The Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif was the most prominent name among so many targeted for simply bearing witness to the truth Jane Martinson In January this year, Anas al-Sharif was filmed being lifted into the air after taking off his helmet and flak jacket to celebrate a ceasefire that would prove all too temporary in Gaza….
The racism, the predatory politics, the banality and cruelty: we struggle to make sense of it, but JG Ballard foretold everything we are living through now Aditya Chakrabortty An Englishman drives into a new town and can’t see the warning signs. Richard Pearson is visiting Surrey to close down his late father’s home and settle…
Alexander Hurst Proposals to change US citizenship rules leaves dual citizens like me caught in the crossfire. If push comes to shove, I know where my loyalty lies Last week, a Republican senator from my home state of Ohio, Bernie Moreno, introduced the Exclusive Citizenship Act. The proposed legislation would strip me of my American citizenship,…
Munira Wilson No parent should worry about their child’s safety while they work. But a crisis in our early-years sector is shielding predators such as Vincent Chan Iremember those initial heart-wrenching days and weeks leaving my daughter, aged nine months, at the nursery. She was distraught as I left, and I – like so many…
From humble beginnings to a permanent home, the KPC continues to inspire Nagaland’s media fraternity while championing press freedom and journalist welfare Oken Jeet Sandham From the era of typewriters and telegrams to mobile phones and digital media, the Kohima Press Club (KPC) has been at the heart of Nagaland’s journalistic evolution. Formed in 2001,…
Oken Jeet Sandham The recent merger between the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and the Naga People’s Front (NPF) has redrawn Nagaland’s political map. With the NDPP now dissolved and the NPF emerging as the dominant force, Chief Minister Dr. Neiphiu Rio faces perhaps the most delicate balancing act of his long political career. The…
By Oken Jeet Sandham NDPP leader and Chief Minister Dr. Neiphiu Rio surprised many when he hinted at merging their party with the Naga People’s Front (NPF). The NDPP already holds 32 of the 60 Assembly seats, comfortably above the majority threshold, and faces no significant political threat. NDPP’s strength rose from 25 to 32…
By Oken Jeet Sandham There was heavy rain today, and I wondered how Prime Minister Narendra Modi would manage to travel to Churachandpur, address the gathering there, and meet the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). He also had to return to Imphal to speak at another gathering at Kangla. When he was about to arrive at…
Oken Jeet Sandham The recent news about the potential merger between the ruling NDPP and the NPF—currently part of the Opposition-less coalition government in Nagaland—can be seen as a political masterstroke at this juncture. The NDPP, the dominant party in the state, currently holds 32 out of 60 seats in the Assembly—an absolute majority—and does…
By Oken Jeet Sandham I write this letter not as a political opponent, but as a deeply concerned citizen witnessing the prolonged suffering and unrest in the strife-torn State of Manipur. Reports and sources now suggest that you are finally preparing to visit Manipur. This visit comes after more than two years of ethnic violence,…