On religion and culture
What is religion? And what is culture? Religion and culture have separate definitions but their common elements considerably overlap each other in practice. This overlap leads to instances where religious…
Hopeless ideal?
What is clean election? Ask ten people to explain it and there is sure to be ten different answers. The responses will be even more diverse when the question is…
What’s in a name?
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” This is Juliet’s line when she is telling Romeo that a…
Gratefulness
What the Apostle Paul wrote in the Book of Ephesians: “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of…
Naga communitarianism and elections
With the next assembly elections scheduled for early 2023, we are already beginning to hear reports of village Senso Mungdang declaring consensus candidates. Here, we are practicing a philosophy that…
Mental health and climate change
Climate change is affecting mental health, psychological wellbeing, and their social and environmental determinants. Acute temperature increase, heatwaves, and humidity have been associated with worsened mental health outcomes and increased…
Beyond politics of statehood
As the chief minister of Nagaland has reportedly said, the demand for Frontier Nagaland state is not wrong. The fundamental basis of demand by Eastern Nagaland People’s Organization (ENPO) for…
Election woes
As the election cycle approaches, we will be hearing a lot of interesting reports. As the contesting parties start politicking with the objective of raking in as many votes as…
A woman MLA
That there never has been a woman elected to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly is a known fact. In Naga society, women and youth are traditionally not given the responsibility to…
A lost heritage
So many changes have occurred in livestock management in recent decades leading to a considerable decline in the diversity of indigenous livestock breeds. As society progressed, all attention was focused…