Editorial

  • Dimapur – fixing the lines in ‘us’ and ‘them’
    Aheli Moitra   All great cities have their boons and banes. So does Dimapur.   In its making, Dimapur may have borrowed much from the neighbouring Sibsagar, a town where the Ahom Kings had accom
  • The Present Crisis
    Dr Asangba Tzüdir   The issue related to Rongmei tribe recognition has for some time threatened the political fabric of our society culminating in a huge crisis within the Naga Hoho. However, conce
  • The Native & the Settler
    We need to examine how the march towards economic globalization and the making of a ‘global village’ has been effectively reduced to one of globalism. Rather than celebrating the richness of human c
  • From charity to self-interest
    Moa Jamir   Observing the prevailing state of affairs around us, one cannot help pondering whether the concept of community solidarity and social cohesiveness is gradually giving way to individualism, w
  • We need genuine effort to complete our journey
    Witoubou Newmai    Even though a discussion such as on 'collective spirit' of the Naga people or 'Naga unity' brings down the whole affair to ‘collective monotony,’ we cannot help but to go o
  • The New Normal
    Aheli Moitra   A friend in Srinagar describes the situation in his land as The New Normal. While the Kashmir Valley has been no stranger to long bouts of curfews, 76 days of curfew is a new one even her
  • Quality Education & Human Development
    Dr. Asangba Tzüdir   Quality Education is one that nurtures life and facilitates ‘life skills’  Agonizing condition of roads; ‘ghost houses’ called Govt. Offices; de
  • Fostering Solidarity
    Even as the Naga skyline seems to get more fractured and clouded, attaining critical public solidarity and unity in purpose is imperative in order to emerge stronger, and to transcend the present conditions of
  • Saying less, doing more
    Moa Jamir   The mantra Nagaland State should immediately undertake to tackle the dual crisis of unemployment and quality education   Cometh the hour, cometh the man goes a popular saying. In cas
  • Time to Embrace new approaches
    Witoubou Newmai   The ever increasing relevance of the idiom, "One man's loss is another man's gain" in Manipur has today reached a defiant situation, more than what is necessary. When
  • Clean Elections: Fingers crossed
    Imkong Walling   Keeping dwellings clean is a normal human tendency, while a tidy house is said to be a sign of a hygienic mind. If one may say so, the society is the house and the mind its residents. &
  • Fear and the concealed Truth
    Dr. Asangba Tzüdir “The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.”   These words by Mahatma Gandhi hold much relevance in the context of our society today. Fear seems to b
  • The Violence of Poverty
    Poverty threatens the dignified well being of the people, and all too often it is accompanied by poverty of the mind that has a demoralizing effect on humanity. Let’s reflect on what the good life is. Som
  • Nagaland: A Study in Contrast
    Moa Jamir   Ponder over some recent news item and state of affairs unfolding before us. The chief minister receives yet another international award – for environmental development. Next day, a dil
  • Codes and ethics in media practice
    Witoubou Newmai   The posture of the media’s “noble intent” in Nagaland is still unable to attract public appreciation. There are more reasons to this than the nuanced understanding of
  • Politics of Irrationality
    Aheli Moitra   Of late, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (SS Khaplang) has stepped up its violent activities. It has launched a series of attacks on the Indian army/paramilitary in Manipur a
  • “The Coming Community”
    Dr. Asangba Tzüdir   Clean election has been a much mulled over topic for some time now and it has generated mixed feelings, divided between optimism and pessimism. Like a huge pressure relieved of
  • A New Consciousness as a critical Intervention
    Today’s Nagas seem to be tentative about the current complexity of many issues including a failing state, systemic corruption, illegal immigration, a weak economy, a divided political discourse and emergi
  • In Nagaland, the ‘best’ are most neglected
    Moa Jamir   Once again as Teachers’ Day approaches, the usual platitudes are pouring in for the educators.   // In his message, Nagaland Governor PB Acharya said the teachers are the b
  • Journalism needs to grow with time
    Witoubou Newmai   In an honest retrospection on journalism in Nagaland, it is not only illuminating and entertaining but also useful to find out where we stood in the 1990s. The situation created by the
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