How Naga communities came together for each other during the pandemic Updated: Updated: March 07, 2021 15:17 IST The close-knit society is falling back on the sense of community and kinship that has been passed down over generations in Nagaland Share Article AAA Members of Christo Naga’s Club, which consists of students, farmers, government and private sector employees, pose with the paddy they harvested during the lockdown in Zhavame village, Nagaland | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The close-knit society is falling back on the sense of community and kinship that has been passed down over generations in Nagaland One evening in June, a group of young men and women gathered in Zhavame village in the foothills of the Kapamodzü peak, one of Nagaland’s highest mountains. The lockdown had not yet been completely lifted, and the group mused about the abandoned paddy fields in the village. Many young people from Zhavame had moved to cities to study or work, and almost half the fields had been left fallow. At the end of the meeting, the Christo Naga’s Club, whose members included students, farmers, government and private sector employees, reached a decision: they would begin cultivating the land again.