With a background in history, LesLy Lobeni left that behind to pursue (fashion) writing for the pure love for it. she is also a fashion blogger and shuffles between her freelance fashion writer and occasional blog projects.she loves to read and finds a thrill in the fast paced city life. Her influence from studying history is evident in her love for all things old and vintage.

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A group of young school girls sharing a moment of happy delight during a function at the Government High School, Burma Camp, in Dimapur

It was in 2010 that Atu Wall-ing, along with her husband, decided to help and counsel students, especially from the North-East, through the

Touch India Trust.The Touch India Trust is an

NGO started initially with the idea of providing free education to slum children and creating a platform for young budding talents in various fields like singing, art, handicrafts, painting, drawing, and poetry. Recently they have been en-gaged in assisting students in their admission at Delhi University.

The organisation has four broad projects - Samvada, Com-municraft, Shiksha Rath and the Tent. The aim of Touch India Trust, which is based at Outram Lines Delhi, is to create a bridge of understanding among different cul-tures and bringing about harmony for co-existence in communal equilibrium.

“We are not expecting a sud-den change but we are working to achieve a better future,” says Atu Walling, the Director of Touch India Trust.

THe TenTThe Tent is a café within the or-ganisation where one can just hang out, share ideas, watch movies, sing and also display one’s paint-ings and other creative forms of art. This café connects and creates a space for social dialogue. It has also brought together many stu-dents volunteers who have spent quality time teaching children from the slums and sometimes getting the opportunity to experience and manage the Tent.

Music artistes such as Alobo Naga, The Skinny Boys, Barbara Leivang, Charishma Jones and the Angelo Daimari Band have also performed and jammed here on several occasions.

Professionals like Bharti Dayal and Param Tomanec were a part of various workshops where young artists presented their work. The former is a National Awardee in 2006 for her remarkable paintings and the latter is a professional photographer and a film maker.sAMVADAOn the other hand, Samvada fo-cuses on practical apprehensions

of the existing educational system. They provide research facilities for students who want to pursue further education in the field of Human Sciences. They provide lec-tures on Introduction to Research, Language Skills and weekly guest Lectures on Rethinking Humani-ties. Along with it, opportunities are offered for a personal men-torship with trained researchers from around the world via video conferencing and the opportunity to prepare and deliver a Seminar Presentation.

The intake is limited and there is a fee to be paid if one wants to be a part on this research facil-ity. They also have future plans to open up a library.

Samvada also works as a facili-tator to help students pursue their post-graduation courses in world-class institutions.siKsHA RATH PRoJeCT The Siksha Rath Project provides free education to underprivileged children who don’t have access to education. To achieve this, they have organised several fund raising events to provide classroom and

other classroom needs. Although they started this programme for the slum areas neighbouring Outram Lines in Delhi, they also plan to sponsor bright students un-able to go to private schools.

The uniqueness of this pro-gramme is that the volunteers are mostly Delhi University students who work as part-time intern after their classes. And as a token of appreciation, the organisation certifies their internship.

“As the students have shown tremendous support by volunteer-ing to teach the slum children, we wanted to give them a little more encouragement. So we give them a certificate of experience,” said Atu Walling.

Noble in the making and fo-cused in their goals, Touch India Trust is quite a revolution for a non-profit organisation based out-side North-East region. It is mak-ing itself heard and moving ahead strongly with its vision bright and clear.

Those interested can visit their official website at www.touchindia-trust.org and join their cause.

I have always had a lot of male friends around since school and i have seen them all grow up. From the

awkward teenage phase of the ‘cool’ baggy clothes, casual college attire, the formal fixation, the over coat frenzy after watching ‘Green Street Hooligan’ and for some, even leather jackets after watching

‘Sons of Anarchy’. I have not always been interested in fashion to begin with but to back track on fashion on the basis of the sexes, it’s interesting to see how one does with what.

With my female friends, regardless of whether they are inter-ested in fashion or not, they somehow know what may or may not work. The simplest things like add-ing a belt, scarf or a hat makes all the difference

however, with the boys, it is never that simple! Maybe because it’s always seems so uniform, they try to add that little pang to be difference hence the little hesitation or fuss when dressing up.

Men have to find their statement sooner than later. Women don’t make it easy on them too though. You see those gorgeously dressed men from the streets of Milan and New York carrying those

Balenciaga bags, rolled up pants and loafers and you wish your man friends, boyfriends or your brother could dress that way! So maybe you try to nudge them a bit, ‘be bold and push your limits’ you tell them. All they give you is a sigh and a shake of the head and blatantly say no. The only person I pushed and pushed was my best friend. I even made him carry my messenger bag, bless his soul. So there we

have it. Unless the men we know in our lives are metro-sexual or gay, they will stick to the 5 year old pair of jeans and swear to live in them forever and ever, amen.

However, as times are changing and we become more and more self-conscious thanks to every second person hav-ing a fashion opinion or to social networking sites where you MUST have the most liked pictures; it’s

become a very vain world. So even for the old school men with that rough edge, they stop to think and go ‘hmm... so do I change my hairstyle or do I change my pants?’

