A lesson for Mokokchung
During the precursor to the 1st Nagaland CSR & Investment Conclave held at State Banquet Hall, Kohima on July 4, Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio rightly said that CSR coupled…
Lack of Interest in Science
Science is a field of study that includes a systematic and logical approach to discovering how things in the universe work. It is also the body of knowledge accumulated through…
The Plight of Science Education
How do Naga people view the value of an educational institution? When it comes to science education in a school, the rates of HSLC and HSSLC exam results are more…
Selflessness
There is a Greek proverb that goes, “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.” The basic interpretation of this proverb is…
Too many Arts students
For the keen observer, it seems every academic examination result portents doom for Nagaland. At the recently declared NBSE/HSLC Examination 2022 results, we saw that a total of 28,938 students…
Mokokchung: Whatever Happened to the Cleanest City?
Mokokchung town was awarded the “Cleanest City in North East India under the Population of 25 to 50 Thousand Category” by the ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in 2020…
Dignity of Labor
We are often told to uphold dignity of labor. But what exactly is dignity of labor? Our leaders and elders very often exhort us to uphold dignity of labor, often…
SUP Ban – No Zeal for the Deal
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), a government body under the Ministry of Environment, has issued a notice to ban single-use plastics from 1st July 2022. The manufacturing, importation, stocking,…
On realignment of NH-702D
It has been learnt that there is a proposal for realignment of the existing NH-702D (Mokokchung-Mariani Road) at chainage 66.00 Km Chungtiayimsen to Longjongkong (New Camp) at chainage 30.00 Km.…
Early Decades of 150 Years
As Nagaland celebrates 150 Years of Christianity, this column would like to beg the question of why (not how) the Gospel spread among the Ao Nagas at such a rapid…