by 370 percent would cut consumption by 54 percent and increase government earnings by 115 percent. However, India will see the best results from cigarette tax hikes when it eliminates the many-tiered tax structure, said experts. Tax hikes would also have a better outcome if cigarette smokers didn’t have cheaper options to switch to: illegal cigarettes, let alone bidis (although bidi and cigarette smokers are usually different sets of people). Illegal cigarettes include smuggled foreign and domestically-manufactured tax-evaded cigarettes. “Domesticallymanufactured tax evaded illegal filter cigarettes are available for as little as rupee one, a third of the price of the cheapest legal ciga-

rette possible,” said Syed Mahmood Ahmad, director of the Tobacco Institute of India. India is the world’s fifthlargest market for illegal cigarettes, according to Euromonitor International. “Illegal cigarettes account for 20 percent of the market and cost the exchequer Rs.7,000 crore worth of taxes,” said Ahmad. Disparate VAT rates across states cause wildly varying overall cigarette tax rates and boost inter-state smuggling. While industry would like the government rationalise duties to reduce the illicit trade, a more effective way to boost health would be to introduce uniform value-added taxes on cigarettes and bidis across states. Cracking down on cigarette smuggling would help too.

tHURsDAY 03•09•2015

WORLD

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In Nordics, many refugees encounter a paradise lost STOCKHOLM, SepTeMber 2 (reuTerS): Sweden may have one of Europe’s most generous immigration regimes but there is flip side - one of the poorest records among wealthy industrialised nations of integrating newcomers, especially thousands of refugees, into its labour force. That failure to provide jobs, a cornerstone to fuller acceptance into society, has helped create an ethnic underclass, straining Sweden’s open-mindedness toward foreigners and fuelling the far right - a trend mirrored across the Nordics. “I didn’t come to Sweden for the welfare. I didn’t come to Sweden to ask for a hand-out,” said Mahad Mohammed Musse, a 27-year-old anaesthesiologist fluent in Arabic, Somali, English and Russian, who has only found temporary work at Stockholm’s tax free airport shops since arriving nearly two years ago. “I ask only to be allowed to live my life with the education that I have,” he added. Born in Saudi Arabia to Somalian parents, Musse arrived in Sweden in January 2014 and got permanent residency two months later. Musse says he applied to 25 hospitals and health centres just to be allowed to observe Swedish doctors at work, but did not receive a single reply. A 2013 OECD study said the unemployment rate for foreignborn Swedish citizens is nearly three times more than for those native born - the second worst in the OECD after Norway. Denmark and Finland are also near the bottom of the table. For years, thousands of refugees have headed to the Nordics, enticed by their traditional openness, strong economies, security and welfare. Sweden gives automatic residency to Syrian refugees and welcomes more asylum seekers per capita than any other nation

in Europe, making it one of the destinations of choice for many of the migrants now making their way across the continent. Most Swedes are proud of a record that stretches back to welcoming refugees from Chile in the 70s and the Iran-Iraq war in the 80s. Today, many immigrant suburbs feature colourful playgrounds and well-tended parks, a far cry from ghettos of cities like Paris. But there is a creeping sense that once homogenous societies held together by a strong welfare model are fracturing. Inequality Some 15 percent of Sweden is foreign born, similar to the United States and around double the EU average. In Sweden, inequality is growing faster than in most other developed nations. That has helped fuel the far right, whose arguments that jobs, welfare and cherished social stability are threatened have struck a chord. A deadly attack on a Copenhagen synagogue at an event promoting free speech and a fatal stabbing by an asylum seeker in an IKEA store in Sweden have strengthened feelings among some Scandinavians that immigrants remain outsiders. A new mosque in Copenhagen has sparked opposition while hundreds of Finns protested recently against the opening of an asylum centre in Nokia’s home town. Anti-immigrant parties are part of governments in Finland and Norway, while in Denmark the Danish People’s Party and Sweden’s Sweden Democrats vie for first place in polls. “We have islands where social problems have become concentrated and unemployment, bad school results and other social problems amplify each other,” Sweden’s Employment Minister Ylva Johansson said. “That’s not an issue related to how many refugees we take in. Rather it’s about failures of integration.”

Migrants at Calais block trains to UK

A group of migrants try to make their way through the crowd to the Keleti (Eastern) Railway Terminus in Budapest, Hungary on September 2. (REUTERS Photo)

Discrimination, red tape, unions and strict labour laws that make it hard to hire cheap workers, combined with difficulties is learning native languages, have all contributed. Swedes joke they have the best educated taxis drivers in the world. Iraqis with engineering degrees are not uncommon. Around 81,000 sought asylum in Sweden last year - second only to Germany. That’s good news for a country with a falling working-age population, as long as the newcomers can get jobs. Language Hurdle Refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Eritrea need housing and education as well as work. Many are badly traumatised. Few speak Swedish – a major hurdle in finding work. New arrivals get free language lessons, but segregated housing and schools can mean levels of Swedish remain basic. “It is very hard. I have experi-

ence but no qualifications,” said Tarek Ozone, a 25-year-old from Damascus who fled to Sweden via Egypt and Libya to Sicily and then via car and train through Europe to Sweden. He was queuing inside a job centre in a Stockholm suburb, trying to find work as a carpenter. Sweden awoke to problems of a growing underclass in 2013 when riots erupted in Stockholm’s mainly immigrant suburbs, with youths burning cars and battling police blamed for the shooting of a Portugese-born man. The heart of the riots was in Husby, a stone’s throw from Sweden’s IT hub of Kista. But many youths complained jobs were out of reach. “For every 10 applications someone with a Swedish-sounding name has to send to get one job interview, a person called Mohammad Ali has to send 20,”, said Moa Bursell, researcher at

the Institute for Futures Studies. It is not just about refugees. Roma migrants who have set up makeshift camps outside Stockholm, begging outside IKEA stores and metro entrances, have shocked Swedes. The Sweden Democrats, who doubled their vote to 13 percent in the 2014 election, get around 20 percent in polls. Leader Jimmie Akesson has warned of “explosions and shootings nearly every day”. The southern cities of Malmo and Gothenburg in particular have been hit by grenade attacks and shootings in recent months, violence that stands out in a country where it is rare. “Integration is an impossible project, particularly with levels of immigration we have now,” Akesson said. But Musse, the anaesthesiologist, still hopes to find a job in one of the country’s hospitals. “That is the only thing that keeps me getting up every morning,” he said.

CALAIS, SepTeMber 2 (reuTerS): Hundreds of migrants poured overnight onto the high-speed railway linking Paris with London near the French port of Calais, a police source said on Wednesday, stranding thousands of passengers aboard Eurostar trains for hours. The migrants took to the tracks around Calais-Frethun station, the latest target for those trying to reach Britain, forcing French rail operator SNCF to halt services near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel. About 3,000 to 4,000 migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa live in camps around Calais, dodging police as they try to get aboard trains and trucks heading for Britain through the tunnel or on car ferries. Five Eurostar high-speed trains were blocked for hours and passengers in one were asked to listen out for any sounds of migrants climbing onto the carriage roofs. Many sat in dark, stifling trains after SNCF had to shut down the power supply. A spokeswoman for Eurotunnel said that as security is tightened at Calais port and the Channel Tunnel entrance, the migrants are looking for new entry points such as Calais-Frethun. The station lies about 5 km (three miles) inland, just outside the zone controlled by Eurotunnel. The tunnel operator also said it would share know-how with SNCF, which is to erect 13 km (8 miles) of security fencing along the rail network. At the start of the year, the migrants who are fleeing conflict and poverty in their home countries mainly targeted trucks bound for ferries or the tunnel. As fences there were erected, they targeted the tunnel entrance itself before turning their sights to the railway station beyond. ZERO INTRUSIONS French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said France would start legal proceedings against all those who are arrested during intrusion attempts. “Our target is to reduce the number of intrusions to zero,” Cazeneuve said on radio Europe 1. Cazeneuve said nine people have died this year trying to make the crossing. Passengers on one of the London-bound trains, which stopped less than a mile (1.6 km) from the tunnel, were told at one point to keep very quiet and listen for the sound of people climbing on the roof. A helicopter with a searchlight then circled the train as guards walked the tracks looking for migrants, but seemingly none was spotted. Migrants usually scatter when the police arrive, only to return later to try again. With the power out, passengers on that train sat in the dark for nearly 4 hours. A woman in business class wept and many passengers said they could not breathe in the stifling air. Eurostar then pulled the train back to Calais, where passengers disembarked for fresh air and bottled water.

