Editorial

  • A record breaking Parliament
    Imlisanen Jamir While public attention is mostly focused on the change in the special status of Jammu and Kashmir; the 17th Lok Sabha has been record breaking in its transaction of legislative business.
  • Transparency sans action
    Leaving aside the obvious politically complex trajectories and state of affairs  and looking from the prism of governance, Nagaland and Jammu & Kashmir share a  common trait presently. The two are
  • Toni Morrison’s legacy
    Witoubou Newmai   In a time when the world swings Right at a high pace and the “state is taken over from within”(Marxist thinker Aijaz Ahmad in quotation), the likes of Toni Morrison will become
  • Breaking barriers? 
    Circa 2019, arguably largest democracy in the world, India gave a massive mandate to a party, whose election manifesto, in all fairness, reiterated its “position since the time of the Jan Sangh to the abrogat
  • Abrogation of Article 370
    Dr. Asangba Tzudir   A Momentary Victory out of a Legal Fallacy?   The writing on the wall was already nailed when abrogation of Article 370 was included as an election manifesto of promis
  • In one clean sweep
    Imlisanen Jamir   They shut down an entire state, put political representatives under arrest, increased militarization, and forced people to remain indoors and shut up. Then they checked in to a slee
  • Honour thy farmers
    The state of Nagaland over the years successfully marketed itself as the ‘Land of Festivals.’ To harness the rich cultural heritage and intending to promote tourism, the state also started the Hornbill Fest
  • Simply Brobdingnagian 
    When the poll bugle blows, the litmus test for the clean election begins.  Predictably, in the run-up and announcement to the electoral process in Nagaland, there has had been perceptible pro-activeness of
  • On Happiness and Wellbeing
    Witoubou Newmai   In a time when the prevailing ‘rat-race’ has brought about vacuous state of lifestyles, more and more people around the world are getting inspired by the Bhutan’s idea of Gros
  • On Compilation of Personal Customary Practices
    Dr Asangba Tzudir The Nagaland Government has constituted a four-member committee headed by Chief Secretary for compilation of personal customary practices and usages of all the tribes in the state. Wh
  • To math students, teachers & the State
    Imlisanen Jamir   Against the backdrop of the not so surprising revelation that schools in Nagaland have not been able to achieve the desired level of performance in mathematics, here’s a message t
  • Do what you love? 
    Imlisanen Jamir Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life!  Before falling for the warmth of that promise, it’s vital to question, “Who, exactly, benefits from makin
  • On Compilation of Personal Customary Practices
    Dr. Asangba Tzudir   The Nagaland Government has constituted a four-member committee headed by Chief Secretary for compilation of personal customary practices and usages of all the tribes in the state.
  • Insulate electrical workers 
    In the last 5 years (since 2014-15), officially there were 23 accidents - 6 fatal, among the electrical workers in Nagaland according to a recent report published by The Morung Express.   Given the natu
  • Do what you love?
    By Imlisanen Jamir   Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life!   Before falling for the warmth of that promise, it’s vital to question, “Who, exactly, benefits fro
  • Insulate electrical workers 
    In the last 5 years (since 2014-15), officially there were 23 accidents - 6 fatal, among the electrical workers in Nagaland according to a recent report published by The Morung Express.     Gi
  • From the Moon, we discovered ourselves
    By Imlisanen Jamir   1970 saw the first Earth Day observation, which eventually became a worldwide celebration of our home planet. The subsequent years saw an emergence of environmental consciousness;
  • Of droughts and floods
    Witoubou Newmai As the impacts of Climate Change are becoming quite a herculean issue to be handled, and the world struggles with the issue without perceiving any definite predetermined end; it is an opportu
  • Naga food for the world
    Aheli Moitra At a friend’s wedding in Mon, there were 20 different meat dishes for guests. The animals that made it to the lunch table had been bred on different types of grain, various kinds of meat h
  • Bureaucrats in Policy Making?
    Dr Asangba Tzudir Policy making especially on matters of governance has remained a contentious issue. The latest on RIIN testifies such a predicament. The manner in which the state government came up wi
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