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04/01/2008: "Pitiable condition of Nagaland University- Nagaland Post"

Pitiable condition of Nagaland University- Nagaland Post

The Nagaland University (NU) since its inception has a history marred by corruption of the VC, internecine conflict between the teaching staff and the administration and the student as well. Nagaland University is old enough to be a reputed University today. It's high time that it attracts students even from outside the state. It should have been the first sought University for the students of Nagaland, but in contrast today it's the last option.
From the learning institution to the hostels, the condition is highly deplorable. Institutions are scattered and located in a places not conducive to learning environment. In some department there is hardly a day when full classes are taken. Teaching faculties are absent or on leave most of the time. Even the mode of administration is highly penitent. The scheduled yearly calendars are rarely followed. The authorities usually reschedule the time and date for exams and event at their own discretion now and then creating huge inconvenience for the students. There is hardly prior information for any event.
Most of the time the NUTA and the VC are in conflict and there is always agitation of some sort. Students are the worst affected when classes are called off and the academic portion get stagnated we wander whether people of their caliber are capable of coming to an understanding.
The PGSU should immediately intervene in the present stalemate. How could there possibly be no classes for days together when exams are nearing with vast syllabus yet to cover? Please remember that even a single period matters for a sincere student.
Hostels are no better than the learning institutions. Apart from sleeping accommodation are no facilities at all. Basic needs like clean drinking water, cable connection, telephone line, kitchen usages are lacking. The paraphernalia of hostel lifeline is shrouded oblivion. Its request to the authorities is never attended to. There is no warden and even if there is one appointed he never resides in the hostel.
Students are very much daunted by the present system of administration. It has been told by the VC that the entire department would be shifted to the new campus by the end of March 2008 but it doesn't seem to be in the offing. There is always an assurance but action never done. The departments being scattered, problems also seem to have multiplied. It's hard for the students to come together or even to have a joint address from time to time or to share their grievances or even to tackle the simmering issues in the society. Every department is confined to its own place. Collective ventures seem too hard at this juncture.
Even the library is located far away from the institution. But one sorry figure is that there is too less relevant books in the library. Mostly students manage from the photocopy notes procured from their predecessors at their own personal capacity. There is no access to Internet for the students, which is a big irony in this age of science and technology.
As a Central University, there can never be dearth of fund. Then, how could the University be so pathetic when crores and crores of rupees has been sanctioned. We suspect there is some serious insidious in the set up.
It is almost 15 years now since the University started, and we wonder how many more years it will take to emerge as a prestigious University providing quality education, making the students feel a sense of superiority complex.
Many students have joined the University with high hope of gaining not only bookish knowledge but be chiseled into a real gentlemen and women as this becomes the last stage of study. Not everyone is fortunate or economically viable enough to opt for University outside the state. For many, it's the first and last option while for some it's a dreamt. We believe the authorities are not novice to be incapable of change.
This is our future and our hope, please do not ruin our career. We hope things would soon change for the better making of the Nagaland University, the center of intellectual and cultural awakening en-gulfing the whole society in the due process.
Hukai H. Zhimo, III semester, P.G. Men's Hostel II, NU, Agri forest colony.
Will BJP support a free Nagaland, asks Karat N Ravikumar The Statesman
Coimbatore, March 31: Slamming the BJP and its NDA ally Mr George Fernandez for supporting Tibetan struggle for autonomy, CPI-M general secretary Mr Prakash Karat today asked if they would support a free Nagaland or a free Jammu Kashmir.
“Those who join the chorus of independent Tibet will be doing a great disservice to India. We also have problems of separatism. Will they support a free Nagaland or Jammu Kashmir?”, he asked.
The BJP has attacked the stand of the Centre regarding one-China policy, he said and leaders like Mr George Fernandez were toeing the line of western powers which recognise separate identities of ethnic minorities. “Are they interested in spoiling the Indo-China relations?”, he asked, when he met reporters during the third day of the party's 19th Congress here.
Apparently deviating from the Leninist ideology of self determination rights of nationalities, in a bid to justify its opposition to the Tibetan struggle, Mr Karat said “There is no abstract right of self determination for every minority. In the present day world, multinational states should not be broken in the name of self determination”.
Introducing a new distinction called `minority separatism’ into the Marxist-Leninist self determination principle, Mr Karat said “As far as the US and some of the European countries are concerned, they are prepared to break up states based on ethnic groups and minority separatism. Our party is not going to support any of these demands”, he asserted. However, Mr Karat, leading an outfit which claims itself to be a Marxist-Leninist party, did not explain why ethnic groups who are in a minority are not eligible for self-determination rights as per his new interpretation of Marxist-Leninism. Firmly supporting the stand of the Union government on Tibet, he said that was the correct position. “We want a dialogue between Chinese government and Dalai Lama's supporters to resolve the problems. The problems of ethnic minorities should be resolved in a democratic way”, he said.
