Editorial

  • Peril of the Single Story 
    Veroli Zhimo   “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story that becomes the only story
  • The Price Rise
    Dr Asangba Tzüdir   The COVID-19 pandemic which is ever on the increase in India has had adverse effects on various sections of people. While it has thrown up pertinent challenges mainly on the
  • Crucial stage
    Nagaland officially registered the first COVID-19 positive cases on May 25 with the confirmation infections. With this, the global pandemic, hitherto ‘heard, seen or read,’ reached the State and the
  • To open or not?
    Imlisanen Jamir   The greatest challenge we face in the current crisis is striking the right balance between preventing not only the damage inflicted by COVID-19 but also that which comes from a severe
  • ‘Optimism Bias’ and COVID-19 
    Witoubou Newmai   COVID-19 cases are fast-rising but there is an apparent cavalier shrug of the people. The moot question is thus---Why there is a corresponding proclivity of people to be compla
  • Online class struggles 
    Y Merina Chishi            Online classes are the new norm and the challenges being faced by students is something that will have a long term impact on th
  • The making of the modern day camp
    Dr Asangba Tzüdir   The Central Government has declared the entire state of Nagaland as “disturbed area” for six month till 2020 December end. The opinion of the Central Governmen
  • Move ahead 
    Over the past few days, the citizens of Nagaland have been treated to an unfolding spectacle, seldom seen in the state. A rare ‘collision course’ between the Governor and the State Government headed
  • On the dog meat trade ban
    Imlisanen Jamir   The dog meat ban in Nagaland enforced by the State Government on July 4 has unraveled a myriad of questions on government policy making and moral subjectivity on the meat trade. 
  • Divergent worldview?
    Witoubou Newmai   The letter of RN Ravi, the Governor of Nagaland State who is also the Government of India’s Interlocutor for the Naga peace talks, to Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has kicked up im
  • Scrutinising source of wealth
    Y Merina Chishi    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 30, 2020 announced the extension of free ration scheme till November. This scheme will reportedly cost the government 90,000 crore.
  • Infodemic
    Dr Asangba Tzüdir   As the world continues to battle with the COVID-19 pandemic, side by side, it is confronting another pandemic which equally dangerous and possibly more infectious than the
  • The fuel crisis is just a rehearsal
    Imlisanen Jamir   Despite the fall in global crude oil prices, we are looking at unprecedented rise in the price of fuel ever since the COVID-19 pandemic. The economic effects on the producer and consu
  • Support local innovation
    Y Merina Chishi There is no dearth of talent in Nagaland. Every now and then we hear stories of people coming up with innovative ideas to help the society. For instance, three Naga boys Kesosilie Kennao, M
  • Lessons from Emergency
    Witoubou Newmai   “On this day, 45 years ago one family’s greed for power led to the imposition of the Emergency. Overnight the nation was turned into a prison. The press, courts, free sp
  • What’s next? 
    The Government of Nagaland seems to have taken into account the economic challenges associated with the COVID-19 lockdown by announcing the creation of two strategic committees on economic affairs in early June
  • On the edge
    Dr Asangba Tzudir  While the rate of recovery of COVID-19 in Nagaland is marvelously high, a spike of 119 cases in the last two days in Nagaland is a matter of serious concern. What is more conce
  • Recoveries should not lead to complacency
    Imlisanen Jamir   One positive from the daily COVID-19 news in Nagaland State has been its steadily increasing recovery rate.  As of now, the State’s recovery has increased to 66 percen
  • Revisiting gratitude
    Veroli Zhimo   Thank you. That hasn’t been said nearly enough over these challenging last few months. In this extraordinary time, we have had to absorb many new and disconcerting conc
  • Manipur’s fragile political configuration 
    Witoubou Newmai The trouble in the BJP led coalition government in Manipur appears to come in handy for the Congress party. That is what it appears at the moment. And that is also very much of what the Man
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