Nagaland Amur Falcons migration route via satellite tracking

Three Amur Falcon birds were satellite tagged in Wokha district, Nagaland. This satellite tracking shows their migration route from Wokha to East Africa.

Food Path at Wokha Nagaland

Asianetglobal's Food Path covers a Naga dish in Wokha Nagaland.

Wild Films India | All roads lead to Christmas Bazaar, Kohima

Excerpt from the video description:
"Christmas Bazaar is an annual exclusive market organized at the Local Ground in Kohima, Nagaland. This exclusive bazaar is especially organized for people to shop during Christmas. Majority of the population in Nagaland follow Christianity hence the market is highly awaited and crowded during the festival season..."

Nagaland Hornbill Festival | Foreigner tourists talking part in Raja mirchi eating competition

Have you ever attempted eating "Raja Mircha" raw?

Nagaland Hornbill Festival | Opinions from Javed Akhtar and foreign tourists

MTV Roadies in Kohima | Behind the scenes

Probably an embarrassing thing that lights went off for 4 hours (not a surprising phenomena in Nagaland) and they had to arrange a generator to get back on track! (at: 5:55)


Watch other MTV Roadies Episodes in this playlist-

Nagaland Elections 2013 | Dimapur Election Theme

The elections in Nagaland is already in the national news for the bad reasons. But good to see others trying to encourage people to do the right thing.

Nagaland Home Minister Imkong L Imchen detained with 1 crore in cash, arms seized from his car.

Source: NDTV : Nagaland's Home Minister Imkong L Imchen was today detained near Wokha district for allegedly carrying a cache of arms and ammunition and Rs. 1.10 crore in cash in a vehicle, official sources said.

By the way, he was also arrested in Nepal earlier in 2010 for carrying  Rs.9 Lakhs in cash. Denominations of 500 and 1000 India currency notes are banned in Nepal. Chief Secretary Lalthara back him up that he went to Nepal on a holiday.
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 Source: Times Now - "Nagaland Home Minister was arrested at Kathmandu airport on Wednesday (June 29). Imkong L Imchen was reportedly carrying a suitcase full of rupee notes of 500-1000 denomination. The Nagaland Home Minister was arrested and put under detention by Kathmandu international airport security agencies as he was found to be carrying at least one suitcase full of currency wads in the denomination of Rs 500-1000. Both these denominations have been banned in Nepal on the request of Government of India security agencies as a large number of counterfeit Indian notes are believed to be regularly smuggled into India through Nepal. The Minister when quizzed reportedly could not explain why he was carrying the currency in such large amounts and whether he had obtained permission to carry the notes. His detention has been conveyed duly to the Home Ministry and the Ministry of External Affairs." 

CNN IBN - 30 Minutes: Poll-bound Nagaland in focus

CNN IBN : Poll-bound Nagaland in focus - Talks on upcoming Nagaland elections 2013, insurgency, corruption, Naga Peace Talks, Youth Opinions from various speakers...

Living Cars: Hornbill International Motor Rally 2011

NewsX special show Living Cars takes you on a ride of the Hornbill International Motor Rally 2011, with participants from Nagaland, North Eastern states, participants from mainland India and even foreign participants.

Source: newsxlive

Migratory Birds ( Amur Falcon) Masaccare in Nagaland

Nagaland is in the news again! Sadly not for a good one this time.

National Geographic have an article on the massacre of migratory birds, Amur Falcons in Nagaland. Here is the link to the article on National Geographic. Such news does not put us in good light. Nagas have been hunters in the past and it is still a passion for many (if we are left with any thing to hunt for due to our least concern for preserving nature). And though people in village remote areas and villages survive on bare necessities, with the world changing around us and awareness all around to preserve nature and it's resources , we also need to change our ways for better.

We need to educate our people to be kind to nature, preserve nature. Besides, there should be adequate alternative sources of livelihood so the people at the grass root level are not led to destroy nature to make ends meet.

