Limathung Yanthan (a.k.a Richard Carbo)Once upon a time, a young Naga boy carrying a dao, asked his father: “Why are we going into the jungle to cut down one bamboo tree? Why can’t we spend a few rupees and
Wednesday, 5th November, 2025
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Sinem SabanBy working as a teacher in Australia’s rural communities, Sinem Saban came to understand the forces that keep the country’s Aborigines at a disadvantage to the rest of society. She is currently m-
Claude ArpiImagine a committee of the Left parties headed by veteran Marxist Jyoti Basu, with CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat, CPI-M Politburo member Sitaram Yechuri, CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan and
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Brian McCartanA consensus is gathering that Myanmar’s State Peace and Development Council’s (SPDC) official version of events of its violent crackdown on street demonstrations in late September, continued d
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Susan Waten NagaI was caught in traffic for 3 hrs (last year it took 4 hrs from Kisama to the local ground) on my way to Kisama from Kohima. I reached just on time to witness the spectacular performance of the
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Tim JohnstonWhen Long Jack Phillipus, at the age of 12, walked out of Australia’s vast Gibson Desert in 1934 and saw white people for the first time, he found that he had no rights. Over the decades, he has s
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Dr. Hesheto Y. ChishiHundreds of Thousand of tears shed, tens of thousands prayer prayed, thousands of speeches spoken, hundreds of reconciliation meetings held, hundred of articles published, tens of peace for
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Bertil LintnerWith the opposition subdued and the authorities vigorously hunting down the organizers of the September demonstrations - and the international community held at bay with promises of more ineffectu
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Y. Merina Chishi Nagaland has a comparatively high literacy rate than many other Indian states. But this has in no way broadened our minds. The young generation is so caught up in a web of comfort and mate
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Rev L.Suohie MhasiNagas are of the same blood and each Naga Tribe can be identified as Nagas through the affinity of cultures. But our peoples were primitive and were placed under different administrative units
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Gene StoltzfusAs I began to write this piece on First Nations people in the Americas my attention was drawn to current events surrounding the Armenian people in an article by Rupert Cornwell.A Congressional com
Abraham LothaThe tourist season in Nagaland is from November to March. But tourists, especially foreign (even if not permitted to visit all of Nagaland) are happy at the prospect of getting a birds eye view of-
Distinction between NGOs and GONGOsNeichü Dz AngamiThe word NGO, non governmental organization, when translated in Chinese means ‘going against the government’, said Mae, our fabulous translator, while hel
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Tezenlo ThongLately, an increasing number of Nagas seems to be awakening to the fact that our cultural practices and values need to be reclaimed and revived not only for ourselves but also for posterity. This i
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Longkumba AoIn the wake of the recent protest that marred the recruitment rally for ABSI to 14 NAP (IR) Battalion, as an aspirant to the post of ABSI I would like to pen down certain anomalies and favoritism wi
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Sanjoy HazarikaIndia’s evolving political approach to events in Myanmar (Burma) is moving fairly rapidly: it now appears in conformity with a large section of international opinion, advocating internal dialog
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Patricia MukhimIndia is surrounded by military dictatorships. Recent developments in Pakistan reveal the chaotic nature of despotic rule. On the eastern flank, Myanmar’s rule of terror where democratic protes
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Dr Manmohan SinghIt is indeed a matter of great honour and happiness for us that the 4th International Conference on Federalism is being held in India. As one of the newer members of the Forum of Federations, w
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Patricia MukhimAt least three states of the North East are headed for the Assembly polls in early 2008. While elections in themselves have become meaningless or been made redundant by the very inefficacy of the
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Bertil LintnerFor Htet Tay Za, a 19-year-old member of Myanmar’s elite who attends an exclusive and expensive international school in Singapore, life is often a party. A picture recently obtained by the Chian
