Imlisanen Jamir
Polls to the Nagaland State Assembly seem inevitable, and in an ideal world, elections are a good thing. But we don’t live in an ideal world; and Nagaland is the farthest thing away fro
Friday, 27th February, 2026
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On August 1, 2017, India's Health and Family Welfare Minister, JP Nadda informed Rajya Sabha that the ‘Estimated Incidence of cancer cases’ in Nagaland from 2014-2016 was 3882. The Minister was
Witoubou Newmai What should have been the finest time for the Naga people appears destined to become a nightmare as the Naga society is left to see the ‘cordial affairs’ disrupted. Are
Aheli Moitra To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing en
Dr. Asangba Tzüdir The ‘tussle’ between ‘solution’ and ‘election’ has reached such a point of unpredictability and uncertainty, where it has chances of going both way
Imlisanen Jamir We’re great at the ‘lighter’ side of the academic milieu, while not having a particular knack for the more ‘rigorous’ disciplines. That is a quasi-raci
On January 30, 2017, an indefinite bandh spearheaded by the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) “compelled” by the state government’s decision to “forcefully conduct the civic body electi
Aheli Moitra Remember this time last year? 395 candidates had filed nominations to contest elections to Urban Local Bodies in Nagaland State. If the election had been held on February 1, 2017, wome
Dr Asangba Tzüdir “Solution before Election” & “Election for Solution” Initially, the ‘opposition-less’ situation in the Nagaland Legislative Assem
Imlisanen Jamir It’s all so exciting isn’t it? Just 12 hours after the Election Commission of India announced dates for polls to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, the considerat
The poll bugle has already been sounded in Nagaland. With perceptible activism in air, it was unofficially blowing for a long time, till the formal announcement on January 18 by the Election Commission of India
Witoubou Newmai Emergence of too many power centres is detrimental to the collective Naga movement “If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark, and shameful corridors of time r
Aheli Moitra In many pockets of the Indian Union, it has been observed that historically oppressed groups, like the Dalits, are surging past historically powerful groups in terms of education. A Dalit rights
Dr Asangba Tzüdir The Naga day celebration, centered on the call to all Nagas to come as one without borders, has created a process of Naga reconciliation but there seem to be certain underc
Imlisanen Jamir On Sunday, at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, the Pope held a service to mark the ‘World Day of Migrants and Refugees.’ Now, considering the unsavoury p
The demands for ‘solution before election’ are escalating from various quarters. With the Naga Hoho, the Apex tribal body of Nagas, upping the ante and asking the people “to gear up and defend
Aheli Moitra The night before Naga Day, held on January 10, 2018, two teams remained on Khuochiezie, the Kohima Local Ground, after all the artists had done their sound checks, braving the Kohima night chill
Asangba Tzudir If a definite Naga political solution that is ‘acceptable and honorable’ to all is being collectively mapped and based on which, the demand of ‘solution and not electi
Imlisanen Jamir Where would we be without Facebook? Or Whatsapp or Instagram? For so many of us, our lives have been transformed by social media. It’s a great way to keep in touch,
Technology today has become an indispensable tool and a pervasive way of life. The advent of internet and subsequent proliferation of portable media devices, such as smartphones and interactive platform like so