Thai police say closer to Four months after quakes, Nepal fails to North Korea tells South not to crow cracking Bkk bomb case spend any of $4.1 billion donor money about the deal that ended standoff

Thai police spokesman Prawut Thawornsiri shows a sketch of a suspect believed to be involved in the recent Bangkok blast at the Royal Thai Police headquarters in Bangkok on September 1. (REUTERS Photo)

bANGKOK, SepTeMber 2 (reuTerS): Police claimed significant progress on Wednesday towards finding the mastermind of Thailand’s deadliest attack after an arrested man admitted being near the Aug. 17 shrine blast and fingerprints tied him to the room of a suspected bomber. The unidentified man arrested less than a kilometre from the Cambodian border on Tuesday had told police he was not the bomber, but was in same area when a massive explosion killed 20 people. “It’s natural that the suspect will deny he did it, but we still have to continue to look into that,” deputy national police chief Chakthip Chaijinda told reporters. “Right now the case has progressed about 70 percent already.” The latest suspect had stayed in the same Nong Chok area of Bangkok as another man arrested in a raid on Saturday that found stacks of fake passports, TNT, C4 and fertiliser. An arrest warrant was issued on Wednesday for a Turkish man who police believed was in his home country. He is married to a Thai woman currently in Turkey who was in contact with Thai authorities. She had rented a room in a second Bangkok building raided by police, where bomb-making materials were found. Police have received a torrent of criticism for leading a patchy probe and statements from top officials about possible perpetrators, motives and information extracted from suspects have been contradictory, speculative and often cryptic. Police spokesman Prawut Thawornsiri said the latest suspect’s prints were found on explosives in the same room. “The man... may be the person who took the bomb out of the room or brought the bomb to the location of the incident,” Prawut said on TV. The investigation has gained momentum since the weekend raids, before which the authorities had little more than a low-resolution surveillance camera video of a man in a yellow shirt leaving a rucksack at the popular Erawan Hindu shrine moments before the blast. With no claim of responsibility, speculation has centred on sympathisers of Uighur Muslims, opponents of the military government, southern ethnic Malay rebels and foreign extremists. Thailand’s forced repatriation of 109 Uighurs to China in July caused international outrage and saw protesters smash windows and ransack parts of the Thai consulate in Istanbul. Many Uighurs transit through Southeast Asia to try to get to Turkey, which has a large diaspora. Though many details remain unknown, a connection with Turkey has been established. It is unclear if the two detained men are Turkish but police have been interrogating them though a Turkish translator and fake Turkish passports were seized in one raid.

KATHMANDu, SepTeMber 2 (reuTerS): Two months after foreign countries and international agencies pledged $4.1 billion to help Nepal recover from its worst natural disaster, the government has yet to make arrangements to receive the money and has spent nothing on reconstruction. The United Nations estimates almost three million survivors of twin earthquakes in April and May – around 10 percent of the Himalayan nation’s population – need shelter, food and basic medical care, many in mountainous, hard-to-reach areas. Govind Raj Pokharel, chief executive officer of the newly created National Reconstruction Authority, said the government was unlikely to start spending the money until October at the earliest because of delays in approving plans and concerns about starting building work in the monsoon season. “The government’s response has been slow. I accept that,” said Pokharel.

Nepal has been criticised for its chaotic response to the quakes that killed almost 9,000 people. The country failed to adequately prepare even though experts had predicted an earthquake was likely. And then the government struggled to cope with relief.Four months later, many partially damaged buildings in Kathmandu are still standing and rubble is strewn across public parks. Tens of thousands of people are living in plastic tents, preyed upon by flies and mosquitoes, with muddy paths and no drains. Maili Pariyar, 50, knitting a purse to sell outside her tent, said she only received food and tent materials from aid agencies. She has not been given anything by the government. “We have lost everything. We are desperate,” she said. “How much longer do we have to wait for help?” Pokharel said the government had failed to spend any money because ministers had still not signed off on rebuilding and aid distribution plans.

He said the government made an error by attempting to pass a contentious constitution that will create a new political system and divide the country into new regions, a decision that has led to deadly clashes. The government argues the overhaul will help reconstruction in the long run by creating greater stability. “We would have liked it if they concentrated on the reconstruction first,” Pokharel said. “That would have been better.” Jamie McGoldrick, the U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nepal, said the government had been sluggish. “The government needs to get going,” he said. “The next big challenge is to ensure that people living in tents are prepared for the winter.”After a two-month wait, Pokharel was appointed to head the reconstruction authority two weeks ago. He is now based in a government office that oversees printing because the earthquake damaged other buildings.”We have lost time and now we need to catch up,” he said.

SeOuL, SepTeMber 2 (reuTerS): North Korea on Wednesday accused South Korea of claiming victory for an accord that ended an armed standoff, saying that was “cowardly” and urging the South to be “discreet in words and deeds”. The rival Koreas last week ended a confrontation that brought a rare exchange of artillery fire on one of the world’s most heavily fortified borders, striking a deal that opened the possibility for improved relations. South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s approval ratings surged after the deal, which many South Korean media outlets portrayed as a win for her tough stance against the North. But North Korea’s National Defence Commission (NDC) rejected such triumphalism. “Nothing is more shallow and cowardly than describing the joint statement agreed by North and South together as a victory for one side,” the North’s state-run KCNA news agency quoted the NDC as saying in a statement. Under the accord, reached during round-the-clock talks, North Korea expressed regret over the

wounding in early August of South Korean soldiers in landmine blasts on their border and the South agreed to halt anti-North Korea broadcasts over border loudspeakers. South Korea had demanded an apology for the mine explosions in the so-called Demilitarized Zone between them, and some South Korean officials described the North’s expression of regret as an apology. But North Korea denied planting the mines and its NDC said it had expressed sympathy, not an apology. “Briefly saying ‘regret’ is nothing more than an expression of ‘I feel sorry for what you have been through’,” the commission said. “The landmine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone was merely an accident of the type that happens too often,” it said. Responding to the North Korean statement, the South said both sides should implement the agreement sincerely. “It is not the time to ride an emotional roller coaster or argue what’s right and wrong about the agreement,” said Jeong Joonhee, a spokesman for the South’s Unification Ministry, which handles relations with the North.

