With announcement of elections due in March 5 for Nagaland, the Election Commission of India has brought into effect the mandatory Model Code of Conduct for the period leading up to the polls. This Code is equa
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Indulging in corruption involving public money is a serious offence and deserves appropriate response from the top. But because politicians themselves are involved, it has not been possible for the State agenci
While the need to ensure fair representation to all sections of the people demands for periodic review of population census and subsequent exercise at delimitation of political constituencies, the latest move o
The process of nation-building is greatly influenced by intergenerational perspectives and opinions. Issues surrounding how different generations approach this are critical in the making of a nation. While olde
I wish to perceive self-criticism as a constructive praxis of critical introspection, self-discovery and self-examination that leads to new ways of action and reflection. The process of self-criticism has and w
Some have said that Hope is what threatens power; Hope is what drives the revolution forward. If hope is a decisive element that defines the line between status quo and transformation, between oppression and ju
If human history is about human struggle, it can be said that nations and peoples are continuously striving to attain their dignity. In the process, human tribulations consist of a dichotomy where people are ei
It is now quite common to experience the practice of promises contradicting performance, especially in relation to governments and political parties involved in electoral politics. Ironically it is through the
The continuous task to collectively envisage imaginatively a better relational society is by no means a recent attempt; it has been the ideal yearning of all who contemplate in thought and in action to lead a p
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 and to seek the third path, which is neithe
The recent targeted attack against the Christian community in rural Orissa on the eve of Christmas allegedly by radical Hindutva groups once again demonstrates the susceptible communal divide that lies beneath
Suppression of the human body has often been characterized first by the colonization of the mind and spirit. The colonization of the mind is intended to cloud and internalize the human spirit with fear and sens
If the first casualty in armed conflict is the truth, the next are civilians who are often rendered speechless and faceless by the scourge of violence. Caught between conflicting parties they are often the ones
This year, 2007 may well be viewed as one in which the world is being compelled to awake and be aware to the alarming fact that humankind had deluded itself into thinking it could always borrow its way out of t
For some time now, I thought that the acute Brainkruptcy of ideas was stifling only the Naga existence of its human worth, but now I realize even more that the problem of Brainkruptcy has spread beyond the Naga
Human experience throughout the course of its history, across the world has shown that while assassination may be the most extreme form of containment, it does however not necessarily mean that it is the most e
That the urban growth rate of Nagaland is quite alarming can be gauged from the number of vehicles squeezed on roads build almost a quarter of a century ago. This was seen especially at Dimapur during the recen
Over the last few years, several friends from the African continent confidently shared that the next president of the Rainbow Nation, that is South Africa, would be a person who belonged to the Zulu tribe, and
The impressive victory of the BJP getting an absolute majority in the Gujarat Assembly elections will no doubt worry the Congress led UPA Government at the Centre. No one would have thought that Chief Minister
I have come to appreciate the notion that every generation enters into a contract with notions of justice, dignity, peace, and existence. Perhaps it is through this idea of generational contract that we come to
