Editorial

  • Women in Polls
    A two day National Seminar on the theme Towards a new horizon held recently under the aegis of Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW) came out with nine recommendations, among which, it will press for inclu
  • Rural Tourism
    Is urban life sucking the life out of you? Rural tourism could just be what people are looking for. And given that a majority of Nagas live in their villages, it is all the more important to tap this segment of
  • Traffic-Control
    With pre-Christmas season now drawing near, there is an air of excitement all around with people moving about a great deal to attend programs, weddings, festivals etc. Besides, market places are beginning to sw
  • Call for Action
    The dismay that was expressed by the Watsü Mungdang, the apex Ao womens organization by way of a protest march against the rape of two women last month in Mokokchung is but a sad reminder on the pitiable condi
  • Surprise destroys Trust
    In situations of strife, trust is a comfort very few essentially find; yet without active participation of trust, a nation rarely grows into its fullest embodiment. In the midst of prevailing assumptions, suspi
  • Strengthen Fourth Estate
    The decision of the State Government to accord press accreditation to working journalists from Nagaland is not a big surprise as such a move was being planned for quite sometime. Besides, accreditation is not s
  • Job Dilemma
    The Naga Students Federation (NSF) has pointed out that the State Governments blanket ban on the creation of posts has in fact given a great advantage to the influential politicians and high ranking government
  • Special Federal Ties
    The 4th International Conference on Federalism being held in New Delhi under the theme Unity in Diversity is as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh say, apt in many ways as it reflects the essence of Indias approach
  • Absolute Power
    The State of Emergency imposed in Pakistan by President General Pervez Musharraf comes as no surprise if one looks at the chaos and disorder that has enveloped the countrys social and political landscape. But s
  • NE Vision 2020: A critique
    A Public Hearing on the Draft Vision NER 2020 will take place tomorrow in the State Capital Kohima with the objective of having an informed debate on the same. Whether the points emerging from the public hearin
  • Consensus Building: A Way Out?
    The necessity to create a viable and secure political, social, cultural and economic environment that would allow people to exercise their rights continues to be the primary concern in the search for peace. Of
  • More than Vigilance
    A day ahead of the Vigilance Awareness Week beginning October 31, both the Governor and Chief Minister made the customary anti-corruption messages, calling for greater resolve to confront the problem. While suc
  • Beyond Borders
    The visit of Congress President Sonia Gandhi to China at the official invitation of the Chinese Communist Party Chief and the countrys President Hu Jintao will give the much needed confidence for both sides to
  • Hope: A Decisive Element
    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
  • Holding parties accountable
    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
  • RAP Mindset
    The biggest Baptist Youth Convention, the National Youth Carnival ended the final day without its main speaker, Dr Roger H Butz, Asian Missionary, USA, all thanks to the Restricted Area Permit (RAP) and the sec
  • Loving God, Loving Each Other
    Christianity as a way of life, demands a value-centered process which is perpetually and simultaneously in dialectic engagement with the Creator, fellow humans; nature and with ones-self. Any engagement process
  • Free-will Vote
    In an uncommon but genuine assertion of democratic will and individual right, members of eleven clans of a village, Tesophenyu, have resolved to exercise in their own free-will to vote for the candidate of thei
  • Chinese Model
    As events unfolds across the world this week, of out most importance will be the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) that was held on Monday to name a new generation of leaders and to p
  • A Perspective on Culture
    It seems that dependent upon ones intention and motive, the definition one gives to the word culture can either push a peoples capacity to become makers of history or, as is all too commonly experienced, send t
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