Intergenerational learning
The importance of and need for intergenerational learning is increasingly becoming relevant today as society progresses at a pace unmatched. In the olden days, intergenerational learning happened on a daily…
A pity tale of two cities?
The statement made by the Rising People’s Party today, stating that the Nagaland state government’s machinery is basically confined to Dimapur and Kohima areas only, is not wrong. One being…
BJP knows the game well
The news of the Central Election Committee of BJP selecting the name of S. Phangnon Konyak as its candidate for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Nagaland is a “surgical…
Readying for the future
We cannot know what the future will be like. The only thing we can know about the future is that it will be different. We need to also, therefore, think…
Kudos to FAC
Good news like that of the inauguration of Language Translation Center at Fazl Ali College are few and far between. The administration of the college and those involved with the…
Church and Politics – an odd proposal
The French military officer and statesman, Charles de Gaulle, was absolutely right when he said, “Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.” It is more…
Write to Empower
There are many ways to express one’s ideas, views and opinions on various issues and the most potent of them all is by writing them down. Of course, what is…
Overstaffed, yet inefficient
The disproportionately high number of government employees in Nagaland is mindboggling, to say the least. For a small state like Nagaland with a population of less than 20 lakhs to…
Herd mentality
If you have done something without wholly understanding it just because other people are doing it, that’s herd mentality. Human beings are social animals. For centuries, our brains have been…
AAP did it again
How the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) swept to power in Punjab by winning 92 seats in the 117-member state legislative assembly on March 10 is a very interesting political development…