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  • Naga Unification ‘the beginning of the end’
    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
  • Myanmar back on a roadmap to nowhere
    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
  • Dignity of labour
    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
  • Nagas Unity
    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
  • First Nations People: Compensation and Apology
    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
  • Flapping the Wings of Hornbill Festival
    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
  • The NGO concept in China
    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 helping m
  • Hornbill festival and tourism: What are their likely cultural and social costs?
    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
  • A First Hand Experience and Witness to the recent 14 NAP (IR) Recruitment Rally
    Longkumba AoIn the wake of the recent protest that marred the recruitment rally for ABSI to 14 NAP (IR) Battalion, as an aspirant to the post of ABSI I would like to pen down certain anomalies and favoritism wi
  • India Myanmar policy and the Mizoram connection
    Sanjoy HazarikaIndias evolving political approach to events in Myanmar (Burma) is moving fairly rapidly: it now appears in conformity with a large section of international opinion, advocating internal dialogue,
  • Making mockery of Democracy
    Patricia MukhimIndia is surrounded by military dictatorships. Recent developments in Pakistan reveal the chaotic nature of despotic rule. On the eastern flank, Myanmars rule of terror where democratic protests
  • ‘We need to be creative about federalism'
    Dr Manmohan SinghIt is indeed a matter of great honour and happiness for us that the 4th International Conference on Federalism is being held in India. As one of the newer members of the Forum of Federations, w
  • Naga Women in Politics
    Patricia MukhimAt least three states of the North East are headed for the Assembly polls in early 2008. While elections in themselves have become meaningless or been made redundant by the very inefficacy of the
  • Myanmar’s generals hit where it hurts
    Bertil LintnerFor Htet Tay Za, a 19-year-old member of Myanmars elite who attends an exclusive and expensive international school in Singapore, life is often a party. A picture recently obtained by the Chiang M
  • Customizing students with present Nagaland
    S VarahWhat is in a name anyway? Is it a crime that students learn about the Naga even though the term Naga may have differing or variable interpretations? Hindi text books for classes I-VIII (Nagaland edition)
  • Freedom Struggle, Violence and State
    Firdous SyedFreedom struggles all over the world are facing a typical predicament today, a Catch-22 situation put forth by the fact that a monolithic modern state which understands the language of violence only
  • UN fiddles while Myanmar burns
    Bertil LintnerAre the United Nations and its agencies becoming part of the problem rather than the solution in Myanmar? That is what many Myanmar people are asking themselves as UN Special envoy Ibrahim Gambari
  • Many feet one step
    Charu SoniAS YOU READ this, some 25,000 men and women from across Indias Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are making their way up the Grand Trunk Road, walking over 340km from Gwalior to the capital, cover
  • Why China will not allow democracy in Myanmar
    Claude ArpiIn Burma, the situation seems to be settling down. Is it for the good of the people? That is another question.  Anyhow, the brutal generals and Aung Saan Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate,
  • Discussion on indigeneous people
    I welcome and do appreciate Dr. Hesheto Y. Chishi and Naga Peoples Movement for Human Right (NPMHR) who has discussed on my article Nagas are not indigenous people, which appeared in Nagaland dailies on 18th Se
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