They don’t protest against the good
The Greek philosopher Aristotle in his book Politics written in the year 350 BC states: ‘very state is a community of some kind, and every community is established with a…
Plan before planting / The elephant in the room
Plan before planting It is in a way painful to know that the two grand Silver Oak trees near IMDH have been felled by the hospital authority, and yet it…
Preserve or Revive?
Earlier this year on February 21, the Ao Kaketshir Mungdang observed an event to mark World Mother Language Day. As part of the event, AKM declared the results of a…
Mainstreaming Mokokchung
Every once in a while, we ought to flip through the pages of history to remind ourselves of where we come from. Mokokchung, up until the late 1980s, as history…
Belonging is good, Tribalism is not
Human beings are a social species. We are given to living and commuting in familiar groups. Our need for empathy, compassion and communication is in our nature – that is…
Personal responsibility
A poor workman blames his tools. We often see people performing poorly or unsuccessfully but laying blame on external factors rather than taking responsibility for their own failure. A worker…
One person can make change happen
Expecting every citizen of Mokokchung to be united in purpose at all times would be too idealistic and impractical. Agreeing to take a rational stand on all issues cannot be…
This is not healthy
Amid the row and sharp reaction over the statement by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah that all the eight North East States have agreed to make Hindi compulsory up…
A meaty problem
The recent price revision of pork by the Mokokchung Municipal Council (MMC) within Mokokchung municipal jurisdiction that came into immediate effect was necessitated because of the increase of price in…