Witoubou Newmai
A failed mechanism was responsible for the creation of the recent disorderly scene in the State of Nagaland. Calm has prevailed now but it does not signal that the failed mechanism has
Tuesday, 18th November, 2025
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Aheli Moitra And so it happened, on February 21, a day before they started school, the 6 years and below children in our colony came up with a new game to play. They called it ‘bandh-bandh’
Dr Asangba Tzüdir After a lot of twists, turns and drama the demand of JCC and NTAC is finally fulfilled. The bandh is lifted and life seems to have returned to normalcy. Ironically, life ha
Point 9 b (ii) of the Sixteen Point Agreement is the basis for establishing a Naga Tribunal. This can define and determine the nature and scope of customary law in accordance with the present day need to embrac
Moa Jamir In the classic book, “Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships” published in 1964, Dr. Eric Berne dissects the “secret ploys and unconscious maneuvers that rule ou
Witoubou Newmai In a time when playfields are fast shrinking, the days of bandh in Nagaland have become a boon for children who have been deprived of outdoor games. In the past few days when
Aheli Moitra In the beginning of February, The Morung Express carried two stories on the status of healthcare and ensuing difficulties for the people of Kengjung village in remote Tuensang district. &
Dr Asangba Tzüdir The bandh led by JCC and NTAC seems to be reinforced with ‘renewed’ vigour but the objective for which the struggle began finds itself lost to petty politics of
Nagaland state’s present crisis reveals a quagmire of issues coupled with the historical tensions between conflicting structures, varying systems and competing processes. Many hold the opinion t
Moa Jamir When some women began agitating for the right to vote in 1840s, most observers expressed revulsion, contempt, or disbelief, wrote Susan Goodier of University of Illinois in 2012 analysing th
Witoubou Newmai It is the “worst of times…age of foolishness…season of darkness…winter of despair…we have nothing before us…” These powerful op
Aheli Moitra In October 2005, the DAN government at the helm of Nagaland State turned down a proposal to set up a Nagaland State Women’s Commission. In a letter to the Editor of The Mo
Dr. Asangba Tzüdir In yet another conspicuous exhibition of the sovereign hand of the state government by ‘privileging’ itself the ‘right’ to decide life and death, two pr
On May 8, 2015, the Naga Peoples’ Front led Democratic Alliance of Nagaland government became an ‘opposition-less government’ in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly. After inducting three cabine
Moa Jamir Once again the state of affairs in Nagaland exploded, literally and figuratively, exposing the fragility and the inherent contradictions in our society. The ‘deconstruction’ of the soci
Witoubou Newmai It is more than another case of poor handling of affairs that vulnerable Nagas are once again left to the fringes. As usual, in such time as this, vested interests will exploit the sit
Aheli Moitra As men in Dimapur came out in drones on the night of Tuesday, January 31, 2017, they collected at multiple points within the city. The Government of Nagaland had announced polls to
Dr Asangba Tzüdir The agreement between the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) and the Nagaland State Government to postpone the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) elections in principle for t
An impartial space where face-saving solutions can be attained The purpose of exercising Naga sovereign rights remains the singular means for Nagas to restore dignity and respect as a people. Along with this
Aheli Moitra “It is not enough to have just a politically independent India. What is also needed is to have an Indian nation where every citizen will have religious and political rights,
