Jungtina JamirIt all started one rainy day at home. Dad asked me to help him dye his hair black. The procedure began. After 30 seconds of application I had already managed to drop a big droplet of dye on h
Lahe, Nagaland, Myanmar: Once a year in January Myanmar’s part of Nagaland can be visited by foreigners who have the funds to pay for flights and are not scared to travel over hazardous mountain trails. The r
Jungtina JamirSo came Valentines Day. It was drizzling when I woke up. I looked outside and saw that the sky was grey. The chill was chiller and the wind almost blew my socks off. What a day! Considering
Agnes Krocha A little girl asked me a couple of times why there is shortage of water when it is said that about two-thirds of the earth is made up of water. And I had to tell her that though two- thirds of
K. ElaProdigals’ HomeI was a dreamer. I used to dream big. If things dot go my way, I would go into my world of imagination and say to myself, “Its ok. It’s not the end of the world; there’s still a tom
Jungtina JamirDishum dishum! the message stated. The one I got from a friend last Sunday afternoon. At that time, he was apparently preparing himself to speak at a service that evening. Of course I did not know
Marwaan Macan-MarkarIf Burma’s military regime was hoping that the death of a long-time adversary - one they have called a ‘‘murderer’’ and a ‘‘village burner’’ - is going to change the outloo
Agnes Krocha A favorite ‘nature game’ I played in childhood was about collecting samples of varieties of plants as one possibly could collect from a certain patch of land and then comparing the varieti
Former All Naga Students Association, Manipur (ANSAM) chief who reigned the longest tenure in the association talks to Newmai News Network on his political inning. Newmai News Network: Mr. Kho John,
Imtinaro LongkumerJust the third year to have cell phones in the state and look around today, one will find almost every person with a cell phone in hand. Not getting critical, but in fact it has served to have
An Iowa believer reveals how he lost his heart to the Nagas and why he travels to be with them each yearCourtesy ASSIST News Service (ANS)It is a long way from the small Iowa town of Hiawatha to Nagaland, the m
Ajung LongkumerChristmas, Christmas, Christmas, all is said and done and it’s passed with the time. It sounds so good and I wish that we could hold and saved it all the time. But, things have to go on accordi
(This, story perhaps is only small in its way, but as you read through this, when you share a smile this Christmas with ones you care for, let this story remind you to reach out to those who have never known Ch
Agnes Krocha We complain that are streets are dirty but we don’t realize we are the ones dirtying it. With the festive season here many complain when the lights go out and there is load shedding. It’s
Kedi Haralu Camp: Dimapur and New DelhiSince Nagaland is a state full of important VIP’s and “wannabe” VIP’s, here’s some traffic rules to follow. This is to educate us illiterates on how to &nbs
N. ArheOn any given day, one would wonder, what a housewife, a social worker, doctor, bureaucrat and a police officer would have in common. It’s another matter if one would belive that it is “faith” that
Tim SullivanIt’s an unused cornfield at the edge of an isolated village, an empty plot of earth that the police flattened with a backhoe and hosed down with a water tanker. But villagers take off their shoes
Agnes KrochaWe live in a plastic world. Plastics have become an indispensable part of our every day lives.We see it everywhere – it has become a common place in our homes, offices, schools and almost every wa
Agnes Krocha More than two decades have passed since one of the worst chemical disasters in history took place on that fateful night of December 2, 1984, in Bhopal. The actual scenario of what went wrong j
ThanthanCarrying a 19,000 kg load on your back gives a queasy feeling, especially when you’re traveling along a dicey national highway strewn with not-so-pretty potholes. As I clamber onto the truck that is t