Against all odds
The farther you go away from Mokokchung, the easier your life becomes – and more fulfilling. Or so it seems. It has now become cliché to even talk about how…
Murder at the altar
Regardless of the Election Commission of India and the Chief Electoral Office of Nagaland’s claims, the recently held assembly election in Nagaland was neither successful nor peaceful. It was not…
Basking In Reflected Glory
BIRGing is a word derived from the acronym, BIRG, which stands for — basking in reflected glory. It is used to describe the tendency of individuals to associate themselves with…
BJP charades
The so-called Modi wave failed miserably in Meghalaya. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top guns of the BJP including Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam CM Himanta Sarma who…
The answer is Rio
The results of the elections to the 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly have been announced, and it is now amply clear that there is not going to be a change in…
Short public memory
The current election cycle will culminate with the declaration of results and a new government will be sworn in shortly thereafter. All the election-related violence along with all the dirty…
Bogus voters
It will be difficult to dismiss the claim that almost every polling station in Mokokchung, or Nagaland for that matter, has bogus entries in its electoral roll, be it in…
Back to square one
As the dust settled after the polls on February 27, there was an air of uneasy calm in most constituencies across Mokokchung district. Despite the Election Commission dubbing it the…
Dirty Election
If you closely observe the manner in which state assembly elections are held in Nagaland, you know you would most probably come to the conclusion that all’s not fair and…
No worthy opponent
It is known to everyone that the Indian National Congress party in Nagaland does not even have a single MLA in the last two legislative assemblies of the state. The…