Contemporary culture has been insisting for quite long that life is for the young and the young at heart. The twenty-first century has created such an unnatural fear of ageing that when a sibling announces his

How much does a kilo of rice cost? I mean, good quality rice. 50 rupees? 60 rupees? Or a kilo of dal? How much poorer will you be if you deduct that amount every month from your budget? Try out the onko because

Chandemo Murry One of the biggest problems in Nagaland is unemployment and it has been in the news for a very long time. Many are frustrated and filled with resentment over this fact. Some of us will get int

Imli Lkr The current tag of being the state with the highest rate of unemployment is just shocking but predictable news for our state. So our questions and foremost priority at this stage will be how do we c

A number of us were discussing a habit amongst our people which is very ingrained and reappears in generation after generation. It is hurtful, and tactless and totally unnecessary. The number of adults who do i

Maps are made by men, of course. To prove my theory, I googled the first map maker and it was a Greek man named Anaximander. He made a map of the known world in 6 Century BC.  He is said to have drawn an e

Yansa Jami Just a daily issue and some of us may find this quite silly. But it's high time one should take note seriously as most of us have either lost hopes or just give no concern to these people. Dea

Kate Kizu With a PhD degree in plant biochemistry and working for a year post PhD in molecular biophysics lab, I couldn't find a decent host institute to apply for a grant at my own homestate. Who is

The word ‘enabler’ began to be used with a negative connotation in the 80s and 90s. In those days our society was struggling with alcohol abuse and drug abuse, the latter being new on the horizon. P

This winter there are many reports that the wild apple trees are fruiting abundantly. That can only mean one thing. The wild apple tree has wed and given ‘birth’ to many children. In the village, th

Who owns the domain of storytelling? Is it a male activity or a largely female activity? When a research scholar working on the theme of women affected by the AFSPA, tried to interview women in the villages, th

This may not work at first because we have never looked at stubbornness as a virtue. So that idea will always encounter resistance. It is politically incorrect to be stubborn. The word stubbornness has been use

A few days ago, Aziebu Shaiza sent me a WhatsApp message about the passing on of one of our teachers. Mrs Sulekha Sen had died in Kolkata. It was such a pull from the past, and a sad reminder that we were stead

I don’t want to ascribe to the philosophy of ‘The show must go on’ when a great loss occurs in the middle of life. To stop everything we are doing, to pay our respects, and mourn, and remember

Visietsolie Vupru: This very "Make in Nagaland" disaster is a glaring symbol of the incompetency of those in authority at that point of time. It’s a shame that the government had to cut a road t

Nokchem Angth: This post is coming from a layman who is thirsty for separate state from the present Nagaland State and in solidarity with rest of the ENPO people, who rallied in respective Headquarters in solid

 By a stroke of luck, I happened to arrive at an address on the same day that a parcel I had sent five days before, arrived. I was so surprised to see that there was not a scratch on it; the parcel box sho

It is quite difficult to come up with a eulogy for a person who was so respected and loved in his circle as Xavier Rutsa was. Everything that needs to be said has already been said and any more than that would

A couple of weeks separate the launchings of two books by two of our male authors. The first one is Jim Kasom’s Homecoming and other Stories published by Promilla and Co, Bibliophile South Asia. Jim Wungr

Filafi Fithu: Lately we’ve all been hearing about the unlawful activities that take place on voting days like booth capturing, physical violences, forcefully removing minority voters from the line, snatch