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  • FAREWELL, 2025
    A. Anato Swu Satakha TownFarewell, O year of mingled light & shade,You came wit' joy & wit' tears you stayed.You led me gently thru' the hills of cheer,Then down the valleys of shadows & fear.I
  • ‘Main-streaming’ the Northeast
    Deepak KumarThe Northeast regionhas remained largely absent from Indias national cultural imagination. And whenever it did receive some representation, it was mostly mediated by a visual regime—films, photogr
  • Are We Not Indian Enough?
    Fr Innocent Panmei sdbDon Bosco KohimaThe tragic trajectory of internal migration within India is frequently punctuated by moments of acute violence that strip away the veneer of national integration, exposing
  • Racism within our borders: How India fails its Northeast citizens
    Moajungshi MenonIndia proudly presents itself as a land of unity in diversity. With countless religions, cultures, ethnicities, languages, and food habits, the country celebrates pluralism as its greatest stren
  • RH Raising, a Visionary Leader of Nagalim
    Rev Dr Timothy KapingWhen I was a young man in Ukhrul Town (my hometown), one day I found a booklet on Naga freedom movement written by RH. Raising. I became a patriot after reading it. It was a joy seeing the
  • End of 2025: Reflections on Hope, Humanity and Changing Northeast
    Monalisa Changkija2025 is looking at just a few days before becoming history and, with the passage of time, a distant memory. We will bid adieu to this year with a mixture of nostalgia and relief. Much depends
  • On the Threshold of a New Year
    A AnatoSwuSatakha TownThe year now wanes, its final lightFlickers low against the night.For some, 2025 was kind—Fields bore fruit, dreams aligned.Laughter found a lasting home,Prayers answered, wounds outgrow
  • Joy shouldn’t come at cost of peace, health and environment
    Apulo SumiChristmas and New Year are occasions of joy, peace, and togetherness. They strengthen community bonds and reflect shared values. However, in recent years, certain practices associated with Christmas E
  • A shadowed Christmas and India’s Democracy
    Vikiho KibaChristmas, in its deepest theological and philosophical register, is not merely a festival of sentiment or cultural ritual. It is an ontological claim about reality itself: that being is grounded not
  • A book interview with Dr Matthew Wilkinson
    By Dolly Kikon Borderland Anxieties explores the complex relationships between liberalization, gender and migration in Nagaland, a state in Northeast India that is emerging from decades of armed conflict.
  • Christmas Blues: A Precautionary Tale
    AV Chophi ChilisaMishikito Village, Full NagarjanMy wife and kids had gone to do some few unfinished shopping on Sunday 21/12/2025 after attending church service, since they were planning to leave the same even
  • Making Dimapur the Paradise of Nagaland
    Rev Dr Phuveyi Dozo Dimapur, the Gateway and threshold of Nagaland, the region, India and the world, can become a city of Paradise with its twine-district Chumoukedima and far-flung suburbs and satellite v
  • Hornbill Festival at crossroads
    Monalisa ChangkijaAnother edition of the annual 10-day Hornbill Festival, which begins on December 1, coinciding with Nagalands State Day, is done and dusted for 2025. Apparently this year decibels of the hype
  • The Syndicate Economy and the Erosion of Rule of Law in Nagaland
    Maj Vikuto Asumi (Retd)Proprietor, Naga Xpress Transport AgencyDimapur, the commercial hub of Nagaland, today finds itself trapped in an ecosystem of control commonly referred to as the syndicate system. What b
  • When Christmas Rides on Two Wheels
    Meyu ChangkiriWhenever people see me riding a motorcycle, I can almost feel their theology wobble a little. Heads turn. Eyes linger. Smiles appear. And sooner or later, the question arrives - sometimes whispere
  • The Singing Frogs of Northeast India: Nature's Hidden Melodists
    Debolina BanerjeeNortheast India is home to some of the world's most unique and rare species because it has so many different kinds of plants and animals. The Singing Frogs are one of the most interesting and l
  • 1729: A Number That Unlocked Ramanujan’s Genius
    Dipak KurmiEvery year on December 22, India observes National Mathematics Day to commemorate the birth of Srinivasa Ramanujan, a mathematician whose life and work continue to hover between legend and rigorous s
  • A United Tribes Front of Manipur: The Need of the Hour
    Ngaranmi Shimray New DelhiBased on the facts of how identity problems in the northeastern region have been resolved with the creation of Nagaland state, Mizoram state, Bodoland TC, Tripura Sixth Schedule,
  • In Indian Democracy: Cracy is on Top Demo is down
    Prof Mithilesh Kumar SinhaDepartment of Economics, Nagaland University, LumamiIndian democracy is celebrated worldwide due to its vastness and the nature of its actions. The voting rights granted to citizens fo
  • Christmas: Butterfly to Caterpillar
    Jose T NithiChristmas is the story of something totally unbelievable. Normally, we talk about caterpillars turning into butterflies - weak things becoming beautiful. But on the first Christmas, the opposite hap
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