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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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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 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