So maybe I don’t speak for the entire women kind but it is nice to see the men folk putting in that little extra effort and taking more time getting ready. Of course, let’s hope they don’t take it too far with a Borat Mankini!!

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By Lesly Lobeni

Every year, many students from the North-East region come to Delhi University for higher education. And as we well know, life in the na-tional capital is not all that hunky-dory. Seeking admission itself is a worry and the myriad problems faced by the North-Eastern people are nothing new.

The aesthetics of good dressing is not for women alone. Women have it easy with the various choices in clothes ranging from mini, midi or maxi skirts, long or short dresses, shorts or trousers or even kurtas and sarees. Men on the other hand have been given very less to work with and need to make do with it. They need to work around their basics t get it right, find out what suits them and at the same time, try to look different even though every man has the same things as him.

TOUCH INDIA TRUST: Building bridges of understanding

The MAN-uel

Creative arts on display at The Tent

Shikha Rath at work: Student volunteers and children from the slums at Outram Lines Park

Atu WallingSkinny boys jamming at the tent

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The question was “wherein lies the problem of Naga gracelessness” by which I meant our people’s inability to appreciate and acknowledge the good in others. This gracelessness springs from the exces-

sive pride we have in our own tribal identity. This, combined with the “each tribe one language” with diverse dialects, have stood out as the number one divisive factor and stumbling block to Naga unity and harmony. The attitude of people in other lands is “My country and my nation first ”.

However, for a Naga it is “I” first, followed by family, clan, khel, village, tribe and so on in that order. Hypothetically, this ego-centric frame of mind is the problem with us ,which, automatically changes color and become jealousy when somebody other than our own tribal person accomplishes something commendable.

Take our dear Chekrovolü for example. To represent one’s own country in the Olympics is what dreams are made of and personally, for herself, it is an awesome achievement. Winning a medal or not certainly figures a lot but it is not the most important thing. Getting selected to represent the country and competing to the best of your ability in the games is what matters most. Did the bare footed footballers led by Dr. T. Ao win anything ? No. But even over 60 years later, but we still remember and feel proud of him. Why? Because representing your country in the Olympics is once in a lifetime achievement and because he represented not only India but all the Nagas as a whole. He was not an Ao Naga representative. He stood for Nagas.

Yes, Chekrovolü did represent India but, she was, above all else and most importantly, representing Nagaland for us all. From the moment her name featured in the Olympic squad I felt so proud that she was a Naga. To me she was neither a Chakesang representative nor a Swuro clan representative but a young and competent Naga lady archer representing and showcasing Nagaland. Consequently, every time she scored a 9 or a 10, I was shouting, jumping and dancing in my pajamas but bemoaning every time her shot went off target. Have you ever seen a Naga pastor dancing? You missed a good one. Jokes aside, when she was getting ready to depart for England, it was only the Police Department and the lady archer’s community who accorded her with compliments and wished her well for the Olympics. Why were the rest of us keeping quiet? I am sure many of us had goodwill for her but it was only silent wishes at best. Why? Try to reflect and let your mind chew upon it.

We are blessed with a very rich cultural heritage. Each Naga tribe has a wonderfully unique cultural tradition. We can only admire in awe the multi-colored profusion of ethnic diversity of costumes, music, cuisines, architec-ture, art and many other things that each tribe has in store. It is also a fact that each tribe is second to none and we are proud of it. However, instead of applying this extraordinary heritage to our benefit, we have, however inad-vertently it may be, turned it into multi-colored shackles that keep us chained to our narrow minded understanding of tribalism and having a corresponding unhealthy and damaging pride in it. The byproduct of this is the invisible but impregnable tribal barriers we have erected around us by means of which we have, as Frost implied in the poem, “Mending Wall”, effectively walled ourselves in within the narrow confines of tribalism, and walled all others out as if to say, “Keep Off Our Turf!”

Our land is so thoroughly corrupted with this malady called tribalism, - a cancerous condition because of which anything and everything in our State is infected with tribalism. Politics is corrupted with tribalism, developments and allotments are corrupted with tribalism, appointments, promotions and postings are corrupted with tribalism. You tell me if there is anything uncor-rupted by tribalism in our land. Even the Church is so sharply divided on tribal lines that even on Sundays church goers don’t acknowledge each other as Christians even if they pump into one another on their way to church. A strange phenomenon found only in Nagaland is that some tribes would even cling unto the “Backward Tribe” tag just for the sake of some concessions in development or appointments. Isn’t that tag derogatory and something to be ashamed of? I would like to think that that is going a little too far with the fervor of tribalism. True, there may be certain situations when something done in tribal line is beneficial for all but apart from that it is bad for us if Nagas are to exist as one cohesive entity.