Cameroon involved in ‘blood diamond’ trade uNITeD NATIONS, SepTeMber 2 (reuTerS): Illicit trafficking of diamonds from Central African Republic into neighbouring Cameroon is helping finance the continuation of a nearly three-year conflict, an expert panel that monitors U.N. sanctions said in a confidential report. Central African Republic (CAR) descended into chaos in March 2013 when predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power, triggering reprisals by “anti-balaka” Christian militias who drove tens of thousands of Muslims from the south in a de facto partition of the landlocked country. Although rival armed groups agreed to a peace accord in May, the conflict has continued at a lower intensity, and a transitional government has been unable to assert its authority over all of the vast, mineral-rich territory. The export

of diamonds from CAR was banned in May 2013 by the Kimberley Process, which represents 81 countries, including the United States, the European Union, Russia, China and all major diamond-producing nations. The group was formed to prevent so-called blood diamonds from funding conflicts. In its interim report to the CAR sanctions committee, the U.N. Security Council’s panel of experts said the illicit trade in diamonds is still funding major players in the conflict and increasingly involves neighbouring countries such as Cameroon and Chad. The panel has not previously highlighted the role of Cameroon in the conflict diamond trade. But the report does not directly implicate Cameroon authorities in the trade. “Despite a decline in violence by anti-balaka elements in the southwest, some anti-balaka continue

to be involved in the illicit exploitation of diamonds,” the panel said in the report, seen by Reuters. “Diamond mines in the (sub-prefecture) of Amada Gaza (Mambere-Kadei province) are violently contested between anti-balaka and armed Peul,” the experts said. Many Mus-

lims from the Peul ethnic group were displaced by the war. The panel has said that all sides in the conflict profit from the trade in diamonds. It estimates that some 140,000 carats of diamonds, valued at $24 million, have been smuggled out of the country since the 2013 ban on the export of

CAR’s rough diamonds. Its latest report said that diamonds from Amada Gaza were suspected to have been trafficked through Gbiti, a Cameroon border town. Other examples of cases the panel is investigating include diamond trafficking through the Cameroonian town of

Kenzou, including a large, 40-carat stone. Another involves the seizure of 160 carats of undocumented diamonds worth around $28,000 in Yaounde, Cameroon in April. These diamonds, the panel said, had been carried from Kenzou by two Indian nationals who recently visited Bangui, CAR’s capital. Cameroon’s U.N. Mission did not respond to a request for comment. Armed anti-balaka elements, the panel said, are involved in illicit diamond exploitation at a number of mining sites. The panel of experts recommended that the Security Council urge transitional CAR authorities to suspend diamond-trading houses that purchase the gems from areas “under direct or indirect control of armed groups.” It also said the council should urge neighbouring countries not to violate CAR’s borders.

thursDAY 03•09•2015

public discourse

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

Rani Gaidinliu As I Remember Rev. Dr. A. G. Kamei.

village, Tamenglong District, he told Gaidinliu to look after the affairs at home while he would look up and go to the highest level. She told me that Phizo would not see the day of Naga freedom. That he would not come back home as he goes to a far away land. I perceived that she possessed certain visionary powers to foresee the future. She strongly believed, that one day the Nagas will rule and reign over their own land. She bore humility, and a smiling and pleasant personality with a sober countenance. I would say she possessed a noble and royal heart for humanity. Nehru might have felt and noticed those aspects of her personality, and made him think of her as a Rani by virtue of her honorable royal personality; not by dynastic descent or heritage nor by marital status.

A social activist

n light of the discussions on various social media forums and literature being written and published, about and against Rani Gaidinliu, I am compelled to put my personal views on Rani Gaidinliu. It is painful and indeed a pitiable situation to see, that many hurtful and wrong allegations have been made about her. Sections of the Naga people are rejecting her and slurs are being hurled upon her name at home, while she is being acknowledged and exalted, and accolades of her contributions as a Naga lady freedom fighter are being given nation-wide. I am quite appalled at the sight of the present Naga society. I never imagined that the Nagas would stoop so low and become as blind as many of us are today. Gaidinliu was not an anti-Christian In all my association with her, she was Living witness to Rani Gaidinliu’s life activities never inclined to oppose Christianity. S. C. I have been in close association with Rani Dev in his book, “Nagaland the Untold Story,” Gaidinliu since she was given a residence stated, “She had no ill-will against the faith of at Agri Colony, Kohima where she lived till Christianity or any other faith. But she hated her death on 17th February 1993. In my long the overzealous converts to Christianity who years of association with her, I as a woman had abandoned the rich cultural heritage of came to know her mind, interests and her the Nagas and blindly copied the cheap asideas as a visionary leader. I believe and hope pects of western life. She said in an admirable that my statements about her would clear the simple manner: we are Nagas, we should live air of doubts, resentful allegations and spir- like Nagas. We have beautiful folklore, and it of denial and rejection hovering over the folksongs, colorful dress and culture. When Naga society. I see these new converts copying the westI believed, and continue to believe, that ern way in a cheap manner it pains me”. This she bore a rare leadership personality un- simply proved beyond doubt, that she was common among her contemporaries. This neither anti-Christian, nor anti-Naga Nacould most probably be the reason why so tionalism. She envisioned reforming Naga many misgivings, rumors and negative pro- indigenous faith while at the same time repaganda born of presumptions or assump- specting the Christian faith around her phitions based on later speculation of her has losophy. been made, thus only serving to distort the According to Kusumlata Nayyar, Rani Naga history. I used to be with her in her lei- Gaidinliu had no communal approach. Insure time, befriending her, talking and jok- stead she was devoted to all the religions. ing with her. She treated me as her niece. She once embraced Christianity and was She would inspire me with motivating and baptized by one Ao gentleman, Reverend encouraging stories, examples and words of Kijungliba but denounced later for reasons comfort. She once narrated to me about A.Z. best known to her. She also bore a record of Phizo’s statement to her when she refused to paying tithe and offering, offered a buffalo for join or go with him for a mainstream Naga the Christmas feast when she was in Tamenstruggle. While Phizo came to Luangkaeu glong among the Christians. Faith/ religion

is a personal matter and right safeguarded by the Constitution of India. She did not attack the Christian faith but Christians in time past, wrongly opposed and attacked her bitterly.

Rani Gaidinliu was not a witch or sorceress S.C. Dev the then Deputy Commissioner Naga hills heard of the fear rending reputation of her as a witch, sorceress, possessing superpowers, a bloodthirsty killer and so on and so forth, as someone who could cast magic spells and had the power to do anything or destroy any one in her way. She used to wear her trademark dark goggles and two wrist watches presented by Indira Gandhi and Y. B. Chavan, the then Home Minister. She gave importance to, and lovingly preserved gifts of friends. In regard to this trademark goggle she wore, one day the wife of Y. B. Chavan told Gaidinliu, “Rani people said that since you drink people’s blood too much you have become blind and that is why you are wearing dark goggles.” She proved that her eyesight was good and sharp by displaying before leaders and threading a thread into the eye of the needle without any difficulty. On another occasion when certain MPs in a party questioned her as to whether she drank human blood, she abruptly stood up and promptly responded “I am also a human being like you all. Can you imagine, drinking the blood of other fellow beings? Human blood is pious to me as to anybody else”. The MPs instantly stood up and begged her pardon. All these imaginary ideas of her, fears and propagations were addressed and refuted as totally wrong by S.C. Dev at the spot and time of meeting her at her hideout in 1966. She was as approachable as anybody else. On his arrival Rani asked Dev, “Were you not afraid of coming to my hide-out?” S. C. Dev replied in a low voice, “Well, yes, a bit scared no doubt, but I believed you and I came to you as a son to his mother”. The news reporter/writer Kelakini Sekhose said, “The woman round whom were woven all kinds of sensational tales of thirst of human blood, human sacrifice, witchcraft, magic and supernatural power recently came to Kohima, the capital of Nagaland state”. He also stated that, the ex-

pedition to Rani hide-out was a fearful trip. In his word Sekhose stated, “A cold shudder ran through his spine- it was frightening. He was not so much afraid even when he persuaded 300 armed hostiles to surrender in the Sema areas two years ago. The present fear was casting shadows” …Ibid. Wrongly implicating her for what she was not is cruel and very unbecoming in a professed Christian society. No proof could be established in respect of all allegations meted against her. Such allegations and propagations are therefore clearly baseless.

