I’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. But it is disheartening to see that often westernization has been confused with modernization and vice versa. Obviously, one cannot be understood fully without the other. However, there is a thin layer of difference between westernization and modernization. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for March, 2008
The Nagas have long claimed community living as an essential characteristic of their life and existence, so much so that it literally verges on pompousness at times. Perhaps it was a truthful assertion in an erstwhile ‘pristine’ era, prior to the onslaught of modernity. But how accurate is this claim today? Read the rest of this entry »
“Nagaland for Christ”: Which Christ?
Topic: The Naga Question, the Big Picture.
The experiences of the Naga populace under the veneer of “nationalism” is known to all and sundry. Brutality, aggression, militarism, division and the likes mark Naga ‘nationalism’ much more dominantly than the positive elements that characterize Nationalist movements.
Problem:
For months I’ve been bothered by a nightmare. A series of violent images, connected and disconnected and nauseatingly repetitive, has haunted me and I can’t get rid of it. The names of places and people in these images sound familiar. Read the rest of this entry »
