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…
Ao literary renaissance
Did you know that the first book on Ao Naga Grammar with Illustrations, Phrases and Vocabulary was published as early as in 1893? That was 129 years ago. Speaking from…
Let good news make news too
The passing away of 79-year old Shamila, a live-in domestic helper, who was provided due care in her sick bed and given a proper funeral rite by the family she…
Cultural Heritage
There are some English words that we hear every day and we take them for granted without actually understanding what they really mean. Words like development, progress, culture, self-reliance, economy,…
February 10: Imagination and Entrepreneurship
Imagination is the ability of forming mental images, sensations and concepts in a moment when they are not perceived through sight, hearing or other senses. It is the product of…
February 9, 2022: Mokokchung needs social entrepreneurs
A social entrepreneur is defined as a person who pursues novel initiatives that have the potential to solve community-based problems. A social entrepreneur is someone who recognizes social problems and…
February 8: Sports is an Industry
Professional sports is big business. The global sports annual market value is almost $400 billion. The cumulative sales of sportswear in India alone have grown to over Rs 9000 crore…
February 7: We are all villagers
Every Naga is a villager. A villager does not simply mean someone who resides in the village. One may not be residing in a village but, in the Naga context,…