Rani Gaidinliu’s contributions and impact on Nagaland Nagas failed to see and understand the perspective of Indian politics with respect to the Naga political aspirations and struggles. To India, Naga Rani is counted as one great Naga contributor to the Indian freedom struggle. Therefore India felt the indebtedness to the Nagas. What India could possibly do for the Nagas, in acknowledgement and appreciation of that sacrifice and contribution and to pay her tribute and honor by giving a special status which according to Nehru was to give a ‘large autonomy limit’ to the Nagas as per the written advise to Bisnu Medhi, the then Chief Minister of Assam. All that India could do was to grant a state to the Nagas as per India’s decision in principle. This was acted out in a written agreement culminating in the 16 Point Agreement through and by means of convening a Naga People’s Convention which was preplanned and masterminded by India. This act also had two behind-thescene objectives - to end the Naga National insurgency group and to include Nagas under Indian Union. Opinions vary as to whether Rani Gaidinliu made any political contributions towards the freedom movement of the Nagas. We tend to draw hypothetical conclusions from whichever perspective we are looking from or whatever our own perspectives are. However the historical fact is that, before the NNC movement picked up its momentum, the sense to liberate from foreign

The sequence of events are blessings in disguise

f the sequence of events are retrospected , they are God’s blessings in disguise . Naga Hills was a District of Assam and in 1957 at the backdrop of the Naga political movement Naga Hills Tuensang Areas ( NHTA ) was formed into a new administrative Unit under a Commissioner . In 1959 the 16 Points Agreement was signed between the Government of India and the Naga People Convention and a Statehood was ceded to the Nagas of Nagaland . The NPC was a public body excluding the Nation-

Seize The Moment In Unison

e are at an exceptional political threshold and something big is about to happen. Before it strikes, let us strike. Since unity of all NPGs or their nomenclatures (or a single common nomenclature) is not ready yet, let us all move together with one voice in unison for an interim and transitional solution or settlement to make it more meaningful and more transformational (including a reconciliation process headed by FNR and the Church represented by all denominations, such as a revived Naga Christian Forum). Let this agreement make us better for greater things ahead. As an Angami, I know that deep in the hearts of my people, we are genuinely and profoundly grateful to all our Naga people wherever they are, far or near, big or small, deceased or alive, who initially rallied around the leadership of the Angamis for the take-off of our movement and for onward transmission of our struggle to the rest of the world. I personally feel that, moving with the tides of life, it is appropriate to now rally in unison around the present day leaderships of Nagas in India and Burma (Myanmar) for growth of our Movement towards full fruition. The general public who are not negotiators (FNR, NCF, NH, including state government and all NGOs, etc) have been playing their supporting roles on behalf of the mass to facilitate the process of dialogue and negotiation. Why not all NPGs join hands now to make it more lively and effective? Let’s make our national stand more important, more urgent and far greater than tribal or factional interest. It’s time to seize the day “carpe diem” in joint efforts and make our Naga story and song more sweet and beautiful in UNISON. Dr. Dietho-o ‘South Corner’ A.G. Road, Kohima

al workers . It was opposed by the National workers as an anti – National agreement and its President was assassinated . Had the Nagas been faithful and loyal to the National Movement and remained as a District , what will be the fate of the Nagas educationally , economically and in the aspect of development ? The agreement was condemned as a betrayal but without it the Nagas will be dwarfed in all aspects of life . The agreement is really a blessing in disguise . We have to realize what we have done wrong out of extremism and to praise God for his grace for us .

The situation demands abled and capable leaders to lead the people . We need Phizo but he was gone and after him there is no more Phizo . We need leaders like Imkongmeren , Kughato etc. but they were gone and after them there are no more Imkongmeren and Kughato . Who are abled and capable men to carry out the responsibility to represent the Nagas to bring about solution to the Naga political problem ? God uses different men and women in different ways at different times . So going against one another may be against the will of God . A political

organisation known as NSCN and its leaders Isak and Muivah and others were not dreamt of to be spearheading Naga political talk with the GoI but they are there as most efficient and capable leaders . So it may be the will of God that we give our helping hands towards one another . A political settlement is the need of the people because a settlement done can put multiple national Govts. and excessive taxation to an end . It is the duty of all of the Nagas to contribute their best to help bring about a solution to the problem . Rev. L. Suohie Mhasi.

“On Rani Gaidinliu & 3 Indian Prime Ministers” 1. Rani Gaidinliu life cannot be re-written or twisted. India found her as an Icon Naga Lady in the Indian Freedom Movement and irrespective of the political and religious colour of the present day of Naga Society, Govt. of India decided to honour her on her 100 years birth Centenary Celebration by figuring out the Indian Coin with her photo. The question is not her Christian religion or Heraka faith. Both never comes into conflict and Ranima should not be dragged into undesirable controversies. She has fought against the British rule with the people support in her own capacity, be it political or spiritual and the India Govt. took right decision to honour her as a freedom fighter. I thank the wisdom of the three Indian Prime Ministers viz : Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru for giving her the little “Rani of the Nagas” in 1937, Indira Gandhi awarded her Tamrapatra (freedom fighter) in 1972, and Narendra Modi launched a commemoration coin of rupees 100 & 5 to mark 100 years of birth centenary on 24 August 2015 at New Delhi. We cannot forget the Governor of Nagaland P.B.Acharya who walked extra miles to honour a Naga Lady who fought the British rule from her young age. When the B.J.P Govt. led by P.M Modi took a political decision to sign Indian-Naga Peace accord on 3rd August 2015 at New Delhi after 17 years of long negotiations the Nagas have welcomed it. Simliarly, Govt. of India had taken right decision to honour Ranima on 24 August 2015 and P.M Modi had rightly said – “either we forget about some great personalities or they are deliberately forgotten”. I remember the ASDC and Dimasa Students’ Union on a white paper on insurgency in N.C. Hills Dated: 25 -4-2000 had stated…’’. the armed struggle of Gaidinliu…the moving force behind her indomitable courage, the socio-religions and political objective of Zeme (Zeliangrong) Nagas of N.C.Hills, was never evaluated in proper perspective….”never, in any part of India the glorious sacrifice and struggle against the colonial rule, has been ignored so nakedly”. It is very unfortunate that when the country is giving recognition to a Naga Lady we

politised the issue on religious line to oppose a Memorial hall in Kohima. 2. I am grateful to Dan-II Govt led by former Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, our Naga visionary leader who welcome the proposal to construct Rani Gaidinliu Memorial Museum at Kohima funded by DONER Ministry, New Delhi. I also thank our two special Class-I Angami Contractors who did the work honestly and the building is nearly completion. 3. If at all our most respected Angami Civil Societies is determined not to allow the Memorial Hall in Kohima, Naga Capital, there are many other Zeliangrong areas in North East India and even Poilwa Village the Head Quarter of Ranima in 1930’s where she prepared her fort to fight with the British rule can be selected by the Govt for such a Memorial Museum. History will tell how Zeliangsong people had supported the Naga Movement under the leadership of A.Z.Phizo. If Ranima Memorial Hall is not allowed in Kohima because she followed her indigenous faith Heraka, I am of the view that Indira Gandhi is of no difference because she is a Hindu. I hope one day Indira Gandhi Stadium will also get a Naga name since she is not a Christian and her father Nehru does not support Naga Movement as we have read from T.Solo’s article N/Post Dated 18/Aug 2015 heading “Accord for an Accord” read para 4 quote, “whether Heavens fall or Indians goes into pieces, blood runs red in the country, Nagas will never get independence”. Today what we do should not be a contention for repentance for coming generations. Nagas should be happy that Govt. of India recognised an iconic figure amongst the Nagas. Tomorrow if A.Z.Phizo or Imkongmeren Ao is recognised by Govt. Of India, Nagas should be united to welcome it. 4. Some Christian body have stated that “Naga politicians should be answerable to their constituents who are majority Christians when they return home from the celebration” in Delhi. Here I donot defend Chief Ministers T.R. Zeliang and his cabinet colleagues who attended the function in New Delhi, but if not

