By Subash Deb
Many believe that Shillong is a place where God has revealed himself in many ways. Since time immemorial Shillong has enjoyed the grace of the Almighty. Today, we may find these affirmations difficult to understand because we are lost somewhere– in an undefined mission. Missionaries discovered and chose this place for establishing an advanced civilization which understands and spreads love. If truth be told, all religions are all-embracing. We become fundam-entalists and fanati...

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Kudos to the present government for easing the burden of citizens. We welcome the new public transport system in Shillong. Moreover, this may be a lesson for alleged errant drivers who packed their vehicles to capacity ignoring the comfort of the passengers and fleece the passengers by over charging fares from them, though they ferry them to their destinations on time. The East Khasi Hills Taxi Drivers and Owners Association should make sincere efforts to bring those erra...

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The move by the UPA Led congress government to hike the price of petrol by 5 rupees has affected the common people who are already reeling under inflation. This sudden hike is the result of erratic policy of the Union government on fuel pricing.

With the increase in petrol prices the cost to motor car owners and taxi drivers increases. Nobody is bothered if the car owners suffer a cost increase. But the taxi driver can not absorb the increase in petrol costs. He has to in...

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When we read the local newspaper, we find some articles which have already been published in metro dailies or in some books by some other writers, find place in some of the local dailies. What some of the young writers do, they just lift the appropriate articles and send in them for publication in the local newspapers. It is my advice to the young writers that they should not copy from others writings and put their names on such work.  This is not a good practice. They should not try to becom...

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Festivals come and go. We have big promises to keep and a pledge to make with every dawn of the new year that we would do something different for ourselves. Surprisingly in a very selfish way we have forgotten important issues that concern our very existence. One issue that should concern each and every citizen of Shillong is the ecological degradation of the city.

Shillong(formerly known as LABAN) was compared to Scotland by the erstwhile British tourists and administrators. The comparison ...

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In view of Assembly elections bipartite and tripartite meetings are going on to reach an unerring solution as to who should be our next leader? And which party should come to power for better governance of our state. As we all know a country or a state without governance looks queer and weird. Election is a medium through which the body of electors chooses their leader.

As election is a decision-making process so the electorate get a golden opportunity to choose their desired leader. Pre-ele...

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It is a matter of great concern that the plight of local taxi drivers has not been given a thought to despite the fact that taxis are a great service to the public, of course, at a price fixed by the concerned authority. If one is late for school/office the cabbies serve the purpose and drop us at our destinations. Talking about traffic rules, taxis are the ones that abide by these rules for the most part, except for a few who are young in this line. They earn their livelihood by the sweat of...

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It is a matter of great concern that fictitious persons sometimes send threatening and alluring e-mails. Such type of incidents have come out to be a menace in internet world. We have seen one such example of such incident in the letters column of The Shillong Times recently. Is this the intention of some vested interested organization to terrorize people and disturb peace and tranquility in Shillong?

Shillong has set the best example of peace and communal harmony in the past few years. Howe...

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Frequent change of leadership is the major cause of underdeveloped economy of the state and the country as a whole. Let it be the Centre or the state periodic change in the leadership is a burning issue. Talking in the point of fact the state of Meghalaya is growing and blooming gradually in every field. The standard of living of the people is also changing. Well the development processes have not taken place in matter of months but years of contribution of selfless and altruistic politi...

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