The NSF turns to be one amongst the Naga Social Organizations who keep a wide gap between saying and doing. It is a great dismay that such a confident federation has mindlessly deceived the expectation of the p
Fatima BhuttoIT IS said the Bhuttos die young. This past month, Benazir Bhutto became the fourth young Bhutto to be killed violently and senselessly. In Garhi Khuda Bux, the Bhuttos’ ancestral graveyard, Bena
NavneetWhen the Berlin Wall collapsed the more affluent West Germany and her citizens did not want to share their wealth and privileges with East Germany who suffered much more as a nation post World War II.“
Evan FrischSenator Hillary Clinton’s remarks this month about the roles and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Lyndon Johnson provided fodder for countless blogs, opinion columns, and
Brian McCartanIndia, in the face of Western criticism, continues to economically engage Myanmar’s ruling generals, providing the junta a much-needed investment lifeline at a time when the US and European Unio
Niusha BoghratiAn Interview With Shirin Ebadi“Is America going to bomb us after all?” That has been the word on the streets in Iran for quite some months now. It is an issue too big to be ignored in day-to-
Limathung Yanthan (a.k.a Richard Carbo)Once upon a time, a young Naga boy carrying a dao, asked his father: “Why are we going into the jungle to cut down one bamboo tree? Why can’t we spend a few rupees and
Sinem SabanBy working as a teacher in Australia’s rural communities, Sinem Saban came to understand the forces that keep the country’s Aborigines at a disadvantage to the rest of society. She is currently m
Claude ArpiImagine a committee of the Left parties headed by veteran Marxist Jyoti Basu, with CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat, CPI-M Politburo member Sitaram Yechuri, CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan and
Brian McCartanA consensus is gathering that Myanmar’s State Peace and Development Council’s (SPDC) official version of events of its violent crackdown on street demonstrations in late September, continued d
Susan Waten NagaI was caught in traffic for 3 hrs (last year it took 4 hrs from Kisama to the local ground) on my way to Kisama from Kohima. I reached just on time to witness the spectacular performance of the
Tim JohnstonWhen Long Jack Phillipus, at the age of 12, walked out of Australia’s vast Gibson Desert in 1934 and saw white people for the first time, he found that he had no rights. Over the decades, he has s
Dr. Hesheto Y. ChishiHundreds of Thousand of tears shed, tens of thousands prayer prayed, thousands of speeches spoken, hundreds of reconciliation meetings held, hundred of articles published, tens of peace for
Bertil LintnerWith the opposition subdued and the authorities vigorously hunting down the organizers of the September demonstrations - and the international community held at bay with promises of more ineffectu
Y. Merina Chishi Nagaland has a comparatively high literacy rate than many other Indian states. But this has in no way broadened our minds. The young generation is so caught up in a web of comfort and mate
Rev L.Suohie MhasiNagas are of the same blood and each Naga Tribe can be identified as Nagas through the affinity of cultures. But our peoples were primitive and were placed under different administrative units
Gene StoltzfusAs I began to write this piece on First Nations people in the Americas my attention was drawn to current events surrounding the Armenian people in an article by Rupert Cornwell.A Congressional com
Abraham LothaThe tourist season in Nagaland is from November to March. But tourists, especially foreign (even if not permitted to visit all of Nagaland) are happy at the prospect of getting a birds eye view of
Distinction between NGOs and GONGOsNeichü Dz AngamiThe word NGO, non governmental organization, when translated in Chinese means ‘going against the government’, said Mae, our fabulous translator, while hel
Tezenlo ThongLately, an increasing number of Nagas seems to be awakening to the fact that our cultural practices and values need to be reclaimed and revived not only for ourselves but also for posterity. This i