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  • Women in Naga Society Are Not Second To Men: NMA
    1. One of the important aspects of Constitutional guarantees under Article 371 A(1)(a)of the Constitution of India is that no Parliamentary Act on “social practices “of Nagas will apply to Nagaland,
  • Reservations and our Women
    Jonah Achumi Dimapur Reservation is now the hot topic of the day. There are endless debates going on at individual levels, various platforms and organizational levels. Some vehemently oppose it, some hardly
  • 33% Women Reservation hangups
    Khekiye K. Sema IAS (Rtd.) Kohima We the Naga people are sitting over a very controversial and complex issue of 33% Women Reservation which basically throws up two equally important fundamental subjects tha
  • Rejoinder to MIP of NSCN-IM
    Thomas NNC Member In the past the Naga people were afraid of speaking the truth, because the NSCN-IM had been killing whosoever speaks the truth. But now, not only Mr. Kaka and W. Shapwon, the Naga people ha
  • The wounded healer has an agenda on non-healing
    Ezamo Murry   As we all focus on disability on this NBCC Sunday for Persons with disability (PwD) the following few talking point will also widen our horizon on the subject.   Human desire to be
  • The God of the Bible
    Dr. L.M. Murry   Our God is not one God out of many gods. It is about what the Bible says about God. Across the pages of the Bible, march the armies of the kingdoms of long ago, beginning from the Hetti
  • Common Civil Code : Not Acceptable
    Kuolachalie Seyie Kohima   Under the directive principles of the state policy of Indian constitution, Art 44 provides that “The state shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil co
  • "One Day Census” is the only answer for clean election in Nagaland
    In this regard, the NBCC with all different churches and denomination, and the whole NGO’s including the concern department are trying their level best to bring the accurate voters without any corruption
  • NSCN (K) responds to clarification
    It is not the desire of the NSCN/GPRN to engage in mudslinging however, the record need to be set straight. If Mr. Hokato Vusshe wishes to contest the truth, he must explain several episodes of sabotage and ant
  • "And it all started with the smell of a cigarette..."
    That fateful night, the sky was pitch dark, with the creeping sounds of insects, the early winter breeze was blowing softly through my ear, slowly faint of burnt smell was feeling up the air. I thought maybe th
  • Battering Art 371(A)
    Z Lohe The State of Nagaland was created out of the 16-Points Memorandum submitted to Govt. of India (GOI) by Naga Peoples’ Convention (NPC) in 1960. The incorporation of the Memorandum’s pr
  • Can Nagaland Government Legislate on Oil and Minerals Resources?
    K Angami Kohima   As reported in the local papers, the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India (hereafter, the Ministry) has once again avers that the Nagaland Legislative
  • Reflections on “A Political Limbo”
    Robert A. Silverstein Albany, New York   To paraphrase Shakespeare's “Julius Caesar,” (at Act 3, Scene 2, line 75), “Friends, Nagas, and other Tribals, lend me your eyes; I come n
  • Demonetisation As Surgical Strike On Black Money: Its Impact
    Prof. Mithilesh Kumar Sinha Finance Officer Nagaland University, Lumami   Demonetisation is a big reform as it expands the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and makes it cleaner. It pushes revenues; pushes
  • Rejoinder to ‘The illegal formation of the NSCN’
    Before giving the supportive write up to the book of W. Shapwon “The illegal formation of the NSCN”, FGN Kilonser Kaka D. Iralu should have read the book thoroughly.   In his own forward to
  • CHANGE IN NAGALAND?
    Thepfulhouvi Solo. IFS (RR -68) Principal Secretary, Retd Nagaland.   The average Americans wanted change of a World that cared only for the Billionaires and the Global Corporate. Donald Trump and Hill
  • Insincerity in Nagas’ Religious Lives
    Dr. Salikyu Sangtam Assistant Professor, Tetso College   Nagas zealously identify themselves as ‘Christians’ to anyone inquiring them of their religious creed. Indeed, there is nothing wron
  • A POLITICAL LIMBO
    Khekiye K. Sema IAS (Rtd.)  Kohima   There are no two varied opinions in the minds of every breathing Naga worth his/her salt to emphatically want to end this 70 years old suffocating and torturou
  • Time to quash 16 Point Agreement and renegotiate Naga deal?
    Ri Rilo Therie  Kohima   The recent press release in Morung Express dated 12th November 2016, “NLA has no power over oil fields and mineral resources: Petroleum Ministry”, has taken me
  • An addendum to Rhakho's “The tragedy of diminishing reverence to God”
    Robert A. Silverstein New York,USA   On November 13, 2016, The Morung Express, the Eastern Mirror, and the Nagaland Post published an article by Husezo Rhakho titled, “THE TRAGEDY OF DIMINISHING
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