Along LongkumerConsulting EditorGenuine success or perpetual happiness does not lie in the material wealth you may possess or the palatial home you may have build. If ever we need any prove on where the formula
Tuesday, 18th November, 2025
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Aheli MoitraThere are lines everywhere. The thick line between rich and poor, the fine line between truth and fiction, the sticky line between order and anarchy, the primitive line between man and woman, the ti
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While social and economic poverty has caused a serious threat to the survival of humankind, poverty of the mind has a demoralizing effect that questions the very existence of human life. When asking what makes
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The concept of ‘brain-drain’ should seem less relevant in this era of globalization. Yet, in reality, the impact of brain drain for indigenous peoples such as the Nagas is perhaps greater than one is willin
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Along LongkumerConsulting EditorThe visit of the President of India Pranab Mukherjee to Lumami, Nagaland University (NU) to attend the 3rd Convocation programme has send out the right message with the President
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Along LongkumerConsulting EditorIn the wake of reports that cyclone ‘Mahasen’ is likely to hit the north-eastern states, including Nagaland in the next few hours, perhaps a layman’s perspective on disaste
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Aheli MoitraA recent piece written for The Asian Age attempts to warm the Look East Policy (LEP) egg but lands up poaching it. It puts together data produced by the likes of South Asia Terrorism Portal, touts f
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In the history and education of social and political movements, the evolution of the movement for social change is generally neglected and emphasis is given only to the end result. This pattern of exclusive foc
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Let’s examine whether the theory of modernization has failed based on the increasing number of conflict based around ethnicity. The modernization theory promoted the principle that with greater political and
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Along LongkumerConsulting EditorAt a time when Nagas are pondering the future road map—where to go, what to do, how to do it and when—perhaps we need to look at other people’s inspiring stories about peac
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Along LongkumerConsulting EditorThe Speaker of the Lok Sabha Meira Kumar adjourned the House of the people on Wednesday, two days ahead of schedule. Except for the Finance Bills, no other legislation could be c
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Aheli MoitraEarlier this month, the Government in New Delhi approved a Rs. 11,000 crore-project for the modernization of central paramilitary forces. The latter include the CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF, SSB, NSG and t
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The State’s strategy to exercise territorial and political control over indigenous peoples is not limited to military campaigns. The Naga experience has from time to time been punctuated by agreements. The in
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Dialogue across civilizations is no longer a political option; it is an essential and historical imperative in the current realities. In today’s world, a peoples’ that can learn how to deal with cultural pl
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Along LongkumerConsulting EditorWe need to speak out against the culture of violence and intolerance that has come to grip us. Reports of physical violence and assault meted out to innocent civilians from time
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Along LongkumerConsulting EditorNagas have become so used to corruption and extortion from within that for most of us this has become a way of life. All of us are aware of the fact that Nagaland State does not
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Aheli MoitraA strange, seemingly innocuous, thought was presented at the 25th general conference of the Naga Students’ Federation. The chief secretary of Nagaland State, speaking at the closing event, pointed
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The Naga heart is the pulse, the heart beat and the life blood of the people’s existence. It is the thread that runs through the Naga peoples’ future, past and present. It is the unifying factor and the cri
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For close to 190 years at a stretch starting with the British colonial project and followed by their present political subjugation both within and without, the Nagas have not been able to freely express and exe
Along LongkumerConsulting EditorMany well meaning Naga people from all walks of life have been making routine reference to how our society, politics, government etc ought to reform and become better so that we
