If Assembly Election slated for March 2013 goes ahead as planned, things will hopefully be very different from earlier elections. Many things have changed for the better and today there is not only greater awar
If we as a society have to address problems whether it is HIV/AIDS, corruption, extortion culture, land encroachment, violence, anti-social crimes or youth indiscipline, the best place to begin is among the you
Aheli MoitraIn 2004, a US based human rights organization, Ensaaf, released a 150-page report titled ‘Twenty Years of Impunity’. The report was on the November 1984 pogroms of Sikhs in India. The word ‘po
Aheli MoitraTamenglong district in Manipur is known for its oranges. So sweet and popular that an Orange Queen sashays down the ramp at the Orange Festival, held annually since 2001. The women carry little bask
If Assembly Election slated for March 2013 goes ahead as planned, things will hopefully be very different from earlier elections. Many things have changed for the better and today there is not only greater awar
Nagaland’s Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio while speaking at the Eclectic Young Leaders Connect 2 summit under the theme “Connect, Exchange, Strengthen” organized by Youthnet in Kohima recently, has presented
It is evident that we are today living in a cosmopolitan society where there is pluralism and multiplicity in almost every facet of social, tribal and political life. While, this diversity is beneficial in the
Aheli MoitraIn too many editorials, news items, opinions and articles the roads of Nagaland have been beaten blue. Not the roads, but the institutions and men behind the roads. Policy initiatives have been ques
In a wonderful gesture of solidarity among Naga women and also showing how different tribes can live in unity despite the diversity of our tribal identity, the first ever multi-community Millets Food Festival o
The serious allegation leveled against the present government by the Congress Legislative Party Leader and Leader of Opposition Tokheho Yepthomi that rampant issue of land pattas along NH-29 has taken place, is
As new corruption charges are being brought to public notice by the India Against Corruption (IAC) led by activist turned politician Arvind Kejriwal, the hard truth about a well knit nexus between politicians,
Expanding Bamboo Industry instead of an IIMDuring his brief stopover at Dimapur, to lay the foundation stone of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Si
Can Nagas do a Scotland?On a day of some significance for national movements in faraway Scotland and in Delhi involving the Naga peace process, though unrelated, several headway were made on both fronts. In Del
One of the most common news items that you will come across in the local dailies in Nagaland is the seizure of contraband liquor whether by the excise, police, paramilitary, national groups or even local studen
Mamata Banerjee has pulled her party; the Trinamool Congress out of the Congress led UPA government headed by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Mamata has obviously read her cards well—the manner in which the
The winning of the World Tewnty20 title by West Indies over host Sri Lanka on Sunday, October 7 has led to the media world hailing the return of the West Indies back to the world stage. As some of us who have s
Aheli MoitraLast year, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) broke a 17-year ceasefire with the Government of Myanmar. In the same year, the Government of Myanmar was hit by the reform bug. In tune with the r
There is a strong anti-Congress wave sweeping across at least the media world. Switch on your television set, connect to the internet or read the morning newspapers—it’s all there giving the strong impressi
The annual Right to Information (RTI) week 2012 was officially launched on October 5, 2012 by the Chief Minister of Nagaland. “The seven years of RTI in our state has been so far so good”, was the observati
For those of us who may have not known, the 1990s was the decade of Education for All (EFA). And in order to assess the progress made, another global summit was held in April 2000 at Dakar (capital of Senegal i