This malady is so deep rooted and so zealously felt that even the towns of Nagaland are not Naga towns but tribal properties. Mokokchung is Ao town, Kohima is Angami town, Wokha is Lotha town, Zunhiboto is Sümi town, Tuensang is Chang town etc, etc, correct me if I am wrong. This is so attitudinized in the Naga psyche that the people of all other tribes made to feel unwelcomed in any particular town. They are made to feel as strangers, without ownership or belongingness, not so much by words but by deeds. We are so hopelessly shackled and chained to tribalism that severe inferiority and superiority complexes are often seen manifested in the Naga person in vari-ous ways. Are we not like Jim Rudow’s song “ The Chained Eagle”?. It goes like this:

I’d like to tell the story of an eagleChained so long to a stake upon the groundDay by day he’d strut around in circlesTill he’d worn a rut from walking round and round.When his master finally choose to give him freedomHe took off the metal ring that kept him bound.And he tossed him high to spread his wings and flyBut the bird just flip-flopped right back to the ground.

No more chain no more bird band.Well, he went right back to his rut againBegan the same old strut againJust the same old habit kept him bound.

So many people today are like that eagleAnd though the truth could loose them from their chainsWhen freedom calls them on to new horizonsThey jump right back to their rut again.Well it’s better to fly into the sky of freedomTo break free from the old and sail on into the new.So don’t forget the sad story of that eagleAnd don’t let the same happen to you.

Is it possible for us also to break free from the bondage of tribalism? Can we not keep our tribal identity to ourselves and come together as one united Naga people? The answer is yes we can! All we have to do is demolish the tribal barricades like: “We are bigger than you”, “We are better than you”, “We are stronger than you”, “We are more advanced than you” etc,etc, and “But if you are, we will pull you down and climb over you and come out on top” What about throwing away the “I, Me, Myself and My Tribe” mentality and think as one Naga people for a change. We have only one common Naga destiny and, whether we like it or not, each tribe is insignificantly small and hopelessly weak by itself. If we don’t come together now with a common vision and common front, then we certainly will not survive alone in isolation from each other.

(Rev Dr Toshi Langu is an Associate Pastor at Ao Baptist Church, Kohima and has an inherent interest in illuminating the intrigues and foible of the versatility of human

life through writing. The writer can be contacted at - langutoshi@yahoo.co.in)

The Root of Gracelessness II

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It was one beautiful very very early morning; I decided to take an early morning walk, when the world was still unable to awaken to the sweet chirps of the birds and then I saw,

from afar, Lhüsaku walking with an elderly man towards the woods.

“Why, Lhüsaku is an early riser!” I said aloud to myself. I once heard my youngest brother Jumbo say, “Early to bed, early to rise, makes an early man.”

“Well, this morning, let me spy on these two early men,” I told myself and followed them; hiding among the dewy bushes when-ever there was a bend on the road. Early men wouldn’t understand the concept of spying, would they?

Lhüsaku seemed excited as always. The elderly man also seemed happy. It must be the early morning unpolluted air, finding its way to his lungs that must be making him smile every now and then. He held a cata-pult in his hand and made many a gestures as if he was teaching Lhüsaku some art of hunting.

They diverted from the main road, after sometime, and started climbing downwards towards the base of the hill where there was a gurgling little stream, beneath the road. I could no longer follow them as I was still in my pajamas. But I still could catch a view of them from above and I needn’t hide anymore because they would not see me or attempt to turn backwards as both of them seemed really enthused about what was ahead of them. And my excitement also grew with their every stride.

I strained my ears to listen to what they were saying when they stopped beneath the bough of a tree, which had foliage over-hanging on it. And I heard the elderly man say to Lhüsaku, “Now, look at this my boy.” Then he took aim towards the branch, with the catapult he was holding, stretching and pulling the rubber of which the catapult

was made of and took his shot. And I saw four to five birds fly out of the tree and the sound of a falling bird. And the old man chuckling and saying, “There, there, my boy, there’s your game. Go and get it”

“Wow!” I heard Lhüsaku say in an ago-nized tone. What! Why doesn’t he sound as excited as he’s supposed to be? Was not the reason for his early morning outing to kill a bird? While dozens of questions were shooting at my mind, I heard Lhüsaku yell with sheer excitement.

“Yipee! Yipee! The bird’s alive! The bird’s alive!” He was tenderly holding the bird and shouting excitedly that the bird was alive.

The old man was telling him, “One leg of the bird is gone. What use will the bird be keeping it alive? Why don’t you just kill it?”

Lhüsaku’s “No” was firm and the old man made no more comments on it. They were turning back and I fled home fearing they would see me spying on them.

Later at school I wondered what Lhü-saku had done to the bird. He seemed to-tally lost in the classroom and I could tell he was thinking of his bird. And what he did to the bird is another story to tell.

He put the bird in a cage and tried feed-ing the bird cooked rice and all sort of grains which the bird refused to have. He felt sad and concerned that the bird refused to eat. He felt sorry for the bird and sensing that it must be missing its natural habitat, placed it amid the shrubs and bushes in his garden, before he rushed off to school one day. He was saying bye, bye to the bird when the bird, all of a sudden, caught a worm with its beak from one of the leaves, and gulped the worm in one piece down its throat. “Yummy!” it chirped. A huge smile spread across Lhüsaku’s face because now he discovered what food his little birdie takes. “A total carnivore, my birdie” said

Lhüsaku and sped off to school.After the discovery, there was no stop-

ping him. Lhüsaku was hunting for worms everywhere and he found them. Sometimes, the worms were found rolled up in banana leaves, sometimes in the core of wood and Lhüsaku knows where. He became a worm-hunter in the truest sense of the term and his birdie? Oh! It didn’t look like a bird any-more. It was still limping with only one leg, the other leg was shot down by the cata-pult, remember? But it became a round ball covered with feathers pampered excessively with worms by its caretaker Lhüsaku.

