Kaguirong Gonmei’s signature dish is Sweet, Sour and Spicy Roasted Pork Ribeye. And it is always in demand among customers. Kagui and business partner Rocky Peshai have created an intimate, inviting space wit
Easterine KireOne way of describing Dr Veio Pou’s debut novel, Waiting for the Dust to Settle, is to call it a revisiting of a historical time, a historical event that confounded the Naga people first by its
Easterine KireWe Nagas love being introduced to new fruits and flowers in order to find out if the newbies can grow in our hills or plains as the case may be. I don’t know how long it has been since the exoti
Easterine KireMany of us are mourning the unexpected suicide of former Governor Dr Ashwani Kumar. He was different from other governors of the state. In spite of having been the former CBI chief, there was litt
Easterine KireHe is often seen downtown steering himself along on his electrical wheelchair. Like a permanent fixture of the city centre. RH is also known as a city poet because he looks at the semi-urban lands
Easterine KireI don’t think it’s hysterical to call it rampant plagiarism because that is exactly what is happening now. A published Naga scholar had an unnerving experience recently. His book is a sought-a
Easterine KireIn the UK, 15th August was celebrated as VJ75 day. The allied victory over the Japanese was commemorated in a touching ceremony recognising the efforts of the men who fought to the last, and broug
Easterine KireA black and white photograph of former President of India, Zail Singh, in animated conversation with a Sikh gentleman, was featured by friends on social media. The story behind this picture was ne
Easterine KireI am struck by the quiet heroism of unassuming, ordinary people that are doing what they do without any desire for recognition. They don’t care about visibility or social media presence, but the
Hollyhocksn Beans growing in the rooftop garden. (Photo Courtesy: Nosano Kikhi) Easterine KireNosano has been making a rooftop garden all Spring and now we can see the harvest of it in summer. ‘Gard
Easterine Kire The earth waited,longing for the touchof hands that servedin faraway places; in citiesthat don't recognizetheir names nor the sweatof their brows on a scorchingSummer day; andfor years and y
Easterine KireSenganglu Thaimei lives in Delhi with her husband. She teaches English literature at a Delhi University college. Sengmei, as she is known to her friends, claims she is not a professional artist, a
A review – Part TwoGrowing up in Impur where his father Imchaba was a teacher, seven-year-old Lanu Toy witnessed first-hand a tiger hunt by men of Mopungchuket village. They were armed with spears and shields
Easterine Kire A review – part oneUncle Lanu Toy’s biography came in the post yesterday. This beautifully bound book weighing a little more than a kilogram has a warm photograph of a smiling Uncle Toy
Can we? No. Our culture doesn’t teach us to say no, so we find ourselves frustrated after saying yes to too many people. I am struggling right now to complete writing three papers before the stroke of midnigh
Easterine Kire The second Theja Football tournament has just been concluded in Lengrijan. A brainchild of the Grace Covenant church, the tournament drew as many as twelve teams from different churche
Easterine KireLet us look at the Eleutheros Christian Society (ECS) example. The ECS based in Tuensang has been making such a great difference in the lives of the people in and around Tuensang, and is spreading
Easterine KireTime and again, we read of attacks on Christian ministries in other states of India. The Catholic community has suffered the most from these attacks. Church property has been taken from the member
Easterine KireUkiyo is a bookstore opened by 29-year-old Martin Thokchom. Martin has a great love for books and anything to do with the world of books. Established in Imphal, the little bookstore soon discovere
Easterine KireAll those essays we wrote in our High School days on the virtues of Discipline with a capital D, and all those essays we corrected as teachers when it was another generation’s turn to write essa