Kindness can be a valuable quality that speaks volumes about a persons character and value. It is that one goodwill which never fails to hearten people. It can be challenging remembering to be always kind to ot
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It is often asked what Naga society has become when forgiveness is withheld so easily. Questions are raised, again and again, about who is reflected in the mirror when compassion is absent and unkindness is all
Vishü Rita KrochaIn the year 2009, Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie delivered a powerful TED talk on The Danger of a Single Story. As she succinctly put it, Show people as one thing, over and over aga
Moa JamirThe draft electoral roll published on September 20 offers the first consolidated picture of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Nagaland. Its numbers merit close scrutiny as the exercise is ultimat
Imkong WallingThere is a pattern to the long-running border dispute between Assam and Nagaland. Every once in a while, there are ceremonial displays of camaraderie and supposed reconciliation bids. The lat
Imlisanen JamirSomewhere in Osaka, long before any dignitary stood up to speak at the Museum Annexe Courtyard in Kohima, someone had already spent years handling negatives that Yuzo Morita brought back from Nag
The story of Lengnyu and Tsuwao villages in Noklak district, on the surface, is a story of triumph. A collapsed bridge, a severed road, a month of isolation and then hundreds of hands, a wooden structure raised
Vishü Rita KrochaWhen a most beloved tabloid size newspaper, Nagaland Page announced its closure on January 7 in 2025, it truly marked the end of an era for journalism in Nagaland. It broke the hearts of
Nagalands liquor dilemma demands more than competing posturesMoa JamirAs the tragedy involving suspected spurious alcohol in Tuensang surfaces, two distinct narratives are taking shape. Supporters of the Nagala
The recent Annual State Review Meeting of the National Oral Health Programme, held in Kohima on September 11 and 12 was more than a routine administrative gathering. It was, in effect, a sobering acknowledgemen
Imlisanen JamirTwelve high-definition cameras now cover two farm sheds in Nagaland, running through the night with infrared capability switched on. Every movement a Mithun makes gets logged, whether it is lying
In many parts of Nagaland, a road is not treated as a luxury. It is treated as a lifeline. This truth has been made painfully clear once again by the situation in Tsuwao and Lengnyu villages of Noklak District,
Vishü Rita KrochaIn our hasty modern lives, the state of our environment plays a crucial role in shaping the wellbeing of our people. It is no secret that our surroundings naturally influence one's state of mi
Audit flags, Government assures, action faltersMoa JamirNagalands latest CAG reports have once again put the spotlight on a familiar question: when financial irregularities, implementation failures and long-pen
Imkong Walling The Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation (BEFR), 1873, and the resultant Inner Line regime, have transformed into a contentious topic, pitting the idea of inclusivity against exclusivity.
Imlisanen JamirZero roads completed under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana Phase-III in Nagaland is not a statistic that requires much interpretation. And yet the manner in which PWD Minister G Kaito Aye ch
Two gatherings held within days of each other, one in Chümoukedima and another in Kezoma village, have pointed to the same testimonial, Nagalands food future is being decided in its past. At the Ecologies of C
Vishü Rita KrochaMore than ever, disaster preparedness has become a critical global concern. With increasing issues of climate change being witnessed everywhere across the world and the frequency with which hu
Moa JamirTwenty-five years after Nagaland adopted its Industrial Policy in 2000, the new Nagaland Trade, Investment and Industrial Policy (NTIIP) 2025 represents less a break with the past than an attempt to co
Imlisanen JamirAt the NBCC convention hall in Kohima on August 28, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio inaugurated the Tech X Gaming Expo by telling Nagalands young people that they need not leave the state to find thei