When winter came, Lhüsaku thought it was too cold in the garden and put the fat-tened bird in its cage in the sun. He allowed the bird to bask in the sun the whole day while he went off to play with his friends. When he returned home to his birdie, to his dismay, he found out, too late, that his birdie had died of heatstroke.

While he was greatly saddened by the death of his birdie, Lhüsaku’s family could not share his grief. They had been eyeing the bird for a long time and had many ideas to dispose off the bird. The best way, they unanimously thought, was to dispose the bird through their stomachs in the form of a bird-chutney. The family members tried to coax Lhüsaku into transforming the bird into chutney. But their sweet-talking was all in vain as Lhüsaku had firmly decided to give his birdie a decent burial, with a twig-cross planted on its tomb. And it was in the sweet memory of his beloved limping birdie that Lhüsaku swore never to shoot a bird.

Inviting short story writers. Through this page, Eastern Mirror aims to provide a plat-

form for Naga writers to exhibit as well as hone their writing skills.

Let the readers be provoked through your art of story telling. Interested writers can send their materials to

easternmirrorplus@gmail.com

Lhüsaku And His Limping Birdie: Adventures of Lhüsaku-4

- by Agnes Krocha Tepa

- Rev Dr Toshi Langu

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MiRRoR TiMe PAssAcross1. Another word for

“work” or “labor”5. What will a man

give in exchange for his ____

6. One of the disci-ples said to Jesus, “Lord, teach us to ____”

7. Opening Revela-tion’s fourth seal revealed a horse of this color

9. Two well-known cities: _____ and Sidon

10. In this book, people did what was right in their own eyes

12. Let God be found ___, and every man a liar

13. In Acts 28:3, one of these came out of a fire and fastened itself

to Paul’s arm16. Children are com-

manded to obey them

18. Doubting19. Isaiah prophesied

that this king would release Israel from cap-tivity

20. Exodus 28:30 speaks of the Urim and this

21. One who sows24. Saul also was

called ____25. Took forbidden

booty from an Israelite war campaign, hid it under his tent, and died as a result

26. When Elisha brought him back to life, the child

did this 7 times before opening his eyes

27. The name of two books of the Old Testament

Down1. Can refer either to

a piece of money or an ability to do something

2. Christians are to add to this to their faith

3. Sennacherib was king of this country

4. An epistle contain-ing only 25 verses

7. He offered the sacri-fices under the Law of Moses

8. It follows Exodus10. Sold Jesus for the

price of a slave11. In Matthew 17,

Jesus went to the top of a mountain and was ___

14. A paralytic’s friends

made a hole in this to get him to Jesus

15. Solomon did not ask for this, but received it from God anyway

16. Blueprint17. James 2:19

says that devils

believe and do this

19. An order from God that must not be broken

22. John’s second name; he aban-doned Paul

23. “Awake, awake, Deborah! Sing a ____”

your frienDly BAnker

Answer in next issue of mirror Plus

“no, it’s ‘i’ as in ‘ignorant,’ ‘M’ as in ‘Moron,’ and ‘T’ as in ‘Torture’!!”

lAsT week’s Answers

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cameramanagersavingscertificate of de-positstatementmachinecomputerdeskfundstockbondmoneylinewaitingmoney order

paymentatm cardpin numberidentificationamounttransfersecurityfinancial institutioncurrencyborrowlendoverdraftmortgage

Trivia: The world’s first modern bank opened during the 14th century in this country.

Answer: _______________________________

To answer the trivia question, look for a word or phrase that is hidden in the puzzle, but not in the word list.

Dear inquisitive, animated young collegians. We dedicate this space for you, young minds to share thoughts and outlook on life on campus. Be it about your education, studies, love, life, sports, about teachers, your angst, heartbeats or even a poem or a footnote you scribbled during a boring lecture in the classroom…share. Also get to know what your friends in different colleges across the State experience and create a vibe. Or simply dedicate your fond thoughts of that someone, somewhere through this page! E-mail us at easternmirrorplus@gmail.com

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CATs• Everyyear,nearlyfourmillioncatsareeateninAsia.• On average, cats spend 2/3 of every day sleeping. That

means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three years of its life.

•Unlikedogs,catsdonothaveasweettooth.Scientistsbe-lieve this is due to a mutation in a key taste receptor.

• Female cats tend to be right pawed,whilemale cats aremore often left pawed. Interestingly, while 90% of humans are right handed, the remaining 10% of lefties also tend to be male.

• While it is commonly thought that the ancient Egyptianswere the first to domesticate cats, the oldest known pet cat was recently found in a 9,500-year-old grave on the Medi-terranean island of Cyprus. This grave predates early Egyp-tian art depicting cats by 4,000 years or more.

