Dr Asangba Tzüdir
“Solution before Election” & “Election for Solution”
Initially, the ‘opposition-less’ situation in the Nagaland Legislative Assem
Tuesday, 18th November, 2025
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Imlisanen Jamir It’s all so exciting isn’t it? Just 12 hours after the Election Commission of India announced dates for polls to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, the considerat
The poll bugle has already been sounded in Nagaland. With perceptible activism in air, it was unofficially blowing for a long time, till the formal announcement on January 18 by the Election Commission of India
Witoubou Newmai Emergence of too many power centres is detrimental to the collective Naga movement “If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark, and shameful corridors of time r
Aheli Moitra In many pockets of the Indian Union, it has been observed that historically oppressed groups, like the Dalits, are surging past historically powerful groups in terms of education. A Dalit rights
Dr Asangba Tzüdir The Naga day celebration, centered on the call to all Nagas to come as one without borders, has created a process of Naga reconciliation but there seem to be certain underc
Imlisanen Jamir On Sunday, at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, the Pope held a service to mark the ‘World Day of Migrants and Refugees.’ Now, considering the unsavoury p
The demands for ‘solution before election’ are escalating from various quarters. With the Naga Hoho, the Apex tribal body of Nagas, upping the ante and asking the people “to gear up and defend
Aheli Moitra The night before Naga Day, held on January 10, 2018, two teams remained on Khuochiezie, the Kohima Local Ground, after all the artists had done their sound checks, braving the Kohima night chill
Asangba Tzudir If a definite Naga political solution that is ‘acceptable and honorable’ to all is being collectively mapped and based on which, the demand of ‘solution and not electi
Imlisanen Jamir Where would we be without Facebook? Or Whatsapp or Instagram? For so many of us, our lives have been transformed by social media. It’s a great way to keep in touch,
Technology today has become an indispensable tool and a pervasive way of life. The advent of internet and subsequent proliferation of portable media devices, such as smartphones and interactive platform like so
Imlisanen Jamir Scene: An open office space, with contemporary furnishing, that ‘facilitates openness and transparency, and breaks down hierarchy.' Ari looks up from her laptop that has a
Dr Asangba Tzüdir Will it be a ‘New’ Year or simply a switch over to another calendar year? The old year has passed by and behold a new year is here. Often, in our fancy thoughts,
Complicit or “choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having partnership or involvement in wrongdoing” or simply, being, at some level, “responsible
Witoubou Newmai The eventful year of 2017 can be considered a symbol of limitations and new possibilities in the Naga context. Its fragments will definitely reverberate into the coming year. Our in
Aheli Moitra Till couple of years back, there used to be an under-the-ground dance club in Dimapur that went by the name ‘Pebbles.’ Crowded and smoky at all times, it was not easy to carve
Dr Asangba Tzüdir With the win in the Indian states of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the Lotus now blooms in 19 states. This is the sixth consecutive win in Gujarat, while it has ousted the
Imlisanen Jamir How did we get to this point? Never mind, that was rhetorical. People are expected to be firm believers in the democratic process, whereby the collective wisdom of the people
The state of affairs in Nagaland is languishing at its lowest point. However, being the land of endless possibilities, Nagaland has now hit an abyss of hopelessness with the latest crisis in the political arena
