Morung Exclusive

  • Is media part of the problem, or solution?
    Reporting sexual violence in Nagalands mediaMorung Express NewsDimapur | April 30In July 2013, Dimapur witnessed the murder and possible rape of a woman who was visiting her family. While the social media quick
  • Crime in Nagaland Rising!
    Imkong WallingDimapur | April 24Nagaland is infamous as the trouble-torn, insurgency marred corner of India. This impression, embedded in the mainstream domain, has painted a picture of a restive place with a s
  • Life Across The River: Fishing For Survival
    Zanbeni HumtsoeWokha | April 21Located about 70 km from Wokha Town, the village of Old Aree finds itself nestled in the pristine blues and greens of River Doyang. Over the years, this river has become a boon fo
  • The saddest song of wildlife in Nagaland
    Abokali JimomiDimapur | April 20It is perhaps too late to even talk of wildlife conservation in Nagaland. Saving a species cannot substitute the destruction of a regions rich wildlife ecosystem. Naga folkt
  • Perilous Potholes: The road beyond repair
    Morung Express NewsDimapur | April 12 Bad road with numerous potholes features almost everywhere in the town as well as in the State. The woe of bad road seems limitless and no alleviation seems to reach s
  • Naga women act as community seed keepers
    Naga womens indigenous seed preservation knowledge key to biodiversity conservationAbokali JimomiDimapur | April 12Women have been our community seed-keepers for generations passing down traditional knowledge t
  • The Big Fat Naga Wedding
    Vibi YhokhaKohima | April 6How much does a supposedly usual wedding in Nagaland cost today? Approximately five lakhs and beyond! This excludes the miscellaneous costs such as the wedding gown, dresses for the b
  • Nagaland Newspaper outreach: a challenge
    Ashikho PfuzheDimapur | April 6An eighty-year-old man in Tuensang district proudly displays an old newspaper kept in an old wooden trunk and points to a photo of a cultural troupe gracing the front page of a lo
  • ‘We hope for peace to continue’
    70th Anniversary of the Battle of KohimaVibi YhokhaKohima | April 4Terhü Keretho! (Most difficult war), said 92 years old Duotsolie Vihienuo, a WWII War Veteran, when asked about his experiences on the war dur
  • Right to Education without a school building?
    Morung Express NewsDimapur | April 3If you thought the peripheries of Nagaland remain outside the purview of the Right to Education, the story of 75 students and 10 teachers of a Government Primary School (GPS)
  • “I Love My Hospital” - echoes across Mon
    Bonnie KonyakMon | March 29The trumpet was sounded and with sticks and brooms in gloved hands, the battle cry was taken up across the hospital compound. This is a different kind of battle, just as tricky, but t
  • 50 years on, Naga political, social, cultural history evades curriculum
    Vibi YhokhaKohima | March 19I came to know about Naga history after I left Nagaland. It is embarrassing and frustrating when outsiders know more than you of your culture and history, says a Naga youth studying
  • ‘We hope for peace’
    Rengma Nagas of Karbi Anglong begin the move back homeMorung Express NewsDimapur | March 20The Rengma Nagas of Karbi Anglong, Assam, finally have some respite. 542 displaced persons of the 1002 people lodged in
  • ‘INSPIRING CHANGE’
    Vibi Yokha Kohima | March 7For a patriarchal society like the Naga society, inspiring change is not always associated with women. The unpaid labour that women contribute to prepare tea in the morning, cook
  • Racism and Discrimination: Looking Inwards
    Can Nagas constructively address issues of racial discrimination when we are not done with our past?Vibi YhokhaKohima | March 4T (name withheld) who has been residing in Nagaland for four years was beaten up wi
  • The economics of pork in Nagaland
    Abokali JimomiDimapur | February 28Pork is a primary food item in the State of Nagaland. A majority of Nagalands over 20 lakh people take pork as part of a traditional diet; the demand is unlikely to decrease y
  • The Essence of a Naga woman
    Naro LongcharKohima | February 26 Puffing the smoking pipe with red lips from chewing tamul, she would walk ever so slowly for any mundane task. But the one thing that I remember distinctly about my grandm
  • Nagaland State’s Power Conundrum
    Morung Express NewsDimapur | February 24People crave easy fixes: the one simple change that will erase a problem in a stroke. However, a solution requires numerous small steps, no slipups, no goof ups and every
  • Curious. Friendly. Helpful.
    German football trainer shares his experience at St. Josephs College, Jakhama  Morung Express Feature Kohima | February 16Sixty-six year old Robert Begerau, a former football trainer and psychologist
  • Board Exams versus ‘Joy of Learning’
    Naro LongcharKohima | February 15With the NBSE Class 10 board examinations underway, thousands of students across Nagaland state are feeling the immense societal pressure and expectation to perform well. For mo
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