• During the timeof theSpanish Inquisition,Pope InnocentVIII condemned cats as evil and thousands of cats were burned. Unfortunately, the widespread killing of cats led to an explosion of the rat population, which exacerbated the effects of theBlack Death.

•DuringtheMiddleAges,catswereassociatedwithwitch-craft, and on St. John’s Day, people all over Europe would stuff them into sacks and toss the cats into bonfires. On holy days, people celebrated by tossing cats from church towers.

•A cat rubsagainst peoplenot only tobeaffectionatebutalso to mark out its territory with scent glands around its face. The tail area and paws also carry the cat’s scent.

•Researchersareunsureexactlyhowacatpurrs.Mostvet-

erinarians believe that a cat purrs by vibrating vocal folds deep in the throat. To do this, a muscle in the larynx opens and closes the air passage about 25 times per second.

•Acat’shearingisbetterthanadog’s.Andacatcanhearhigh-frequency sounds up to two octaves higher than a hu-man.

•InHolland’sembassyinMoscow,Russia,thestaffnoticedthat the two Siamese cats kept meowing and clawing at the walls of the building. Their owners finally investigated, thinking they would find mice. Instead, they discovered mi-crophones hidden by Russian spies. The cats heard the mi-crophones when they turned on.

•TheheaviestcatonrecordisHimmy,aTabbyfromQueen-sland, Australia. He weighed nearly 47 pounds (21 kg). He died at the age of 10.

• TheoldestcatonrecordwasCrèmePufffromAustin,Texas,who lived from 1967 to August 6, 2005, three days after her 38thbirthday.Acattypicallycanliveupto20years,whichis equivalent to about 96 human years.

•ThelightestcatonrecordisabluepointHimalayancalledTinker Toy, who weighed 1 pound, 6 ounces (616 g). Tin-ker Toy was 2.75 inches (7 cm) tall and 7.5 inches (19 cm) long.

• ThetiniestcatonrecordisMr.Pebbles,a2-year-oldcatthatweighed3lbs(1.3k)andwas6.1inches(15.5cm)high.c

•A commemorative tower was built in Scotland for a catnamedTowser,whocaughtnearly30,000miceinherlife-time

•Acathas230bonesinitsbody.Ahumanhas206.Acathas no collarbone, so it can fit through any opening the

size of its head.•Acat’snosepadisridgedwithauniquepattern,justlikethe

fingerprint of a human.•Acathas230bonesinitsbody.Ahumanhas206.Acathas

no collarbone, so it can fit through any opening the size of its head.

•Acat’snosepadisridgedwithauniquepattern,justlikethefingerprint of a human.

•TheoldestcattogivebirthwasKittywho,attheageof30,gave birth to two kittens. During her life, she gave birth to 218kittens.

•ThemosttravelledcatisHamlet,whoescapedfromhiscar-rier while on a flight. He hid for seven weeks behind a pane. By the time he was discovered, he had travelled nearly 373,000miles(600,000km).

• Themost expensive catwasanAsianLeopardcat (ALC)-Domestic Shorthair (DSH) hybrid named Zeus. Zeus, who is 90% ALC and 10% DSH, has an asking price of £100,000 ($154,000).

•Thecatwhoholdstherecordforthelongestnon-fatalfallisAndy. He fell from the 16th floor of an apartment building (about200ft/.06km)andsurvived.

• The richest cat isBlackiewhowas left£15millionbyhisowner, Ben Rea.

(Concluded)

(Dr Michael Imti Imchen can be contacted for pet and animal care related queries and concerns at

mikeimchen@yahoo.co.in. Mobile-09436072892)

...continued from previous issue

AniMAL CARe with Dr Michael Imchen

b.V.sc & A.H, M.sc.A.P.M,C.usG & R.Veterinary surgeon

Animal Concern, Circular Road.

Facts you don’t know about cats and dogs

3Eastern Mirror | dimapursaturday | august 4 | 2012

‘back to basics’- a call for the youths!

Education in 21st century

Suspected

Bringing about positive changes would require radical actions and

the consequences of all that are evident today-rising crimes, drug use, diseases, breakdown of family values and loss of authority by govern-ment institutions in the state call for some serious introspection. One aspect that can make the difference is economic well-being that offers many opportuni-ties especially the youth. It is time to take stock of the current lifestyles of the youth who ape at everything that they see on television especially the excessive importance given to music, dances and entertainment. These are good but they need to also throw up talents that are second to none in the business as far as international standard is involved. The family val-ues have been disappear-ing and that has weak-ened social-structure and without which economic well being achieved to the desired level.

