Editorial

  • Clarifications spree
    Of late, Nagaland Government and its various agencies are on clarifications spree and seem to be spending more time on damage control exercises, rather than any other activities.  While illumination on
  • A crucial week for all
    Imlisanen Jamir This week will be pivotal in the State’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, with Kohima and Dimapur imposing weeklong lockdowns in order to break the chain of transmission. One hopes
  • ‘Coronavirus life’ & pretentious reality
    Witoubou Newmai The ‘coronavirus life’ has also taken us back and forth to the metaphorical realms and the realities. This ‘coronavirus life’ might have ripped open to some people'
  • Solidify a free press 
    Professional journalism – publishing verified facts and informed opinion – has given people an alternative to disinformation and has helped to disprove the falsehoods, stated a UNESCO’s policy
  • Time for lockdown
    Dr Asangba Tzüdir   In such trying and testing times, moral dilemmas are bound to play in the minds of people especially those at the helm of affairs because certain decisions with regard to the c
  • Poor networks all around
    Imlisanen Jamir   Suddenly, it’s now digital or bust. This lockdown has highlighted the need for technology that can sustain business operations, help educate students and keep people connec
  • Malapportionment
    Imkong Walling   The issue of Delimitation of Assembly Constituencies has reared all over again. It was some 20 years ago when this same issue was a cause of much uproar only to die down after a cour
  • For collective ‘colloquy’
    Witoubou Newmai   Nothing is more telling than the observation that the everyday ‘colloquy’ of our Naga society has not returned values to the society. Rather, the ‘taking-away&rsqu
  • Peril of the Single Story 
    Veroli Zhimo   “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story that becomes the only story
  • The Price Rise
    Dr Asangba Tzüdir   The COVID-19 pandemic which is ever on the increase in India has had adverse effects on various sections of people. While it has thrown up pertinent challenges mainly on the
  • Crucial stage
    Nagaland officially registered the first COVID-19 positive cases on May 25 with the confirmation infections. With this, the global pandemic, hitherto ‘heard, seen or read,’ reached the State and the
  • To open or not?
    Imlisanen Jamir   The greatest challenge we face in the current crisis is striking the right balance between preventing not only the damage inflicted by COVID-19 but also that which comes from a severe
  • ‘Optimism Bias’ and COVID-19 
    Witoubou Newmai   COVID-19 cases are fast-rising but there is an apparent cavalier shrug of the people. The moot question is thus---Why there is a corresponding proclivity of people to be compla
  • Online class struggles 
    Y Merina Chishi            Online classes are the new norm and the challenges being faced by students is something that will have a long term impact on th
  • The making of the modern day camp
    Dr Asangba Tzüdir   The Central Government has declared the entire state of Nagaland as “disturbed area” for six month till 2020 December end. The opinion of the Central Governmen
  • Move ahead 
    Over the past few days, the citizens of Nagaland have been treated to an unfolding spectacle, seldom seen in the state. A rare ‘collision course’ between the Governor and the State Government headed
  • On the dog meat trade ban
    Imlisanen Jamir   The dog meat ban in Nagaland enforced by the State Government on July 4 has unraveled a myriad of questions on government policy making and moral subjectivity on the meat trade. 
  • Divergent worldview?
    Witoubou Newmai   The letter of RN Ravi, the Governor of Nagaland State who is also the Government of India’s Interlocutor for the Naga peace talks, to Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has kicked up im
  • Scrutinising source of wealth
    Y Merina Chishi    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 30, 2020 announced the extension of free ration scheme till November. This scheme will reportedly cost the government 90,000 crore.
  • Infodemic
    Dr Asangba Tzüdir   As the world continues to battle with the COVID-19 pandemic, side by side, it is confronting another pandemic which equally dangerous and possibly more infectious than the
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