Is AAPSU a waning pan-Arunachal entity?

Monday Musing As the music's blaring crescendo fell, it was overlapped by colourful roadshow dances presented by the supporters and cheerleaders, donning their respective candidates'...

Infrastructure key to development of sports

Monday Musing On nearly every important sports occasion, the people at the helm of affairs talk about abundant talents of the youths of the state...

Season of promises and money

These days almost every conversation centres on the impending state elections. The elections are scheduled to be held in May 2019, but as the...

Choke drugs supply to eliminate addiction

Monday Musing The problem of drug abuse in Arunachal has reached an alarming level. Reports of police apprehending drug addicts and peddlers every other day...

Better prepared roads can withstand monsoon disasters

Monday Musing The arrival of monsoon every year leaves a trail of death and devastation in the entire Northeast region. Rivers swell up and flood...

Need to encourage more people to take Covid-19 vaccine

Monday Musing According to the union health ministry data, the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country has reached 1,13,59,048. Till Sunday, India reported...

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...

A time for reckoning

Monday Musing The last few days of July and the beginning of August were so unbearably hot this year. The extreme heat and hating that...

Closures and mergers of institutions necessary

Monday Musing In a landmark decision, the Education Department recently shut down 386 schools across the state due to zero student enrolment. This bold move...

Back to square one

Monday Musing When the APPSC paper leakage scam hit the state, there was a huge uproar against the corrupt practice in the state. A genuine...

Time to reclaim our history

Monday Musing A few years ago, a friend from Delhi wanted to send me stuff and asked me to share my surface mail address. As...

Rising boundary disputes

Monday Musing Recently, there was a meeting of various stakeholders of Changlang district, including MLAs, members of community-based organizations and government officials, to discuss the...

Repetition of a historical blunder

Monday Musing The state government committed a grave mistake by converting Arunachal's first state hospital at Naharlagun into a medical college - the Tomo Riba...

Challenges and environmental impact of jhum cultivation in Arunachal

Monday Musing Every year, with the approach of summer, we see the hills around us on fire and the clear blue sunny skies turning a...

The scourge of bandh culture

Monday Musing The three days bandh call which initially started in ICR and later spread to some other districts of the state has ended peacefully...

Budgetonomics

Flights Of Fantasy Rs 578 crore deficit annual budget for 2021-22 for Arunachal Pradesh was presented on 3 March, 2021. The projected total receipts for...

Testing the waters

Monday Musing 'Water is very important for living beings. We need water to drink, cook, clean and wash. Without water, there will be no life.' This...

An accepted social issue

Monday Musing A private member's resolution titled 'The Arunachal Pradesh Monogamy Election Eligibility Bill, 2023' was circulated for discussion during the September 2023 legislative assembly...

Govt needs more courage to implement major projects

Monday Musing Just when everyone thought that deck has been cleared for the start of much awaited medical college from 2018 academic session, the controversy...

Is the APPSC paper leak scandal turning into the next PDS scam?

Monday Musing The one thing that is worrying the majority of Arunachalees is the possibility of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) paper leak...