Incidents of forest fires is not just a phenomenon unique to Nagaland but it is a world wide concern causing alarm to helpless people caught in the inferno. Every year during this time, we have forest fires dev
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What can one foretell about Burma’s immediate future?Sanjay (Xonzoi) Barbora On April 1, 2012 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her party won 40 seats in the by-elections that immediately made her the leader of t
The debate on who is the most corrupt or the biggest defector in Nagaland State politics is actually a pointless exercise and something that is not worthy of public space. It is almost stupid for our politician
Is the idea of India’s politics confined only to Uttar Pradesh or to one or two political parties? It seems to be the case that every one is excited about the prospect of the old ‘Third Front’ idea where
Whether by coincidence but newspapers on back to back days carried reports about road mishaps occurring as a result of heavy transport vehicles obviously not fit enough for public road and causing damage and in
The conventional thinking in our every day political-social or economic discourse is to talk of such things as development, reconciliation or election without taking into consideration the ‘inclusive’ conte
Observed annually to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary, today will be another Good Friday. The day is important because the death of Christ on the cross is the paramount event
Sanjay (Xonzoi) BarboraMarch 2012 has been a tragic month. In the early hours of the morning of March 11, 2012, a United States army staff sergeant, Robert Bales went out on a killing spree in three different l
Is Naga integration now going to be put in the backburner? It certainly looks like it; going by the post-poll political scenario in Manipur, where the United Naga Council backed Naga Peoples Front (NPF) could w
The Naga Hoho has rightly pointed out that business establishments should be reined in from hiking prices of goods under whatever pretext, be it extortion, “corruption” or donations. Reminding that the comm
The recent gang rape of a married Naga woman by five illegal Mian immigrants in the commercial hub of Dimapur did shake us all from the slumber and given the shock waves that it send across society, concern Nag
The recent fallout between the Army Chief and the civilian government over several issues—age row, bribery allegation, leaked letter on internal security—all this has put unnecessary attention on the countr
Perhaps the latest Budget Session was different from earlier lackluster sittings of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA). Issues of public importance were taken up and debated on the floor of the House. Cred
Once again there is problem along the Nagaland-Assam border with the Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association (ATTSA) recently enforcing an indefinite economic blockade of Nagaland by blocking the Mariani-Mokok
Sanjay (Xonzoi) BarboraMarch 17 is a day when most of the English speaking new world – North America, Australia and New Zealand – celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. It is perhaps the most widely celebrated Chri
Scripting a new chapter in the political history of insurgency-hit Manipur, Okram Ibobi Singh has become the Chief Minister of the State for the third consecutive term. To the surprise of many, the Congress, un
The funny thing about Nagaland as all of us would have seen it is that we have such bad roads and yet we have the best and latest motor vehicles plying. In a crude way this probably explains the development ind
Aheli MoitraOn March 8, 2012, an entourage of school girls marched, on slight drum roll, through the streets of Pfutsero town. They were walking for International Women’s Day, little more than 100 years after
Competitive politics is not good for our system because in the long run it can derail the government’s functioning and make decision making hostage to petty politics such as the one we are now witnessing cour
A senior Minister in the NPF Government TR Zeliang has objected to introduction of Nagaland Lokayukta Bill 2012 moved by Congress MLA C. Apok Jamir during the ongoing Budget Session of the Nagaland Legislative
