Our Reporter Dimapur, Aug. 24 (EMN): Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that Nagaland very much requires a good exposure to investments and projects that can benefit from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). She was interacting with journalists at Rhododendron Hall, Police Officers’ Mess in Chümoukedima, just hours before leaving for New Delhi as her three-day visit to the state came to an end on Wednesday. She was accompanied by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and Dy CM Y Patton. While lauding the chief minister for organising the CSR and Investment Conclave, the Finance minister pointed out ‘Nagaland is yet to get as much investment as it is capable of absorbing, and as a result running short of CSR’. However, she mentioned that there is an increase in investments on health-related projects, like procuring high-end equipment for hospitals. She informed that a total of 36 CSR projects have been announced for the state, amounting t
Our Reporter Dimapur, Aug. 14 (EMN): General Secretary of NSCN (IM), Thuingaleng Muivah on Sunday said the ball is in the court of the government of India (GoI) to make the right move and fulfill the commitment given to the Nagas, adding that they (NSCN-IM) have left no stone unturned to bring a solution that is honourable, inclusive, and acceptable to both the Nagas and the government of India. He said Nagas have endured 25 years of gruelling ceasefire living up to their commitment for a peaceful solution of the Naga political issue and have also waited patiently for seven long years after the historic Framework Agreement was signed on August 3rd , 2015. “Sovereignty is our birthright, which should be defended at all costs. If we cannot defend our sovereignty, our future will be decided by others. If we cannot defend our land, the aggressors will possess it. If we cannot defend our people, we will become foreigners in our own land. If we cannot defend our freedom, we will become a
Our Reporter Dimapur, Aug. 5 (EMN): Thousands of people participated in the public rally organised by the Nagaland People’s Action Committee (NPAC) for an early solution to the Naga political issue, at Supermarket in Dimapur on Friday. People carrying placards that read: “We want solution not election”, “Political talks cannot be indefinite”, “No peace no progress”, “No political will, no solution”, “25 years of negotiation is a generation”, “Stop politicking solution”, etc. stood in the scorching sun during the rally that lasted for about two hours. Speaking at the event, former president of Eastern Nagaland Peoples Organisation (ENPO), Kekongchim Yimkhiung told the gathering that the Naga issue is not for a particular tribe, region or group but it belongs to every Naga. While maintaining that there may not be any Naga who doesn’t want an early solution, he said there is lot of division in the Naga society and urged the gathering to voice out together for s
Why are Indians so preoccupied with what Nagas eat, whether it is dogs, bats or falcons?
Debates about Naga food overlook the perspective that situates it in relation to other aspects of their cultural and political life. Feb 22, 2021 · 11:30 am A woman prepares her stall with containers of fresh water insects and frogs for sale at a food market in Dimapur, Nagaland. | Caisii Mao/AFP
All of humanity emerged from a rock on my family’s rice field. This is what I was taught. The field, though small, boasts a perennial spring which comes out from below the rock that is the source of all of humanity, keeping the field permanently flooded and amenable for growing rice. The first time I descended down the stone terraces from the village to the field, my aunties and uncles showed me where to place my hands on the rock to feel the polished grooves where, they say, the first people stepped and climbed up into the world, in what is now our small rice field.