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  • Article 356 – Shall we scrap it?
    Article 356 of Indian Constitution states that President, on the advice of Prime Minister, can dismiss a state Government on account of failure of the latter in terms of financial and Political performances. &n
  • Investment in artistic lives - A fair exchange?
    Susan Waten NagaLatit Kala Akademy, the prestigious art institution from Delhi held its first National Art Camp & Festival in Kohima between 12 to 19 Dec., 2007 at State Academy Hall. 26 select artists from
  • The other side of politicians
    AB Naga First of all, I sincerely apologize to you all if you cannot accept what I believe in. But this is what I feel and what I believe in and I don’t regret it.  I am not a politician and neither
  • Elections - Straight from the Heart!
    Aziebu ShaizaElection fever is here once again and citizens either have a very good memory or on the flip side- an equally dim one and as irregular as the electricity in electing very incapable leaders and disc
  • Unification: too many cooks?
    Abraham LothaUnification? Who doesn’t like unification? Every Naga wants unification. But what happens when unification is prostituted? When I was young, I loved to go fishing in the streams. The fresh f
  • PR in Nagland is more of a Boon than a Bane
    Kedi HaraluThe PR Rule in Nagaland for a while did bring back old memories of the time when emergency was imposed on Nagaland and the Indian Army ran havoc with rape, murder and torture being the norm of the pe
  • Male Chauvinism
    Merina Chishi The right to freedom of speech and expression has been liberally used over these few months. Accusations, declarations, rejoinders and all these bunch of similar slogans have made their way i
  • Time to awake, arise, endeavour and forge a modern Nagaland of our dreams
    S C JAMIRAs one of your elders and profoundly rooted son of this sacred soil, I modestly lay claim to bestowal of some knowledge and understanding about our hallowed land, its people and our multi-hued cultural
  • Some Reflections on Media’s Wording
    Media, undoubtedly, has been playing a significant role in upholding the democratic polity of India. It has become one of the vital players in fighting corruption through its sting operations and investigative
  • Second heaven comes to Naga soil
    A great significant event in the history of the Nagas on Sovereignty has brought by the Western Sumi Hoho i.e unification of the Nagas underground factions movement to totally end bloodshed, killings and to mak
  • One day at the Orphanage
    Vishii Rita KrochaA New Year had just begun. The sun was up and gloriously shinning. Everything looked good and nice although the world outside was busy and people were wrapping up holidays, still smitten by th
  • Rengmas, democracy and elections
    Khillo G. RengmaBear with me and please read on. By the way, a very New Year wishes to all the readers. Rengmas as a tribe was very fortunate but now due to multiple reasons we have become very unfortunate. Her
  • Remembering Martin Luther King Jr
    Nehemiah RongOn January 15, 1929 Martin Luther King, Jr was born to a family of Mike King Sr. and Alberta Christine in Atlanta, Georgia. On 15 December 1964 Dr.Luther King, Jr. received Nobel Peace Prize for hi
  • My Political viewpoint
    In a while, the state I love goes to voting again. As a matter of fact, the political campaigns have been going on for quite sometime now. I wish I can tell of how much I know about politics. But for one, I nev
  • Is the westernized Tragopan better than the modernized Hornbill?
    Venusa Tinyi Kuknalim ColumnistI'm almost certain that there is hardly any educated person who has not heard or thought or talked about the impact of westernization in our society today, and rightly so. Bu
  • Fighting the losing battle
    Bonnie KonyakThe chill of the cold December night pierced was biting my skin as I watched the teenager struggle to maintain a straight face despite the pain she was enduring. This slight girl of hardly 16 or 17
  • PR- A Critical Opinion
    Nagas can be quite stubborn once a decision has been taken. So stubborn can we be that we can send our leader to hospital with chest ailments- chided on with our ‘we shall overcome….someday’. And rumours
  • Woes of Urbanization
    Challenges for an environmentally sensitive developmentNepuni PikuThis paper is written for the 50 years anniversary of KMC, to provoke creative discussions and share ideas for our city/town dwellers and planne
  • Congress appeals to the people of Nagaland
    Derailment of the peace process: Dialogue for the peace process is essentially with the Central Government and the NSCN factions. The State Government is not a party to the talks.  And mere fact that
  • Taking a much needed break
    Kedi HaraluThanks to the Opposition Leader, the Chief Minister and his loyal cabinet has got its time to rest and recuperateThe president’s Rule being imposed in Nagaland is somewhat a big joke, for it has be
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