Officers’ Absenteeism in Remote Nagaland
The concerns raised by the United Sangtam Students’ Conference (USSC) in Kiphire go beyond a single district complaint. They point to a deeper administrative pattern that has quietly taken root…
ILP Vindicated, But Enforcement Is the Real Test
The Gauhati High Court’s decision upholding the extension of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) regime to Dimapur, Chümoukedima and Niuland is a landmark affirmation of a system that many Nagas…
A Region Too Diverse for a One-Size Policy Lens
It is often convenient for policymakers to treat Northeast India as a single, compact administrative and developmental unit. In official discourse, the region is frequently bundled together, sometimes in the…
The World Cup Phenomenon in Nagaland
Just days before the FIFA World Cup 2026 kicked off, football fans in India faced the prospect of missing the world’s biggest sporting spectacle amid prolonged broadcasting negotiations. The eventual…
Completion Is Not Transformation
Nagaland is “the first state in the nation to have completed RUSA 2.0 successfully.” On the face of it, this is a significant administrative and infrastructural milestone. Delayed execution is…
Giving Back Must Become a Culture
At a time when conversations about development often revolve around government schemes, infrastructure projects and institutional interventions, the recent gesture by an entrepreneur in Salangtem Ward offers a reminder that…
A Basic Need, Finally Ordered
It is both sobering and encouraging that the High Court had to step in to direct what should have long been a basic feature of public health infrastructure in Nagaland.…
What a 30-Acre Sunflower Trial in Tuensang Tells Us
India remains heavily dependent on imported edible oils, meeting nearly 57 percent of its domestic demand through foreign markets. Annual imports stand at around 16 million tonnes, costing the country…
India’s politics has a youth problem
India is often described as a young nation. Political speeches repeatedly celebrate the country’s demographic advantage, its energetic youth population, and the promise of a generation that will supposedly drive…
Culture as a Catalyst, Not a Constraint
No culture is static. It evolves continuously, shaped by time, environment, and human experience. To imagine culture as something fixed in the past is to misunderstand its nature. Societies that…