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…
The debate will go on
As the debate on the Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition (NLTP) Act, 1989 rages on, the Ao Baptist Arogo Mungdang (ABAM) has just declared its position on the issue in the…
Two expected resolutions
The consultative meeting held on Wednesday at the State Banquet Hall, Kohima, where more than 150 representatives of various political parties, civil society organizations and intellectuals discussed two critical issues…
The next Rajya Sabha MP
With the Election Commission of India declaring the schedule for the biennial election to the Council of States or Rajya Sahba to fill the seats of retiring members, a lot…