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  • 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
  • We are with you 
    Imna Zulu  Kohima Amid a world of busy circumstances, increasing materialism, humanity has been taking a back seat. Unannounced, uncalled for, yet COVID19 woken the humanity and has ushered a shift
  • Nagaland needs to revive traditional conservation practices
    Ivan Zhimomi, Team leader, Network    Traditionally, the Naga tribes had an intimate relationship with nature based on a foundation of the interconnectedness of God, people and nature. 
  • Celebrate Biodiversity: Reimagining a Sustainable Future amid COVID-19 Pandemic
    Dr Mechüselie Kehie Rüzaphema Village World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nation’s flagship campaign celebrated every year on the 5th of June to create awareness around the globe a
  • Why should we care for our environment and for whom?
    Martemjen Dimapur    The debate on Climate Change (CC) continues among the global super powers. Some say it is a hoax (hardly talked about by media) and others say it is unprecedented (over h
  • Biodiversity- It’s Time for Nature
    Dr N Janbemo Humtsoe Green Foundation, Wokha The world environment day is observed across the world with the theme ‘biodiversity- it’s time for nature’. The theme is aptly chosen and w
  • World Environment Day: Action for protection of environment
    Kezhokhoto Savi President, NVCO & Asst Professor, Kohima Law College   World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5th every year and this is the day that the Nagaland Voluntary Consumers&rs
  • World Environment Day: Reflection for a local situation
    Fr Paul Lelen Haokip   Introduction Soon after the celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22nd May, the world is gearing up to meaningfully reflect, participate and pledg
  • The voice from the Far East 
    X Chophika Sumi  Bank Colony, Dimapur   Hello, everyone. This is the voice of a young man from the far east. A small state called Nagaland in India. I am deeply pained and saddened with the h
  • The cutting of Nagaland’s melon
    Senkatoshi Dimapur   Easing of lockdown and allowing stranded people back to their respective states created apprehensions about the contract and community spread of coronavirus. Of late, netizens
  • Our responsibility to COVID -19 
    Seyielhuvi Zhunyu  Medziphema    Recently, various civic organizations and concerned citizens in Kohima and Dimapur have expressed grave concerns over the government's handling of re
  • A Season for Rebooting
    The outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID–19) compelled our government also to lockdown our country and this has put every citizen in a sort of home quarantine for over 60 days now. The confinement to our homes
  • Exempt irrelevant school fees
    Temsu Pongen Dimapur In these uncertain times, school going children are severely affected due to the lockdown caused by the pandemic. To compensate the loss, most of the schools have turned to online c
  • Plight of the Migrant Nagas in Bengaluru
    Nuthipru Nienu Bengaluru Audacious as it might sound I pen down my sincere impressions on the lived experiences of our Naga people trapped outside Nagaland during the Covid-19 pandemic.  Having ser
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