We are now living in the age of the information superhighway where the dissemination of news and information has not only gathered speed but the sheer magnitude of available resources at our disposal is truly m
The arrest of the present UPA Government’s former Telecom Minister A. Raja in one of India’s biggest ever corruption probes, the 2G telecom scam is significant in more ways than one. While the BJP a
The Year 2011 is already history to many unfolding events around the world, some of them very significant as well as unexpected. The overthrow of the old order in Tunisia, the massive protests in Egypt and ordi
In this defining moment such as the present, Nagas have no other option but to transcend the past and the present and to confront with the realities of the future to create a society that is truly worth living
Every popular struggle for their rights has at various points of time been faced with the difficult question of who will carry on from the present leadership. The over-dependence on the present leadership and t
In politics and among politicians regardless of the party at the helm of affairs, the very thing called discretionary power is a treasured commodity and therefore one that cannot be disconnected from those in p
It appears to be the season of rape if news paper reports are to be believed. In the run up to Christmas and New Year, several cases of rape and crime against women and children were reported from across Nagala
Using the platform of the 6th North East Business Summit held at Mumbai from January 21 to 22nd, 2011, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has once again done his best to project and promote Nagaland as a touri
A first of its kind ‘National Voters Day’ was celebrated across the country on January 25, 2011 to mark the formation day of the Election Commission of India. The significance of the day, ahead of I
Every people, nation and state defines its identity and gives meaning to its existence based on a set of chosen traumas and chosen glories. These chosen traumas and chosen glories shape the role of a people&rsq
In an indirect reference to the move for a separate State by the tribal bodies of Eastern Nagaland under the banner of the Eastern Naga Peoples' Organisation (ENPO), a top commander of the GPRN/NSCN's N
The Supreme Court of India has rightly upheld the life sentence for Dara Singh for killing Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons in Orissa in 1999. Dara Singh’s accomplice, Mahendra Hembra
Whether it is the so called La Nina or any other weather phenomenon, it is now clearly evident that the problem of climate change is here to stay and all of us living on this fragile planet will have to open ou
The ruling Naga People’s Front (NPF) seems determined to continue with the so called Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) which is virtually non-existent. The NPF’s reluctance to let go of the DAN
Whether it is a bad omen of things to come, the Year 2011 has started on a sad note with climate related disasters reported from one end of the world to the other. This is therefore a good time to actually star
Every culture, every nation, every people is responsible for what they have made familiar. The truth has been its most tragic casualty and everything else is seen and interpreted with its head and not its heart
As reported widely in this newspaper, the Union Law Ministry and the Election Commission of India (ECI) will be organizing nation-wide consultations with political parties, NGOs and other stakeholders on a prop
Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Nagaland CM Chang should have known better that the local media will try and get his thoughts on the current demand of the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organization (ENPO)
President Barack Obama on Wednesday (January 12, 2011) has implored a divided America to honour those attacked in the Arizona shooting rampage by becoming a better country. Given that many Americans are blaming
The Government of India appears to be in a hurry to get on board as many armed groups from the troubled Northeast region into the negotiating table. Following the success of keeping the Naga armed struggle quie