Slow down, BJP
With the last date of withdrawal of candidature for the February 27 pools in Nagaland coming to pass on Friday, as expected, a lot of political drama has been played…
Cash-for-votes culture
Cash-for-votes is a long existing menace in Indian electoral politics, a practice that has now become deeply entrenched in Nagaland state politics as well. An understanding of the factors driving…
Descend into oblivion
A society, culture or nation where the voice of its citizens are silenced and their rights curtailed is bound to digress from its path of progress and regress into a…
Clean e-roll for clean election
The Clean Election Prayer Rally initiated by the Ao Baptist Pastors’ Fellowship in collaboration with the District Administration and District Election Officer, Mokokchung on Tuesday was the right action and…
Behind the smokescreen
Like truth hidden behind a smokescreen of lies, politicians usually hide their ulterior motives shrouded behind their political grandstanding. We cannot totally blame them for that because it is part…
Widespread, wide ramifications
When we say corruption, we generally refer to dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery. While this generic definition of corruption is correct, we have to…
Understand the Budget
This being a pre-election year, there were wide expectations that the Union Budget would announce populist measures. And, as expected, not many people in Nagaland will have the interest to…
Paradox of Voting
The paradox of voting, also called Downs’ paradox, is that for a rational, self-interested voter, the costs of voting will normally exceed the expected benefits. The act of voting involves…
Rational Ignorance
It is literally impossible for anybody to know everything about everything even if he is a genius. As such, each person must individually decide what he thinks is worth knowing…