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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The dismantling of Kashmir and its implications
On 3 August, Amarnath Yatra, the pilgrimage to the Hindu shrine located some 140 kilometres from Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir, was called off...
Lessons from NERIST
It appears that problems confronting North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) are not over yet even as the centre has appointed...
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...
Tibetan Rehabilitation Policy
When the state cabinet decided to adopt the Tibetan Rehabilitation Policy in August last, it probably had no idea that organisations and political parties...
Let no mother cry again
We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and...
Pakke Paga Festival: How not to celebrate a conservation festival
On a whim, I decided to attend the Pakke Paga (great Indian hornbill) Festival, which was held at Seijosa in Pakke-Kessang district from 18...
RING SIDE VIEW 2014
2014
(24 December, 2014)
A chilling reminder
After the horrendous Daporijo Police Station MMS scandal that rocked the state in 2011, yet again, an explicit video...
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...
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;...
The APPSC and its reputation
The Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) has once again lived up to its reputation of being a professional bungler. The Commission since its...
NEEPCO’s ill-prepared shutdown
The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation's (NEEPCO) 405 mw Ranganadi hydroelectric project (RHEP) on the Panyor river is on a complete shutdown for maintenance...
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...
RTI Act and reluctant government employees
The engineering departments-PWD, RWD, PHE, Power, APEDA, and UD in the state have a notorious reputation of not doing enough for the people of...
The irrelevance of Article 371 (H)
During his Independence Day speech at IG Park in Itanagar on 15 August, Chief Minister Pema Khandu said, "I would like to assure the...
Resettlement of Chakmas
In his address to the people of the state on the 75th Independence Day, Chief Minister Pema Khandu said that "all illegal immigrant Chakmas...