Editorial

No one ever mistook effective management of waste for an easy task. Across the country, it is turning out to be a monumental challenge. Periodically, we come across reports and assessments that serve as grim reminders of the enormity of the task as well as the associated hurdles in disposing of the waste generated and accumulated annually. These publications have occasionally been complemented by news about penalties imposed for environmental violations. Nagaland Government has found itself at the receiving of such orders on at least two occasions in the past...

In 1987 the world was introduced to the term millennial, named for the high school class that would graduate in 2000. Commonly portrayed as idealistic and overzealous, a class that talks more about their passion than jobs, the folk for whom what matters was happiness and fulfillment. This overzealous lot had passions which they had set once they were in the dream world designed by their parents. A kid who had a car to ride once s/he stepped into a degree college, had pocket money which is more than the...

Without a doubt, globalisation has been playing quite a dynamic role in changing the lifestyles as well as perspectives of the common people. Many experts are of the view that globalisation is a multifaceted, inconsistent process taking place in different domains of society. The process involves internationalisation and cosmopolitanism ~ an unavoidable mechanism comprising speedy social, cultural, political and technological change. Through this process of assimilation and fragmentation, national economies and even national cultures are becoming more global. In an era of rapid globalisation, technological advancements and shifting societal norms,...

From what we are only leaning now, it is clear that environmentally we are undergoing the worst period ever in human history ~ almost at the brink of an unmitigated catastrophe. In Nagaland, the environment and environmental issues are rarely discussed, much less discoursed. It is doubtful whether we realize that we are now living through an unprecedented climate change, most tangible in the form of the untimely rains in March and April this year and the sudden rise in temperatures since mid-May. We are looking at and reeling under...

Following an inspection of the Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT) at Kohima, the Court of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) described its observation of the facility as one of great disappointment. Consequently, it prompted said Court to issue a directive to the Nagaland State Transport (NST) to renovate within three months all bus terminals in the State by providing basic accessibility as envisioned in the Harmonised Guidelines and Standards for Universal Accessibility in India of 2021. In the May 25 order, it also directed the Department to...

It is the typical phenomenon in Nagaland. When harsh weather come calling, the state's power department cuts a sorry figure in reaching the demand and the need of the people. With mercury rising rapidly (nearly 40 degree centigrade as on May 31), our people, particularly those living in Dimapur, Niuland and Chumukedima districts, appear to be headed for yet another dark and sweaty summer with long hours of power curtailment despite many promises. With the fate of the urban areas not very promising, the plight of those in rural areas...

The definition of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) found global consensus at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994. At its core is the promotion of reproductive health, voluntary and safe sexual and reproductive choices for individuals and couples, including decisions on family size. Sound reproductive health is integral to the vision that every child is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free from HIV and every girl and woman is treated with dignity. Implicit in this vision is the idea that men and...

Thomas Wendt and his co-workers (2007) had ar gued that decreasing trend in life science does not seem to be the problem of society, but rather related to the way science is taught in school. So, before we ponder why youngsters are not taking up science as a career, we should right our basics. This can be initiated at school level where we have to establish infrastructure facilities in such a way so that talented youths are attracted towards science. Alternate way is to train our teachers in such a...

 “Oh, how times flies!” is a common refrain. This refrain could be for so many reasons but for Nagaland Page, we celebrate the time flown, as today we complete twenty-fours of publication and embark on our silver jubilee year. The second oldest English daily newspaper of Nagaland, the first to publish seven-days-a-week, we dared to tear into the fear that Sunday publications would invite the wrath of the Church and so many people, to whom Sunday is not just a holy day but also a day to assert their Christian-ness...

Nagaland has a huge tourist potential but due to poor tourism infrastructure this sector has failed to provide sustainable livelihood for stakeholders throughout the year. Our tourism policy, if there is any, appears to be focused only on Hornbill Festival, the state government's annual tourism promotional event held for 10 days from December 1. One wonders what the department does for the rest of the year. Perhaps planning for the next edition of Hornbill Festival! Now let us take the industrial sector in the state. It is non-existent. It could...