Lessons for Indian Army from Bomdila
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitaraman is scheduled to visit Dibang Valley to celebrate Diwali with the Indian Army. But the festive season has been marred...
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...
More than just a nuisance
It is too early to know whether United Tani Army chair Anthony Doke is a pawn of the state, to be used and discarded,...
RING SIDE VIEW 2015
2015
December 30, 2015
A season of hope and conviction
There is something very mystical about the year end with festivity in the air. Even though the...
Tirap massacre and NSCN (IM)’s silence
The arrest of Anok Wangsa, the NSCN (IM)'s area commander of Longding in Arunachal, Charaideo in Assam and Mon in Nagaland, is a major...
Patriarchy and polygyny
In Arunachal, powerful men with what seems like an unending supply of money attract the attention not only of women but also of men....
RING SIDE VIEW 2016
April 27, 2016
Public Distribution System minus the public
In a state like Arunachal where agricultural produce is minimal, there is an overwhelming dependence on subsidised...
Budget and plans for tomorrow
If you overlook the names of the schemes which are in impossibly tough Hindi and named after people, you might need to Google it...
RING SIDE VIEW 2015
(17, June, 2015)
Questionable status of higher education
For a long time, many people have been raising questions about quality education, rather the lack of it...
BRO: Erasing boundaries
The Border Roads Organization (BRO) prides itself on cutting down mountains to connect hearts in the border areas of the state. It is also...
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...
Locating the nearest bin
If you ignore the dust in Itanagar caused by the highway construction and consequent traffic jam, and angry drivers swearing in between their mobile...
The state of our school education
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) results of Class 10 and Class 12 are a reminder to the government of Arunachal Pradesh, teachers...
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 2011
(27. Apr .2011)
When even pain fails to move us
Apart from near misses mid air, India’s aviation history is filled with stories of tragedies that...
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...
Let’s not give up
Ring Side View
Some years back, I met a guy outside psychiatrist Dr Tame Kena's chamber, where I was seeking treatment for post traumatic stress...
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...
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...
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...