Dictating tribal kitchens

Monday Musing Arunachal Pradesh deserves special care from the Centre, especially with the Hindu majority at the helm. The state is unique in its diversity...

APLS, an emerging literary force

The Arunachal Pradesh Literary Society (APLS) has become a literary force to be reckoned with. Within a decade, the Society has made a mark...

Lost in the web

Communication has changed massively over the past few decades across the world, and Arunachal seems to be trying to keep up with the changing...

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...

An equal music

Monday Musing Whenever any guest arrives at our home and sees my husband working in the kitchen, it is like they have seen a ghost...

Covid-19: no room for complacency

Monday Musing The onslaught unleashed by the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) upon the humanity is overwhelming and unprecedented. Every country, irrespective of rich and poor, has...

Saving the queen bee

Monday Musing In a democracy, it's too early to celebrate or grieve over anything, be it electoral success or failure. The wild jubilation of the Bharatiya...

A theatre without an audience

Monday Musing Vacillating between different topics that I could write about, I ruminated long on the pressing issues that have long been confronting our state,...

Time to resolve interstate boundary disputes

Monday Musing The pact signed between Assam and Meghalaya to resolve their decades-old boundary disputes in six of the 12 disputed areas is indeed a...

Leaving behind children with learning disabilities

Monday Musing My professor has been tutoring some schoolchildren between the ages of 6 and 14. Their families belong to the lower income group. One day,...

The phantom of a UCC

Monday Musing On 27 June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a call for introduction of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country. His statement...

Meet your candidates

Dibang, Lohit and Namsai Monday Musing   The upcoming general elections to the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh, is all set to witness a total of 143...

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...

A ticking bomb waiting to explode

Monday Musing The formation of three natural dams on the Yorlung-Tsangpo river in Tibet has created panic among the people downstream in Arunachal Pradesh. As...

Hard work produces heroes

It is a sad fact that Arunachal Pradesh has in recent times not been able to produce champion athletes of international standards who can...

Drug menace: Isn’t it enough to wake the state’s collective conscience?

Monday Musing The recent arrest of a government official from the civil secretariat in Itanagar reveals that the drug menace has infiltrated the state's highest...

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...

Of weak political and bureaucratic leadership

Monday Musing The lockdown of the Itanagar capital region has been extended upto 3 August. The capital-specific lockdown was imposed first on 6 July, when...

The mountains are calling

Monday Musing Every mountaineer dreams of climbing Mt Everest once. Considered the ultimate mountaineering challenge, the peak continues to attract hundreds of mountaineers every season. Once,...

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...