Editorial

  • Only 800 takers for a 96% subsidy
    Imlisanen JamirAt the launch of the Seva Setu Abhiyan in Chümoukedima on October 14, Executive Engineer Albert Ovung said that about 800 of the 10,000 households earmarked for rooftop solar under the PM Surya
  • The Hearth vs. The Screen
    The quiet takeover of Naga ImaginationIn Naga villages, stories were once told around the hearth. Elders spoke, children listened and questions were asked and answered. The teller was known to everyone and the
  • Creativity in the Age of AI
     Vishü Rita KrochaEven as our world becomes increasingly driven by highly developed Artificial intelligence (AI), the boundary between AI and reality is rapidly blurring. There seems to be just a thin lin
  • Converging signals: Nagaland must reckon with its structural unemployment
    Moa JamirThree official reports released within a year, though measuring different aspects of economic life, converge on a common concern: Nagalands employment challenge is structural and demands more than piec
  • Who appoints the umpire
    Imlisanen JamirPolybius, in his account of the Roman constitution, dwells on a detail that later admirers of his scheme tend to skip, which is that each of the three bodies depended on another for something it
  • The case for being contradicted
    Imlisanen JamirPolybius came to Rome around 167 BC as one of a thousand Achaean hostages and stayed about sixteen years. He used the time to work out how a republic of farmers and lawyers had come to dominate t
  • Building Smart Tourism Beyond Hornbill Hype
    World Tourism Day 2026 was marked in Nagaland with a clear message that tourism is to be redesigned through digital tools and artificial intelligence. The declaration of Zhavame village in Phek as a Digital Tou
  • Nurturing a generation of storytellers
    Vishü Rita KrochaFor a state that has rarely seen the existence of a vibrant film culture, the recent achievements that Theja Rio's debut feature film, ANGH has secured is truly a historic milestone. Many
  • Beyond the court order
    Nagaland higher education needs a policy resetMoa JamirThe recent significant judgment of the Gauhati High Court Kohima Bench (GHCKB) on contractual appointments, at least for the present, to have brought some
  • Zero-rationale prohibitionists
    Imkong WallingNagaland was just witness to a series of fatalities linked to adulterated liquor. The September tragedies in Tuensang and Mokokchung have sparked heightened vigil across a dry state, with enforcem
  • Books on a server, censors elsewhere
    Imlisanen JamirOn 12 March 2020, the World Day Against Cyber Censorship, Reporters Without Borders opened a library inside Minecraft, and on its shelves stood articles by journalists blocked in Russia, Mexico,
  • Rights Need a Purpose
    For a long time, many thinkers have said human rights should be separate from any idea of what life is for. This view grew from the religious wars in early modern Europe. People could not agree on the highest g
  • A Dry State Failure
    Vishü Rita KrochaWithin a month, at least 19 alcohol-related deaths were reported in Nagaland—a state that has been infamously known for its Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1989.But this is definitely not the
  • No spark yet
    -Multiple gaps choke EV momentum in NagalandMoa JamirNagalands latest score on the India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI) is more than a poor ranking. It is a snapshot of how little the State has progressed towar
  • Peace in Nagaland: A Reflection
    For decades, the word peace has been spoken often in Nagaland, yet peace itself has rarely been felt in its fullness. It is argued in Rev Dr J Jayakiran Sebastians essay Peace and Reconciliation: A Theological
  • The Choice of Kindness
    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
  • Who are we when kindness fades?
    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
  • ‘The Danger of a Single Story’
    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
  • Nagaland SIR: A cleaner electoral roll?
    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
  • Disputed camaraderie
    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
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