T.R.Zeliang, had it been a Chief Minister from any other tribe, he would have to attend the programme organized by the Prime Minister. I hope that the Church organization will continue to exercise wisdom to win non-Christian hearts to save 1000 souls for the kingdom of God. 5. I want to thank all the Naga Civil Societies, Hohos, Individuals, National Workers and mainly the Churches and all Christian friends for expressing your views and concern about Gaidinliu Memorial Museum and Heraka faith. I respect your sentiments and I observed that like we oppose Ranima and her faith, if Nagas are united for our Naga Independence Movement and for God’s ministry to save souls of nonChristians brethren, Nagaland will be a place Heaven on Earth. Nagaland is a Christian state, Nagaland is for Christ, and our Zeliangrong missionaries along with many Naga prayer warriors/mission workers are equally concern and is doing our best to convert Heraka followers into Christians. We are also against construction of Heraka temple / statue/idols form of worship like you do, and it is our prayer that the lord in His mercy will do wonderful works upon the life of everyone for we believe the Gospel that “the last shall be first and the first shall be last ’’ and nothing is impossible with God. I hope Nagas will be able to differentiate what is a temple/idols/statue and a memorial hall or museum before we jumped into the wrong side of all stories and beliefs. Lastly, whatever, people may say, Ranima is a freedom fighter and Nagas must learn to appreciate the sacrifice of every Naga individual in whatever position one may stand. Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future . No one is perfect in this world. I hope good sense will prevail among the Nagas at this crucial time of our political journey. At this point of time I can only remember the words of Martin Lurther... “do to us what you would, we will continue to love you”. God bless Nagaland, the land and the people that I love. Rakochobe Hau Legal Advisor, Hausum Khel Poliwa Village

invasion and the intrinsic desire to maintain our own unique socio-political-cultural identity was already present in different pockets of the Naga nation. Such was the case of the “Naga Raj” movement of Mazoduannang. Gaidinliu, influenced by this “Naga Raj” movement picked up the political baton after the death of her cousin brother Mazoduannang popularly known as Joduannang. Therefore, it would be historically bias if we fail to acknowledge the small NNCs and the little Phizos that came along the way before NNC was actually formed. Nonetheless, it would be political assassination if due credit is not given to the immense contribution of the NNC under the leadership of A. Z. Phizo. To a large extent, this NNC movement became the political springboard to what we are now. Heraka which Gaidinliu introduced was a religious ideological concept applied as a political tool to bring out and preserve the very Naganess, against two great forces of foreign invasion during that historical context – British invasion and Christianity which was seen as a foreign religion. Perhaps Rani Gaidinliu understood a close relationship between the indigenous faith Nagas professed in relation to our socio-cultural-political identities? And perhaps all these false allegations and propaganda amounting to character assassination was thrown upon Gaidinliu then and even till today, because many people have failed to understand this intrinsic relationship? In many cases it is also due to sheer ignorance or misinformed understanding of who she was and what she was all about. In my few years of association with Rani Gaidinliu I saw her as someone very down-to-earth, passionate for preserving the Naga cultural identity, a woman who loved her people to the extent of willing to die for the sovereignty of her people. Towards the end of her life she began to love Christianity - the religion she once considered foreign because for her the main agenda is not the religion but about maintaining our historical identity. The author is a devout Christian, social leader and activist. She was the Vice President of Zeliangrong People’s Convention.

Pan-Naga Federation

Thepfulhouvi Solo

ndia may have difficulty in affecting the integration of all Naga Inhabited Area into a single Territorial Unit in the present political dispensation; and the IM have expressed understanding of India's difficulties. Thus under the situation, the best that Muivah can bring out of a difficult situation is to have, at most, a PAN-NAGA Organization which he and his collective Authority may ultimately formalize. The IM has expressed its intension to accommodate as much Traditions and Customs of the Naga as possible in the possible Accord. This is a welcome Idea and the Naga have nice Customs and Traditions of governance of their life. 'Pan-Naga' means; 'wholly Naga' or 'all Naga' and the Naga has already an Integrated Naga Consciousness. So it is even a good Idea to have a Pan-Naga organization common to all Naga. To have a strong foundation of a Pan-Naga Body, it must be composed of fundamental Naga democratic traditions. The Naga has every compact, natural components or Parts for a composite Organization. The VILLAGE is the principal component of the Naga Polity. The Village is composed naturally of endogamous THINUO or MEPU or KIONG etc, each tribe in its own Tongue; and the Thino, popularly known as Khel, is composed of a more or less number of exogamous CLANS or KIDONG. The Clan Name normally forms importantly the identifying second name of every Naga. Thus organs like TRIBE, REGION, VILLAGE, THINUO and CLAN are descending natural, very stable organizational echelons of the Naga Society. For the purpose of Administration; with the coming of the colonial Power, a common Area with a more or less number of Villages formed a KICHA or REGION or RANGE of the TRIBE. So every Tribe has natural and systematic echelons of Organs that run the Society like a well oiled many wheeled Watch. These natural echelons of the Organs of the State must finally function in the PanNaga Federation. Today, in consonant with modern times, a more or less number of Tribes constitutes an Body bigger than the Tribe. This is the STATE. A more or less number of Tribes forms the State. The Naga communities from the different States together may finally form the PAN-NAGA Body. When the Pan-Naga Body is formed with the above mentioned traditional Naga Community Parts, the resultant composite Pan-Naga Body would be very compact, strong and stable. The Naga Hoho is a PAN-NAGA Body; but actually, as of today, the Naga Hoho is like the awesome figure in the Dream of the great Chaldean Emperor Nebuchadnezzar of the ancient. The dream was a magnificent figure with magnificent top of Gold and Silver, but downwards, the Body becomes progressively of less and less value till below the groin the material becomes gross Metal; and finally the Feet of the great awesomely figure is only a common fine Clay! The Naga Hoho today has become a malleable, recycled, purchasable Tool of the Government, or of some armed Groups or of some powerfully rich people. It does seem to be interested to cater to the needs of the low common grass but behave like Prophets in the King's kitchen. It lies with Muivah today to a great ex-

