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  • Nagaland is at the crossroad
    Politically Nagaland people are at the crossroad and economically not only bankrupt but under debt trap. 35 years of Shillong Accord without negotiation, 14 years of negotiation without solution, 10 years of Ce
  • What’s Wrong with Indian Democracy?
    A distinct feature of constitutional democracy is the impartial rule of law as opposed to high-handed rule by some individuals. For example, in constitutional democracy like United States, the President cannot
  • Mission Calling
    OH, HOW SWEET IS TO BE THEREComposed on 12 Jan 1957, Jorhat1.Oh, How sweet is to be thereIn quite hour of prayer,Sharing with Him all our cares,Our pains, our woes and our hopes!2. Oh, How sweet is to be thereW
  • Freeing bamboo from the state
    The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has written to states to include bamboo in the list of minor forest produce (MFP) and to take steps to facilitate its use, sale and management by communities
  • Sex ratio, patriarchy, and ethics
    India's sex ratio, among children aged 0-6 years, is alarming. The ratio has declined from 976 females (for every 1000 males) in 1961 to 914 in 2011. Every national census has documented a decline in the ratio,
  • Eradicate Stigma and Discrimination for our Children
    Every day we hear of instances of stigma and discrimination shown to HIV positive people in our society. And we generally perceive such instances of stigma and discrimination with HIV positive adult people. As
  • NABARD for Integrated Dev
    Orientation Training Programme for Leaders/Members of Self Help Groups at Phek district, Nagaland sponsored by NABARD Bank, Dimapur, Nagaland. The training provided the participants an opportunity to understand
  • Silent Racial Attack on Own Countrymen
    The case of Dhaula Kuan gangrape of 30 years old Mizo girl, an employee at BPO by five men in moving truck on midnight of November 23, 2010 had shocked the whole nation. It was not the first nor was last of the
  • Corruption: An Alternative Interpretation
    While the slogan against corruption is presently flying high in India, I think we need all the insights as possible to make sense of this phenomenon. A few questions come immediately to mind - What is corruptio
  • INFO U CAN USE
    Nagas by and large are perhaps ignorant when it comes to Technical Universities. It is primarily due to the non existence of an Engineering College in Nagaland even after it is established elsewhere in India fo
  • Is the Naga issue simply a game of calculations without a solution?
    Earlier, the ‘Naga Issue’ generally meant only a single dimension – the ‘Indo-Naga issue’. But now the “Naga Issue” may be said to be comprising of at least two dimensi
  • NO CHARGE FOR LOVE
    A  farmer had some puppies he needed to sell.  He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups and  set about nailing it to a post on the edge  of his yard. As he was  driving the last nail in
  • Irom Sharmila and Anna Hazare—A Comparative poem
    Today every pore of my body is screamingFor you IromThe screams were suppressed since when...Anger was coming out in my screams and protestsAs I was screaming and shouting for your release at VT stationMy being
  • Perspectives on ‘Journey of common hope’
    As the ‘Journey of common Hope’ looks forward to the proposed ‘highest level  meeting’ of the Naga political parties for its consummation, the mood in the  interim swings betwe
  • Mission Calling
    EASTERN THEOLOGICAL COLLEGEComposed on September 17, 1956, at JorhatDown in the plains , Close to the shiny hills,Back in the fall of fifty,To the saints cry both in the plains and Hills,As a lone star bright a
  • South Sudan: Reflections on a fragile state
    Despite continuing North-South tensions, intra-Southern fragility is now one of the most pressing concerns in Sudan, whether or not Khartoum is fuelling the flames of these insurrections. With independence due
  • Win a battle, lose a war
    CIVIL SOCIETY has won a profoundly important battle against corruption. But it could still lose the war. The activists who spearheaded the victory do not have a clear idea of what they are fighting for. They ru
  • RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005
    After almost 55 years since the coming into force of the Constitution of India, a national law providing for the Right to Information was passed by both House of Parliament on 12/13th May, 2005. It is undoubted
  • End of first-past-the-post voting?
    On May 5, Britain will hold a referendum on whether to ditch the time-tested voting system in favour of Alternative Vote, a light variety of proportional representation. There are two big dates coming up in Bri
  • Death, Restoration and Life
    One has read that there will be a special service for reconciliation, led by the Forum for Naga Reconciliation this Easter. This creates a mixed feeling of both happiness and sadness. Happiness because God is t
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