RING SIDE VIEW 2016
2016
October 19, 2016
Fallen officers and unanswered questions
Within a span of a month, Arunachal Pradesh Police lost two young promising officers under tragic circumstances.
DSP Bomto...
Elections and the NSCN
39-year-old former zilla parishad member Seliam Wangsa was killed last Saturday at Nginu village in Longding district. According to his friends, he was killed...
Uninvited bandhs and suffering citizens
Arunachal has a dubious record of calling bandhs. According to information furnished in the legislative assembly in September 2012, Arunachal Pradesh had witnessed 173...
Hope soars over dreams unmet
As we welcome a new year, with or without resolutions, yours truly just wishes that this state is at par with any other developed...
RING SIDE VIEW 2012
2012
(05. Dec.2012)
Let’s talk
SSA teachers in the state are on an indefinite pen-down/tool down strike demanding regularisation of services at one go of some 550...
Religion, culture and vanishing languages
Call it naivety or a smart political move, Chief Minister Pema Khandu literally stirred a hornet's nest by stating that the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom...
Intolerant governance
The state government's unwillingness to accept any form of dissent was in full display as its police arrested lawyer-activist Ebo Mili and graffiti artist...
RING SIDE VIEW
August 30, 2017
Their culture and our languages
The Arunachal Pradesh government has approved creation of Department of Indigenous Faith & Cultural Affairs to “preserve and...
When will the guns go silent?
The brutal killing of Arunachalee politician Tirong Aboh and 10 others, including his son, in Tirap has numbed the state with pain.
The sheer brutality...
Continued violence against women and children
As the state was geared up for the festive season of Christmas and New Year, we woke up to the news about the ghastly...
A government wrapped in secrecy
As a student of communication, flow of information and making sure that communication channels are open, no matter how difficult the circumstances, is my...
RING SIDE VIEW 2011
2011
(28. Dec .2011)
The need to fix responsibilities
In October alone, 21 people lost their lives and numerous others were left maimed for life following collapse...
An airport named assurance
If you read this newspaper, it is likely that you have read the phrase 'time-bound completion' more than once a week. Arunachal is known...
Time to ring the bell
It's that time of the year when everyone will be expressing outrage on social media about the pass percentage in the central board exams;...
RING SIDE VIEW
May 31, 2017
Vigilantism and personal choices
What we eat, wear and who we love and regard should have been a personal choice. But in the...
Tears of silence
Sitting in the traditional bamboo kitchen located a short distance away from the main house, Wangjin Hakkun keeps stoking the flames in the fireplace.
A...
When we fail children
Since December 23rd, four minors have been raped. Of the four, two were killed.
On February 12, a five-year-old kindergarten student went missing from near...
Hopelessly out of commission
The Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission has a rival, if not better, in the Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board.
Since the notification which was out...
RING SIDE VIEW 2013
2013
(04. December.2013)
The border and wandering mind
It was indeed a big relief to hear from the President of India that “Since Arunachal Pradesh has common...
The unbearable slowness of TAH
At a cost of Rs 10,000 crore to connect Arunachal, the Trans-Arunachal Highway (TAH), which started in 2008 under the UPA, is the most...