Editorial

  • Roadworks and floods
    Imlisanen Jamir     A lot of areas beside the National Highway 29, particularly around the 4th and 5th Mile areas of Dimapur, have a flooding problem.  One of the causes for it is eve
  • Chinese Trade-off
    By its own admission, the rise of China over the past 7 decades has been meteoric. China has showed the world how it made an economic miracle through the central government's bold and resolute economic reform a
  • De-glamorise govt sector  
    Youth employed in private sectors are boon to the state, Nagaland Minister for Rural Development, Metsubo Jamir declared on September 25, addressing an anniversary event of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushaly
  • A bad day for two ‘friends’ 
    Tuesday was a bad day for two unconventional world leaders across the Atlantic sharing a special relationship.  On September 24, in a scathing attack on Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the United Kingdo
  • The Need to Review BEFR of 1873
    Dr. Asangba Tzudir   The publication of the final list of NRC excluded 19,06,657 people in Assam leaving their fate uncertain while giving them a new identity from being a citizen to stateless. Those
  • ‘Generation Z’ gives us hope 
    Last Fridays massive climate strike undertaken by school children across the world shows us that this Generation Z of young people is not as lost as some people older than them seem to constantly presume.
  • Supporting local artists 
    Within the span of two weeks, Dreamz Unlimited Nagaland, in a detour from their regular fares of sarcastic commentary on  contemporary social issues, released two music videos - Loss Khabo, and Low Budget
  • Maintain the core spirit of dialogue
    Witoubou Newmai   Maintain the spirit of dialogue Witoubou Newmai   In each phase of the Naga peace process, new problems are raised. The potent capacity of the powers that be, that a
  • Responsiveness and responsibility, imperative
    In 2009, Irish political scientist, Peter Mair argued that while it is desirable that parties in government are both responsive and responsible, these two characteristics are now becoming increasingly incompati
  • A unifying language? 
    On Hindi Diwas, a day celebrated annually on September 14 to mark the adoption of Hindi as one of the official languages in India by the Constituent Assembly, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah rekindled a recur
  • Watch the prices over the next six days
    Imlisanen Jamir As the Public Action Committee (PAC) of the Naga Council Dimapur begins its exercise against illegal collection from commercial vehicles at entry points to Dimapur, heres an exercise that eve
  • The Ban on Single-use Plastic
    Dr. Asangba Tzudir   The total ban on single-use plastics in Nagaland by the Government will come into effect from September 18, 2019. This ban is enforced with the larger objective of eradicating th
  • Re-describing the ‘elephant’
    Witoubou Newmai   A society engaging with a movement fits in the parable of the blind men describing an elephant once the proliferated divisions of the society failed to look beyond their respective
  • Positive but unhealthy 
    How happy are children in Nagaland? If one goes by recent India Child Well-being Report, they are revealed to be contended or at least relatively well protected and live in an environment generating high positi
  • Clear and Present Danger
    Dr. Asangba Tzudir   The Need for Intellectuals Voice    The general population doesnt know whats happening, and it doesnt even know that it doesnt know. – Noam Chomsky The above
  • How callous we’ve become
    Imlisanen Jamir   As much as the topic of illegal immigration has remained a staple in Nagalands discourse, rhetoric and perceived action against it has upped a notch especially with the National Reg
  • ‘For A Vibrant Future’
    The 25 years journey of Nagaland University (NU), as the sole Central University in the state, is indeed, remarkable. Since its official formation on September 6, 1994 as the 13th Central University, NU has ove
  • Recovering the ‘human space’
    Witoubou Newmai   The binary of evil and good has been the story of human society throughout. The problems of a society are as many or as little as the society allows. Such situation prevails because
  • Of teachers & teaching 
    Pioneer of change, motivator, guide, and nurturer et cetera are some common terms, often most justifiably, used to describe teachers all over the world. As Teacher's Day is celebrated across the country on Sept
  • Do Frontal Organisations Represent the Common ‘Will’ of the People?
    Dr. Asangba Tzudir   Platos The Republic was written at the backdrop of mans desire for power and its dangers for both individuals and societies. Athens, considered as the greatest democracy in the a
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