Every Independence Day is turning out to be a ritual meant for rejoicing. It is a holiday and plenty of sweets are distributed. The disabled are given sympathetic gestures, free hearing aids or crutches. Everyt
It is common sense for any right thinking person to demand quality in a product or service rendered. By experience the government sector fails to deliver on this front. Everywhere you go, most products or servi
A headline in an international news publication screamed “climate change whips up floods, fire and ice”. According to the report, climate change has been blamed for floods that have killed thousands and lef
India as a country boasting itself as an emerging world power is today grappled with corruption, conflict and several other teething problems. As a result the country and its people struggle to make progress wi
With competition intensifying in every area of human affairs, the desire for a more meaningful and productive human resource has also gathered momentum, which in the present day has come to be measured by origi
Proponents of liberal democracy have since the end of the Cold War aggressively purported the dichotomy of Independence into two aspects: Economic Independence and Political Independence. In falsely suggesting
On the August 6, 2010 issue of the Morung Express, one of the readers contributed a letter titled “Open questions to my Zeliang and Zeliangrong Brothers”. Written by a son of the soil Zeliangrong, we apprec
S.Y. Quraishi, who took charge as the 17th Chief Election Commissioner of India has said that due priority, will be given to enhancing voter participation and restricting the role of money power. It was about t
The prevailing climate of mistrust and tension as witnessed in several related incidents in the past few weeks in Nagaland does not augur well for harmony and peaceful coexistence among the different socio-trib
The Government of India is once again facing a crisis both in Jammu & Kashmir and the Northeast. Ever since July, when a tear-gas shell ended the life of a Srinagar teenager, the cycle of violence has only
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
In the last decade, we have seen the birth of two new countries, East Timor and Kosovo; both of which gained their independence not through negotiations but through internal processes of referendum where people
The American led War on Terror in Afghanistan is turning out to be not so much about the Taliban or the Al Qaeda but about regional strategic equations involving India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The two major p
Dimapur police after a long hunt finally managed to nab the conman who had swindled Rs 1.10 crore from unsuspecting Nagas. One of most wanted criminals in Nagaland, Abu Sayed, who duped hundreds of Naga people
The annual financial statement popularly known as the Budget for the year 2010-11 was presented by the Chief Minister and subsequently passed by voice vote during the recently concluded Nagaland Legislative Ass
To say that there is no negligence of Mon District Hospital as commented by Minister for Health & Family Welfare Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu during the recently held Assembly Session is cheeky to say the least. I
Change is constant. The Naga people have been yearning for change and yet, change does not seem to have come to the Naga people. It is almost a contradiction in terms, because while change is continuous it some
There has been much persuasive analysis and opinions on the increasing climatic changes taking place around the world. But as it often happens, such pre-emptive signs are ignored and when reality hits, panic se
Referring to the declaration of 2010-11 as the “Year of Entrepreneurs,” Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio during the current Budget session has informed that the government expects to help at least 1000 entreprene
The Dimapur Chamber of Commerce (DCC) and its subsidiaries have not without reason reacted strongly to an order reportedly issued by the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur permitting Naga Council Dimapur t