Editorial

  • Survival or Living?
    Dr. Asangba Tzudir In the current Naga political spectrum, the coming 31st October has been playing as a devil in disguise creating a lot of apprehension more so triggered and heightened by the very recent s
  • Floods have become a norm
    Imlisanen Jamir   There is only so much we can do about natural calamities, but when disasters like flooding become the norm, the status quo must go. Every year, we're back in the same boat; whe
  • Beyond echo chamber 
    Last week, this column has pointed out how the powerful observation in the opening lines of Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, a historical first published in 1859 feels acutely familiar and verifiable in th
  • Lack of cogent discourse
    Witoubou Newmai   Unrest within the realm of speculation is what best describes the unfolding situation in Manipur today. The assertions of some important groups in the past one week in the Stat
  • The disconnected generation 
    Y Merina Chishi   In recent months, there has been considerable public debate over the Naga political issue. Many writers have raised issues from the past and concerns for the future of the Naga people
  • Social Ordering
    Dr. Asangba Tzudir One of the greatest challenges which our society is facing today is the maintenance of social order. It is a kind of order which is in contrast to social chaos or disorder, and refers to a
  • Indigenous Peoples
    Indigenous struggles insist they are indigenous peoples with equal rights. They have resiliently rejected the States intent to reduce them to statistical categories such as: population, ethnic minority, and inh
  • Talks, fear, confusion
    Imkong Walling It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of
  • Jingoistic sentiments
    Witoubou Newmai   The Kukis, the Nagas and the Meiteis, even though each one seems to be displaying their machismo, continue to employ the language of insecurity with regard to the issues of their an
  • Vision 2020 Nagaland
    By Y Merina Chishi   A decade ago, the government of Nagaland announced a visionary document called "Vision 2020 Nagaland." The document contained developmental thrusts for the coming decades and envis
  • Re-learning in the Information Age
     Dr. Asangba Tzudir    Social media like Facebook, WhatsApp, Youtube etc. serves as a channel to get access to knowledge and information like healthcare and beauty tips; exercise and physio
  • We good China?
    Imlisanen Jamir   Its not worth living in a world where China controls my art, says one character in last weeks episode of satirical animated comedy show South Park.  Following the episode,
  • Healthy, but some risky symptoms 
    Nagalands report card in Indias first Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) can be deemed very healthy.  By all accounts, the States health and family welfare department should be commended for it
  • Outcome lies on the process
    Witoubou Newmai   Someone once made a perceptive remark during a public meeting; it goes something like this: when the process is clean there will be a good outcome, or the process has to be clean if
  • Nagaland Wildlife Conservation 
    Y Merina Chishi   Wildlife Week is celebrated annually from October 2 to 8. Started in 1952, the primary objective of the event is to create awareness on preserving wildlife in India. In Nagaland, the
  • The Naga Caravan: Going Beyond Illusions
    Dr. Asangba Tzudir   The present Naga condition that finds hopelessly and helplessly caught in the interplay of conceptual problems shrouded in the various issues can be aptly explained through an al
  • Breaking down the cosmopolitan
    Imlisanen Jamir   The Durga Puja and Dussehra festivities underway in Dimapur couldnt paint a more ironic picture of the peculiar situation which this ramshackle border town exists in, and the strugg
  • Journalists: Notching it up professionally 
    Witoubou Newmai   When many things are fast gathering into abominable storms in the region (the so-called North East), one consolation that nudges us to attention is about the growth of the media in
  • Providing safe environment for learning
    Y Merina Chishi   Nagaland State Commissioner for Protection of Child Rights, Awan Konyak recently pointed out that school is a means to prepare the young for the future. However, she regreted, that th
  • 150 Years of Gandhi – A Tribute
    Dr. Asangba Tzudir   …My life is my message.                  Gandhi, undoubtedly, one among the greats and well-known personal
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