The culture of politics in Nagaland today is the culmination of historical processes, the nature of political obligations, the effects of other political cultures from neighbouring states and, lastly, the impact of social media
It is this same dust that found its way to Nini Lungalang, an extraordinary Naga poet who wrote Dust, a poem that delicately and powerfully invokes in 40 sparse lines, the historical and sociological contours of the Naga world.
I felt calm in the face of all that noise, all that exhaust, dust, spice and the faint but persisting smell of waste that dresses so many of the shaded nooks of this little town.