Editorial

  • A fungal pandemic next?
    Imlisanen Jamir We are likely to think of fungi, if we think of them at all, as minor nuisances: mold on cheese, mildew on shoes shoved to the back of the closet, mushrooms springing up in the garden after h
  • Combating cancer burden 
    In a concerning finding, an official report stated that 25% of cancer patients in Nagaland “never took treatment because of financial difficulties” while results on other parameters were not flatter
  • A Coming Community for Clean Election
    Dr Asangba Tzudir Clean election has been a much mulled over topic for some time now and it has generated mixed feelings, divided between optimism and pessimism. Optimism comes from the overwhelming chorus t
  • ‘Writing’ history
    Moa Jamir “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it,” goes a popular quote attributed to former British Prime Minister, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, commonly known as Winston Chu
  • Rounding up all offenders, big and small
    Imlisanen Jamir As news broke that another person had been killed along the Dimapur-Chümoukedima highway in another vehicle accident on August 9, along with it, also came the increasing sense of danger
  • Did Tribes exist before Colonialism?
    Did tribe exist before colonialism? This is the rhetorical question that Ugandan political commentator Mahmood Mamdani asks us in Define and Rule. Tribe as an ‘ethnic group’ with a common language e
  • Tourism in Nagaland
    Dr Asangba Tzudir The recent three-day North east India festival, which was held in the Thailand Capital Bangkok from July 29, and which was the second edition was held with the objective to take forward the
  • For a ‘healthier’ Nagaland
    Moa Jamir After regular directions and observation from the Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench hearing a batch of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on health issues and infrastructure in Nagaland, the State Gov
  • At crossroads
    Imkong Walling There comes a stage when a person has to make a call, an informed choice that would shape the life ahead. Fresh graduates face this juncture as they prepare to transition from academia to brea
  • A brainwashed world
    Imlisanen Jamir Brainwashing is a pretty strong word. If someone accused any of us of being brainwashed, our reactions would be pretty confrontational. Perhaps a few would keep hold of their wits and careful
  • It is what it is
    Veroli Zhimo ‘It is what it is’ is an expression used to characterize a frustrating or challenging situation that a person believes cannot be changed and must just be accepted. According to th
  • The will to truth
    Dr Asangba Tzudir Delving away from the complex idea proposed by what Nietzsche wrote on the ‘will to power’, the status of our society today is such that the ‘will to truth’ in simpl
  • People: Champions of Indigenous Language
    Akangjungla For many decades, the Naga people have relied on storytelling to pass down historical accounts, indigenous languages, culture and traditions, and conventions and customs. The conversations around
  • Can Naga Churches respond to Eradicating Hunger & Poverty? 
    On July 12, 2022, at the Baptist World Alliance Conference at Samford University, Birmingham, the Hunger and Poverty Task Team under the BWA Commission on Human Rights, Peacebuilding and Reconciliation submitte
  • Indebted ‘State’
    Moa Jamir In a concerning note, data provided by the Union Finance Minister in a written reply during the ongoing monsoon session of the parliament informed that total outstanding liabilities of Nagaland Gov
  • The pandemic isn’t yet over
    Dr Asangba Tzudir The steady surge in the number of Covid-19 positive cases in Nagaland in the last two weeks is something to be concerned about considering what the people of Nagaland had to go through duri
  • Where do we draw the line?
    Veroli Zhimo In the year 1997, Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki wrote and directed one of the most iconic anime films—Princess Mononoke. The film revolves around Ashitaka, an Emishi prince who embarks
  • Will the GoN…
    Imkong Walling The inter-state boundary dispute between Assam and Nagaland is a dicey one. Like the conflicting claims presented by both sides, even the proposed means to arrive at a resolution are poles apa
  • What if there’s no other life
    Imlisanen Jamir The first image from the James Webb Space Telescope portrayed a tiny speck of sky, which could be covered by a grain of sand if held up with one’s hands to the heavens. The telescope
  • Revitalising Nagaland University 
    Moa Jamir Increasingly, the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) published annually by the Union Ministry of Education, is being use as a measure to gauge, among others, the standing of the Higher
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