When Shinchosha decided not to run a pre-marketing campaign for Haruki Murakami's new and highly anticipated two-volume novel, the publishing house must have banked on the book creating its own hype. It worked.

High blood pressure or hypertensionhas become a common disease for many people today, especially for those living in urban areas. High blood pressure or hypertension is one factor causing strokes, heart attacks

Former All Naga Students Association, Manipur (ANSAM) chief who reigned the longest tenure in the association talks to Newmai News Network on his political inning.  Newmai News Network: Mr. Kho John,

Imtinaro LongkumerJust the third year to have cell phones in the state and look around today, one will find almost every person with a cell phone in hand. Not getting critical, but in fact it has served to have

An Iowa believer reveals how he lost his heart to the Nagas and why he travels to be with them each yearCourtesy ASSIST News Service (ANS)It is a long way from the small Iowa town of Hiawatha to Nagaland, the m

Ajung LongkumerChristmas, Christmas, Christmas, all is said and done and it’s passed with the time. It sounds so good and I wish that we could hold and saved it all the time. But, things have to go on accordi

(This, story perhaps is only small in its way, but as you read through this, when you share a smile this Christmas with ones you care for, let this story remind you to reach out to those who have never known Ch

Agnes Krocha We complain that are streets are dirty but we don’t realize we are the ones dirtying it. With the festive season here many complain when the lights go out and there is load shedding. It’s

Kedi Haralu Camp: Dimapur and New DelhiSince Nagaland is a state full of important VIP’s and “wannabe” VIP’s, here’s some traffic rules to follow. This is to educate us illiterates on how to &nbs

N. ArheOn any given day, one would wonder, what a housewife, a social worker, doctor, bureaucrat and a police officer would have in common. It’s another matter if one would belive that it is “faith” that

Tim SullivanIt’s an unused cornfield at the edge of an isolated village, an empty plot of earth that the police flattened with a backhoe and hosed down with a water tanker. But villagers take off their shoes

Agnes KrochaWe live in a plastic world. Plastics have become an indispensable part of our every day lives.We see it everywhere – it has become a common place in our homes, offices, schools and almost every wa

Agnes Krocha More than two decades have passed since one of the worst chemical disasters in history took place on that fateful night of December 2, 1984, in Bhopal. The actual scenario of what went wrong j

ThanthanCarrying a 19,000 kg load on your back gives a queasy feeling, especially when you’re traveling along a dicey national highway strewn with not-so-pretty potholes. As I clamber onto the truck that is t

(Smoke + Fog + Air Pollutants = Smog)Agnes Krocha With the onset of winter, the days have been turning foggier and mistier. In some places of the world I guess it’s so foggy that you can’t see the pers

Former United Naga Council (UNC) President and Advocate L. Benjamin,  considered as an intellectual in our society, in a tete-a-tete with Newmai News Network (NNN) on the prevailing situation in the region

By Shah PaungThe ongoing militarization of Karen State by Burma’s Tatmadaw, or armed forces, has redefined the role of women in Karen communities as they accept greater leadership roles and adopt new strategi

Agnes Krocha A small stream that cuts across the bottom of two hills dividing two colonies of Kohima was once the habitat of small fishes and crabs.Livingnearby the stream, it was always so much fun in my

Nehemiah RongTraversing through the tricky zigzag road of National Highway 39, one gets a glimpse of the panoramic view of the high hills, steep gorges, meandering streams, terrace fields and comes across many

Agnes KrochaThis is the statement of an unknown environmentalist, a Red Indian Chief, who replied to the Great White Chief in Washington (President of USA) regarding his proposal for sale of land more than 150