The States strategy to exercise territorial and political control over indigenous peoples is not limited to military campaigns. The Naga experience has from time to time been punctuated by agreements. The inter
Friday, 27th February, 2026
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Dialogue across civilizations is no longer a political option; it is an essential and historical imperative in the current realities. In todays world, a peoples that can learn how to deal with cultural pluralis
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Along LongkumerConsulting EditorWe need to speak out against the culture of violence and intolerance that has come to grip us. Reports of physical violence and assault meted out to innocent civilians from time
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Along LongkumerConsulting EditorNagas have become so used to corruption and extortion from within that for most of us this has become a way of life. All of us are aware of the fact that Nagaland State does not
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Aheli MoitraA strange, seemingly innocuous, thought was presented at the 25th general conference of the Naga Students Federation. The chief secretary of Nagaland State, speaking at the closing event, pointed to
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The Naga heart is the pulse, the heart beat and the life blood of the peoples existence. It is the thread that runs through the Naga peoples future, past and present. It is the unifying factor and the critical
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For close to 190 years at a stretch starting with the British colonial project and followed by their present political subjugation both within and without, the Nagas have not been able to freely express and exe
Along LongkumerConsulting EditorMany well meaning Naga people from all walks of life have been making routine reference to how our society, politics, government etc ought to reform and become better so that we-
Mindset Change & Strong Law RequiredAlong LongkumerConsulting EditorA lot has been stated on the land holding system practiced amongst the Nagas and how this is a boon as well as a bane to us. While in the
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Aheli MoitraThe land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement bill in India is now closer to becoming an act than it ever was. The bill struggled its way through six years of deliberations around the single
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Imagine for a moment that States, the United Nations and the international community were to recognize and implement self-determination as a moral political position by giving it primacy over State territorial
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In a multi-lateral world where bi-lateral negotiations have been unable to resolve conflicts based on sovereignty and self-determination, the process of relying on the peoples will as a means to unlock deadlock
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Along LongkumerConsulting EditorWith the formation of a new government and also a new Chief Secretary in place, some welcome policy measures have been taken with a view to streamline the functioning of the gove
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Along LongkumerConsulting EditorIn a recent news report, which has come as a pleasant surprise, the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been reported to have lower assets than most of his cabinet colleagues.
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Aheli MoitraTwo time zones mark the discourse on oil, and thus rights, in Nagaland. The first is 1994, and the second 2003. Just before May 1994, when the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) off
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The power of information has impacted human affairs throughout history, thereby placing the holder of vital information in a position to make critical and decisive interventions that can affect many peoples liv
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The need to intensify the fight against corruption is central to the vibrancy, viability and well-being of the Naga society because it continues to eat away the core of our human dignity. The recent call made b
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Need for Role Model Leaders, CitizensAlong LongkumerConsulting EditorWith elections over and a new government in place, there is an air of optimism among the ruling politicians in particular. All of them have s
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Along LongkumerConsulting EditorGiven the manner in which the Centre has been dilly dallying on the Statehood demand, the Telangana stir has intensified with angry protestors taking to the streets. The Telangan
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Aheli MoitraA Naga man, on his return from Khamti (Burma), held his hand out to demonstrate the ring on his finger. Though without elegant craftsmanship, it had gold and jade from the banks of the River Chindwi
