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...
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...
The things we least deserve
Technical institutes such as the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) and the National Institute of Technology (NIT) are precious assets...
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...
A rice bag once fell from the sky on a town that had no...
Monday Musing
Border towns are far and difficult to reach, and even seasoned travellers, ignorant yet accustomed to myriad tales, are kept wondering at the...
APST women: Identity and gender inequality
The status of a child born to an Arunachal Pradesh Scheduled Tribe (APST) woman and a non-APST man has been challenged time and again...
No respite from the demon
Monday Musing
The death of any family member can have a devastating impact on the family. It can cause intense pain and heartache.
This morning, I...
Karma chameleon
Monday Musing
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My elder brother and I reunited after 15 years of estrangement, at our father's funeral, on 9 December, 2021. Together we lit our...
Everything is content
Monday Musing
As a novice in the kitchen, I often look up recipes online, especially YouTube. Recently, I received a tub full of diced bamboo...
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...
An awkward nyida story
Monday Musing
There is so much hype and talk about big fat Indian weddings, even on international grounds. If we look closely, our very own...
Article 371 (H): A repressive tool of the Centre
Monday Musing
Acrimonious, inflammatory, inciting, hateful, prejudicial - all the adjectives that describe hatred don't seem to run out of circulation on social media these...
The unfading force of honesty
Monday Musing
The maxim, 'Honesty is the best policy', which my parents used to sermonize to me during my student life, used to irritate me...
Why banning SUP is so important
Monday Musing
The Centre has banned the use of select single-use plastic (SUP) items across the country to combat the rapidly increasing plastic pollution.
The banned...
IVLP: Living the American dream
Monday Musing
Agree with me or not, I had my own reasons for being superstitious at the time, which was the reason that I confided...
Apropos nothing
Monday Musing
Jeremy has spoken
On balance, envy is often mixed with admiration and inspiration, but jealousy? That, my friend, is a self-destructive emotion. My advice:...
Mind the mining
Monday Musing
Kharsang circle in Changlang district is currently abuzz following the state government's decision to approve the mining lease of the Namchik-Namphuk coal mines...
Walking a tightrope
Monday Musing
Nobody would have thought that Pema Khandu, who led the BJP to a convincing win in the 2019 election as the chief ministerial...
The real fight begins
Monday Musing
Whenever a new vaccine is rolled out, new misconceptions and rumours about the vaccine do the rounds. Myths associated with vaccines sometimes cause...
Pedestrians’ woes
Are the pedestrians safe on the roads in the Capital Complex? The answer will, of course, be a 'no.'
The other day, a speeding bike...