Editorial

  • The ‘State’ of Irony
    Moa Jamir The irony in Naga society is spectacular – in physical and meta-physical terms, both perfectly complementing each other. This dichotomised reality is prevalent in every sphere of our life oft
  • Legitimacy and Legality
    Understanding the rule of law is quite essential while drawing the distinction between legality and legitimacy. For instance, the Laws and Policy of Apartheid were considered to be legal by the government of So
  • A society enabled
    Aheli Moitra   Imagine the life of persons living with disabilities in Nagaland. With some form of long term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairment that hinders the possibility of equal pa
  • STRAIGHTENING THE DOGS TAIL
    “State Govt Committed to fight Corruption” Asangba Tzüdir     The statement made by Nagaland Home Minister that the ‘State Govt is committed to fight corruption’ whi
  • Time for local ‘transformation’
    Moa Jamir   A prophet is honoured everywhere, save his own hometown. The well-known biblical adage strikes the mind as one reads the news report of the Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang receiving a gl
  • Democracy – A Paradox?
    There seems to be an ironic paradox in the way democracy is practiced in ‘Nagaland State.’ While steps have been taken to make distinctions between the prospects of democracy as a vision, and the me
  • Commissionerate Policing Towards Security Service and Sacrifice
    Dr Asangba Tzüdir   A year of the Dimapur police Commissionerate have restored and instilled a sense of trust and security in the minds of the general public and have also brought laudable ord
  • Union of Unequals
    Aheli Moitra   The Indian Union is a Union of Unequals. This applies both to the people who reside in this entity, as well as the federal structure that works under the umbrella of ‘unity and int
  • Indigenous people at risk
    Indigenous people’ endeavors to survive, have their basic needs met and their fundamental rights honored has been complicated by compelling circumstances and exceptional challenges created by the State&rs
  • Outside the Box
    There is a consensus that many of the human challenges could be addressed constructively if only we would have the resolve and the commitment to think outside the box, seek another path. This process of thinkin
  • Time to sanitise the monumental mess
    Moa Jamir   In yet another strike over ‘yet’ another of the Government’s apathies, another stream of RMSA Teachers last week started an agitation demanding their appointment letter for
  • The ability to share
    Aheli Moitra   The recent ‘Panama Papers’ expose has shown a dream to the news media in Naga society—that collaboration in research has far reaching impact on how professionals can ho
  • Hornbill Exposed
    Dr Asangba Tzüdir   The recent disclosure through RTI on the huge losses incurred by the Department of Tourism, Govt. of Nagaland, on Hornbill festival was not only revealing but has also put
  • Washing away responsibility
    Moa Jamir Anti-social elements from outside are creating “law and order situation” in Dimapur, Nagaland Home Minister Y Patton claimed at an event recently. He added that it is imperative for GBs
  • Failed Promises
    It is ironic that the politics of promises, as well as the politics of forgetting are so comfortably intertwined in the Naga context A common practice in politics is for elected officials and government serv
  • A new literature of reality
    By Aheli Moitra   Once, on a journey between borderlands, I met the wife of a popular Tangkhul singer at their home, busy weaving the Rose kashan—a mekhala, or traditional wrap-around, dedicated
  • Forwarding the ‘Backward’
     Dr Asangba Tzüdir A voice vote of the Nagaland Legislative Assemble has passed the Nagaland Backward Tribes Commission Bill 2016 based on the memorandum submitted to the government by the ENSF mai
  • You can’t kill an Idea!
    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was silenced by forces that were threatened by the ideals for which he lived and fought vigilantly. As he stood on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, preparing for a march supp
  • A Deafening Silence
    Moa Jamir   Nearly two weeks have elapsed since the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Report 2016 was tabled in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly on March 19 highlighting discrepancies in v
  • Indigenizing a Naga discourse
    In the current context of humanity the powers that be are using their dominant forces to shape international systems in accordance with their values. This reshaping is taking place while indigenous self-governa
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