Preserve or Revive?
Earlier this year on February 21, the Ao Kaketshir Mungdang observed an event to mark World Mother Language Day. As part of the event, AKM declared the results of a…
Mainstreaming Mokokchung
Every once in a while, we ought to flip through the pages of history to remind ourselves of where we come from. Mokokchung, up until the late 1980s, as history…
Belonging is good, Tribalism is not
Human beings are a social species. We are given to living and commuting in familiar groups. Our need for empathy, compassion and communication is in our nature – that is…
Personal responsibility
A poor workman blames his tools. We often see people performing poorly or unsuccessfully but laying blame on external factors rather than taking responsibility for their own failure. A worker…
One person can make change happen
Expecting every citizen of Mokokchung to be united in purpose at all times would be too idealistic and impractical. Agreeing to take a rational stand on all issues cannot be…
Somebody please evaluate MGNREGS
In 2005, India introduced a national anti-poverty program NREGA, now called the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), which offers up to 100 days of unskilled manual labor…
This is not healthy
Amid the row and sharp reaction over the statement by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah that all the eight North East States have agreed to make Hindi compulsory up…
On Cleanliness Drives
We have all heard the cliché “Cleanliness is next to godliness” but what does it really mean? It could mean different things to different people but the common understanding is…
Traffic etiquette and politeness
Obeying traffic rules is obeying lay, but not observing traffic etiquette is reflecting your true character. Traffic or road etiquette and politeness is the foundation of any driving culture. In…
Forget tree planting, start tree growing
Almost everybody nowadays knows about the importance of trees and we hear a lot of people talk about planting trees, but seldom do we talk about growing trees. Tree-planting is…