Category Archives: Article

Read the latest stories, opinions and expert columns from the Ukhrul times desk.

Re-reading Liberalism: In the Heat of an FIR Lodged against an Indigenous People by PETA

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Shallow understanding of cultures or reinforcing singularity of cosmology has resulted in yet another assault on the Indigenous Peoples before the wound of dog meat ban in Nagaland, India under the aegis of People for Animals (PFA), is healed. Based … Continue reading →

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A CHILD AND THE REALITY OF SOCIETY

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Dear Readers, Children are referred to spring season where love and hope grows everywhere. As the saying goes “The soul is healed by being with children.”Being with children, we tend to forget our own problems as they influence us with … Continue reading →

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A prudent approach to Indo-Naga Solution

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Memories of the tragic end of Sir Akbar Hyderi and the violent political conflict that ensued as a fall-out of his backtracking of the Naga-Akbar Hydery (9-Point) Agreement, 1947 is still fresh to every fellow Naga. Framework Agreement 2015 is … Continue reading →

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I am the land and the land is me

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For us, the land and people are inseparable, if one is affected the other is affected also. Beneath the earth lies the bones of my grandfathers and great great grandfathers, above the sky lives the spirit of my great great … Continue reading →

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NAGAS: STANDING OUR GROUND

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Naga Peoples Movement for Human RightsKohima, the 4th of December 2020, Nagaland. In the history of humankind, it is recorded that peoples struggle across the globe has so far been solved only through recognition of the rights and aspiration of … Continue reading →

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Diego Maradona, a genius of the winner: Reminiscence

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A Little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God.  A defining moment in a game of football and a moment of recollection to refer to the Legend, a genius of the winner, the unstoppable … Continue reading →

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Social Apathy makes MPSC Immune to Accountability

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The verdict of the Hon’ble High Court of Manipur dated 18.10.2019 came down heavily on the Manipur Public Service Commission for failing to perform its duty, and instead conducting namesake exams using half baked rules. If MPSC a constitutional body, … Continue reading →

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The Nexus of Climate Change and Development

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Climate change in the present times is being jargonised and represented in every sphere of international and national dialogues and platforms. We have been constantly hearing of alarming and apocalyptic news related to it such as the infamous melting of … Continue reading →

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The Call to Institutionalise the Honouring of Liangtuang During Chagaa Ngee

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October is named as “ChagaHiu”, the month of Chagaa festival among the Liangmai of Zeliangrong community. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, it is very unlikely that there will be community celebrations of Chagaa Ngee this year. Nevertheless, I write this … Continue reading →

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Ngahui Village massacre in 1918: Less than a dozen survived

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In the mid year of 1918, during the Kuki punitive measure [the Anglo-Kuki War of 1917-1919, as the Kuki historian call it], blood soaked history was being written at Ngahui village (Awangkasom), in the northern part of Ukhrul district. Naga … Continue reading →

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