Editorial

  • Reconceptualizing Reservation
    Dr Asangba Tzudir The present form of the Nagaland Staff Selection Board regulation 2020 was rejected by the ENSF citing “deliberate suppression and deprived in all aspects for the last six decades&rdq
  • Non-existent fire safety
    Imlisanen Jamir Two major fires which occurred in the State capital over the course of last week are reminders of how our apathetic attitude to fire safety standards poses danger.  In particular, ele
  • Candid observation
    A candid observation paraphrasing from a speech given by a young bureaucrat in the State of Nagaland was recently shared on micro-blogging site Twitter by a user. “Nagas still view govt service/politic
  • Practising Human Rights
    “Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. [...] Unless these rights have meaning there,
  • Total ban at a ‘Standstill’ 
    Nagaland’s ‘Policy for Restricting the Use of Plastics in Nagaland’ was published on the Official Gazette on June 17, 2019. The notification on ‘Total Ban on all Single-Use Plastic in
  • Speed Thrills but also Kills
    Dr Asangba Tzudir For so long, travelling from Dimapur to Chumoukedima was a nightmare having to undergo hours of harrowing dusty bumpy experiences. However that has ended with the completion of the fou
  • The end of an internet era
    Imlisanen Jamir As we enter December, we also enter the last month of an old internet staple which has been standing on its last legs for years now. Adobe’s Flash software will end on December 31. &nbs
  • Rising above quotas
    Imkong Walling Security has ever remained integral to survival since the dawn of humankind. It was basic— food, shelter and clothing – for early humans before the needs diversified as civilizatio
  • Template for Naga society 
    Witoubou Newmai Each person has a corresponding response to his/her situation; the response of a sad person and happy person to things, accordingly, may have huge divergence. Citing one case in this regard i
  • Build but maintain
    Veroli Zhimo There aren’t many words that sum up today’s economic growth paradigm in Nagaland better than ‘infrastructure.’ Policymakers have been pushing the consensus that infras
  • Social Re-ordering
    Dr Asangba Tzudir One of the greatest challenges which Naga society is facing today is the maintenance of social order in contrast to social chaos or disorder. The challenge is to build a stable state
  • What we took for granted
    Imlisanen Jamir Our planet, along with all of the life forms it sustains, is fragile, and we’ve learnt it the hard way this year.  A virus is killing people. We’ve been forced to practice
  • Tackling Gender-Based Violence 
    Officially, Nagaland is considered the ‘safest’ place for women given the low registration of crimes both under the Indian Penal Code and Special and Local Laws (SLL).     Data in the a
  • Resilient Power is today's term
    Witoubou Newmai Even as another day experiences another issue in our society, we are nudged by an article presented by journalist Uri Friedman in The Atlantic which reads that “the COVID-19 pandemic is
  • Pay what’s due
    Imkong Walling The energy sector continues to be a neglected sphere. On one hand, the Nagaland state government harps on attracting investment, while seldom makes available the prerequisites.  One ob
  • Border Issues & Foothills Road
    Dr Asangba Tzudir The current tension in the Assam-Nagaland border coming under Mokokchung district has once again highlighted the state of ‘dependency syndrome’ of the State of Nagaland wh
  • No place for the dead
    The recent report of the dilapidated condition of the lone morgue at the District Hospital in Nagaland’ State capital Kohima carried by this newspaper is not just an act of gross irresponsibility but refl
  • Vaccines give hope, but…
    Imlisanen Jamir The vaccines are coming. An announcement was made last week by Pfizer and BioNTech that their COVID-19 vaccine candidate had 90% efficacy in clinical trials. Similar announcements about th
  • Trust crisis
    Witoubou Newmai Each Naga must acknowledge with a nerve of urgency that the situation demands all of us to be all willing to retrospect more intensely the circumstances (and factors) that have helped the Nag
  • Holidays must look different this year
    Veroli Zhimo The Coronavirus is still a mystery in many ways. Scientists cannot say for certain why it is deadly or debilitating in some people but have virtually no effect in others. They do not know exactl
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