“Certain Western powers believe that a nation's sovereignty can be abridged and amended in the name of human rights and the rights of ethnic minorites. There are forces which say big states which are multinational can be broken up”, he said.
CPM slams supports of free Tibet The Financial Express
Coimbatore, March 31: Asserting that Tibet was an integral part of China, the CPI(M) on Monday attacked BJP and NDA convenor George Fernandes for supporting its separation asking whether he would support similar demands in Jammu and Kashmir and Nagaland.
Pointing out that the central government had consistently taken the position that Tibet was part of China, party General Secretary Prakash Karat told a press conference in Coimbatore “some Indian politicians are toeing the line of certain Western powers like the US which would lead to the break-up of larger states in the name of human rights or rights of ethnic minorities.
“The BJP has come out with a statement attacking the government position while the NDA Convenor has gone further than that. Those who wish to join this chorus (of separation) do disservice to India also. Will they support the demand for a free Nagaland or a free Jammu and Kashmir?” he said.
Noting that the government from the beginning has held the position of “upholding the one-China principle”, Karat said it has never recognised Taiwan as a separate country.
“The government has reiterated this stand even now.” The CPI(M) leader said even the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government had maintained in writing that the Tibetan Autonomous Region was part of China.
“That is the correct position.” “We want a dialogue between the Chinese government and the representatives of the Dalai Lama. Beijing has already said it is willing to hold talks provided the Dalai Lama does not want to go out of the framework of a united China. ... We have also seen statements by the Dalai Lama asking for autonomy within China,” he said.
NSCN knows people’s desire- Nagaland Post
Who is against unification and who is against the Indo-Naga solution on the basis of the Naga peoples' political aspiration that has been made to go through baptism by fire for the period that has crossed 60 years? NSCN knows best the burning desire of the people and that was the reason why the government of India is finding the road tough during the last 10 years of Indo-Naga political talks, because Nagas refused to budge.
But India resorted to the most despicable act of political immorality by engineering the rise of an obstructionist force against the might of NSCN forces but in the guise of a slogan for unification. A short live obsession was noticeable but lacking political legitimacy it is gradually fading away to damnation. Backed and brainwashed by the Indian intelligences groups the anti-unification forces under the name of unification group is desperately kicking to make its presence felt taking the name of unification and prodding other Naga groups to toe their live of action to fulfill the interests of the government of India who is finding the end of the road in dealing with the Collective Leadership of NSCN.
This is the turning point of the Naga crisis that has arisen in the name of unification. India needs a person with NSCN tag but pliable to the dictates of the Intelligence agencies whose target is to sideline NSCN leadership and carry on the Indo-Naga talks with the amenable set of political thinking that will not clash with the Indian constitutional terms and conditions. But their game plan has been scrutinized by NSCN in particular and the Nagas in general and found lacking to meet the standard for Naga unification.
History has been cruel to Nagas but Nagas learns quite a lot of lessons to guide their way through.
On the issue of unification the Nagas have to question unification group why they run away from the call of NSCN Chairman Isak Chishi Swu if they supported his proclamation of January 13, 2007.
The simple answer that need no further probing is the realistic revelation that they are not the master of their own thinking but mere stooges to serve the masters' bidding that comes all the way from New Delhi.
This is not a mere information for the Nagas but educative in the political interpretation lest the Nagas are outsmarted by the sweetly coated propaganda of Indian government using anti-Naga brand of unification that is confined within Nagaland and within the Indian constitution but made to appear as a integrated unification by exploiting Isak Chishi Swu.s brand of unification.
But the Nagas cannot be fooled that unification can be brought about by deserting his master to serve the constitutional interests of India. This is the Unification group true standing today. And wiser should the Nagas be that leaving aside the absence of political justification where are these people moral justification? Nevertheless they are not in their own control and wisdom.
They are simply used and nothing matters to them other than satisfying the purpose of their creation to undo the terms and conditions under the new situation to be forced on the Nagas under a new political dispensation.
And that was the reason why the unification group was out in full strength in the recently concluded Assembly Election. Thank God, the political course was saved from going downhill at the hands of the India sponsor forces that was stopped in the midway, and hats off to the Nagas people for understanding who they are.
MIP, GPRN/NSCN (IM).
