Growing up in the heart of Kohima Village in the 1980s got me introduced to almost every important aspects and facets of the Angamis’ ‘idea and way of life’ from a very tender age. Being tutored and broug
TR Zeliang’s historic winning of the “Vote of Confidence” of his Government has completed one year. He moved the “Confidence Motion” of his Government when 22 NPF dissident legisla
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more (ESV) Revelation 21:1.
His-story is replete with prophetic utterances on the
Nagamese as official language scares us unless we are sure of the following points and since it is the present and future generations that will shoulder this responsibility, we should be thoroughly explained an
The ongoing debate for recognizing Nagamese as an official language is concerning. Amidst all the problems; state financial debt, unpaid salary or delay of salary payment, to corruption (of course) to Nagaland
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Nothing is comparable to the preciousness of human blood which is the most vital component of human beings. Every different product can be manufactured in manmade factory thro
I'm not against Nagamese developing as a common or Naga official language. But I'm also for balancing that with bilingualism - the language of your family and culture to speak at home, and Nagamese to g
First of all, I will like to state that I am not from a linguistic background. But being an historian I had done a brief research on the history of English language for this article. I would like to bring a com
Seventy years ago, on February 2, 1946, NNC-The Naga National Council was born- in Wokha, Nagaland. The NNC, unlike the NSCN IM or the NSCN K etc was not formed as a political organization influenced by any pol
Issue of Language is explosive in nature. One thing is because language is the core of one’s identity. I, for one will not speak or write Nagamese if it is promoted as an official language in its present
The search for just peace is about new life; it is about creativity and originality … Peace is not a single vision; it is a way of life
The need to evolve realistic and reflective praxis to tra
We 210 persons from 16 states of India, who are committed to promote peace, participated in the Second National Peace Convention held at Hotel Acacia, Dimapur, Nagaland from January 30 to February 01, 2016. The
I am constrained to write this article to refute T. Patkaipa’s misinformed as well as twisted Naga history which appeared in his article in the Morung Express on Jan.16, 2016. He wrote the article arrogan
Nagaland has become homes of many communities besides the official 16 tribes of the Nagas, each of which has different dialects/tongues identified with different culture characteristics. All these tongues are q
With all of our Naga ancestors acclaimed fervour of bravery and courage, their marked virtues of honesty, trustworthy merits replication even in today’s relativistic world. What’s unfolding before u
It is surprise to hear over the proposal of the government of India to promote Nagames as an official language of Nagaland. We do not know exactly, how Nagamese was developed in Nagaland. But it is learnt that
A plethora of education commissions and committees have been set up from time to time to look into the problems in the system of education, a great number of experiments in the process of education have been ta
We claimed to be Christians but we often exhibit unchristian life. Christians are followers of Jesus Christ but we tend to forget that through Christ, God became flesh and became part and parcel of our daily li
It’s almost 145 years since Christianity has touched this land. The statistic shows that 90.02% are professing Christians which in term of religious influence is far reached. But the inward reality of thi
“Behold, children are a gift of the LORD; the fruit of the womb is a reward” (Ps. 127:3, New American Standard Version).
Today the interest of parents (rich and poor alike) in their children&rsqu