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…
Truth be told, the whole truth
If the advancement of a community were to be judged by the manner in which they participate in elections, Mokokchung would be hands down the most backward district in Nagaland.…
Escalating poll-related violence
Democracy and violence are inextricably linked, and even the world’s most mature democracies have been unable to break the link. Election-related violence is not uncommon in Nagaland, and it is…
Let the youth be the youth
One of the most common refrains in public discourse in our context is “the future belongs to the youth.” However, there is a logical fallacy here. The youth of today…
Linguistic imperialism
According to the United Nations, 40 percent of the global population does not have access to education in a language they speak or understand. We fall under that 40 percent…