On selling traditional items
With the advent of the market economy coupled with information technology, and the emergence of e-commerce, business as we know it is changing right before our eyes. There are female…
A 100 Days
In a humble start, Mokokchung Times was launched exactly 100 days ago on January 21. We are immensely grateful to all who have been supporting us ever since we embarked…
Relevance of Moatsü
Moatsü is in the air. Our premier ancestral festival, Moatsümung, is defined by many as a spring season festival or a post sowing festival. The celebrations were about appeasing the…
Tomorrow might be too late
As indigenous communities, Nagas inherently have strong affiliation with nature. Or say, we used to have. The pace at which our natural heritage is depleting is a very serious problem…
Community participation in sports
Much has been written and spoken about the ongoing Dr. T. Ao Trophy XXII Inter District Football Championship 2022. The ups and the downs, the highs and the lows –…
Safety first
The most important thing for any human being is to be safe. Nothing is more tragic or greater a loss than death. Grieving the death of a loved one is…
Fuel mafia rule the roost
The Yimyu Ward Council (YWC) Mokokchung has on Thursday, April 21, written to the Deputy Commissioner of Mokokchung on the subject of suspected oil meter tampering at the NRL fuel…
Let’s buckle up and move on
It’s a pity that the highest level of Nagaland’s football is being played in the kind of playground that we have here in Mokokchung. So much has been said about…
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…