Editorial

  • Officially (Y)ours, Nagamese
    Dr Asangba Tzüdir   As opinions are shared among the Nagas on the issue of India’s move to promote Nagamese as an official language, certain realities needs to be drawn on the status and
  • Nagamese te kobi
     Aheli Moitra   Languages have always found a soft spot in me. As a child, we were given access to the world of English and Hindi. Arabic was taught to us as a third language, painstakingly mastere
  • Politics of Ethnic & Tribal Conflict
    There is an urgency to transcend present categorizations and labels created by the State and recover the organic and shared relations between peoples   In contemporary politics, the State has ensured th
  • Of Impunity and sexual violence
    Is Nagaland the safest place for woman?   By Moa Jamir   Last year, Nagaland was declared as the ‘safest’ State for women in the country. According to National Crime Records Bureau
  • Need for Inclusive Conflict Resolution
    Conflict resolution is endemic in all cultures as it involves negotiating its encounter with the world. However, conflict resolution in the modern world has become, more than ever before, a politically explosiv
  • Flora, Fauna, Peoples Life and Coal Mining in Nagaland
    Dr Asangba Tzüdir   Our land is marked by natural beauty and serene topography. She is abundantly blessed with a rich biodiversity and more importantly the state’s biodiversity is also a
  • Dreaming & Imagination
    There is no change without dream, as there is no dream without hope Imagination, as a praxis, is important for a people to determine their future so that it can be a way of sharing one’s own culture an
  • Of promises & failures
    Moa Jamir   Many readers may have been pleasantly surprised when they were informed by a news item on Sunday that all existing un-metered water connections will eventually be replaced by metering system
  • Thinking beyond a ‘stable government job’
    Dr. Sao Tunyi The other word for a government job is ‘security’ because of which many seek for it. Times are changing; the old pension scheme is gone and it is being said that firing from governm
  • Of Celebrations and Conferences
    Dr Asangba Tzüdir Celebrations are central to Naga life and the flow of jubilees, landmark celebrations, conferences, etc seems to be never ending. So many conferences are being held this time of t
  • The Future of Sovereignty
    The idea of Sovereignty has, for most of humankind, been limited to a political tool. Its evolution as a political concept needs to be understood within the changing nature of political institutions. In essence
  • A wake-up call
    Moa Jamir   The NPCB’s warning on coal mining needs utmost attention “Blessings can sometimes turn out to be a curse if we fail to utilize them in a proper way,” warned a booklet pub
  • A FRUSTRATED GENERATION
    Dr. Sao Tunyi   What I am about to describe here may be offensive to some, simply common knowledge not worth writing about to some, or disagreeable to some who may argue that it is only my private indiv
  • Hope for the New Year
    Dr Asangba Tzüdir   “And Joshua said unto the people; Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you” The year 2015 has been a topsy-turvy ride and has witnesse
  • By the rivers of Külia
    Aheli Moitra   By the rivers of Külia in the Western Rengma Naga areas of Assam, we sat down and had a variety of pomelos. The sour and sweet juicy citrus became the flavour of the sincere winter s
  • Impressions on Modi
    Along LongkumerConsulting EditorAmid recitals of Vedic hymns and blowing of conch shells, the ‘Ganga Aarti’ puja was held at ‘Dashashwamedh Ghat’ in Varanasi with Prime Minister elect Narendra Modi alon
  • Is the Modern State declining?
    With the end of the Cold War, the modern states are becoming much more fluid, their borders are blurring, migration is diluting ethnic homogeneity and the growing reality of interdependence has induced a situat
  • Absolute Verdict
    Along LongkumerConsulting EditorNext—A Responsible, Inclusive Govt under Modi The landslide victory of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) under its Prime Ministerial c
  • Delhi to Nagaland
    Post-Poll Test for new regimesAlong LongkumerConsulting EditorNow that the hustle and bustle of elections is over, it is time for government formation, distribution of responsibility (portfolio), skillful manag
  • Complexity and the community
    Aheli Moitra “I hope and pray that Nagaland does not lose what we have already lost,” stated Leslie Nazareth in his introductory note for a visit to Nagaland. Leslie has been visiting the State since 1
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