Some excerpt from the article referring directly to Nagaland:
"It is clear that the people of Nagaland urgently need better access to education and rural development programs that support sustainable livelihoods alongside biodiversity conservation in this beautiful region. I hope that the whole world will be watching what the Indian government does next year to stop this slaughter. Migratory species like Amur falcons drive home that we are a global community that needs global solutions to poverty, hunger, climate, and biodiversity conservation…"

"The local people filmed by Conservation India catching Amur falcons, breaking their wings, sorting them, smoking them, and trading in them, cannot possibly enjoy this annual activity and do this purely for money and trade goods. They may look forward to the arrival of the falcons, but only because of the commercial and subsistence opportunities. Most of the local community most likely celebrate the arrival of the falcons as a wonder of nature and simply marvel at it. This is not just happening in India. It has happening all over the world. It has happened before and caused extinctions… Remember the passenger pigeon of the United States? Right now, hundreds of thousands of African green pigeons in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are being caught in nets, skewered, and smoked in a similar fashion… They will go locally extinct if we do not stop this unsustainable trade…When everything is stripped away by poverty and hunger, life becomes very simple and breaking the wings of a falcon or a pigeon and keeping it alive to preserve the meat before smoking would make perfect sense. We will never halt the devastating impacts of the bushmeat and international wildlife trade until we address the striking inequalities in our global community, at village level, regional level, national level, and in the international community. To put yourself in place of the people involved in the Amur falcon trade please read how Dalvi and Sreenivasan ..."

Video filmed in Nagaland by Conservation India:



Related articles in the media:
Hindustan times
Conservation India
Indian Express
Bird Ecology Study Group

Towering Faith rocks NagaFest '2012, Delhi

TOWERING FAITH is a Gospel Rock/Metal Band from Ukhrul, Manipur from the North East India.

The band members are:
Vocal & Guitar - Kachingmi Zingkhai.
Drums - Ngahanyui Azaymah.
Lead Guitar - Makhokmi Raleng.
Guitar - Honpam Kashung.
Bass Guitar - Sothingam Shaiza.



An excerpt from the YouTube video information:

"NagaFest 2012 is a one of its kind celebration with Music concerts, food, prizes, awesome speakers and showcasing the talent of the Indigenous Naga tribes of North East India. It is a platform for all Nagas to come together in Delhi. It was held on 19th September 2012 at Talkatora Stadium funded by an NGO called the Indigenous Foundation (IF). The main purpose of Nagafest is to fight poverty in Naga inhabited areas and to bring all Nagas together, to share the awareness of issues and concerns as a group. It is not a political group but action oriented and plans to take up all cultural, spiritual and economic issues to solve them with immediate and long term needs for the group. "

Source: WildFilmsIndia

Rewben Mashangva, the King of Naga Folk Blues at NagaFest, 2012

Watch Rewben Mashangva, King of Naga Folk Blues speak about peace sending out a message 'no more killings' to the people to stay united. Speaking in this video in short are: Mhathung Odyuo -Purple Fusion Band (former Divine Connection Bassist), Towering Faith front man, and Mike, a foreign visitor commenting on the musical talent of the Naga people.



Source: ANIMultimedia

NagaFest 2012 is a one of its kind celebration with Music concerts, food, prizes, awesome speakers and showcasing the talent of the Indigenous Naga tribes of North East India. It is a platform for all Nagas to come together in Delhi. It was held on 19th September 2012 at Talkatora Stadium funded by an NGO called the Indigenous Foundation (IF). The main purpose of Nagafest is to fight poverty in Naga inhabited areas and to bring all Nagas together, to share the awareness of issues and concerns as a group. It is not a political group but action oriented and plans to take up all cultural, spiritual and economic issues to solve them with immediate and long term needs for the group.

