Infocus

  • The bedrock of Naga Society’s Turmoil
    Allen ImsongAncient Israel plunged into a deep national crisis due to moral degeneration among the people and prophet Hosea lamented, …my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. (Hosea 4:6). Knowledge co
  • Extortion in the name of law
    Roko COne must admire the grit and determination of the Traffic Police in Dimapur who are trying their best to maintain smooth traffic especially during rush hour.However, the good name of the department should
  • Open letter to UNLF chief
    You are right when you say that … the Meiteis must be prepared to accept their past mistakes … that injustice was done to the smaller ethnic communities … (The Sangai Express VII/10 of 22 Sept. 2005).We w
  • Whither Armed Forces (Special) Powers Act?
    Joseph Kuba Nothing has yet been made public about the Armed Forces (Special) Powers Act 1958 Review Committee recommendations. Staying in Delhi and with gossips going round, one cannot, however, fail to s
  • TMPO and Naga Hoho
    K. Akum YimchungerLongtokur Village, TuensangThe other day I read the article written by Rev.L.Souhie Mhasi on the TMPO and the President of the Naga Hoho. As a young writer with little knowledge about the affa
  • And yet God Loves
    Arkotong LongkumerIn the farewell to Billy Grahams final crusade last June in Flushing Meadows, New York City, The New Yorker did an interesting article entitled The Big Tent.  One expected a myriad of eva
  • Deteriorating work culture in govt establishments
    Vecito DozoMany a time politicians, intellectuals and NGOs have spoken in volumes and top officials of the State vented annoyance on the deteriorating work culture in Government establishments of the State thro
  • Who cares for our future?
    Rongspon MerenStudents or youth, they say, are the foundation and future of any nation. And so should this be applicable for or Naga Nation as well. However, despite massive doles of assistance and a high teach
  • Denial of Justice to the poor
    Sothing W.A ShimrayIn an apparent denial of justice to the poor in a country where equality before the law is the fundamental rights of the people, the executive of Ukhrul District in a clear violation of the j
  • Students of Politics?
    RazoulieAs we all know our student bodies have always been in the forefront in highlighting the problems of our student community in Nagaland. In fact we are quite proud of their efforts to represent the Naga S
  • O Mother, Where Are Thou? A cry to all the Naga mothers
    Keff K O mother, where are thou? Your children are wailing, your children are famished, your children are quarrelling, your children are dying of strange illnesses, your children arent alright…Our garden
  • Reflections: Behind those gates
    A Chang OlivoNagaland News has been dominated by news of the Integration of all the Nagas. Recently, Nagas had a historic Integration Rally in Kohima. If we look at our Naga culture and life, we differ ver
  • Angami Women Organisation –Twenty five years: A Tribute and the Challenges Ahead
    Rosemary DzuvichuThe Angami Women Organization was started twenty five years back to foster better understanding and unity among women of the Angami tribe from the northern, southern, western and chakhro areas.
  • Let’s forgive & forget
    K Filip SumiWill the Nagas ever learn the art of forgiveness? In todays scenario almost all of us are revengeful. We are satisfied with being revengeful and do so to quench this evil thirst. If one says that on
  • Operation hornbill festival 2004
    Dolly Kikon In Northeast India, the term operation invokes a disturbing history of military exercises related to counter insurgency. Decades of security operations in the region have left behind a sordid s
  • A brief story of the first Naga baptist
    SenkatoshiThe people were barbaric; there were no good means of communication; and the place too was far away, but they carried on their mission regardless.They were the American Baptist Missionaries who entere
  • After Art: Underneath Uniqueness
    Arkotong LongkumerThe Edinburgh festival every year attracts millions of people from all over the world. Performers—art connoisseurs, writers, poets, musicians, actors, acrobats, comedians, the riff raff and
  • Are we really on the path to freedom?
    P Himpao LamBreathes there the man with soul so dead, who never to himself had said, this is my own native land - this line from the poem Patriotism by Sir Walter Scott, had me pondering for quite sometime. Am
  • The Shawshank Redemption
    James LongkumerHope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.Its been a decade since the film The Shawshank Redemption was first released. Made in 1994 by first-time writer and dir
  • A big mouthful of trouble
    Neichü Dz. AngamiSome facts about chewing Talab, Dilbagh, Rajah Mix, Rajni Ganda, Paan, Khaini……All Paan Masalas mentioned above are commonly known as GUTKHA, which is cheap, brightly packaged and slightly
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