A people’s movement
Language is a fundamental bond that unites a people. We know that if we lose our mother language, we will lose our cohesion and, along with it, our identity. While…
Extreme weather events
Extreme weather event is a weather event such as snow, rain, drought, flood, or storm that is rare for the place where it occurs. If you remember the news, the…
Hunting or Poaching?
Hunting, as a way of life, is in the blood of the Nagas. That is a common refrain we hear whenever there is any talk on the importance of wildlife…
A Long Walk
The announcement by the Rising People’s Party to kick-start its campaign for the Nagaland Legislative Assembly Elections 2023, with a walk, came as a bit of a surprise. Normally, in…
Clean Election
The campaign for Clean Election in Nagaland, spearheaded by the Church, is a much needed movement. Unclean election is regarded as the root cause of all evils in Naga society…
Realpolitik or Machiavellianism?
The formation of United Democratic Alliance (UDA) government in Nagaland has effectively given the state an opposition-less government for the second time now. The political parties say that UDA was…
Backdoor Appointment
The recent exposé on alleged ‘backdoor appointment’ in the Technical Education Department by the Raising People’s Party, has once again revealed the ugly reality of unabated power abuse by our…
Active Transparency and Good Governance
In the 1990s, the World Bank became the first international institution to adopt the concept of Good Governance. In its 1992 report entitled “Governance and Development”, the notion of Good…