When the head rots: Nagaland’s moral and political decay
As crimes rise and silence deepens, Monalisa Changkija’s searing essay exposes how an opposition-less State has lost its moral compass and accountability from top to bottom.
In the patriarchal package | Monalisa Changkija
Early this month the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) listed Nagaland as the Safest State for Women in India once again. Obviously, a celebratory record for this State. However, the…
“Men at Work” not “Work in Progress” | Monalisa Changkija
An adage says it is the journey not the destination that counts. If so, the journey on the Dimapur-Kohima National Highway 29, about 74 kms, is disillusioning. Over a decade…
Deserving our tomorrow | Monalisa Changkija
Early July, as elsewhere across the region, Nagaland too saw heavy rains that not only flooded several parts of Dimapur including colonies but also caused floods in the hilly capital…
These days aren’t those days | Monalisa Changkija
These are not those days. These days similitude to those days is almost imperceptible and appear to be some kind ‘cracy’. Could be some kind of ‘ego-cracy or ‘mouthocracy’ or…
Bucket with a million minuscule holes | Monalisa Changkija
Foreign and domestic colonialism is an old story probably dating back to biblical times, which over time has taken numerous and varied shapes and sizes impacting every aspect of all…
Being a village | Monalisa Changkija
Please find the speech of Monalisa Changkija at International Women’s Day celebration at Kohima Respected Chairperson and Members of the NSCW, dignitaries of the Social Welfare Department, other Government Departments/agencies,…
‘New tricks’ of technology | Monalisa Changkija
Education will always remain the core concern for all countries. It is, after all, the foundation of any country’s growth, development, progress and prosperity that would propel it onto the…
Actually Lived | Monalisa Changkija
(Speech of Monalisa Changkija during A Kevichusa Citizenship Award and Chalie Kevichusa Essay Award on December 20) Greetings In all honesty, I cannot claim to have known Chalie Kevichusa well…