The battle within

The identity of any group of people is through its languages and dialects. Arunachal is a unique state where more than 100 tribes and...

Crushed mountains, fractured highways

Monday Musing It's that time of the year when land starts falling apart, torn by human interventions and the pressure of monsoon rains, visuals of...

Smoke and mirrors

Monday Musing 'I must search for wisdom every hour, Deep in my wrathful bosom sore and raw, And find in it the superhuman power To hold me to...

Avoiding delay of justice in child abuse cases

Despite the existence of strong laws, crimes against children in the state are rampant, while on the other hand the conviction rate in such...

Seed of positivity

Monday Musing This pandemic situation that we are facing together globally has, in more ways than one, taught all of us many life lessons. This...

Untold stories of sportspersons and associations

Monday Musing We feel so proud of our athletes when they win on big stages and bring glory to the state and the nation. In the...

A festival full of promises

The recently held three-day Arunachal Literature Festival - 2018 could well be termed the beginning of a new era of literary activities in the...

Burn after reading

Monday Musing When we reached the cell, the stench hit me like a gale: a miasma of faeces, urine and cigarette and beedi butts pooled...

Lokayukta: A toothless cub among ravenous hyenas

Monday Musing Truth be told, Lokayukta, the anti-corruption ombudsman organisation, is an unwelcome entity in every Indian state - at least in the states where...

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'...

We cannot allow our languages to be consumed by Hindi

For any democracy to grow, there needs to be healthy debates among its citizens on issues concerning the citizens. Over the years, since Narendra...

The importance of being artless

You might call it a paradox of the times that talent these days often expresses itself most fluently in people who have absolutely no...

Time to reassess and rejuvenate

A petition challenging the validity of Article 35A is causing restlessness in the troubled state of Jammu & Kashmir. The article bars outsiders from...

The vanity of human wishes

Monday Musing A brotherly elbow The need to be alone and content in one's own company is much undervalued, and often misunderstood. People generally require a social...

It’s not over yet

Monday Musing It has been nearly 21 months since the first case of coronavirus was officially detected in India on 27 January, 2019, and it...

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...

Passing notions

Monday Musing The curious case of Quinton de Kock When South Africa's wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock refused to 'take the knee' prior to his team's Pool...

A postcard from the edge

Monday Musing Not everything happens by chance. My introduction to journalism came in the form of The Times of India newspaper my father used to subscribe...

The mysterious cases of missing files

Instances of government files disappearing mysteriously surface time and again in many departments in the state; but such cases often go unreported and die...

The flame of Olympics in our hearts

Monday Musing Producing homegrown Olympians has been a long-nurtured dream of the state. Talks and debates have been held about it over the past many...