Witoubou Newmai
At least for now the gesture of N Biren Singh, Chief Minister of Manipur State, has brought the Nagas and the Manipur Government to a meeting point, a huge advancement in an effort tow
Monday, 8th December, 2025
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Aheli Moitra A village little towards the east of Nagaland State sits neatly on the side of a hill overlooking its terrace paddy fields. Monoliths are a usual feature of its public spaces; alongside t
Dr Asangba Tzüdir It is not surprising to hear that Nagaland coming under special category state is the most financially needy state in Indian Union with over 72% classed as ‘marginal.
A shared language of freedom, justice and development calls for a new paradigm of relations where decisions on human affairs are not based exclusively on State pragmatism and interests, but rather on the people
Moa Jamir Election in Nagaland is fought and won with money. In such a state of affairs, ideologies and manifestos are insignificant. Along with monetary factor, personal configuration, tribal, clan a
Witoubou Newmai The relational hiatus that had prevailed for almost two decades vis-à-vis the State Governments of Assam, Nagaland and Manipur seems to have gone for now with the change of guar
Aheli Moitra The National Health Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2015-16 has some fascinating news for us. Women have a high literacy rate of 81% in Nagaland State, with a healthy sex rati
Dr Asangba Tzüdir There was a joke from the 90s though it didn’t attract headline attention. Where do you live? I live in Nagaland. Where do you live in Nagaland? Huh? Where do you liv
The denial of human dignity experienced by Nagas is the direct result of oppression and subjugation perpetuated over many decades by the structures of political domination and remnants of their colonial past. N
Moa Jamir A detailed analysis of Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) of India Report on Nagaland is an extremely frustrating undertaking. The frustration arises not only due to the amount of anomalies h
Witoubou Newmai Next year, the Naga Club will complete 100 years. Naga labourers/porters who were part of the Labour Corps during World War I, recognizing the significance of nations, formed the Naga
Aheli Moitra In a far corner of Dimapur, a family was worried about its bills. Piling debts had kept them from paying their house rent on time. There was also the worry of electricity bills that
Dr Asangba Tzüdir The finance portfolio finds comfortably nestled in the hands of the Chief Minister since the ouster of K. Therie, the then Finance Minister. Since his ouster, the Nagaland
The present generations of Nagas are earnestly searching for change, but are unclear of its direction, and, more importantly remain unsure of the means for actually transforming their aspiration into reality. T
Moa Jamir “It has come to the notice of the Governor that some cases of direct recruitment has (sic) been made without publicly inviting the application for the posts… The undersigned is,
Witoubou Newmai Lack of space for a diplomatic or dialogue intervention has been the main reason for the myriad problems dogging the State of Manipur for this long. The unwillingness to genuinely diag
Aheli Moitra In January 2014, the ‘Jaya He, GVK New Museum’ opened at Terminal 2 of Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. The project aims to be a museum of &lsqu
Dr Asangba Tzüdir The silence in the previous Nagaland Legislative Assembly sessions that had almost ‘nothing’ to discuss’ with sincerity and seriousness is a symptom of th
There is a tendency to confuse and even distort nonviolence with pacifism. The words nonviolence and pacifism do not share a common meaning and are often confused and used interchangeably. In fact, the term def
Moa Jamir In a common lexicon definition, gratuitous have two connotations – firstly denoting something done without any good reason or justification; and secondly something given or done free of charg
