I Vitokhe Assumi
Since the majority Naga public are not supporting the ensuing polls of both the Municipal and Urban Local Bodies polls and since the sixty Legislators are the product of the 60 (
A Democratic government is rightly defined, by Jonas Yanthan, The Morung Express 17.01.2017; as well as Robert Silverstein, also The Morung Express, 18.01.2017, as “government of the people, by the people
Charles Mhonthung Ezung
Many distinguished writers have already expressed their thoughts on the issue of the policy of reservation of elective posts for Naga women in the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) acr
Dr Anthony Yanthan
Deputy Kilonser Health, NSCN (IM)
The Naga people and its territorial area still in the yolk of civilization, subjected by forceful occupation by Indian intriguing British col
The Angami Youth Organisation reiterates its earlier press communiqué warning excommunicated candidates from any part of Nagaland related to town and municipal elections not to take refuge in Angami area
The issue of reservation for women in Urban Local Bodies has created a crisis of highly-charged emotions. The wider perspective can be missed. Our society emerging from our traditional past is responding to an
Khekiye K. Sema IAS (Rtd)
The acrimonious concept of ushering in equality between man and woman through 33% women reservation acquired a stature of a social storm at the stage of filing nomination for
Putchong Thai
In the face of separations by the Indo-Myanmar Imaginary Line along their border, the people of Wolam (Pangsha) and the two bifurcated brothers of Indo-Myanmar Khiamniungan live as one called K
Kaka D Iralu
Though I am also a beneficiary of this so called Indian state of Nagaland and my late father was also a former employee of the state and fed us from his salary from the state, BECAUS
ROBERT A. SILVERSTEIN
On January 17, 2017, The Morung Express had an article published titled, “Who is the Government: the people or the Ministers?”
In the article, Jonas Y
Dr. Libenthung E Yanthan
Senior Gynecologist, DoH&FW, Nagaland
(Let me start with a disclaimer. I am just a layman with no formal training in law, politics, or ethics and therefore if some of my
Jonas Yanthan
Leaving aside all the differences prevalent in the ULB elections for a second let us try to understand the primary essence of what form of government we have. We all know that our system
Kahuto Chishi Sumi
Every educated person knows the pitfalls of being quoted out of context. It's simple to sit back, pay no attention to what a person says or writes, then suddenly come to life wh
Dr. Salikyu Sangtam
Tetso College
Change is in the air, it seems. This is evident in the blaring demands for clean elections, good roads, women’s reservation, societal advancements, and an end
Mahatma Gandhi defines: ‘Education as the all round development of an individual personality; Physically, Spiritually and mentally’. Strive to the original interpretation of word education, deriving from th
KS Luckyson James
Introduction
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) is one of the many special laws passed by the parliament which provides policing responsibility to deal with the special situa
"What needs to be understood is that, the reservation for women has not been brought about by an Act of Parliament or an Act of the State, but through a constitutional provision viz, Article 243T" &n
Thepfulhouvi Solo
FS Retd (RR-68) Retd Principal Secretary, Nagaland
All the legal Points and Constitutional Issues in connection with the 33% Seat Reservation in the Urban Local Bodies for the Femal
Samuel Sumi
Diphupar
My discourse in social media on Women Reservation might have attracted the attention of our womenfolk and who knows many might have settled uncomfortably. Maybe my poor sense of
Imlibenla Wati
Guinness elsewhere remarked that the early protestant reformers viewed all the vocation as service to God and the Catholics viewed those who served as priest as special call o serve God