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  • My time during the lockdown
    Takanungba Pongen Modern College, Kohima It was around the beginning of March that I began to hear faint whispers of a new disease that had begun to spread in Wuhan, China. Back then I thought, "Oh
  • ‘Support rights of nurses to a just and fair salary’
    The Naga Rising    The sacrifices of the frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19, particularly the nurses and the doctors, have been extraordinary world over. In the middle of the p
  • On June 3 Peren incident
    The Tuensang incident which has alarmed our state recently, was not enough for the government, in another case a person with the COVID-19 Positive case was sent to Jalukie, Peren district ‘By Mistakenly&r
  • Yet
    Thaiming T Not a pulpit to speak but not my way to halt. So in Verse i will speak Let eyes read for heart.   Not a soul died of it, Not a cry, not a cry yet. Not a soul touch by it, Not a
  • TRIBUTE
    Yala The pandemic began all of a sudden, The fear of COVID-19 spread all around, Number of loved ones known qnd unknown died. Sudden arrival of COVID-19 compelled the people to lockdown.
  • Schadenfreude
    Kahuto Chishi Sumi Dimapur Schadenfreude a German word, is a word which describe the pleasure people derive from the misfortunes of other people. Every person experiences schadenfreude, but it is our cu
  • Desiderata: The Need to Address Reality – Nation Building 
    Arun Kumar Wesley The time has come now to gird up our loins, as it were to get to the brass tacks of reality, assess them, address the issues and challenges they pose in action – in proactive measur
  • Corona and the Nagas
    Matung Raikhan Dimapur   When I was a child I remember my mother telling me not to drink water from my neighbour’s house whenever I visit them, because their mother is supposedly a cancer pa
  • Churches in Nagaland Then and Now: A spiritual analytical approach
    Rev J Thungjamo Lotha Forty-five years ago, in 1975, we visited some churches in W. Germany (now Germany) as a choir troupe. In most cases, we were singing to a sea of grey-haired congregation. T
  • The Blame Game 
    Er Ketusezo Rote, Punjab The outbreak of COVID-19 cases has altered the scenario and concept of the people in Nagaland where it evoke the craze over the burning issues to point out and strive the blami
  • The Environmental value and mental well-being of People in association with Parks and Green Spaces 
    Dr Alino Sumi The present write-up is an excerpt from the research work conducted in three significant study areas of Shillong city, Meghalaya- Lady Hydari Park, Wards Lake and Golf Link- during the period
  • How Far Have We Nagas Come Since the Head-hunting Days? 
    What is the COVID-19 Crisis Unearthing About Naga 'Christians'?   Buno Iralu To be referred to as head-hunters once upon a time is quite a reputation to own. This segment of the history
  • Recognising the role of ASHAs during COVID-19: A Story of Hope seeking Sustainability
    Preeti Sudan* & Dr Rajani Ved** Fifteen years ago, in 2005,  when the ASHA programme was introduced into India’s health care system, as part of the National Rural Health Mission, it was a te
  • Who’s watching the poor?
    Deepraj Das Xuvihe Colony, Dimapur It wrenches my heart to see world’s largest democracy brew on the cup of inequality by layering people as haves (the creamy section) and have-nots (the non-cream
  • USA: The epicenter of COVID-19 and pandemic racism
    Dr John Mohan Razu More than one hundred thousands people died of COVID-19 in the United States of America. It tops the list of nations around the globe and stands out conspicuously as the world’s numb
  • Corona and the Nagas
    Matung Raikhan Dimapur   When I was a child I remember my mother telling me not to drink water from my neighbour’s house whenever I visit them, because their mother is supposedly a cancer pa
  • COVID-19: FNR for a Renewed Approach
    Dear Naga people: today our planet faces unprecedented events. On top of the Covid-19 pandemic, the world is now enveloped with civil strife, cyclones, and even swarms of invading locusts. Millions of children,
  • COVID-19 and Naga Society
    Prof G T Thong Kohima It really is heart-wrenching to see where we have landed during the invasion of CoronaV.Civil Societies and individuals are shouting hoarse, accusing each other and the Government
  • Race, discrimination & racism; A way forward
    Sentsuthung Odyuo Research Scholar, Wokha We are used to hearing the word racism but our actions have been normalised to adhere in believing that it is not an act of racism. Addressing non-localite of M
  • Public-Interface: HPC a political face-saving exercise?
    The Naga Rising  The Nagaland Cabinet which met on June 1, 2020 decided to constitute a High-Powered Committee (HPC) headed by the Chief Minister to decide on policy matters relating to COVID-19, incl
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