Editorial

  • ‘Recruitment Process’
    Dr. Asangba Tzüdir Give Fairness and Transparency a Chance In November 2015, the Government of Nagaland with a “determination to check the anomalies in recruitment policies” made a disclo
  • Embrace the fear of extinction
    Imlisanen Jamir   Every year since 1974, on June 5, the world observes World Environment Day. United Nations sanctioned ‘International Days,’ despite having to do with issues of pertinence,
  • Time for policy intervention
    It is imperative for the Nagaland Government to adopt a comprehensive health policy, particularly for the non-communicable diseases like cancer. Its high prevalence in Nagaland as well as in other northeastern
  • Social works: A farcical exercise?
    Witoubou Newmai A little more than one month ago a “state-wide mass social work” was held. The April 21 ‘mass social work’ was initiated by the Peoples’ Democratic Alliance (PDA
  • 60 Plus Days under PDA ‘Emerging Trends’
    Dr. Asangba Tzüdir   The NDPP-BJP led PDA Government is now more than two months old and it is a good time to look back at their ‘commitments’ which they promised to fulfill within 60 d
  • Back our young scientists
    Imlisanen Jamir Nagaland needs to craft a learning ecosystem for innovations that remove social and economic inequities and promote inclusive growth. An inclusive approach to innovations is needed for econom
  • The politics of religious polarization in Nagaland
    Elections are always laden with political rhetorics, whether substantiated or otherwise. Nagaland is no exception to this. However, the discourses leading to the impending Lok Sabha bye-election on May 28 an
  • Respecting each other’s position
    Witoubou Newmai In any conflict situations, one will continue to perceive the stand of the ‘other’ as tommyrot, as long the parties from both the divides of the situation ‘hesitate’ t
  • Silence Breaking
    Abokali Jimomi Time magazine named, "The Silence Breakers" as 2017 Person of the Year: the #MeToo movement and uncountable people who came forward to share their stories, breaking the silence speak
  • Addressing fire safety
    Imlisanen Jamir Fire engines going past with their sirens blazing have become a regular occurrence these days, with fire incidents particularly in Dimapur becoming habitual phenomena.   In the past c
  • A worrying figure
    Out of 36,996, there were 25,842 successful candidates in the recent Nagaland Board of School Education results declared last week - 14335 in Class 10 and 11507 in Class 12.   A day after, the All Nagal
  • Imagining a sports varsity? Curb the enthusiasm
    Witoubou Newmai In less than a month’s time, a major chunk of the world population will be reduced to near couch-potatoes for one month-stretch as one of the planet’s greatest sporting events, th
  • Our Invisible Mothers
    Abokali Jimomi For some decades now churches and people in Nagaland have been observing Mother’s Day, a borrowed foreign tradition nevertheless meaningful and a great morale-boosting day for mothers. &
  • Codifying Customary Laws?
    The need for a Naga Jurisprudence Dr Asangba Tzüdir With modernization and development of societies, the traditionally instituted customary laws poses certain challenges especially in the face o
  • If you smell something say something
    Imlisanen Jamir Gibberish is everywhere. It’s everywhere!   There is very little in life that we encounter which is not infused with gibberish. And not all of it is all bad. Your general every-
  • In search of ‘quality’
    “Your responsibility goes beyond your salary. You have a moral responsibility to contribute and build society as desired. We are basically the bricks that build the walls of society,” an advisor in
  • Inconsistency syndrome
    Witoubou Newmai Two distressing issues that have not been sufficiently highlighted in the general discourse of our society are the issues of inconsistency and the lack of coherence in most of the campaigns.
  • To find a balance
    Abokali Jimomi In the latest blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War, the character of the antagonist, Thanos, is not your stereotypical pure-evil, moral-compass-less villain out on a rampage, mindlessly slaughte
  • Addressing Career Dilemmas
    Dr. Asangba Tzüdir Even as students who have appeared this year’s Nagaland Board exams wait with bated anticipation for the results, thoughts about career and choice of stream of study will keep t
  • Libraries are still essential
    Imlisanen Jamir Any book-loving adult can testify that the memory of one’s first library locks itself into every human sense. The smell of ink and book cover, the feel of a gently thumbed page, the sou
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