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  • Reading from the Underside of History: A Brief Reading Report
    Sani Athisü The recently published monograph, Literary Cultures of India’s Northeast: Naga Writings in English by Dr. Veio Pou (Heritage Publishing House, Dimapur, Jan. 2016), Shaheed Bhagat Singh
  • Kudos to ASTD
    Z. Lohe I am heartily congratulating the Ao Union, Dimapur (Ao Senso Telongjem, Dimapur) for the wise, conscientious and remarkable decision on prohibition of inviting VIPs as chief guest to social gathering
  • Reclaim what's ours: register our legitimate voice
    Khekiye K. Sema IAS (Rtd) Forest Colony, Kohima   There can be no time more crucial than the present time for the Nagas of Nagaland (NoN) to exercise their God given wisdom to think honestly, clearhead
  • A summary of the political revelations since the signing of the framework agreement
    Kaka D. Iralu Ever since the signing of an Accord (Framework Agreement) between the NSCN IM and the GOI on Aug.3, 2015, there have been a lot of statements and write ups from various quarters. Some of them w
  • This train won’t stop?
    Jonah Achumi An Aesop’s Fable goes like this, ‘An Eagle was soaring through the air when suddenly it heard the whizzing of an Arrow, and felt itself wounded to death. Slowly it fluttered down to
  • NSCN (IM) responds to CFMG Chairman
    K. Chawang Convener Ceasefire Monitoring Cell NSCN (IM)   The CFMG Chairman Lt. Gen (retd.) NK. Singh has conveniently interpreted and undermined the essence of Agreed CF ground rules to suit his perso
  • “A new civil literature”
    Monalisa Changkija On the occasion of the National Press Day on November 16, 2015, I said: “But there comes a time in the life of an individual, as much as in the life of a society when we must do or d
  • The Future of The Good Life
    In the wake of New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) fiasco, where its student leader has been arrested and jailed over sedition charges, never has the nation’s need to defend an idea of the
  • WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN?
    Khekiye K. Sema IAS (Rtd), Kohima   The Good Lord gave every living creature on planet earth a unique gift called brains. Above all His creation He further gave mankind the supreme ability and liberty t
  • NSO welcomes Naga Hoho and ENPO Peace Mission
    The Naga Students' Organization extends our heartfelt appreciation to Naga Hoho and ENPO peace mission to Myanmar last month. We are informed that the peace mission team has met the key leaders of Myanmar a
  • In Solidarity with Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
    As I write this, young men and women are being dragged to the courts and jails, branded as “anti nationals” and threats to “mother India”, roughened up even in the court in total disrega
  • Nepotism: Such a strong force to crucify even Jesus?
    People all over the world are in the second week of Lent in solidarity with the Christ of God and his passion to save the sinners. The sinners tried their best to eliminate their Savior. The sinners conspired,
  • Origin of the word Naga
    The name NAGA is used for a group of inhabitants of a mountainous region of Northeast India and Myanmar (Burma). There is no generic term for the tribal groups as a whole. Actually the name or term “NAGA&
  • Release him soon
    Vebu Khamo   The largest democratic country today faces a plethora of challenges and issues that needs to be tackled in favour of the voice of the people. The debunking of all other opinions in the name
  • JOINT STATEMENT
    We, the concerned Nagaland students and alumni of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, hereby make some clarifications on the recent incident that unfolded in the campus and put forward our positions on the
  • OUT OF FOCUS
    Khekiye K. Sema IAS (Rtd), Kohima   Fellow Nagas, are we missing the point? We have two so-called 'towering' personalities representing us with questionable academic records: one claiming to be
  • Just another Open Letter to NMA & NBCC
    The Naga Blog is a forum on facebook where Nagas from Nagaland and around the world network, share ideas and discuss a wide range of topics from politics and philosophy to music  and current events in Naga
  • Borders and Peoples
    Tungshang Ningreichon   In the east of Ukhrul there are strings of tiny villages that share border, trade, culture and life with people of Myanmar. Skipe is the last village by road in the district. Fro
  • It is the same story again of the Government Schools
     Oken Jeet Sandham Again, as usual, I have seen a story with a photograph in "The Morung Express" - February 16 Edition. "No textbooks, no classes" ran the lead story.  The p
  • A VISION OF JUSTICE
    What social condition of Europe those days made Joseph Addison write his essay by the above title is not clear to many of us. He slightly refers to the occasion of his writing as, “I was repining at the s
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