2nd edition, Cherrie Lalnunziri ChhangteBlaft Publications, 2023, pp 114, Rupees 395Readers in the 21st century are very fortunate. The abundance of good books coupled with great printing within India makes rea
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We all have that friend who has a joke for every occasion. The friend who never learned the lesson that in life, there is a time for everything. I once attended a funeral. It was a friend who had died suddenly,
We found our heroes in middle school and high school. It was in the mid and late sixties in a school that hired young men and women with a good education to be teachers and role models. They were the heroes we
Normally, I dislike jumping on a bandwagon everyone is clambering on to and making a noise. It is so unnecessary.But this bandwagon is different.Look at what our vegetable vendors are achieving. The young girl
Where will our vegetable vendors go as their former places of trade are being uprooted by the onward march of progress? Many of the familiar faces of the women vendors who sit beside the small path behind the l
Easterine KirePart verbal history and part fastidious chronicling of historical and official records by colonial administrators and anthropologists, the book ‘The Battle of Khonoma and other Essays’ by Char
The Mechi Netralaya Eye hospital in Nepal is not a household word yet in Nagaland, but soon will be. The reviews from Nagas who have been there are all very positive. I can now definitely attest to their verity
Do not do business on social media. Do not get hold of people’s phone numbers, or WhatsApp numbers and text them your business purposes. It is very rude. Use email. If at all you send a whatsapp message, let
This land is heavy with storiesStories waiting to be toldStories waiting to be discoveredAnd stories that yearn to be listened to seriously.I am the keeper of my culture, its most trustworthy curator.Neikehenuo
Before and during and after and Election, everyone wants to talk, and many do talk. Not all get listened to. In the past, we would hear the majority of people say, ‘Election vorzhie, udzüzei thor,’ meaning
Actually not. At some point of time, someone who was grammatically dyslexic must have fed into the big computer in the clouds, the information that the apostrophe could be used to function as a plural indicator
We were the last batch to appear the High School Leaving Certificate examinations under the Assam Board of Secondary Education. The matriculation examination or Matric exam as we used to refer to it for short,
The Rudari are a little-known ethnic group in Romania. A very interesting fact about the Rudari are that they trace their origins to India. A female missionary has spent her whole adult life working among this
A new year. A new chapter. New opportunities. That is absolutely right. Why not? So much is possible with a new lease on life.Waking up, finding yourself able to breathe in and out without any bodily pain – i
My generation grew up listening to news on the Radio. And to a lot of good music in the sixties and seventies. The All-India Radio Kohima station often won best Radio station for its choice of music and its exc
Two incidents are cited here because they are good illustrations of the Cancel Culture trend that seem to be overtaking the west, something that sometimes veers too close to home shores as well.The first one ha
I often pass a little dress shop, and it is like going back in time. The fifties are back with a swing. Flared skirts in hues of brown and bronze hang invitingly at the entrance. Inside the shop, the blouses an
Statutory warning: the phrase ‘easy as pie’ is a fallacy. Bakers know this. Amateurs like me find out the hard way. In fact, I personally maintain that baking pie is harder than other bakes. It was certainl
The eucalyptus tree collapsing on and killing vendors at the Supermarket area is a communal tragedy. For days, I thought of the chatty, smiling women sitting by their well-tended flowers in full, glorious bloom
August is a difficult month. Possibly the most difficult depending on where you are born. For Nagas, it is the month of independence declaration. For Indians it is also the month of independence declaration. Fo
