Aheli Moitra
An afternoon in Dimapur: A scooter and an autoricksha collide mildly. The drivers are furious. As the dust settles, they unmount their vehicles. Passersby, their eyes squinting, hold shir
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Editorial
The young as well as the upright legislators need to expose and end the practice of taking commissions and ending the culture of nepotism In Nagaland State the need for change has reached saturation p
Moa Jamir Politicians and lies are intimate bedfellows ‘All Politicians Lie. Some Lie More Than Others,’ read a cheeky headline in The New York Times in December 2015. The articl
Witoubou Newmai By all conventional signs in the context of Naga society, it has become a monotonous affair to see endless flow of ‘advice’ from newspaper commentators on varied subjects.
Aheli Moitra It is that time when focus is needed on the Indo-Naga peace process. But first, a bit about the Colombian peace process. The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia&
Dr Asangba Tzüdir When ‘backdoor’ appointment has seemingly become ‘frontdoor’ and where it is condemned as ‘ethically permissible,’ the news of the recen
Moa Jamir The Naga political aspiration for self-determination over the years is akin to a group of people trying to cross a river, The Morung Express editor opined recently – the
Witoubou Newmai Much to the chagrin of the Nagas, the tripartite talks on the district creation issue virtually got over after the Biren Singh Government dismantled the tenets of holding dialogues on
Aheli Moitra Regionalism is understood to be the expression of a common sense of identity and purpose by a people within a geographical region. Policies and institutions are accordingly created that b
Dr. Asangba Tzüdir The people of Nagaland go to bed every night with a hope that tomorrow will be better than today. WHEREAS, the ‘TR loyals’ have got their Cabinet berths and Parl. S
The BJP has the most to gain from a fractured and weakened NPF The internal power struggle within the Naga People’s Front (NPF), which plunged Nagaland State in further chaos and bitterness, has
Moa Jamir Here’s the latest joke doing rounds these days in Nagaland. A tad inflated, but nonetheless acutely reflecting the state of affairs: “Teacher: Who is the Chief Minister
Dr Asangba Tzudir Set at the backdrop of corruption and the need for Clean Election in Nagaland, this 1 hr 40 minute film directed by Tiakumzuk Aier is about the need for change. The film has rightly
Witoubou Newmai The nub of the argument is thus: why have we allowed our vision to be complacently limited to the viewpoints of those for whom politics is all about wielding power? There is not an iot
Moa Jamir In recent times, public discourse has been increasingly compartmentalized. The cacophony generated from competing narratives has drowned out the ‘silent majority.’ As the angst c
Dr Asangba Tzüdir There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their own filth. (Proverbs 30:12, ESV) The other Sunday, the Pastor of a Church while reit
Is it not time to reject the Naga house that is built on sand? Let’s build the Naga house on solid rock! Life in Nagaland is fast becoming more distressing day by day. The pathetic state of aff
Moa Jamir As the Naga People’s Front (NPF) battles its latest internal nemesis, in the national arena, the stage is set for showdown between various political parties on July 17 - the race to Ra
Witoubou Newmai There is no gainsaying, and the people have been saying this for years and decades, that majority of politicians are only good producers of “moving flights of rhetoric” (in
Establish a ‘public inquiry’ into the collapse of the Bridge The bitter crisis within the Naga People’s Front is not only negatively impacting Nagaland State government and the peop