tent, whether to make Pan-Naga a real stepping Stone for the destiny of the Naga People or just a 'has been' in the history of the Naga. We would never want to let the PAN-NAGA Body to become a Naga Haha! One of the greatest Evil of the Naga Society today is the unholy practice of purchasing NGO by the Rich and the Powerful. The Government appears to be learning the practice of paying chosen Invitees to Important consultative Meetings to toe its Agenda! Ethically, Morality, these are nothing less than despicable Bribes. It will be very destructive to the Naga if the IM adopts such practices after their Accord of Peace with the Government of India is finalized. The indigenous scheme of Naga Governance has great potential for the good of the Naga Society. An important point in the natural system of governance of the Society lies in the discouragement of Excessive Centralization of Authority and Systems of Monopoly. The Decision making Body is not necessarily from the Top-to-the-Bottom, it is from the Bottom-to-Top. That is how Naga Democracy runs, not from top to bottom but from bottom to top. This is not only the purest Democracy but also equality Democracy with proliteriate Communism mixed together!? When the Village need of an important decision, the need is sent from the high Village Council to the lower Body; from Thinuo, it goes down to the Clan and the Clan talks it over with the fundamental Families that constitutes the Clan and sends their considered decision higher up. The most Authoritative Organ of the Naga Society is the Clan. The echelons of decision making Organs in the Village are first, at the fundamental Ground level, -the single specific Clan- from where it goes up to the Thinuo Level and from there, it goes further up to the Village Council. Before the British administration came, there was no decision making Organ above the Village. War and Peace rests with the Village as the apex Authority, but with the coming of the colonial Power, a more or less number of Villages were constituted necessarily into a common Range or Region and a number of Regions formed the Organ of the Tribe. Now with the coming of the Independence of India and the Naga Hills constituted into a State, a Pan-Naga Tribes of Nagaland formed the State Assembly, the Highest law making body of the State. If the Indo-IM political Accord is finalized in detail, it is rumored, there will be a PAN-NAGA FEDERATION of the Naga of Arunachal Pradesh, of Assam, Manipur and of Nagaland though not with a Unified Territorial Unit. The Federation will have Component from each State in the form of a State Pan-Naga Federation looking after its own affairs. When this is done, it will form the first step in the ultimate Naga Political journey of a thousand Li. This Pan-Naga Federation must be something similar to the European Union with COMMON SOCIO-ECONOMIC INTEREST but SEPARATE State POLITICS of its own. Nagaland is interested to preserve the Naga Character of the State and must maintain its separate State or Province to look after its own affairs even when the Pan-Naga Federation becomes an Independent Entity territorially just before Jesus Christ returns.

Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

Thursday 03•09•2015

Opang Jamir attends Lakme Fashion Week 2015

akme Fashion week 2015 was a celebration of the glorious 15th year’s event. Top-notch Supermodels swags the ramp with the fabulous designer collections with stylist, make-up and hair over the years Lakme Fashion week had becoming bigger and better. Lakme Fashion week gives a lot of platforms to various firms and business from Buyers, TopDesigner, Emerging designer, Models to Supermodels, Photographers, bloggers, stylist, hair & make-up etc. It’s been 2 years now Lakme Fashion week is hosted at the busiest and luxurious Palladium Hotel located at Lower parel Mumbai. From Nagaland Supermodel and former Mr India Interna-

tional 2012 Opang Jamir was invited to be a part of this prestigious fashion week in India by the Jabong.com where he had participated last year Jabong online Fashion week season-02, also he had walked the ramp for designer Asa Kazingmei. This is Opang Jamir 2nd years being in LFW he had an amazing experience and had time to share something about "fashion" to upcoming models and designers etc. Opang interacted with Praveen Singha CEO Jabong, Purnima Lamba Head of innovation Lakme, Bandana Tewari Vogue India Fashion Features Directors, all these high-profile people had a good concept and keen about the North-eastern states

specially Nagaland, as over the years Naga Thangkul Designer Asa Kazingmei showcases his collections at Lakme Fashion week now it is a time for a good strategy and strike the goal for the emerging Naga designers who would want to make it big must have a home stage experiment then only can do justice here in Mumbai. Mr Jamir had a great time watching the shows from Ta- front row seats with all the high run Tahiliani, Neeta Lulla, Bug- socialites, designers, celebrities, gati shoes etc occupying the first Industrialist etc.

COLIN FARRELL' S LETTER TO CI GARETTES Colin Farrell marked his decision to quit smoking by writing a ''break-up'' letter and burning it along with his cigarettes

he 'True Detective' star came up with an unusual way of quitting smoking with a symbolic ritual in which he penned a note explaining his decision to give up the deadly habit, before burning it along with his cigarettes. He said: ''I wrote a break-up letter to the Spirit of Tobacco. ''I got a frying pan and tossed the letter with a load of tobacco, put some paraffin over it, and lit a match that sent a big,

wallowing cloud up into the sky. Then I didn't have a cigarette for another two years.'' Though the 39-yearold actor has been single for five years, he insists he is ''OK'' about his personal life as his priority is his two sons, 11-year-old James, and five-year-old Henry, who he has from two previous relationships. He told the new issue of Men's Health magazine: ''It's not that I don't get lonely some-

times, but I'm OK about it. ''The most significant aspect of my life lives far away from anywhere that a camera is needed. You play the part and do interviews but don't overextend yourself or put on a mask or change your name. ''When you get home, the only thing that matters is your son is not eating his turkey sandwiches and he's not into avocado anymore, so you have to find something new that he'll eat for lunch.''

Shilpa Shetty Kundra to collaborate with style queen Victoria Beckham for a clothing line!

hilpa Shetty Kundra is known for her chic, effortless style. it is amazing how her fashion

sense has evolved over the years since she first set foot in the film industry. Victoria Beckham, on the other

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hand, is a global fashion icon and is known for her cutting edge, futuristic style. What will happen when these two fashionistas collaborate? Yes! Shilpa and Posh are indeed joining hands to launch a clothing line in India. After launching a line of sarees last year, Shilpa is all set for this new, exciting venture. Shilpa’s husband Raj Kundra is a well-connected businessman in the United Kingdom and therefore, his support will take this venture a long way. “Shilpa met Victoria’s team when she visited London (UK) in June. Their discussions seemed positive, and they are keen to collaborate. Since Raj (Kundra; Shilpa’s husband) is a successful businessman in the UK, he is well connected there. This will help Shilpa’s venture. The details of the deal, however, are being kept under wraps,” a source close to the Kundras told a leading daily. Shilpa’s objective is to launch fashionable, yet affordable clothing options for new-age Indian women. If everything works out fine, this deal will be finalised in December, added the source.

Ramsay's daughter Tilly, 'lands new TV cookery show deal

he's following in her famous father's footsteps by launching a career as a TV chef. And Matilda Ramsay, who goes by the name Tilly, has been such a hit with young viewers that CBBC bosses have already been approached her about making more series of her popular show, Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. The 13-yearold kitchen whizz is being closely mentored by Hell's Kitchen star Gordon, who also appears

on her programme alongside her mum Tana and siblings Jack, Holly and Megan. A source told The Sun's Will Payne: '[Tilly's show is] not even halfway through its run and bosses have already offered her a new deal. 'Obviously she is far too young to get involved in financial negotiations but her dad is happy to take on that responsibility. 'He is now getting real satisfaction from helping to guide his daughter through the TV industry.'

Tilly's 'nice' and laid-back attitude has gone down a treat with young viewers and their parents, providing a stark contrast to her dad's fiery temper and expletive-laden rants. The young foodie previously revealed her dad had encouraged her to develop her passion for cooking, but insisted he wasn't as tough as he seems. She told the Daily Mail: 'He is not too hard. He makes sure everything is done, though. He is strict in a good way.'

