Kaka D. IraluEven before the ball could be set rolling for the extraction of oil in Nagaland, disputes between individual private land ownership and collective tribal ownership had started and was turning ugly.
In his article “Do we have the courage?”(Nagaland Post and Morung, May 30,2013), my brother Khekiye has rightly pointed out that it is the Naga public who are suffering the consequences of the national taxe
Many people, including many Nagas think that culture has to do with the way we wear our ethnic dresses, dance in our ethnic attires and yodel or sing in our traditional tunes. In a sense, these outward appearan
To begin with, I am an admirer of both Phizo and Adino because they are much greater persons than me but I am not a “blind loyalty owing” follower of either Phizo or Adino or Muivah or Khaplang or any polit
Kaka D. IraluMay 4, 2013Although others as well as I have written extensively on the Shillong Accord of 1975, it appears that many Nagas still don’t understand what the Shillong Accord is all about. I am ther
Yes indeed, it was a signature signed in the pages of human history with our blood and our tears. It is a signature signed for love of a country and its history. This signature can now never be erased by any na
Kaka D. IraluI have heard that many people in Kohima as well as in the funeral convoy cried when they saw the Rainbow that appeared over the skies of Kohima just as the funeral cortege of late Kevilevor Phizo e
For the Dolie clan- a branch of the Gwizantsu and Merhuma clan of Khonoma village- this will be the second dead body that the clan and the village will receive in more than 62 years of national service. And as
In honor of the Naga Republic DaySome years back, one of our Ministers said “Nagas must learn how to live under the rule of law since our forefather’s have never lived under the rule of law.” I was irrita
Kaka D. IraluThe Armed Forces profession is one of the noblest professions in the world. In this profession, every soldier swears an oath of allegiance to the nation that they would risk even their own lives to
Kaka D. IraluLast Christmas eve, as I sat in the church listening to the Scripture reader reading the speaker’s text, I was suddenly struck by the text of the scripture. The text being read was from John 1:1-
Kaka D. IraluAll smaller nations that were forcefully stuffed into the British created modern nation states of India, Pakistan and Burma are now fed up with peace talks and negotiations for a solution to their