Editorial

  • We Want to Be Right
    Dr Asangba TzudirTo be aware and also pursue rights and then make claims accordingly is important especially in cases where one feels that justice is denied. On the flip, there is also an attitudinal trend when
  • NBSE 2025 Results – Positive Progress, Emerging Concerns
    By Moa Jamir The recently declared Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) results for the HSLC and HSSLC Examinations 2025 offer an opportunity to reflect on shifting academic patterns across the state.
  • Choosing Career Path
    By Dr Asangba TzudirThe HSLC and HSSLC results are out and without going into the statistics, attention is drawn into a very significant aspect which is choosing career paths. Choosing a career is not just abou
  • COSTLY EDUCATION: Nagaland’s growing divide
    By Akangjungla The recent uproar over steep fee hikes in Delhi’s private schools has reignited debates on affordability, transparency and regulation in education. Parents and student groups have proteste
  • Gear-less
    Imlisanen JamirIn Wokha, the firefighters show up — even when the gear doesn’t. Even when their suits are threadbare, their boots are cracked, and their station building leaks every time it rains. They stil
  • The Power of the Narrative
    Dr Asangba Tzudir In any democratic and civilized societies, the freedom of speech is like a foundation stone that is enshrined not just in constitutions, but also in the collective consciousness of the pe
  • Neither empathetic nor practical
    By Moa Jamir ‘It was not an emotional decision but an empathetic, practical one,’ Nagaland Higher Education Minister Temjen Imna Along was quoted as saying by a news outlet, justifying the regularisati
  • Misplaced priority?
    By Imkong WallingIs there anything greater in Nagaland that stokes heated passion than job appointments, reservation quotas in the government establishment, and elections? There is the stalemated Indo-Naga poli
  • A Daisy in the Void
    Somewhere over West Texas, a rocket screamed skyward carrying six women into the edge of space. The headlines wrote themselves. Historic. Empowering. Feminist triumph.Katy Perry, pop star and cultural mascot of
  • Women vendors weathering the storm
    By AkangjunglaStreet vendors in Nagaland, particularly women, are enduring the dual burdens of climate change and neglect. Their struggles often came to the forefront during the observance of International Stre
  • Rooftop Solar Mission
    Dr Asangba TzudirThe Government of Nagaland has launched the rooftop solar mission under PM – Surya Ghar scheme. Further it has announced that it will provide an additional subsidy of up to Rs. 50,000 for roo
  • Nagaland’s higher education imbroglio
    By Moa JamirThe unfolding controversy surrounding the alleged absorption of contractual Assistant Professors in the Higher Education Department is nothing short of a monumental mess—one that points to serious
  • Comfortable Half-Truths
    By Dr. Asangba TzudirWe live in an age of information, and which also defines our times. But how is information defining our times at a time when we need to be well-informed. Being flooded with information, it
  • Nagaland: Ambition isn’t Infrastructure
    By Imlisanen JamirCommerce Minister Piyush Goyal recently stirred debate when he questioned whether India’s startups should be content delivering ice cream and groceries or strive instead for breakthroughs in
  • Reigniting Hope
    By Akangjungla In a world often overshadowed by hardship and inequality, stories of hope and transformation remind us of the profound impact kindness and support can have on individual lives and society at
  • AFSPA: A ‘Disturbed Legal Fiction’
    Dr Asangba TzudirThe Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. Of India has once again extended the draconian law – The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in eight districts and twenty one police stations in Nag
  • Nagas’ ‘priceless values’
    Honoured in word, not in deed?By Moa Jamir “Our values are priceless and cannot be borrowed,” a Minister from Nagaland recently asserted at a public event. At another gathering, a fellow Minister reite
  • Curiosity poor
    By Imkong WallingThe day was December 17, 2024. It was a beautiful evening in Dimapur. The Christmas vibe had taken siege of the city. There was a sense of warmth despite a nippy wintry tinge in the air. B
  • Embracing Autism
    AkangjunglaThe observance of World Autism Awareness Day on April 2 serves as a crucial reminder of the need for greater understanding, acceptance and support for individuals with autism and their families. As h
  • Click, Prompt, Create.
    Imlisanen JamirThere’s something undeniably magical about the first time you see your photo turned into a dreamy Studio Ghibli scene. A sleepy street becomes a watercolor world. You, wide-eyed and soft-edged,
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