Naga beatboxer Soz Beatz live in Delhi, NagaFest' 2012

Soz Beatz Beatbox at NagaFest 2012


Soz Beatz Beatbox feat. Ren on guitars at NagaFest 2012





Excerpt from the YouTube video description:
"NagaFest 2012 is a one of its kind celebration with Music concerts, food, prizes, awesome speakers and showcasing the talent of the Indigenous Naga tribes of North East India. It is a platform for all Nagas to come together in Delhi. It was held on 19th September 2012 at Talkatora Stadium funded by an NGO called the Indigenous Foundation (IF). The main purpose of Nagafest is to fight poverty in Naga inhabited areas and to bring all Nagas together, to share the awareness of issues and concerns as a group. It is not a political group but action oriented and plans to take up all cultural, spiritual and economic issues to solve them with immediate and long term needs for the group. "

Source: WildFilmsIndia

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Discovery Channel's Tattoo Hunter- Wancho tribe, Nagaland, India (Part4 & 5 of 5)

Missed Part 1,2,3?  Watch it here (Part 1-3).

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Discovery Channel's Tattoo Hunter- Wancho tribe, Nagaland, India (Part 1-3 of 5)

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Watch Part 4 & 5 here.

HereDeixis - In linguistics, deixis refers to the phenomenon wherein understanding the meaning of certain words and phrases in an utterance requires contextual information. ?

Power Cuts hampering business and growth in Nagaland

This video by a volunteer for India Unheard, Renchano Humtsoe talks about the effects of shortage of power supply in Wokha District in particular, and may be applied to other districts of Nagaland in general. The consequences are that it affects overall business and growth. Entrepreneurs who have set up business are hampered to a great extend, electricity being a necessity.

Long power cuts and bills irrespective of supply have been a nuisance for residents. On the other hand, in an interview with a Power Department employee, the employee highlights that there are many users tapping power illegally, which is a reality in many areas and also an offense. Read more about the video below.

Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/VideoVolunteers
An excerpt from the YouTube video description:
"Recently Nagaland government has shown much seriousness in achieving higher industrial growth. In fact, currently a special Industrial Growth Centre with high standard infrastructure is being set up at Ganeshnagar near Dimapur. The Growth Centre, beside sufficient water supply and communication facilities, also aims to provide dedicated Power supply. However, heavy dependence on on the neighboring States of Meghalaya and Assam for its power requirement has been a big obstacle in its road to achieve industrial growth. At present there are hours of power cuts everyday, affecting business units, especially the smaller ones like internet cafes, restaurants, computer centres and xerox centres. While some run their businesses on generator, those who can not afford a generator, simply shuts down the shop. This, is turn, affects ordinary citizens' lives. Renchano Humtsoe, our Correspondent is one of them. As there was no power, she couldn't charge the batteries of her camera for many days. There is only a single Internet centre in her area and when power cuts forced the owner to shut down the café, Renchano couldn't use a computer to burn a DVD with her video. She couldn't access mails and above all, even though the video is available to a global audience, Renchano herself must wait for days before she can watch it on the web. Recently the state government has commissioned three new power projects in the state. These are: 75 MW Hydel Project at Doyang, 24MW Hydel Project at Likhimro and another 24KW Thermal Project. With this, the power availability in the state is expected to improve, making the supply of adequate power to industry possible. However, according to the Association of Power Engineers of Nagaland (APEN), the state must also have new distribution lines, transformers and more employees. In short, along with capacity additions there should be increased manpower for manning the new assets."

Interview with Grace Collins by CSI , 2007

Conflict Solutions International Inc (CSI) interviews Grace Collins, honorary ambassador for the Naga people of Nagalim, India.

Part One


Part Two

Conflict Solutions International's website : http://www.csiorg.org/

"Conflict Solutions International (CSI) is an independent, volunteer-driven non-governmental organization that seeks to end violent conflict through education, mediation and negotiation."

Naga traditional instruments

Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/HiDawnMedia

Hard Talk India (BBC) | Interview with Th. Muivah (NSCN), 2005

NSCN General Secretary, TH. Muivah interview with Karan Thapar in the Hard Talk India (BBC) programme  on 29th April, 2005.

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Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/Nagatalk