Straight from the Heart

  • Another Betrayal on the Horizon
    As the New Year 2017 dawned, the Nagas were greeted with very disturbing news that was enough to give any person with true Naga blood in him sleepless nights. With the New Year came the news of the Indian and M
  • The Very Heart of the Matter
    When God created man and woman and placed them in the garden, God’s intention was to let them complement each other and not to contradict each other. Yes, both of them were similar and the same in the sense t
  • The Phenomenon of Migration
    Migration is a world-wide phenomenon. Animals and birds migrate in search of food, habitat and in accordance with season. Men migrate in search of food, shelter, work and better life. At times, men are forced t
  • The Nagas’ Ironic Idea of Food
    In the olden times when the Nagas had not yet come into any sort of contact with the outside world, our society was basically an agrarian society. We cultivated and tilled our own lands. Besides rice which was
  • Touching the Hornet Nest Again
    Khrietuonyü Noudi  Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh, the Manipur BJP unit and some other frontal Manipur organizations seem to have reacted sharply to the visit of the Nagaland CM Mr. T.R. Zeliang to Senapati
  • The Spirit of a Fighter
    Usually I prefer to coin the titles of my articles myself from my own imagination and I don’t like borrowing or taking article titles from other sources. But the title of this article is not coined by me. The
  • A Case of Too Many Hands Spoiling the Curry
    I am a person who loves proverbs and wise sayings and over the years I have been touched and even inspired by many proverbs and this includes both biblical as well as secular proverbs. As such, whenever I ponde
  • The Sketch on the Wall
    Some weeks back I had gone up to the BOC junction for some personal works and it was during this time that I first came across the marvelous portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Che Guevara and others
  • Decoding the Naga Babel Tower
    I did my entire schooling in a school called Baptist English School and I appeared my matriculation exam in a school called Kohima English School (which was my examination centre for the HSLC exam). The common
  • AN ELEGY FOR DZÜKOU
    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
  • The Clash of Two Philosophies
    Jesus Christ and Mahatma Gandhi are undoubtedly two of the most iconic and influential personalities that ever walked on the surface of the earth. Their lives and teachings have inspired and influenced millions
  • Missing the Word by a Whisker
    While skeptics attempt to degrade the gospel account of Jesus’ birth and subsequent life, death and resurrection, none can deny the phenomenal impact of this man on all history. A child born to a poor family
  • A Belated Signature of Our Statehood
    On 3rd March 2014 (Monday), the Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio accompanied by a host of dignitaries laid the foundation stone for the first medical college in Nagaland at Phriebagei, Kohima. It was reported that th
  • The City of Ephesus
    Of all the ancient sites excavated and revealed by archeologists, the one that has fascinated me the most is the city of Ephesus. This ancient city of Ephesus is interesting and fascinating not just because of
  • Finding Answers beyond Science & Archeology
    Khrietuonyü NoudiMan has always wondered when and how exactly the human race must have begun. Those scientists who do not believe in the existence of a creator say that the whole universe just exploded out int
  • The Epitome of a Historical God
    Khrietuonyü NoudiSince the earliest of times, man has generally always believed that there must be a God who created everything that exists. And ever since human civilization began, human beings have been lite
  • The Re-Return of the Cock Party
    Apparently, the people of Nagaland have once again responded overwhelmingly with a big bang in favor of the ‘Cock Party’. Yes indeed, the NPF seems to have beaten the congress at its own game and the glory
  • Kohima – Mushkil Hai Jeena Yahan
    “Mushkil Hai Jeena Yahan, Zara Bachke Zara Jhoomke Yeh He Bombay Meri Jaan”. This is a song famously sung by comedian Johnny Walker in one of his black and white movies. The tune of the song itself is very
  • The Masterstroke of the NPF
    ‘You may say you are not interested in politics….. but still then, politics is interested in you’. This was what my political science lecturer used to tell us while I was doing my post-graduate studies in
  • Where Has My India Gone?
    During my high school years, I heard a proverb which somewhat went like this, “the luckiest man in the world is the man who has a Japanese job, an American salary, a German car and an Indian wife”. I guess
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