The dying coins

Monday Musing It is frustrating when shopkeepers refuse to accept coins as payment, despite coins being legal tender. In Arunachal Pradesh, particularly in the capital region,...

Looking for a home in Itanagar – a personal account

Monday Musing In April last year, I found myself looking for a residence  in Itanagar after my father suddenly decided he was giving up the...

Homestay operation: A win-win business

Monday Musing When one speaks of places to visit in Arunachal, Roing and Anini are two names that will surely make it to the list,...

Religious spats over APFRA

Monday Musing Religious spats indeed have no ending, but rather possess the potential to create disharmony in the society. The dispute over the Arunachal Pradesh...

Mining activities a double-edged sword

Monday Musing There have been protests over the government's decision to auction the proposed Namchik east and Namchik west coal blocks, which are extensions of...

Long-term planning needed to produce world-class athletes

Monday Musing Arunachal Pradesh' gold medal count decreased to four in the 38th National Games from the six they had won in the two previous...

Reh

Monday Musing Reh - the most important festival of the Idu-Mishmi community of Arunachal Pradesh - is celebrated on the first three days of February...

Will the misguided return to mainstream?

Monday Musing The revelation by Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Chukhu Apa that some youths have reportedly been recruited into the self-styled outlaw...

The fallacy of DoTCL

Monday Musing The department of Tirap and Changlang (DoTC) was created in the year 2003 (Longding district was later included in 2017) to address the...

Ugly side of a sunny picture

Monday Musing Hydropower dams look fine and great on paper. Unlike fossil fuel, hydropower doesn't pollute the atmosphere. It is a clean source of energy....

UTA’s rise should worry govt  

Monday Musing The entire state was shocked when an organisation named the United Tani Army (UTA) recently issued a statement to the media, opposing the...

One winter evening in Siang

Monday Musing The warmth near the fireplace in a traditional home is not only soothing during cold winter evenings but also very reassuring. There is...

The many hues of parenting

Monday Musing If somebody were to ask you what the toughest job in the world is, many lines of work would pop up in your...

Pay heed to workers’ genuine demands

Monday Musing PHED&WS staffers have been seeking job regularisation for many years and recently, under the umbrella of the All Arunachal Pradesh Public Health Engineering...

Ensuring public safety

Monday Musing Our hearts collectively bled after seeing helpless patients and innocent medical attendants lying on pools of blood and other staffers running for life...

Electrocution, house fires etc

Monday Musing Every now and then, we hear news of deaths due to electrocution, while doing maintenance works. In October this year, two workers of the...

Silent suffering

Monday Musing In July this year, when Health & Family Welfare Minister Biyuram Wahge informed the state assembly that Arunachal Pradesh had been placed among...

Incomplete NH415: A testimony of complacent and irresponsible governance

Monday Musing Nothing seems to motivate M/s TK Consortium Pvt Ltd, M/s Woodhill Shivam (Joint Venture), or the state government -particularly the state Public Works...

Momo Aunties: turning challenges into opportunities

Monday Musing It will not at all be dramatic to say that while food nourishes the body, good food nourishes the soul. And when it...

A king size life

Monday Musing Julius Caesar's famous Latin quote, 'Veni, Vidi, Vici' ('I came, I saw, I conquered') would aptly resonate with some of the Indian Administrative...