Watching ‘Neverland’

As a kid growing up in the ‘80s, I was, like millions across the globe, a star-struck Michael Jackson fan. As if mirroring Wade...

Nyigam: An example of courage and toil

Your backache is going to get worse, said my travelling companion, reluctant to take me along as she made plans for a visit to...

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...

Two pennies’ worth

Monday Musing 1. It's true. People on Twitter are different from those on Facebook. I speak in the context of Arunachal, of course. It's true. I'm a...

Nurture youth and their entrepreneurial spirit

Monday Musing In the last two decades Arunachal witnessed several ministers wooing investors from other parts of the country and abroad to invest in this...

A learning centre with a difference

Twelve-year-old A wants to be a professional painter when she grows up. But I don't have enough time, she says while comparing her prize...

Chinese democracy ?

Arunachal Pradesh requires a term of its own to define adult franchise and democracy as seen during elections in the state. The election fervour...

Siang at a crossroads

Monday Musing   While the revered Tibetan spiritual head, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has not specifically spoken about hydropower, he has often talked about the...

Events that boost morale

While Arunachal Pradesh is passing through an unpleasant situation due to job examinations scam involving APPSC and death of prominent public leaders and achievers,...

A case of cutting corners

Monday Musing They say that school is a temple of learning and the hostel is a second home, where children are nurtured to become better...

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...

When multilingual writers and poets meet

Flights Of Fantasy For the first time in Arunachal Pradesh, an all India level multilingual writers and poets meet was organised at Pasighat on 2-3...

Drug menace: Synergy between govt agencies and NGOs need of the hour

Monday Musing In 2021, the state government launched a series of activities in its war against the drug menace. The government found itself in a...

AFSPA: Oting massacre and the shielding of military brutality

Monday Musing The families who lost their loved ones in Oting, Nagaland  during the massacre by the Indian Army personnel in December 2021 cannot even...

Gravity of landlessness

Monday Musing Recently a bitter land dispute turned violent, resulting in gun-firing and an attack with machetes in Neomi in Tali circle of Kra Daadi...

Priorities

Monday Musing Expressing an opinion is not the same as taking a stand. Taking a stand and being adamant may not altogether be in the...

A short stay home for children

Sishu Bhavan is a short stay home for children run by the Missionaries of Charity in Naharlagun. Right now, there are 17 children between...

Coronavirus: Let’s together defeat the invisible enemy

Monday Musing Arunachal on Sunday witnessed an unprecedented shutdown in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for a 'janta curfew' to put brakes on...

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...

Four months since you said two months

Monday Musing In the past three months, we have written a little over 10 times about the four-lane road construction in the capital region. During...