Aheli Moitra
The National Health Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2015-16 has some fascinating news for us.
Women have a high literacy rate of 81% in Nagaland State, with a healthy sex rati
Dr Asangba Tzüdir
There was a joke from the 90s though it didn’t attract headline attention. Where do you live? I live in Nagaland. Where do you live in Nagaland? Huh? Where do you liv
The denial of human dignity experienced by Nagas is the direct result of oppression and subjugation perpetuated over many decades by the structures of political domination and remnants of their colonial past. N
Moa Jamir
A detailed analysis of Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) of India Report on Nagaland is an extremely frustrating undertaking. The frustration arises not only due to the amount of anomalies h
Witoubou Newmai
Next year, the Naga Club will complete 100 years. Naga labourers/porters who were part of the Labour Corps during World War I, recognizing the significance of nations, formed the Naga
Aheli Moitra
In a far corner of Dimapur, a family was worried about its bills. Piling debts had kept them from paying their house rent on time. There was also the worry of electricity bills that
Dr Asangba Tzüdir
The finance portfolio finds comfortably nestled in the hands of the Chief Minister since the ouster of K. Therie, the then Finance Minister. Since his ouster, the Nagaland
The present generations of Nagas are earnestly searching for change, but are unclear of its direction, and, more importantly remain unsure of the means for actually transforming their aspiration into reality. T
Moa Jamir
“It has come to the notice of the Governor that some cases of direct recruitment has (sic) been made without publicly inviting the application for the posts… The undersigned is,
Witoubou Newmai
Lack of space for a diplomatic or dialogue intervention has been the main reason for the myriad problems dogging the State of Manipur for this long. The unwillingness to genuinely diag
Aheli Moitra
In January 2014, the ‘Jaya He, GVK New Museum’ opened at Terminal 2 of Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. The project aims to be a museum of &lsqu
Dr Asangba Tzüdir
The silence in the previous Nagaland Legislative Assembly sessions that had almost ‘nothing’ to discuss’ with sincerity and seriousness is a symptom of th
There is a tendency to confuse and even distort nonviolence with pacifism. The words nonviolence and pacifism do not share a common meaning and are often confused and used interchangeably. In fact, the term def
Moa Jamir
In a common lexicon definition, gratuitous have two connotations – firstly denoting something done without any good reason or justification; and secondly something given or done free of charg
Aheli Moitra
A farmer from Sümi Village in Phek district has an ancestral tale to tell. Her mother once narrated to her the story of millet and paddy seeds—male and female ‘sibl
Dr Asangba Tzüdir
At a recent consultative body meeting of Nagaland tribe Hohos convened by JCC and NTAC, the “apex Hohos unanimously resolves in principle for forming a Nagas of Nagal
Was Nagaland State created to manage the differences between the Naga nationalists and the Unionists?
Mahmood Mamdani, Ugandan scholar and political commentator, in his book Define and Rule pinpoints that
Moa Jamir
Albeit the cacophony of elections in five states, two States Assembly, last week, passed two bills having dramatic implication for the welfare of its citizens. ‘The Arunachal Prad
Witoubou Newmai
Issues related to human rights violation, corruption, Manipur territorial integrity, Naga aspiration, Inner Line Permit (ILP), Kuki aspiration and unemployment have been dogging
Aheli Moitra
In her short story, ‘The Last Song’ (2006), Prof. Temsula Ao leaves us with feelings of distant, inexplicable, sadness. Apenyo sings through her brutal rape in an old ch