Aheli MoitraFrom 1963 to 2006, the urban population in Nagaland had proliferated 5.3 times. The 2011 census has shown an urban decadal growth (provisional) of 67.38%. While the state has recorded a negative gro
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Avoiding another Sept 1, 2012The fact finding team appointed by the State government to enquire into the incidents of mob violence and vandalisation of properties that took place in and around Dimapur and Chumu
If there is word or a thing that comes close to God it would be cleanliness. As we all know or would have heard—to be clean is described as next to Godliness. And as a Christian state and for a majority of Na
On the occasion of Teachers Day on September 5, 2012, the Morung Express and Tetso College jointly launched the ‘Degree of Thought’, a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with
Communist China Vs Christian NagalandFor those of us in Nagaland or even mainland India, the news about a court in China, sentencing former Police Chief Wang Lijun to 15 years in prison for corruption will come
The term violent or peace is both wide ranging in their meaning and manifestation and does not necessarily explain only one or two phenomenon. Violence or violent can mean and imply so many things—killing, to
Aheli MoitraThere are two parts to this world. Divided by hundred. One of the two is invested in warfare. This world researches war, hires consultants to get deeper insights and makes a profit of it. It has emp
In the backdrop of reports quoting a senior commander in Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard warning that Iran will target US bases in the region in the event of war with Israel, now what we are learning is tha
Many will probably recall the stand taken sometime in the late 1990s when Naga civil society undertook a mass campaign under the slogan ‘Nagas want solution and not election’ with the mass based organizatio
Can Nagas evolve our own model of political governance?In an interesting piece of news, which is significant in more ways than one, veteran anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has revealed his plans for the 20
With the great strides made by humankind on the technology front, surely the way we see, hear, read and basically communicate has become so much easier. The genius of the human mind has in fact enabled latest i
The Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) will be sitting for two days on September 21-22, 2012 in order to conduct several business of the House. While it is going to be a very short session with perhaps a packe
The thing about politics is that you are damned if you do and still damned if you do not do. Take the case of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has been under fire for his government’s ‘policy paralysis’
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has recently said that he would not seek votes in the 2015 Assembly elections if he failed to improve power situation in the state. In the backdrop of what is happening in our
Aheli MoitraIt is the case of society smelling its behind and frowning at the whiff with recognition. Since the source itself cannot be banned, odour control is imposed on it by the polity and judiciary. Such i
Money is an important component of everything that we do in life and to do away the role of money whether in politics is wishful thinking. We must understand the sustenance that money gives to the body politic
Developing a Naga Model of Co-existenceThe official stand taken by the ruling Naga Peoples Front (NPF) that the September 1, 2012 Dimapur ‘rampage’ “cannot be termed as Tribal or communal conflict”, is
An ambitious looking State Level Workshop on Green India Mission was conducted at the State Capital on August 27, 2012. Here the officials and concerned Minister for Forests, Ecology, Environment & Wildlife
Concerns are being raised with regard to the Special Plan Assistance (SPA) of Rs 300 crore granted by the Planning Commission, Government of India to address the development deficit in Eastern Nagaland. The Eas
Can younger Naga generations overcome our tribalism to build a peaceful multi-cultural Naga society? Well this is a very good question put up by the Morung Express in its weekly poll. And in the aftermath of wh
