Editorial

  • Decolonising Peace
    The underlying need to decolonise peacebuilding is gaining ground as the emerging discourse and praxis of decolonisation expands around the world. We are already witnessing how the language of decolonisation is
  • The rise, risk and fall of easy money 
    Akangjungla Naga people are not new to easy money making schemes and it is amusing how every time it is easier for the people to fall prey of such. This year around mid-summer, a ‘click on and earn&rsq
  • How clean is your town?
    Moa Jamir Nagas generally consider themselves relatively clean, civically. In the past, community cleaning, particularly of roads, ponds as well as streets and surroundings were considered a mandatory obliga
  • Government needs to deliver on mental health
    Veroli Zhimo The Mental Health Care Act, 2017 in India was passed on April 7, 2017 and came into force from July 7, 2018. The law was described in its opening paragraph as “An Act to provide for mental
  • Exercising caution 
    Imkong Walling Fear, as opposed to the negativity associated with it, is an evolutionary intuition. It comes naturally to all animals, including a primate species called humans. In the evolutionary scheme of
  • Jobless growth’ in Nagaland?
    Moa Jamir The Directorate of Economics & Statistics (DES), Nagaland recently informed that as per the advance estimates of Gross State Domestic Products (GSDP) of Nagaland for the year 2021-22 pick up fr
  • Celebrating Naga people’s arts, music & literature
    Akangjungla Since its inception in 2003, the Governor’s Award till date has conferred 85 outstanding persons in the field of Arts, Music and Literature in Nagaland. This year, five persons were conferr
  • ‘1166’
    Dr Asangba Tzudir                                                       &n
  • Rethinking Tourism
    Akangjungla Tourism in Nagaland has always centred on the ‘Festival of Festivals’- the Hornbill Festival, a ten-day annual tourism promotional event organised by the State Government to showcase
  • Decolonising Journalism?
    In her news report of the 2021 Global Investigative Journalism Conference, Nati Garcia while writing on Decolonizing Journalism from an Indigenous Perspective quotes Tristan Ahtone, editor-at-large, who states,
  • Nagaland needs robust public project management strategy
    Veroli Zhimo Why do public projects flounder the way they do in Nagaland? If there is one thing constant about the endless procession of projects being taken up in the service of 'development,' it is
  • Circa 1910s & 2022
    Moa Jamir Circa 1910s. When the struggle for woman suffrage or right to vote was at its height in the United States, one of the big voices against giving women the right to vote was the National Association
  • The Challenges of Parenting
    Dr Asangba Tzudir Often we come across parents talking about the difficulty of parenting today adding, “what can I say about parenting or how to be a good and smart ‘parent’ to handle the v
  • Addressing teacher shortage in Nagaland
    Veroli Zhimo The issue of shortage of teachers for government schools of Nagaland is a rather strange one considering that the State Government, specifically the Chief Minister, admitted that the Education d
  • Colourable act 
    Imkong Walling Elected governments function under tremendous public scrutiny. Dispute and controversy becomes inevitable; only that the opposing voices get into the fight at a disadvantage and, in most cases
  • Forging a path for Naga Indigenous food 
    Akangjungla The Indigenous People around the world identify their existence based on their lands, cultures, livelihoods, distinct beliefs, language and ethnic genesis. In all these, food is something everyon
  • All words, little action?
    Moa Jamir Implementation of good governance initiatives, transparency and promotion of the culture of meritocracy has been the stated objectives of the erstwhile People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) Gove
  • The Need for Community Feeling
    Dr Asangba Tzudir Globalization, in spite of the closer networking on one hand, comes with its own version of moral dilemmas and where the individual is exalted over the community. As such, though globalizat
  • Unsafe Nagaland! Crime against Women on rise
    Akangjungla According to the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), crime against women rose by 15.3% in 2021 from the previous year, with 4,28,278 cases registered last year follo
  • The contours of Decolonisation!
    The decolonising process attained its heights in the mid-20th century, while simultaneously the Westphalian World Order established its dominance in international politics. Yet, this effort was insufficient in
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