Home Minister calls for peace Nagaland Post
Dimapur, March 31 (NPN): Home Minister Imkong L. Imchen Monday said the Naga underground factions’ refusal to enter into ceasefire among themselves was a “historical tragedy”.
In his maiden appeal to the citizens of the State as Home Minister, Imkong L. Imchen expressed serious concern over fratricidal killings in the State. He said it was most shocking that the factions were determined “to fight with the Nagas but not with the Indian”. “They’ve ceasefire with the government of India but refuse ceasefire amongst themselves. This is a historical tragedy”.
The minister pointed out that extortions and intimidations by the factions were acting as the biggest impediment in Nagas’ desire to march ahead. “They think that killing Nagas by Nagas is something very heroic which is something beyond imagination.”
He lamented that on one hand the factions called for unity and unification while on the other all of them were equally determined to fight and finish one another. “This is the state of Nagaland today”. In this connection, the minister criticized all overground Naga political parties for not doing anything worthwhile. “I myself am not excluded on the given situation. A mere Home Minister can’t do much to the imagination of the Naga people”.
Imkong L. Imchen said it was time the Nagas including factions realized their own weaknesses and came about to a better sense towards building the society a better world to live in. He appealed to all sections of the people to come forward to discover a better agenda so that they could stand together with Government of India or any competent authority.
Further, he appealed to all right-thinking citizens and underground leaders to do away with gun culture and change their mindset towards this end. The minister pointed out that lawlessness could not be the solution to any problem.

Mohilary withdraws truce offer
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Kokrajhar, March 31: Continuing the war of words between the disbanded Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) and the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB), Bodoland Territorial Council chief Hagrama Mohilary today virtually withdrew his talks offer to NDFB head Ranjan Daimary.
Mohilary, who used to lead the BLT, now leads the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), an ally of the ruling Congress. A day after Daimary accused former BLT cadre of targeting his boys with the help of police, the BPF chief said: “If this is the kind of response one gets, then there is no point in continuing.”
Rubbishing Daimary’s charges, Mohilary said the NDFB leader had done little for the Bodos.
“Contrary to Daimary’s claims, our boys are absolutely innocent His allegations are baseless. It is the NDFB that is spreading terror in Bodoland by killing innocent people and extorting money.”
Mohilary accused the NDFB of killing Swmla Basumatary, president of the All-Bodo Students’ Union (Absu), and Bineswar Brahma, who headed the Bodo Sahitya Sabha, among others.
Daimary has accused Mohilary and the Tarun Gogoi government of going “all out to crush” his outfit and even threatened to call off the NDFB’s ceasefire with the government.
“Hagrama Mohilary and his men, who were once fighting for statehood by dividing Assam, have now become the owners of Assam and shamefully, in alliance with Assam police, (are) killing members of the NDFB and innocent people just to serve their narrow political interests,” Daimary said in a statement yesterday.
“The NDFB will place the proposed agenda for political talks with the government of India in its own time and convenience, but not as demanded by Hagrama. We are not against the resolution of any issues or problems peacefully and democratically. We talked to Hagrama in 1999 and (are) also ready to talk to him again to save the lives of the innocent people,” Daimary said.
The statement came less than a week after Daimary accepted Mohilary’s offer for talks to end the violence that has rocked the Bodoland.
Talking to the media here, Mohilary said: “Ranjan Daimary has no contribution in the BTC and has no moral right to criticise its functioning. He should stop criticising others during his stay on foreign land. If he is really fighting for the Bodos and is serious about problems faced by them, he should come and hold talks with the government. Only then will the Bodos accept him as one who fights for their cause.”
Myanmar's No. 2 ranked leader to visit India Indo Burma News
March 30, 2008: (AP) YANGON, Myanmar: The second-highest ranking member of Myanmar's ruling junta, Senior Gen. Maung Aye, will visit neighboring India in the near future, state-run media said Sunday.
The Myanmar-language Myanma Ahlin newspaper did not give a date for the visit of Maung Aye, who is vice chairman of the military council. But diplomatic sources here said it would begin April 2.
An aid agreement on the US$120 million (€81 million) Kaladan project is expected to be signed during the five-day visit.
India's funding would allow for the upgrading of waterways and highways along the Kaladan river and development of Sittway port in Myanmar's northwestern Rakhine state.
Maung Aye last visited India in November 2000.
Relations between the two nations, which share a 1,331-kilometer(830 mile) border, turned cold after the military took power in Yangon in 1988 by violently suppressing pro-democracy demonstrations. Ties have improved significantly since 2000 with mutual visits by government leaders from both countries.
India is one of Myanmar's major trading partners, with the balance of trade consistently in favor of Myanmar.