Infocus

  • Sports in Nagaland: A Reality Check
    Kevi Viswentso Angami: Most of us will agree that we Nagas are no less to anyone in the field of sports and music but still lacking way behind other states in sport infrastructure and music industry. We have na
  • U.S. Envoy Should Prioritize National Reconciliation
    Mynamar's Aung San Suu Kyi (L) meets President Thein Sein at the presidential palace in Naypyitaw on August 19. (Reuters Photo/File) Derek Mitchell, the United States envoy for Burma, is making his maiden
  • The Futility of Aadhar Project of India and UIDAI
    The Aadhar project of India and unique identification authority of India (UIDAI) have never been considered to be legal and constitutional. This is because both Aadhar project and UIDAI have been imposed upon I
  • A new American reality
    A half-decade after 9/11, the United States appeared to Andrew Stroehlein to be locked in a “conflict mentality”. Now, he says, a new set of economic concerns - and even the rise of carnivalesque po
  • A civilisational loss
    For more than two decades, Huta Ram Baidya has led the Save Bagmati River campaign. An affable, octogenarian activist and Nepal’s first agricultural engineer, his views have been widely circulated in the
  • Extortion Variety
    We are a big problem family today: political problem, corrupt politicians problem, economic problem, unemployed problem, underground problem, drug problem, alcohol problem, HIV/AIDS problem, bad road problem; c
  • Have we no more real heroes & heroines?
    We are told that there is a clamour for Sachin Tendulkar to be awarded the Bharat Ratna. The government has moved to change its rules so that sports can be included as a category to be considered for giving the
  • A Seed That Helps Your Heart
    Some call it one of the most powerful plant foods on the planet. There’s some evidence it may help reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes. That’s quite a tall order for a ti
  • When you were at the market-place, and I was with my back to the world...
    Dearest partner in good times and bad,I am a little listless again,confused but without cause for confusion, saddened by carrying others’ energies, brightened too, by others doing:Nothing seems to be my o
  • “Wake Up”
    It was on Friday, September 2, 2011, the Junkeri Welfare Group (SHG) team happened to visit a place called Suruzha Village, Chumukedima, which takes around one hour to reach from Dimapur. Our team was led by a
  • Hazare’s crusade against corruption—Will it be a ripple in the ocean?
    While Anna Hazare’s fast demanding   special Act to curb corruption in India has received wide publicity and  has shaken the Government of India, one wonders as to whether Anna Hazare’
  • ‘Egyptian Revolution, Inevitable & Irreversible’
    The world lives in the era of knowledge and information sharing. With satellite TV, mobile phones and the internet, the word “distance” has lost its meaning as there is hardly a place today that is
  • A land Bill that is sensible
    This could be the right impetus for growth With its focus on social inclusiveness, Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh’s newly drafted National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Reset
  • Counterfeit/Fake Goods: Peoples’ Awareness
    Counterfeiting is widely referred to a series of illicit activities that are associated with intellectual property rights (IPRs) infringement and is now becoming a common incident affecting a variety of industr
  • Gender Budgeting Manual – An Overview
    The Gender Budgeting Manual, published by the Department of Planning and Coordination, Government of Nagaland, which was released on 15th August 2011 by the Chief Minister of Nagaland, Neiphiu Rio, is an attemp
  • God Heal this Land and People
    Oh God heal the land and people, Your love let thy people embrace, Your love let thy people realize, In Your love let thy people finds liberty. Oh God heal this land and people, Oh Thou be our beacon of Ho
  • Info You Can Use
    Main feature on introduction of semester system in undergraduate level in Nagaland University beginning from 2012As per directives of UGC, Nagaland University is carefully developing a standard course curriculu
  • Jan Lokpal Bill and Parliament
    All provisions in Anna Hazare's Jan Lokpal Bill are within the legislative competence of Parliament, including the provisions relating to Lokayuktas in the States. Some confusion is being spread in the media th
  • Drawing the Line Between State and Church
    When Jesus said, "Render to Caesar [government] the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's," he was establishing a distinction between the worldly realm of government and the sp
  • Towards peace in Assam
    With the signing of a ‘Suspension of Operations’ agreement between representatives of the Union Government and the separatist United Liberation Front of Asom last Saturday in New Delhi, hopefully a
Support The Morung Express.
Your Contributions Matter
Click Here