In a social media post, a user aired his views on the culture of handing out certificates at seminars, conferences, and meetings which has now percolated almost every area of social interaction. It seems you ca
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Some women are so wise. There is one who says that we need to learn how to receive compliments gracefully. This lovely woman has a habit of addressing complete strangers and complimenting them on their clothes,
There appears to be different meanings of the Japanese word, Ukiyo. One attempt is living in the moment, another is floating world, or transient world, and the owner of the Ukiyo bookstore in Imphal, Manipur sa
It is always surprising that many people outside the state continue to be confused about the term Nagamese. Instead of understanding that it is a language made up of pidgin Assamese, and used as a link language
Very dismally, the news is spreading that Nagaland University has removed Naga Writing from its UG syllabus. In its place, worthy Indian classics such as Shakuntala, The Ramayana and possibly the Mahabharata wi
An invitation into intimacy. That is what the collaboration by Agnes Tepa and her husband Seyie Tepa is about. It is done gently, in the manner characteristic of Agnes. This beautiful book, ‘Out of Wonde
It’s possible. Travelling down from Kohima to Dimapur, one can’t help noticing the new earth dug by the roadside, the rocks and stones ripped out and reused to ‘develop’ the area. I suppose it is s
Constructed identities, not constructive identities. I have never heard of the latter.What are constructed identities? Not unlike social constructs they are identities given to people groups by others. As time
Two new books in early summer await us. ‘Tracing my Roots’ by Akho Yhokha offers a well-documented and historical version of migration narratives. Every scholar of Naga history should read this book. It is
Kudos to the Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu who stated emphatically ‘stereotyping of NE must end.’The newspaper story mentions that Mizoram can be an example for the Parliament to emulate in their graceful
The Tombstone in my Garden, pp 119, price Rs 499, Speaking TigerThere are different ways of telling a story. A casual narrating of a random tale that the listener recognises parts of and can relate to.Then ther
In early March we concluded a two-day Partners’ Market outside the Main Kohima Post Office. What is Partners’ Market all about? (Note: the right way to spell it is with the apostrophe at the end.)Partners
This can be sung to the tune of Abba’s ‘Loving you Loving me aha.’ Panel discussions, digital meetings and such are underway again. Amusing to see what current topic can be latched onto literary inte
Keep yourself warm and your loved ones too. The cold spell has caught all of us unawares and we are having to eat our words, those of us who said we would never get to use our winter wardrobe this time. In the
Numbered daysLife flirts with us, lets us believe we are not as temporary as we actually are. The speed at which acquaintances, friends, and relatives are evacuating Earth is not funny; it is faster than we can
Easterine Kire‘If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning, If I do not remember you, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth.’These are the words of the psalmist in Psalms
I visited Mount Olive for the first time about six years ago. It was then what could be called a developing college with half constructed buildings and unfinished concrete work on the lower levels. Even at that
Indian English came into its own right as a legitimate version of English when it was used in fiction. It occupies the same status as African English, which can be further divided into the other variants on the
Lhütü Keyho, Barkweaver Publications. 132 pages.‘Fathers and Daughters’ is Lhütü Keyho’s second volume of short stories digitally released on 14th October. His first collection was ‘Avila’s L
Limawati Longchar, Prof I Lanu AierWoods PublishersLiden Ki, near Nagaland UniversityKohima 797004, Nagaland. 63 pages.Newly released, the book, Mokokchung, the Swinging Sixties and Beyond, has many eager reade
