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Every society has its own set of problems and the difference between a progressive and regressive society is about how problems are addressed. Much has been written about the downtrend in Nagaland involving corruption in all levels of society and the inability or absence of corrective measures. One of the oft repeated phrase is the lack of good examples. When it comes to following good examples, perhaps people, church, young people, the bureaucracy and elected leaders of Nagaland need to seriously reflect over the present and seriously note the downward momentum. Naga society is pressed on all sides by isms and hegemonic tendencies. The ordinary people feel helpless and frustration among them is growing. When elected representatives themselves exhibit moral responsibility, it only further adds to the efforts of good governance among the bureaucrats. In politics of probity, politicians in power and those not in power should accept the fact that they are responsible for maintaining people’s trust. Money power has grown to monstrous dimension due to the effect of expensive elections. Politicians who have been elected through merit and experience with a clean mandate, understand that they have to perform. It would be helpful to learn a lesson from the Mizos who have overtaken Nagaland in many areas because they possess a “unique” feature – a sense of commitment and responsibility to society. Mizo society may be homogenous but that is not the reason why the people hold transparency and accountability at high value. The influence of the Mizo church dominates the lives of the people. There was a report about how a church in Mizoram, despite dire need for funds for church building, returned back money to a donor member because it was sourced through unethical means. Later, when newspaper reports disclosed, that the money was part of the amount siphoned off. That itself demands character and courage not to compromise. A society without conscience and without adherence to the tenets of faith, cannot provide justice and opportunities for its people. These are essential ingredient of the faith which provides ingredients for effective governance. A transparent and accountable system brings participation of all citizens in having equal opportunities to participate in decision making , either directly or through legitimate intermediate institutions that represent their interests. Governance also means rule of law, transparency, responsiveness, consensus orientation, equity, effectiveness and efficiency and accountability. Providing efficient service, today assumes importance in the global context as it is an indication of the ability of the system to promote true progress when so much has been made available within the frame of the system. Unless some drastic changes are imposed, any plan for progress will only regress and perhaps that is what has been the manifestation. That is the lesson to churches that have made building construction as their god. The Mizo church has been instrumental in creating a very high level of consciousness on social and religious values in the state. Unless the church leaders, who claim to be privy to the biblical tenets show the way, obviously, the laity or ordinary members cannot be expected do otherwise. This is a good example that is needed in Nagaland today.<\/p>\n
Setting good examples<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[685],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}