Editorial

  • Missing in action 
    With less than a week left for the bye-elections to two constituencies in Nagaland, campaigning, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, is in full swing. Amidst ‘boisterous rallies’ and active social media
  • Hornbill... Please excuse me this year
    Dr Asangba Tzudir Amid the growing number of COVID-19 positive cases in Nagaland especially in the state Capital, and the Commercial district, a circular was issued by the Tourism department requesting
  • Condemn but be aware
    Imkong Walling In pop culture, ‘With great power comes great responsibility,’ is a phrase that has come to be associated with the fictional superhero Spider-Man. It is obvious enough what it impl
  • Nobel Peace Prize 2020
    Witoubou Newmai What does it mean for us? What does it speak to a society like ours when the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP)?
  • Festivals in times of COVID-19
    Veroli Zhimo As festive season beckons, faith and safety must tread together  The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a shadow on the onset of the festive season in India, starting with Durga Puja festiv
  • 'Trusted Consumer Meter Reading'
    Dr Asangba Tzudir With rapid urbanization and expansion of township, the demand for power has been on the rise. There has also been a steady rise in the use of electrical appliances especially Air conditione
  • Brand activism
    Imlisanen Jamir Although the internet has provided space to discuss issues of social importance, it has also popularized a commodified form of social justice activism. The language used by social justice
  • Worrying indicators 
    ‘Super-Spreader Events and Super-Spreaders’ was the somewhat curious main topic of the Issue Number 15 of the ‘COVID-19 Weekly Bulletin’ issued by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Pro
  • Bad reports for 'COVID Winter'
    Witoubou Newmai It is far from reassuring regarding the coming ‘COVID winter’ as several reports do not give us reasons to feel fine. The reports say the number of COVID-19 cases will rise during
  • ‘Limiting’ temperance
    On October 9, the Dimapur Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) urged the State Government and all stakeholders to “thoroughly study the boon and bane of NLTP Act 1989” and suggested for either bringing
  • SSA-RMSA Issue
    Dr Asangba Tzudir In contemporary times, the modern State brings a nexus between ‘sovereign power’ and the human life where the biological life is integrated into the politics of the ‘polit
  • Keeping our guard up
    Imlisanen Jamir Rising COVID-19 transmission among the young in Nagaland is threatening to provide the disease with a gateway into the wider population. Since lockdown restrictions were relaxed in the Sta
  • October to (un)remember 
    Imkong Walling October 2019 was a period in time to (un)remember. As one would recall, a combination of events uncannily came together giving rise to an atmosphere of trepidation with the protracted Indo-Nag
  • Nagas in billiard ball situation
    Witoubou Newmai Can we insist on a different cogent note to our story?   American psychiatrist and author Thomas Anthony Harris said in his celebrated book, “I’m OK-You’re OK”
  • The sound of silence
    Veroli Zhimo No section of the society is immune to the suffering inflicted by the cumulative failure of successive governments in Nagaland. The Naga people’s experience with governments and governance
  • On reopening of educational institutions
    Dr Asangba Tzudir In compliance with Unlock 4 guidelines, schools were partially reopened from September 21. With Unlock 5, states and union territories are now given the freedom to decide on reopening of sc
  • Potent reminder
    Political pundits in the United States often speak of the ‘October surprise,’ alluding to breaking news events with potential to alter the trajectory of the presidential race in the culminating mont
  • Manipulating the masses
    Imlisanen Jamir A lesson that jumps out of the pages of history is that leaders, political or otherwise, can and will manipulate the masses.  Leaders can strategically manipulate emotion and appeal t
  • Examine your mirror
    Witoubou Newmai There has been ‘foreverness’ regarding people who are trying to feel good, albeit in varying degrees or variations. The endeavours to achieve these variations have been the reas
  • Expand focus areas
    Nagaland Government has lots of intents, which seldom concretise. With COVID-19 and the resultant economic challenges brought about by the global pandemic, the State Government seems to be keen to show a sembla
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