Toshimenla JamirMuch has been said and written about the “status” of the Naga women However, this has only added to the paradoxes thrown up regarding the “low” or “high” status of women in Naga soci

Sano MeruHealth is multi factorial. The factors which influence health lay both within the individual and the external environment he or she belongs to. I believe that the disease one fall victim to, depends on

Imtijungla LongcharMoney matters are basically the hottest topic in marriage. Money affects our everyday lives. Spending money more than earning makes a marriage pained. Each one of us wants to be secure and pr

Arkotong Longkumer“I owe the discovery of Uqbar to the conjunction of a mirror and an encyclopedia.  The mirror troubled the far end of a hallway in a large country house on Calle Gaona, in Ramos Mejia;

Dziesekhotuo ‘Swiiro’“The family is the basic unit of society carrying out the crucial function of socialization. It is the family that holds all other institution. If family fails all other institution:

U A ShimrayRecent water crisis in Ukhrul town, Manipur is one new news items. “Water is sold at Rs 8 per tin,” report one of the local papers. The speculated reasons for the crisis is late arrival of monsoo

Chizokho VeroThe clock said it was 10:30 am as I boarded a city bus from Razhu Point for new Ministers’ Hill for an appointment with a minister pertaining to grant-in-aid for our paddy field that was washed a

N KameiYou have heard it with your ears, you have seen it with your eyes and you have read about it in the papers. And now I want you to recollect and remember. Let me tell you this that the Meiteis are natural

Dr. K. B. AgrawalCleanliness is Godliness. It is a very old Proverb, then why in our own town we are not so alert about cleanliness? For Example, just look at and go around the lanes and by lanes of Duncan Bast

Babu AyindoIn this article, I intend to stand in solidarity with my mothers and sisters by sharing my experiences that reveal some disturbing similarities between racism and oppression of women. I hope that thi

Nitin A GokhaleExternal Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh’s three-day visit to Bangladesh over the weekend is the latest attempt by the two countries to repair a relationship that has reached a new low ever si

Peter Chachei“The one who holds the ladder at the bottom is frequently of more service than the man at the top”. – Iaan Creation Pvt. Ltd.As early as in 1832 the Nagas entered the History of the imperiali

Kedi HaraluThe recent statement made by the Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil during a question hour at the Lok Sabha on the 5th of August 2005 that he had directed the Security Forces to prevent the ongoing e

Lemyaola ShimrayA classic study using certain measurement techniques discovered three types of suicide, namely, Altruistic, Egoistic and Anomic. Each of these types of suicide speaks of a specific ‘condition�

James LongkumerFrom the previous issue...To engage with movies as Christians, we must first learn to view a movie in its own terms before entering into a spiritual dialogue with it, lest we approach the movie w

James AngamiI must say that Nagaland is becoming more and more interesting to live in, with all the unexpected surprises, things taking place now and then, here and there. I would like to share about 2 issues t

Janajati Vikas Samiti NagalandA threat to socio-cultural identity of the people and a danger to sovereignty of nationIt is political irony of post partition Bharatvarsh that none of its Governments ever took th

James LongkumerMovies are a source of entertainment for many people around the world, whether young or old. But there are more to movies than being mere sources of entertainment! Movies are not simply a form of

Al NgullieWhat the Nagas need today is not so much a singular initiative but a reinforced, practical perspective towards confronting the problem of illegal immigrants’ in Nagaland.  Mokokchung district m

It is “our moral obligation and constitutional responsibility” to promote the educational and economic interests of the poor, particularly of the weaker section of the people.If weaker sections were to take