Aheli Moitra
When elections to the Urban Local Bodies were to take place in February 2017, it presented us with the first opportunity in Nagaland to observe how women campaign for political positions on a la
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Dr Asangba Tzüdir Even before a single vote is cast someone is already elected uncontested out of the 195 candidates for the upcoming Nagaland Assembly election while stray incidents of violence have al
Imlisanen Jamir In 2014, The Morung Express published a little story commemorating The World Radio Day, with the hope that this often ignored medium in the internet age, fulfils its potential to help a state
What’s happening in Nagaland! What will be polls plank of the prominent parties! Will the concept of anti-incumbency factor ever apply in the state! A reporter from a national daily wondered observing the
Witoubou Newmai In less than two weeks’ time, the Naga team led by the United Naga Council (UNC) will engage in another round of tripartite talks with the State Government of Manipur and the Gov
Aheli Moitra Around August 2017, a series of videos about Nagaland were released on video-sharing site, YouTube. Loaded with a bunch of false information, each video was released by a different, but seemingl
Imlisanen Jamir Polls to the Nagaland State Assembly seem inevitable, and in an ideal world, elections are a good thing. But we don’t live in an ideal world; and Nagaland is the farthest thing away fro
On August 1, 2017, India's Health and Family Welfare Minister, JP Nadda informed Rajya Sabha that the ‘Estimated Incidence of cancer cases’ in Nagaland from 2014-2016 was 3882. The Minister was
Witoubou Newmai What should have been the finest time for the Naga people appears destined to become a nightmare as the Naga society is left to see the ‘cordial affairs’ disrupted. Are
Aheli Moitra To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing en
Dr. Asangba Tzüdir The ‘tussle’ between ‘solution’ and ‘election’ has reached such a point of unpredictability and uncertainty, where it has chances of going both way
Imlisanen Jamir We’re great at the ‘lighter’ side of the academic milieu, while not having a particular knack for the more ‘rigorous’ disciplines. That is a quasi-raci
On January 30, 2017, an indefinite bandh spearheaded by the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) “compelled” by the state government’s decision to “forcefully conduct the civic body electi
Aheli Moitra Remember this time last year? 395 candidates had filed nominations to contest elections to Urban Local Bodies in Nagaland State. If the election had been held on February 1, 2017, wome
Dr Asangba Tzüdir “Solution before Election” & “Election for Solution” Initially, the ‘opposition-less’ situation in the Nagaland Legislative Assem
Imlisanen Jamir It’s all so exciting isn’t it? Just 12 hours after the Election Commission of India announced dates for polls to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, the considerat
The poll bugle has already been sounded in Nagaland. With perceptible activism in air, it was unofficially blowing for a long time, till the formal announcement on January 18 by the Election Commission of India
Witoubou Newmai Emergence of too many power centres is detrimental to the collective Naga movement “If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark, and shameful corridors of time r
Aheli Moitra In many pockets of the Indian Union, it has been observed that historically oppressed groups, like the Dalits, are surging past historically powerful groups in terms of education. A Dalit rights
Dr Asangba Tzüdir The Naga day celebration, centered on the call to all Nagas to come as one without borders, has created a process of Naga reconciliation but there seem to be certain underc
