Consider gradual withdrawal of AFSPA from state
Monday Musing
Recently on 23 May, Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma had announced that his government was aiming to withdraw controversial Armed Forces...
Water crisis is real
Monday Musing
With the onset of winter comes the problem of water shortage everywhere in the state as the rains which feed our numerous water...
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...
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...
Woes of teacher shortage
Monday Musing
Teacher shortage in schools in the state, especially in remote and far-flung areas, continues to be a worrying issue that has been affecting...
Will the greenfield project ever take off?
Will the greenfield airport project in Hollongi ever take off? This is the million-dollar question of every Arunachali at the moment.
The state government on...
Where are the elephants going?
Monday Musing
Elephants are travellers. They walk far and wide. But not all elephants are as lucky. Enslaved by humans, they are forced to travel...
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...
Heroes of 1962 war & Olympics double gold medallist Lt Col Haripal Kaushik
Flights Of Fantasy
Many Arunachali old-timers recall the 1962 Sino-India conflict with fear and anger. The Chinese forces entered deep into Arunachal Pradesh along many...
A play with many acts
The Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission has been garnering attention for all the wrong reasons ever since it held the preliminaries of the Arunachal...
Riken Ngomle’s theatrical safarnama
Monday Musing
Theatre actor Riken Ngomle has come a long way since he started his theatrical journey in 2010 and has seen his share of...
Unfair but true
Monday Musing
Transfer and posting of Arunachal government employees are being done in some departments. Though transfers and postings are a regular affair, the timing...
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...
Sold to the highest bidder
Monday Musing
There are four kinds of voters in Arunachal: first are those people who take money to vote, in the second category are those...
Time is ripe to resolve interstate border disputes
Monday Musing
The killing of at least six police personnel in the recent border skirmish following a border dispute between Assam and Mizoram has created...
Give wings to development
Chief Minister Pema Khandu has returned for a second innings on the hot seat along with a 40-member team, including 11 first-timers, as BJP...
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...
Convert Chimpu DCH into a permanent government super-specialty hospital
Monday Musing
As the second wave of Covid-19 has hit the state, in particular the Itanagar capital region (ICR), hard, the focus has once again...
Two faces of controversy
Monday Musing
When reports of the transfer of former chief secretary (CS) Satya Gopal to Delhi started coming in, the people of the state on...
Human-elephant conflicts
The elephant population in Arunachal Pradesh has remarkably increased from 890 in 2012 to 1,614 in 2017. As per the elephant census report of...