Progress and Development
Words like ‘progress’ and ‘development’ have become clichéd. However, these two words need to be revisited time and again and their meanings reinterpreted as demanded by the changing times and…
Political debates for Clean Election
The Rising People’s Party’s live debate challenge offered to parties in power, first to the NDPP and then to its partners in the UDA alliance including NPF and BJP, is…
African Swine Fever
Just one day after the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services in Mokokchung informed the local press of the prevalence of suspected African Swine Fever and Porcine Reproductive and…
Whipping baking business
It is uplifting to see a number of young people, especially young women, engaged in baking. On a basic level, virtually any food can be “baked” by burying it in…
On weekly bazaar
In 2015, the Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce & Industry wrote a three-page memo to the Deputy Commissioner of Mokokchung on the legitimacy of mushrooming ‘Weekly Bazaar’ markets in and around…
Special guests
The culture of inviting chief guests to special events has become so deeply rooted in our society today so much so that we just cannot do away with it. We…
Encourage to discourage hunting
For Nagas, hunting as a community practice is steeped in history and culture. Hunting goes beyond the act of killing and eating – or selling. For us, it is a…
No panacea for the mother of all ills
Everybody knows that electoral malpractice is the root cause of all that ails Naga society today. In theory, elections make democracy work but the reality is that electoral malpractice and…
Compare and contrast
On May 10, the 1st Nagaland Edu Connect Conclave got underway at the magnificent Capital Convention Center, Kohima in the presence of the Advisor for School Education, and SCERT, Nagaland…
Traditional foods
Traditional foods may be defined as food eaten by people over the longer course of civilization and which have supported health – cultivated, produced, and harvested from the earth and…