Alobo Naga:

100 performances in 2015

015 has been a very hectic year for Alobo Naga. It is just the beginning of September and he has already played his 100th performance of 2015 at Dehradun, Uttarakhand on his recent Dehradun-MussoorieBreakFree tour with Live Jam. He performed at some of the best schools & colleges like Doon International, Wynberg Allen, Mussoorie International, Hopetown Girls, Chayya Café, NTC etc. sharing his music & his testimony. Did 12 shows across Dehradun &Mussoorie from 24th August till 30th August. During the programs Alobo Naga performs his original songs and share how God helped him to achieve his dreams, after he gave his life and dreams to God and the various challenges he faced as a teen while growing up. He was accompanied by Abhishek Peters from Lucknow, Jonathan Harrison from Delhi &LiveJam Volunteers from Dehradun. LiveJam is a youth movement, passionate to see transformation of Urban Youth through Music and Media.Livejam identify Christian Artiste around India and send them across cities visiting schools. Livejam is touring across 27 cities across India and more than 12 international countries. An annual feature among schools in India, the BreakFree Tour is based on the theme FREEDOM & IDENTITY. The theme is based on the premise of a young person breaking free from anything that prevents him/her from living a fulfilling life. It is a shift from bondage to freedom. In keeping with the current socio-cultural scenario among teenagers in India, LiveJam meets them at their point of need (teenage/adolescent years) in a favorable environment (their school setting) and through creative platforms (of music and media) with which they can easily identify.

News in Brief Elijah Wood’s cooks to customise Hyderabadi biryani for him

he Lord Of The Rings star, Elijah Wood, who will be in Hyderabad for a music tour, is apparently excited to try out the world famous Hyderabadi biryani. “Elijah has expressed his desire to eat authentic Hyderabadi food when he is in the city,” a source from the team responsible for getting the Hollywood actor-cum-DJ to India, informs. “The recipe, however, will be altered a little to suit his (Elijah’s) liking.” We have learnt that two chefs will be coming down to the city to ensure that the biryani suits Elijah’s palate. Elijah’s entourage includes four cooks. Two of them — a Korean and an Australian — will be in the city two days prior to the concert on September 3 to learn how to cook a Hyderabadi biryani. “Elijah is a foodie and for him to tour a city and not eat the cuisine it has to offer would make it an incomplete experience. So two chefs will be specially coming down to make the biryani according to his liking and taste. The chefs will ensure that the dish is authentic, but less spicy. Elijah loves spicy food, but he is a bit wary of Indian spice, but he does want to try a spoon of the original spicy Hyderabadi biryani as well,” the source adds.

Miley Cyrus angers people with picture of Pope Francis

everal Catholics were left in anger after Miley Cyrus promoted her surprise album with a photoshopped picture of the Pope Francis holding a copy of it. Cyrus, 22, took to the photo-sharing site Instagram September 1 to post the picture. "All the cool kidzzzz are listening to #mileycyrusandherdeadpetz. check it out," she wrote in the caption. Many found the use of the Pope's photo to promote her album 'Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz' offensive. "Enferma mental (mentally ill)," a fan commented in Spanish. Another said, "This is disrespectful." Another fan agreed, "Yeah not okay with this, love u but love Pope Francis more." The 'Wrecking Ball' hitmaker announced 'Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz' after performing a new song called 'Dooo It!' at the VMAs. A joint effort with The Flaming Lips, the album boasts guest appearances from Big Sean, the former Disney star's dad Billy Ray Cyrus and her frequent collaborator Mike WiLL Made It.

Animal rights protesters crash Rihanna’s perfume launch

ihanna’s new perfume launch in Brooklyn, New York was briefly disrupted after anti-fur protesters crashed the event and verbally attacked the star for choosing to wear animal products. Hundreds of fans crammed into MACy’s department store in Brooklyn to catch a glimpse of the “Diamonds” hitmaker as she unveiled her latest scent, RiRi by Rihanna, reported E!Online. But a small group of people caused a scene by parading around the shop, holding up posters of cuddly animals featuring phrases like, “Who died for your coat?” and “Skinned alive”. Video footage shows the demonstrators repeatedly chanting “Shame on Rihanna” as security guards swoop in to spare the singer an angry confrontation with the animal rights protesters. Rihanna, 27, has previously come under fire for wearing lavish fur accessories, while she was attacked by officials at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in 2012 after she stepped out wearing thigh-high snake-skin boots.

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LONDON, SEPTEMBER 2 (REUTERS): There was the usual frenzy of lastminute deals as the Premier League brought the curtain down on another bumper European transfer window in which Manchester City again flexed their financial muscle as the continent's top spenders. With Europe's other major countries closing for transfer business on Monday, the English top flight hogged the limelight for an extra day, with City's rivals Manchester United completing the biggest and most eyebrow-raising late deal. The capture of Anthony Martial from Monaco for 36 million pounds ($55.12 million), labelled a panicbuy by sections of the British media, ensured Premier League clubs racked up a record spend of more than 860 million pounds. That comfortably surpassed last season's record by more than 25 million pounds and reinforced the competition's status as the leading league in terms of transfer spending in the window. City, who have won their first four league games this season, led the way with an outlay of 150 million pounds, including the 50 million-pound capture of midfielder Kevin De Bruyne from Wolfsburg, and forward Raheem Sterling from Liverpool in a deal that could reach 49 million pounds. City were followed in the spending stakes by United who took their outlay past 100 million with Tuesday's deal for 19-yearold French striker Martial, who followed Memphis Depay, Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schweinsteiger into Old Trafford.

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Wenger face Arsenal supporter’s ire

Milan were desperate ‘De Gea must play to sign me: Ibrahimovic to get Euro berth’

LONDON, SEPTEMBER 2 (REUTERS): The Arsenal Supporters' Trust has called on the Premier League club to carry out a "full review" of recruitment policy following a quiet transfer window where goalkeeper Petr Cech was the only major addition to Arsene Wenger's squad. The lack of arrivals are not for a paucity of money. In July, Arsenal director Philip Harris said the Gunners had the money to sign "anyone but Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi" and had over 200 million pounds ($306.18 million) in the bank. "Arsenal are in a strong financial position and it is of course disappointing that (the) transfer window has closed with just the signing of Petr Cech," the AST said in a statement posted hours after the window closed. "No one wants Arsenal to buy players just for the sake of it, but we do want to see the money being invested to make the club stronger," the AST added. "We urge the board to now open a full review into its arrangements for scouting and purchasing players.

PaRiS, SEPTEMBER 2 (iaNS): Paris SaintGermain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has claimed that Italian giants AC Milan were eager to sign him but there was no offer from English Premier League (EPL) club Arsenal. Rumours had suggested that the French champions were willing to sell Ibrahimovic this summer, with Arsenal, AC Milan, Manchester United and Inter all linked with moves. "Milan offer was concrete from their side," the 33-year-old was quoted as saying by goal.com on Wednesday. "A lot of interest but I said from the beginning that I will stay with PSG. I like it, we have a good team, my family feel good and it's just positive with Paris and PSG. But they wanted, they wanted much," he added. When pressed about Arsenal's reported interest, the striker replied, "No, so the interest that existed, I have not committed myself to."

Liverpool were not far behind in the spending stakes, splashing out almost 80 million pounds, mainly on Christian Benteke from Aston Villa for 32.5 million and Hoffenheim's Roberto Firmino

for 28.5, offset by Sterling's made six of the biggest seven move to City. signings in the window. Only Qatari-backed ENGLISH DOMINATION Paris St Germain puncFuelled by the money tuated the list of the bigfrom the Premier League's gest deals with the 63 milincreasingly lucrative broad- lion euros ($71.26 million) cast deals, English clubs signing of Argentina winger

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Angel Di Maria from Manchester United. Some of Europe's traditional powerhouses had quieter windows than many might have expected. Arturo Vidal's 37 million euros move to Bay-

MaDRiD, SEPTEMBER 2 (iaNS): Spain coach Vicente del Bosque handed a warning to David de Gea in the wake of the breakdown of his expected move from English powerhouses Manchester United to Spanish giants Real Madrid saying the goalkeeper needs playing time to claim a place in the squad for the 2016 European Championships. With no chance of any move until January at the earliest and with the 2016 European Championships around the corner, Del Bosque made it clear De Gea needs games to stake a claim in the team. "I want him to play and to be happy and for him to play well, so I can take him, but if he doesn't play then it will be very difficult for him to come," said the coach on Tuesday. ern Munich from Juventus was the high point of the Bundesliga champions' spending while there was no 'galactico' signing for Real Madrid, seeking to wrestle the La Liga crown back from Barcelona.

