Statement of the Collective Leadership

NATIONAL SOCIALIST COUNCIL OF NAGALIM Dated Oking 12th April 2001. STATEMENT OF THE COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP This statement is written for the Nagas and the Meiteis that they may once again search their hearts to discern their rights to be free. To blame others should not be the only way to justify ourselves; we have got to correct ourselves too if Read more

‘Disturbed Area tag salt to Nagas’ injury’

Dimapur, November 2 : The Naga People’s Front (NPF) has denounced the Government of India’s extending the ‘Disturbed Area’ status on Nagaland, under the black law the infamous Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). The NPF said the latest action of the Centre is an ‘instrument’ of ‘genocide’ against the people. A statement denouncing the AFSPA, and the extension of Read more

‘India listened to us only when we took up arms’

The Naga rebellion has spawned many groups in the past 60 years. NSCN-IM’s Maj Gen Phunthing Shimray tells AVALOK LANGER that his outfit wants to bring all Nagas under one administrative umbrella Nestled in the dense jungles of the Naga Hills, the Naga people’s movement simmers, ignored and unresolved. Since 1946, the Naga National Council (NNC) had championed the cause, Read more

Has the Govt. of India Lied to the Naga People, then?

The statement in the Lok Sabha on 19th August ’10, by the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram that the Govt. of India rules out any move to alter the boundary of the states in the North-East region to ACCOMMODATE the demand for ‘Greater Nagalim,’ is but a fitting example of the left hand of the UPA II not knowing what Read more

Valley versus Hill

Dolly Kikon A week before two Naga boys – Chakho and Loshou – were killed by the paramilitary Manipur Police Commandos at Mao Gate, on the Manipur-Nagaland border; a week before 4000 people from Senapati District in Manipur were displaced from their homes to languish in makeshift camps, hospitals and homes of relatives around Nagaland; a week before Thuingaleng Muivah, Read more

Constitutional Crisis in Manipur

Constitutional Crisis in Manipur Nandita Haksar From the time I first visited Manipur I have been painfully aware of the divisions within the Manipur society. And I have also been aware how deeply ignorant the rest of us in India are about the history and geography of the area. The first time I went to Ukhrul was in 1982 as Read more

WORDS OF APPRECIATION FOR PFUTSEROMI VILLAGE

General Secretary NATIONAL SOCIALIST COUNCIL OF NAGALIM WORDS OF APPRECIATION FOR PFUTSEROMI VILLAGE My return to your land after decades of struggle has become an overwhelming experience since we have come to your picturesque Pfutseromi village in a different situation when peace reigns in our land today. Words cannot express my thanks to you all for the warm welcome accorded Read more

Naga Quest for identity & Indian apathy

Naga Quest for identity & Indian apathy YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW Zhokusheyi Rhakho It’s astounding to see that Asia’s longest running insurgency in the country of world largest democracy is yet to see its logical end. 62 years since, India still lack the wisdom and vision to solve the same. When Nehru ordered for a military solution to the then Read more