Dignity of labour begins at home but in a world of minis or ser-vants it is a challenge for

parents. Anyway, dignity of labour is still the topic that has essentially been kept alive through essays and as messages deliv-ered at schools and other educational institutions meant for the youths. The funny part of dignity of labour is that it is so much talked about but for those whom it is meant are not actually the ones to practice it. In the pres-ent context, this message is basically to exhort the youths to be self-reliant by folding their sleeves to earn a living. It may sound odd, but dignity of labour transcends beyond psychological build up to physical well-being. The harmony between the mind and body is reported to be among the best antidote against various diseases and youths would do well to take it seriously. Even if someone is gainfully employed, there is no substitute for promot-ing balanced and healthy growth that comes from doing moderate physical work which helps build not only a healthy body but also a strong mind. This is the first line of defense against various diseases and with cost of health treatment soaring

by the year, it is profitable to take note of physical activity that goes by the academic name ‘dignity of labour’ and in medical parlance as ‘exercise’. It takes great determination and willingness to suffer in order to practice dignity of labour.

If youths are to be gainfully employed either through self employment schemes or as daily wage earners, the essential vir-tues that must be inculcated so as to make them employable and success in any venture are hon-esty, discipline and willingness to work, without which it would be a futile effort. The best help that anyone can expect is at the end of the arm, when people, es-pecially youth learn to used their hands and legs in more profitable ways. The reason why some so-cieties have developed very fast because the people, especially the youth have recognized that their hands which their forefa-thers used to farm, today can be used to practice trades for which, there is a growing demand.

When we talk of education in our present age, we think largely in terms of schools and colleges. The

man who is well-to-do spends money in sending his son to foreign lands in the belief that some wonderful process take place there transforming a dull

fellow into a genius. Yet the products of expensive schools and universities often fail to make them good.

On the other hand, the poor man who has struggled against adversity often earns the highest honour. The fact is that the true background of early education is the home. The home, the

influence of the mother, the inspiring examples that are held before the child at an age while he is impressionable, are the true groundwork of character and not in getting a good college and university abroad.

- noyingbeni odyuoNorthfield Kohima

Friends, Mates and Loved ones,Refused their voice to clear,And prison me.I forbid them; my released.Filled with the Spirit of determination,Pocketed some and left the Antique land.Yearned for home is My Heart,To gazed how they feelAfter I left... Then arises fears and hopeless,Regretted will be their hearts.For the virtuous Man will avengeAnd the truth will win.They had suspected him.

- Wedekhro naroKohima College Kohima

People are perpetually seeking happiness, but few have been able to find it. This is perhaps

because we tend to look for happiness in things that we believe will bring us happi-ness, but in actuality do not. Happiness is a flash that lights up our lives. It is indefinable emotion that comes and goes. The feeling we experience when we receive something we long for: a prize, great news, or when something moves us by taking our breath. However, it comes with such force that in the blink of an eye it fades, leaving a large empty space and disappointment.

True happiness is the inner sense of freedom, peace, se-curity and satisfaction we feel when we decide to live our life fully; to give and make every moment count. Happiness is more than just living a special moment, it is what we feel as a result of how we see life. It’s a state of consciousness that inspires us, gives us balance, and generates a pleasure within us that acts out with a smiling face.

“If you want to understand the meaning of happiness, you must see it as a reward and not as a goal.” Antoine de Saint-Expiry

The real secret of happy people is that they have the ability to add and multiply, rather than divide or subtract. It’s a transformation from the seemingly negative into the positive, or of the impossible to the possible.

We will usually take away the importance of “being,” by the desire of “owning,” and to “own something” is to lose happiness. We think that once we get what we want, we will have the happiness we haven ever had before. However, when we do get what we want, we experience such

an enormous sense of happi-ness that it actually vanishes as soon as we set our eyes on our next goal; believing that it is this goal that will make us truly happy forever, and so it goes on.

Ask yourself where your un-happiness comes from? Most of us are addicted to negative thoughts and feelings that we have had for years. These turn into chronic habits that have a chemical effect on our bodies and end up ruining our emotional life. It is therefore vital to manage the thoughts that cause these changes, and let go of the negativism game. Believing that external changes will automatically bring one’s happiness is a very dangerous trap that actually prevents us from being happy.

Why should we only be happy “IF” we get a new car, job, baby, marriage, divorce, new relationship, home, or the ideal body? If we are not happy now, none of these other things will make us happy un-less we stop the addiction to negativity. Let’s stop postpon-ing our happiness and start being consciously happy now.

“It is an illusion to think that more comfort means more happiness. Happiness comes from being able to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed”

- soyenthung KhuvungSainik School Punglwa,

Peren

MARKeTinG ‘Putting the right product in the right place, at the right price, at the right time’There are the four main ingredients when it comes to Marketing .This is also known as the

THe 4 P’s of MARKeTinG

PRoDuCT/seRViCe• Whatdoesthecustomerwantfromtheproduct/ser-

vice? What needs does it satisfy?• Whatfeaturesdoesithavetomeettheseneeds?• Howandwherewillthecustomeruseit?• Whatdoesitlooklike?Howwillcustomersexperience

it?• Whatsize(s),color(s),andsoon,shoulditbe?• Howisitbranded?• Howisitdifferentiatedversusyourcompetitors?• What is themost itcancost toprovide,andstillbe

sold sufficiently profitably?

PLACe• Wheredobuyerslookforyourproductorservice?• Iftheylookinastore,whatkind?Aboutiqueorina

supermarket, or both? Or direct, catalogues or a face book page.

