Dr Asangba Tzüdir
With the installing of the PDA government, as a move towards anti VIP culture and austerity drives, it has banned the use of designation/name plates on vehicles, though for
Wednesday, 4th March, 2026
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Imlisanen Jamir ‘Cross at Your Own Risk’ is written in large bold red letters, yet too many commuters fly past the alarming signage as they cross the slumped Nagarjan Bridge over the Dhans
Barely before the dust settled from the ‘public swearing-in’ of the Neiphiu Rio led People's Democratic Alliance (PDA) government on March 9, its first cabinet meeting has already played its car
Witoubou Newmai The larger distressing part of our society is this - What is considered as the public conversation on common welfare of the people does not have any preponderance of genuineness. Our society
Aheli Moitra You may have noticed it in the pictures. Even before they stress the ‘P’ before ‘olitics,’ they begin to don a Nehru jacket. Since 2014, of course, its name has been tail
Dr Asangba Tzüdir A Reality Check on the faith of The Church Imaging can be said to be a process of producing an exact image of something. This process of image production takes a
Imlisanen Jamir It’s over now. All the hullabaloo about the challenge our political ‘representatives’ care the most is done with; and fast approaches another test that is of more substance.
Will Rio’s homecoming usher in change? The result to the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly election as projected might have narrowed down to the wire producing a fractured mandate. On expected line, r
Witoubou Newmai The relational gap between the collectivity of the public and the people at the helm has prevailed in the State for a long time now. Such state of affairs is generated due to a complete absen
Aheli Moitra A woman with a sling bag across her shoulder, pan across her teeth, stood beside the voters’ queue. Seeing the presence of election observers, she approached them and said, “Please w
Dr Asangba Tzüdir The dust may seem to have settled down from the election fervour but there are many unsettled particles that may disrupt the socio-political fabric of the society in the da
Imlisanen Jamir It’s Election Day finally! A month long ordeal of uncertainty, hilarious campaign rhetoric, public cynicism; and most tragic of all violence in certain parts of the state, cul
The sowing season -literally and metaphorically – is here in Nagaland. While the former is muted, the latter is being played out in a grand scale, culminating on February 27. The harvest, however, will be
Dr Asangba Tzüdir Will the campaign bugle go beyond the hurtful rhetorics? The various election campaign manifestos revolving around the promise to bring change, to give a new vision and hope fo
Aheli Moitra When it comes to public policies on Violence Against Women in Nagaland, mum’s the word. At a recent program titled ‘The Big Picture—Policy Matters’ held
Do candidates of the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly elections have the competence required to transform Nagaland?, The Morung Express asked its readers last week. Reflecting mostly on the present state
Witoubou Newmai Election times are the most appropriate times to retrospect on the width of the gap between constituencies and their representatives/legislators. This is also the best time for the people of
Aheli Moitra When elections to the Urban Local Bodies were to take place in February 2017, it presented us with the first opportunity in Nagaland to observe how women campaign for political positions on a la
Dr Asangba Tzüdir Even before a single vote is cast someone is already elected uncontested out of the 195 candidates for the upcoming Nagaland Assembly election while stray incidents of violence have al
Imlisanen Jamir In 2014, The Morung Express published a little story commemorating The World Radio Day, with the hope that this often ignored medium in the internet age, fulfils its potential to help a state
