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  • Rhetoric of Women Empowerment
    Hitoho SumiChallenging law and the need to go beyond legal ambitA day ago on my journey way back home an elderly indian man and a woman were engaged in a passionate discussion on how ‘younger generation girls
  • Why ban prepaid services?
    Just because criminals and terrorists use prepaid mobile service, do we have to do away with prepaid service altogether? Just because a vegetable knife was found in a murder scene, do we have to stop manufactur
  • The faces of public servants vis-à-vis the public
    This article is not written with an intention of pointing out an accusing finger at someone nor an attempt to bluntly condemn the existing work culture of our society. It is rather an honest attempt of self int
  • Reflections on conducting medical camps
    NGOs including church bodies organize medical camps as a part of their humanitarian or mission work. Are such medical camps beneficial? Yes, of course. But I think the side-effects are also real. So, I want to
  • Tamanthi Dam Hydro Project and It's Deadly Corollaries on the Ingenious Nagas in Eastern Nagaland, Myanmar
    Delhi and Naypyidaw had recently countersigned the agreement on continuing the stop-start construction of hydroelectric dam in the Chindwin River viz. Tamanthi Dam Hydro project whose actual site is at Tazone-L
  • On banning mobile phones to tackle crime
    The State Government is proposing to ban pre-paid mobile services to check crimes. All crimes, be it extortion, rape, or murder etc., are very bad things and one hope that such miseries do not happen to anyone.
  • Science, Religion, and abortion
    Khrievotuo SeletsuImagine a day when everything above is clear, when we are happy about the solar panel charged, our clothes drying up or our pickle bleaching; and kids playing around on the lawn or a picnic ov
  • Naga nationality and its originality
    Dr. Kamei Sanjit RongmeiGwangphun GangmeiWhile analytically considering the anthropological dimension  (origin, culture & custom, evolution, physical affinity, lifestyle, social behaviour and norms etc
  • Naga Nationality and its Originality
    While analytically considering the anthropological dimension  (origin, culture & custom, evolution, physical affinity, lifestyle, social behaviour and norms etc,) of the Nagas and its historical facts
  • Outsiders cannot settle land dispute without owners
    The claim by the firebrand Meghalaya legislator Paul Lyngdoh that the official bungalow of the Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and adjacent areas to it are inside the Meghalaya border has become the most inter
  • AS I USED TO IMAGINE: How far is solution from now
    S  VARAHAgreeing to discuss the issue (the case between India and the Naga) at the highest level, free from any conditions and so on, was, when the announcement first came, captivating. More than four scor
  • Talks on Naga reconciliation for early political settlement
    Dr.Piketo AchumiAsian College. 6th mile Sovima DimapurThe positive response to the clarion call of FNR for reconciliation among the Naga groups was unprecedentedly unique and a clear victory for the Nagas. The
  • No Apologies Intended: II
    Memories of childhood Sunday schools, in addition to the Biblical lessons learnt from my maternal grandparents from Assam, are some of the guiding principles that I am proud of.“Give unto god what is God’s
  • Economic Equality- pre-requisite for peace and integrity of Manipur
    A state integrity cannot be ensured by exclusion policy or weakening of a section of people in economic growth. A state territory cannot be protected by political slogans or breaking our heads on the streets, b
  • An introspection on Nagas
    N. N. JamirThis article should not be misconstrued. It is simply an overview of one’s perception of the situation.  To quote Lord Acton, “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”When i
  • Alcoholism & Naga Society
    Use of alcohol was commonly evidenced in even the ancient world cultures- the Indians and the Roman civilizations. But the alcohol of those days and of these days differs in two aspects; its contents and occasi
  • God is not a dirty politician
    Politics and religion are different terms and they do not mean the same. Religion has things to do with spiritual activities and politics with the state affairs or physical affairs. Long ago, religion and polit
  • Which way will be appropriate
    In striving for Nagas sovereignty we are not following the ways of God. So till today we are not reaching our destination.Nagas have wandered so far, and for this cause the factions and our politicians cannot b
  • Civil and Political rights of Naga Women should not be deprived
    Neitsho Wezah & Temjenrenla AierKohima Law CollegeThe postponement of the Municipal & Town Council Election in Nagaland moved by the State Assembly draws our attention & resort to raise our thoughts
  • My tryst with Naga Customary Law: A woman’s perspective
    I was born and brought up by parents who practised indigenous religion. Customary laws to me then was taboos and Gennas which was for the good of the whole village. I am from a family without natural male sibli
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