Madrid, under new coach Rafa Benitez, brought in Croatia midfielder Mateo Kovacic from Inter Milan for 30 million euros in their biggest deal but failed to sign Manchester United's Spain goal-

keeper David De Gea before the window slammed shut. That failure, with the two clubs blaming each other for the administrative snarl up, will have likely handed a psychological fillip to Real's bitter rivals Barcelona. The catalan club managed to pull off deals for attacking Turkey midfielder Arda Turan from Atletico Madrid and winger Spaniard Aleix Vidal from Sevilla despite being prevented from registering new players until January, meaning this pair will have to kick their heels for some months. In Italy, champions Juventus replaced the outgoing Carlos Tevez with another Argentine following the capture of forward Paulo Dybala from Palermo for 32 million euros. SOME RESTRAINT Yet as cash flowed freely between clubs there was also some restraint shown by some of Europe's biggest teams. Chelsea, traditionally among the game's biggest spenders, tightened the purse strings with their biggest outlay being on Spanish forward Pedro from Barcelona for 30 million euros. Having missed out on defensive target John Stones from Everton, the English champions recouped the vast majority of their transfer outlay through sales and loan fees. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is renowned for keeping his powder dry but, after spending big on Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez in the last two summer windows, his only spending was the 10 million pounds he paid for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech.

Federer romps, Murray quiets Kyrgios NSF martyrs’ trophy prize enhanced to Rs. 1.60 lakh Our Correspondent

Roger Federer of Switzerland serves the ball to Leonardo Mayer of Argentina in their first round match at the U.S. Open Championships tennis tournament in New York, September 1. (REUTERS)

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NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 2 (REUTERS): Roger Federer glided into the second round on a hot, steamy day at Flushing Meadows, while Andy Murray ushered talented young Australian Nick Kyrgios out of another grand slam event at the U.S. Open on Tuesday. Murray had beaten 37th-ranked Kyrgios in straight sets in their three previous meetings, eliminating him this year from two other grand slams, in the Australian quarter-finals and third round of the French Open. The third-seeded Scotsman sent Kyrgios packing in the first round after playing straight man to the flippant Australian, who unnecessarily tried 'tweener' shots through his legs and jumped extravagantly on routine forehands that he buried into the net. "I expected a very tough match, and that's what I got," Murray, 28, said. But Murray had the last laugh against the clownish Kyrgios as he blasted 18 aces and 46 winners while only committing 23 unforced errors under the

lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Earlier, second seed Federer was the envy of a clutch of men's players made to work overtime in the 90-degree heat by quickly dismissing his opening opponent. Federer, who has been in sizzling form since reaching the Wimbledon finals, dashed past 34thranked Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 6-1 6-2 6-2 to launch his campaign for a sixth U.S. Open crown and first slam title since the 2012 Wimbledon. "I feel good now," said Federer. "I actually wasn't so confident yesterday and today. I just felt like maybe (this)could be one of those matches I just couldn't see coming. "Thankfully I took this match extremely serious," said the 34-yearold Swiss, who had fought off five match points in beating Mayer last year in Shanghai. Murray next meets French left-hander Adrian Mannarino, while Federer faces Belgian Steve Darcis, who advanced 6-7(2) 6-3 6-2 3-1 when Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus retired.

RETIREMENTS CONTINUE Baghdatis became the fifth player to retire on Tuesday after seven quit their matches on Monday as the toll of late season injuries and the searing heat presented severe challenges at the U.S. National Tennis Center. Among other shortened matches, Australian Lleyton Hewitt, the 2001 U.S. Open winner, advanced 6-0 7-6(2) 1-0 when Aleksandr Nedovyseov of Kazakhstan retired. Misfortune favoured the French and went the other way for the Aussies when 12th seed Richard Gasquet advanced 4-6 6-1 4-6 6-3 2-0 when Thanasi Kokkinakis retired. Other players were sorely tested on the court. Three players in the bottom half of the men's draw had to go the distance under the sun, including French 11th seed Gilles Simon, who looked to have iced victory after taking a 6-2 6-4 3-0 lead over American Donald Young. But the Frenchman stumbled, and the 26-yearold American, once hailed as the next great U.S. player, saw

an opportunity and turned the match upside down for a 2-6 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 win. "I really had it on my racquet," said Simon. "I was not able to do anything on the tennis court. I think Donald realised it and then played what he had to play to take me down in five sets. It's a terrible result for me today." In another wrenching defeat for France, PaulHenri Mathieu fell to Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in five sets. The 128th-ranked Yoshihito Nishioka, who saw fourth-seeded compatriot and 2014 finalist Kei Nishikori drummed out in five sets on Monday, booked himself into the second round with a 6-4 2-6 6-7(7) 6-1 6-2 victory. Du t c h ma n Ro b i n Haase also made a Houdini-like escape against Germany's Dustin Brown to register a 4-6 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-4 victory. On the women's side, second seed Simona Halep of Romania also had an abbreviated match as she advanced 6-2 3-0 after 47 minutes on court as New Zealand's Marina Erakovic retired with a knee injury. Also sprinting to victory was fourth seed Caroline Wozniacki, who dismissed U.S. national college champion Jamie Loeb 6-2 6-0, and fifth-seeded, two-times Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova beat Germany's Laura Siegemund 6-1 6-1. The women's draw continued to produce upsets as Czech sixth seed and French Open finalist Lucie Safarova fell 6-4 6-1 to Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko. Fourteenth seed Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland was also shown the door, sent out by 42nd-ranked Czech Barbora Strycova 7-5 6-0. "I wasn't surprised (by the upsets), it is normal," said 23-year-old Halep. "Everyone is fighting like crazy because it's the last grand slam (of the year)."

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Kohima | September 2

The prize money for champion of the coveted NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy (Lt.Kekuojalie Sachü & Lt. Vikhozo Yhoshü) has been enhanced to Rs. 1.60 lakh, which will be effective from 16th edition this year. This month long tournament is scheduled for September 16 to October 15 at Kohima Local Ground under the aegis of Angami Students Union (ASU) under the theme “Goal for peace.” This was announced here today at ASU office by Vipopal Kintso convenor organizing committee of 16th NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy 2015 in the presence of other members and ASU officials. Further, the prize money for runners up has also been enhanced to Rs. 1 lakh while the losing semi and quarter finalists will get

Organizing committee convenor Vipopal Kintso and ASU president Dievi Yano and others during press conference in Kohima on September 2. (Morung Photo)

Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 10,000 each respectively. Attractive prizes has also been set aside for player of the tournament including other individual prizes like, best defender, best custodian, highest scorer, best midfielder. 60 teams are expected

to join the tournament. Both organizing committee convenor and ASU president Dievi Yano was appreciative of the services of the media and hope that they will do the same in this 16th edition. Entry forms have now been made available at

ASU Office, Sports World & Zumvii Printex in Kohima and Kiran Sports in Dimapur, said ASU sports secretary Vizokho Zashumo. Last date submission of form is September 11 while fixture will be drawn on September 12 at 2 PM from Kohima Local Ground.

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