• Howcanyouaccesstherightdistributionchannels?• Doyouneedtosendsamplestocustomersuseasales

team or attend trade fairs? • Whatdoyoucompetitorsdo,andhowcanyoulearnfromthatand/ordifferentiate?

PRiCe• Howmuchdoyouwanttopriceyourproductaboveits

cost price?• Isthepriceequivalenttothevalueoftheproductor

service to the buyer?• Isthecustomerpricesensitive?Willasmalldecrease

in price gain you extra market share? Or will a small increase gain you extra profit margin?

• Whatdiscountsshouldbeoffered tocustomers thatbuy in bulk, or to other specific segments of your mar-ket?

• Howwillyourpricecomparewithyourcompetitors?

PRoMoTion• Whereandwhencanyougetacrossyourmarketing

messages to your target market?• Willyoureachyouraudiencebyusingdirectmarketingorthroughfriends/families,retailshops,newspapers,magazines, SMS, Internet, billboards, Radio, Press, or on TV?

• Whenisthebesttimetopromote?Isthereseasonal-ity in the market? the timing of your market launch, or the timing of subsequent promotions?

• Howdoyourcompetitorsdotheirpromotions?Whatcan you learn from your competitors?

• WhatisyourTargetaudienceandwhatkindofPromo-tion strategy would reach most of them.

The 4 P’s marketing model can be used to help you decide how to take a new offer to market. It can also be used to test your existing marketing strategy. Whether you are considering a new or existing offer, follow the steps below help you define and improve your marketing mix.

to be continued….

‘Marketing for entrepreneurs’ - Building

a ‘SMARTER’ Nagaland

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Students of Science College Jotsoma performing during 51st Freshers’ Social in the College Audito-rium on 31st July 2012.

- ViTsiKoLie KeHie -M.A (Political Science)

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Back from Nagaland’s famed Hand Shake Concert of Rattle and Hum Music Society at Bangkok on World Music Day, Band Avancer continues to stand for ‘Peace’.

If Team GB are planning on giving out medals to their top supporters the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge should be in the running for gold.

Nagaland Conservatory of Music (NCM), an upcoming music institution which is to be inaugurated on August 16, today got much needed support and encouragement from over 40 local musicians from Dimapur.

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“We stand for peace and we would like to play music all our life. We have a dream to make it big someday and let the people know Avancer through our songs and music.”

Band vocalist, Opang Jamir, persists, “Through our music we would like to speak to the people”, as he passionately con-fesses, “Music speaks for me, I speak through music and try to con-nect with people through music”.

“Music is our life,” he adds, speaking for all the band members.

Testifying to this, Avancer practices 6-7 hours a day before taking to the stage. As a matter of fact, the band is en-grossed in music 6 days a week and when you ask them if it ever gets tiring, the vocalist is quick in stating, “No, not at all.”

This is the spirit that has led them to higher ground. The five-member

band - with Opang Jamir as the Vocalist, Sunep Tzudir on Bass, Temsu Imsong on the Guitars, Alem Ozükum on Drums and their newest addi-tion, Yan Ngullie, on the Keyboard-hasbeeninthe limelight for winning Best Vocalist during the All Nagaland Beat Contest in 2010 and bagging the 2nd Runner-Up title in the next year.

Avancer is also known for winning the first Run-ner-Up title of the North East Art Fusion besides earning the Best Drum-mer and Best Bassist sub titles. In 2010, it also emerged 2nd Runner-Up of the Ambassadors of Christian Rock Contest.

Formed only in the year 2009 and officially coming into being in 2010, the band has cer-tainly taken their passion for music to great heights as it went on to become the winner of the NSACS RockAware 2011.

Still beaming hap-pily over their experience at the Bangkok Hand-shake Concert, the band members express, “We had a great time…more

so because they are so appreciative of whatever music we played, whether it’s jazz, blues or hard rock.”

The challenge in Nagaland, the band says, is the rowdiness of the audience while citing that even in the instance of international bands performing here, a little delay means so much to deal with.

As one takes a peek into the story of the band, they point out that ‘temptations are crucial part of our lives’. “We go through misunderstand-ings sometimes….in fact, there was a time we were on the edge and about to part ways, but by God’s grace we are still together making music.”

And this seems to be the resolve of the Band as they aspire to “move for-ward” just as their name ‘Avancer’ stands for. As a last note, they express, “We would like to encour-age our fellow musicians to keep moving forward. And to our fans, Thank You for supporting us, without you, we wouldn’t be here.”

The musicians made their presence felt by planting tree sap-lings within the

premises of the upcoming music institute which is 80,000sqftinsize,inad-dition with 40,000 sq ft for the auditorium, adjacent to the main campus at Darogapathar, Dimapur.

The plantation drive was also joined by musi-cians from Norway - Per Oddvar Hildre (Prots), one of the most sea-soned choral maestros of Europe and Anne Matte Olafsen who have come as overseas advisors for the NCM institute. They had both visited Nagaland during the International Culture Mix festival held in Dimapur last year.

