Editorial

  • Saving seeds of Survival
    Two gatherings held within days of each other, one in Chümoukedima and another in Kezoma village, have pointed to the same testimonial, Nagalands food future is being decided in its past. At the Ecologies of C
  • Disaster Preparedness
    Vishü Rita KrochaMore than ever, disaster preparedness has become a critical global concern. With increasing issues of climate change being witnessed everywhere across the world and the frequency with which hu
  • Can Nagaland’s new industrial policy deliver?
    Moa JamirTwenty-five years after Nagaland adopted its Industrial Policy in 2000, the new Nagaland Trade, Investment and Industrial Policy (NTIIP) 2025 represents less a break with the past than an attempt to co
  • Gaming was the escape, now its the job
    Imlisanen JamirAt the NBCC convention hall in Kohima on August 28, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio inaugurated the Tech X Gaming Expo by telling Nagalands young people that they need not leave the state to find thei
  • What gets left behind
    Imlisanen JamirA virtual world called Active Worlds went online in 1995, at a time when the internet in most of the world, including here in Nagaland, was barely a presence in daily life, and the idea of steppi
  • The case for transparency
    In Nagaland, both the printed and digital word carries the same weight and same burden of trust. Yet a quiet erosion is being observed across the states media landscape, the blurring of lines between journalism
  • Uncomfortable Truths
    Vishü Rita KrochaCorruption has long been a point of discussion in the Naga society. The fight for transparency and accountability has also, often led the public to the streets. But the vicious cycle still con
  • Priceless values, cheap integrity
    -A deafening silence over endemic corruption in NagalandMoa JamirOver a decade ago, this column reflected on A Deafening Silence, prompted by a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report detailing widespread
  • Water’s Right of Way
    Imkong Walling Monsoon floods go back a long, long way. Rainwater and overflowing rivers inundating the Brahmaputra floodplains seldom fail to leave a trail of destruction. The scale of the July 2026
  • The century that repeats itself
    Imlisanen JamirWhen the writer W. David Marx published Blank Space this past autumn, he gave a name to something many people had already sensed without being able to argue it properly, that the twenty-first cen
  • Patriotism in a song
    Vishü Rita KrochaAs a predominantly Christian state with distinct cultural identities protected under unique constitutional provisions like Article 371(A), the government's directive mandating the full six-sta
  • What can we hope for in Naga society?
    In his essay What Can We Hope For in Society?, Christian ethicist John C Bennett wrote for a Western, mid-century Christendom still measuring itself against the enlightenment idea of progress. Yet his central a
  • Nagaland’s demographic reckoning
    From record growth to unprecedented decline, Census 2027 offers Nagaland a chance to settle the numbersMoa JamirNagaland enters Census 2027 with a demographic record unlike any other State. In the 2001 Census,
  • Indigenous Knowledge as Climate Defence
    As Nagaland faces erratic monsoons, warming winters, and increasingly unpredictable growing seasons, a quieter conversation is unfolding in the state, one that predates the language of "climate resilience" alto
  • NSDMA’s non clarifying clarification
    Imlisanen JamirThe Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority has produced, in the space of a single press release, a small masterclass in answering every question except the one that was asked, and answering
  • Do not break the child a second time
    Every few months, a case involving a minor - abuse, trafficking, or exploitation, surfaces in Nagalands news cycle, is discussed with urgency for a few days, and is then allowed to fade. What is rarely examined
  • Shared culture and shared textiles
    Vishü Rita KrochaFabrics carry collective memory of a people. Especially for Nagas, traditional wears are not just clothing but carry with them deep social, cultural and spiritual significance.  The motif
  • Reporting Without Harm
    Child rights and responsible media reporting in NagalandMoa JamirA child does not lose the right to privacy because a crime has occurred. Nor does the public interest in knowing what happened create a public in
  • More to policing than buying cars
    Imkong WallingThe day was July 27, 2026. The venue was the Nagaland Police Complex, Chümoukedima. There was a pride of legislators led by the Chief Minister. Rolling out a fleet of newly acquired vehicles fund
  • A System Built for This
    Imlisanen JamirA government orders the mobile network switched off within a few kilometres of a protest site, and within the hour an entire district has gone dark, unable to call ambulances, send money, or tell
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