Infocus

  • Behold, beware Myanmar's fourth empire
    Bertil LintnerMyanmar's government has announced democratic elections will be held on November 7 and Western pundits are busy speculating whether the polls will lead to a new, more open era in the troubled coun
  • Naga Idol: Direct conflict of interest
    Vekho P. Ringa One of the more remarkable features of our Naga Idol system is the way it has allowed and even encouraged the proliferation of young aspiring singers in providing a platform to expose their
  • LETTING GO
    Friendships turn to enmity. Trust can lead to betrayal. Promises are broken and relationships turn bitter. We lose a loved one either through death, separation or simply because they get up and go. We hold grud
  • Has the Govt. of India Lied to the Naga People, then?
    Puni ModoliThe statement in the Lok Sabha on 19th August ’10, by the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram that the Govt. of India rules out any move to alter the boundary of the states in the North-East region
  • Is something wrong with the present Christian Mission Strategy?
    Imti Jamir KohimaIn this world only 40% of the world population is Christian and the remaining are un-believers. But what our dear Lord commands us Mark 16:15 “Go into all the world and preach the good n
  • Does The Church Grow Senile At 100 Years?
    Thepfulhouvi SoloThe Church appears to grow senile, its Spiritual Eyes dim and out of focus when it attains the age of 100 years or more. Paul in his Missionary Journeys established Groups of Jews, increasingly
  • When Has Rape Become Consensual?
    Roselyn TungoeRape is defined in India as intentional, unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman without her consent. The essential elements of this definition under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code are 'sex
  • Transparency and clarity needed in Assam Rifles
    The article ‘of drinks and drinkers-life goes on’ in the front page of Morung Express on the 9th of this month has caught my attention where the statement of an entrepreneur and prominent journalist and the
  • LIVER FRY STATE DRY
    S VARAH‘He who drinks gets drunk; he who gets drunk goes to sleep; he who goes to sleep does not commit sin.’ Living without sinning is good. Starting with this ideal may not be the best idea of living a qu
  • Attacks on North Eastern Women and Equality
    Walter FernandesOne more Naga woman’s modesty was violated near Delhi on the night of July 27. Once again some fundamentalists are planning to repeat what they did in March after an attack on a woman from the
  • Religion and Its Abuse of Naga Culture
    Fr. Abraham Lotha, Ph.D.The Deputy Commissioner of Kiphire has rightly issued an order on 23rd July to the village councils in the district stating that the Anatongre Village Council’s resolution to deny the
  • Not the Church, Not the State? Gender equality in the crossfire
    Deniz KandiyotiThe challenge to platforms for gender equality comes not just from actors with fundamentalist agendas, but from a conjuncture where women’s rights have been opportunistically instrumentalized t
  • “The Myth of the Grand Crusader”
    Jesus came to Nagaland in the midst of a crusade against Liquor. The Grand Crusader quietly whisks him away to a gathering of the Special Commission against Wine (SCaW). They welcome him with a shawl while insi
  • Letter to the Joint Manager AERO, Dimapur Airport
    Rokuo AngamiOf late the public are expressing their grievances through various newspapers about the way the passengers of Air India are being ill-treated .I as a concerned citizen feels that the Air India (Indi
  • Raj Bhavan Messed Up: Rights Vs Duties
    Joshua Sheqi KohimaI have heard our Chief Minister on several occasions stressing that ‘right and duty should go hand in hand’, which is very true, because Nagas have the habit of claiming every right,
  • BUSINESS OF LEGISLATORS
    To represent a constituency and be a member of the esteemed Assembly with whatever capacity is an honour and privilege saddled with the onerous responsibility in primarily addressing people’s needs through le
  • Valley versus Hill
    The crisis in Manipur is based in the Imphal government’s inability to regard all the state’s population as its own, and its indifference towards Naga concernsDolly KikonSource: HimalMagA  week before
  • Deception & denials in Myanmar
    Bertil LintnerMyanmar's military government issued pro-forma denials after al-Jazeera aired an investigative report by the Oslo-based Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) alleging that Myanmar is attempting to devel
  • An Exit Report with Acknowledgement
    A meeting of the Coordination Committee of Naga Civil Society (CCNCS) was held at Kohima on the 3rd of July 2010 to review and report-back to its constituent civil society organizations and to examine, whether
  • WHY THE ACT IS ‘UNWANTED’
    S VARAHManipur was then a Union Territory when the parliament of India passed the Manipur (Hill Areas) District Council act 1971. Exercising Section 3 of the Act, the then governor issued an order: ‘Adaptatio
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