Dimapur, March 25 (MExN): “It is so hard to make full use of the day here,” exclaimed a German associate here to study climate change and advice the government on measures to adopt and adapt. She was referring to the difference in real day light time and that available in Nagaland, which is forced to keep up with its far off western sister Gujarat. The lag, then, contributes to the imbalance and discomfort between the east and the west.
In demanding for a Special Constitutional Status for the people of the North East of India, the North East Students’ Organisation has also asked for the institution of a separate time zone for the region in a 13-page memorandum to the Prime Minister of India. This could usurp the “total alienation from the mainland India” that people in the region feel owing to being “discriminated against” through the imposition of a universal time zone by giving people a chance to substantial time, at a suitable pace, with daylight.
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