Technology’s shady underbelly

Easy and inexpensive access to technology, coupled with the Jio revolution, has resulted in a drastic increase in the number of users over the...

Stop trying to create religious divisions in Arunachal

Monday Musing On 1 December, as the whole state was celebrating the Indigenous Faith Day, pictures of people holding placards, seeking cancellation of the scheduled...

The grim reality of sports in Arunachal

Monday Musing Lack of support for athletes, dormant sports organisations and insufficient infrastructure paint a grim picture of sports in Arunachal Pradesh. Maintaining a healthy diet...

A trip to Mechukha

Monday Musing I visited picturesque Mechukha for the first time in the 2011, when there was a Northeast riders' meet. At that time, it was...

A flooded hill town

Monday Musing Once, Itanagar was a beautiful town with trees on both sides of the roads, a two-lane road that had potholes but did not...

The ‘No cash’ crisis

Much hue and cry was witnessed in the past couple of weeks following a sudden shortage of cash in the capital complex and other...

On maintaining equilibrium

Monday Musing "If all the beasts are gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens...

Mining activities a double-edged sword

Monday Musing There have been protests over the government's decision to auction the proposed Namchik east and Namchik west coal blocks, which are extensions of...

Swimming with the sharks

Barely a week after the passing of the Arunachal Pradesh Money Lending Regulation Bill, a group of women money lenders scrambled to the press...

Don’t let money culture win the race yet again

Monday Musing As the election nears, the issue of money culture is once again becoming a hot topic in the state. Literally, every sitting MLA...

Religious spats over APFRA

Monday Musing Religious spats indeed have no ending, but rather possess the potential to create disharmony in the society. The dispute over the Arunachal Pradesh...

Time for society to introspect

Monday Musing This month, Chief Minister Pema Khandu launched an online certificate course on drug abuse prevention to tackle substance abuse in the state. In...

Alone with social media

Monday Musing I received 27 individual and group text messages on WhatsApp and Instagram yesterday, and a phone call from my mother. On my part, I...

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,...

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...

Cost of systemic healthcare failure

Monday Musing Recently, a 45-year-old woman died at the community health centre (CHC) in Kimin in Papum Pare district in the absence of an emergency...

Unmasking corruption: A closer look

Monday Musing Starting from the APPSC scam, our state has been witnessing a continuous unfolding of similar cases of nepotism and cash-for-job scandals in recent...

The age of imagination

In today's world of extreme positivity, there is no place for the slightest bit of negative thoughts; which, in simpler words, means that honesty...

Who will crack down on modified bike exhausts?

Monday Musing Recently, I was jolted awake by a sudden and loud burst of sound in the middle of the night. At first I couldn't...

Temporary fixes aren’t enough to solve the perennial water shortage in the ICR

Monday Musing   With the arrival of the monsoon, the Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) begins to face a drinking water crisis as pipelines are damaged by...