The Nagaland Con-servatory of Music, which is to be managed by the Nagaland Music Education & Arts Society, a regis-tered non-governmental organization, is headed by renowned choral musi-cian Lipokmar Tzüdir and James Shikiye Swu, also a renowned local musi-cian currently based in Philippines. The NCM is affiliated to Asian Institute for Liturgy & Music, Philip-pines, said Lipokmar add-ing that it is also working towards getting affiliation with Nagaland University.

He further informed that the institute will have four foreign teachers with the commencement of classes for the first batch which begins on August 17 in areas of Piano, Voice, Guitar and Violin. The first batch will have 25 stu-dents for four-year course with accommodation facilities and new students will be admitted each academic year, he said.

The NCM will of-fer degree courses and will provide part time studies particularly to

children from the age of 5-15. Besides, weekend programmes for full time Church musicians will also be offered, said Lipokmar who is also associated with Nagaland Singing Ambassadors.

On the institute, he expressed hope that it will serve as a catalyst and a transforming agent 10 to 15 years down the line.

“It’s not for personal gain but for our own peo-ple that we are introduc-ing a much needed music institute whose time have come. When many Naga aspiring musicians are going abroad for further studies, we are glad that we are going to have one with international stan-dard,” he said adding that the absence of a qualified

institute was the reason behind in our students go-ing abroad.

Lipokmar felt that the students (aspiring musi-cians) now need not go outside state or abroad as there are enough talents here provided given the infrastructure and required facilities.

“The absence of proper infrastructure was the key reason and now we have one finally. Our aim in introducing the institute is to tap not only the Naga youths but students from other states and even overseas. And this dream may not be too far,” said Lipokmar who completed MA Ethnomusicology and Bachelor of Music in composition at University of Sheffield.

On his contribution to the Naga society, he said “We are just doing what we are assigned to do.” In this regard, he has also urged all Naga musicians to contribute to the best of their possibility as he felt this (music) is one area where Nagas would be able to excel at the inter-national platform as we have immense talents and potentials. On the other hand, he also pointed out that we (Nagas) have the materials but do not know how to develop and sale it. And this, he felt, is one area where Naga musi-cians could not survive in the said profession on their own.

On being asked whether the State govern-ment has offered any help

to the upcoming institute, Lipokmar expressed hope that it (govt) will support the venture to the best of its ability.

“We cannot wait for somebody or even the government to give us the capital to start the venture,” he said.

Meanwhile, Lipokmar Tzüdir thanked the musi-cians from Dimapur and Dorians Society for the good gesture. Altogether, 158saplingswereplantedby the local artistes includ-ing renowned musicians Nise Meruno, Alobo Naga, Moanungsang, Alo Wanth among others. Lipokmar also extended thanks and appreciation to DFO Peren, Samuel Changkija and DFO Dimapur,KochaMeyasefor donating the saplings.

ActorKristenStew-art has been dubbed as the “most hated

women in Hollywood” after she cheated on her boyfriend Robert Pattinson with married Snow White And The Hunts-man director Rupert Sanders. “She’s the most hated woman in Hollywood,” the Sun quoted a source as saying.

“Female moviegoers have been looking for a reason not to like her and now they have it. Lots of Rob’s huge army of female fans will boycott her films. It’s going to be a long road for her to come back, pro-

fessionally as well as person-ally,” the source added.

The 22-year-old, who plays Bella Swan in the Twilight series opposite Pattinson (Edward Cullen), recently admitted that she cheated on her partner with Sanders, reported Sun online.

Meanwhile, filmmaker Giovanni Agnelli, who directed Stewart in the film, Welcome to the Rileys, tweeted in Stew-art’s defence: “I’ll say right now what the manipulative mediaisn’tsaying...KristenStewart did not have any type of sex with Rupert Sanders.”

After enthusiastically cheering on Andy Murray on the tennis courts of Wimbledon, South West London today, the couple zipped across town in time to see the British men’s pursuit

team smash the world record in their qualifying round and then go on to win gold in a breathtaking race.NodoubtKateandWilliamtookadvantageoftheOlympiclanes

intheCapitalreservedforVIPs,andstyleiconKateevenfoundtimeto change out of her Stella McCartney shift dress and in to a sporty white polo shirt.

Joined by Prince Harry and Sophie Countess of Wessex in the seats the young Royal couple looked delighted to be attending yet another Olympic event.

Since the Games started on Saturday the two of them have taken full advantage of their VIP invites and have already been guests of honour at the equestrian events two days running and today’s tennis.

Super supporter William visited Wembley to watch Team GB play football at the weekend as well as joining brother Harry at the rowing event in day five.

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Local musicians from Dimapur posing for lens at the NCM institute before the plantation drive on Friday.

The Nagaland Conservatory of Music institute nearing completion.

Renowned musician Nise Meruno planting a sapling at the NCM institute at Darogap-athar, Dimapur on Friday.

JUBILATIoN: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge show their delight after Sir Chris Hoy, Philip Hindes and Jason Kenny stormed to success in the velodrome yesterday afternoon