Need For Research
Oxfam India’s “Survival of the Richest: The India Supplement” reveals some stark findings proving that the gap between the rich and the poor is indeed widening. “Survival of the Richest”…
Imminence of President’s Rule?
It will not be wrong to say that the latest political developments in Nagaland state are stranger than fiction. The Bharatiya Janata Party is tight lipped when it comes to…
Progress is not always progress
As Friedrich Nietzsche said, silence is worse because all truths that are kept silent become poisonous. By remaining silent, we are guaranteeing our own slow death. If we look around…
UCC: The Sword of Damocles?
It is indeed interesting to learn that our legislators talk about the contentious Uniform Civil Code in the public sphere. Two senior legislators have within this week itself spoken out…
Ghost villages
Rural-urban migration is the movement of people from the countryside to the city, or from the villages to the towns in our context. Rural to urban migration causes growth of…
Economics of cricket
With a total net worth of $2.25 billion, the governing body of cricket in India, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is arguably one of the strongest…
Community leadership
We tend to expect someone else to improve the livelihood or living condition of the community we live in but seldom do we take it upon ourselves to do the…
Football is getting even bigger
The ongoing FIFA Men’s World Cup has seen some interesting turns of events, records made or broken, as well as a number of upsets. As the quarterfinals stages are about…
Gerontocracy is not ideal
Traditionally, Naga society and Indian society in general have been taught to respect and obey elders. It is commonly stated that Asians have a long history of respecting elders. Of…
Unity and cohesion
We often hear and talk about unity but seldom do we do that about cohesion. Both unity and cohesion may seem to mean the same thing but they are actually…