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...

Migration season for politicians has arrived

Monday Musing As the election season nears, the migration of leaders from one political party to another is starting in the state. In recent days,...

A step towards social redemption

Revenge system that continues to prevail has been the 'curse of East Kameng district. It hangs like the proverbial sword that everyone is scared...

Mega dam, mega damage

Monday Musing Mega dams have always been criticised by experts because of their negative and immitigable environmental and social impacts. You build mega dams, there...

Festival of democracy with a twist

Monday Musing In a parliamentary form of government, elections are considered festivals of democracy. It's about battles of ideologies, ideas, and more so, vision. In...

A bagful of IG Park

Monday Musing The other day, when I was in the peak hours of my morning chores, I made up my mind to get some mental...

My Covid-19 experience

Monday Musing On 8 September, I started feeling unwell. I had severe body pain, fever, and cough. Immediately, I went for a rapid antigen test...

Taking rivers away from people

Monday Musing The NHPC Ltd has finally won a decade-long legal battle over the construction of its ambitious 2000 mw Subansiri lower hydroelectric project (SLHP)...

Valentine’s Day: a slice for all

Monday Musing Dear readers, before anything else, let us give ourselves a pat on our backs to have survived a pandemic. With such a negative...

For a country sans hate speech

Monday Musing People of our country are familiar with hate speech, particularly during election period. People do not recall such hate speeches after the election...

Covid-19: Real fight begins in the state

Monday Musing The world is fighting a different kind of war in the year 2020, and the fight will probably continue for one more year....

The scourge of bandh culture

Monday Musing The three days bandh call which initially started in ICR and later spread to some other districts of the state has ended peacefully...

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...

Alarming rate of drug addiction among youths

According to a government report, Arunachal has emerged as the top among illegal opium producers in the country given its geographical closeness to the...

Devil’s advocate

Monday Musing Well, at least two different entities are killing it right now for different reasons: life insurance salesmen on TV, who are using the...

Lack of parking sense and space

Monday Musing Ever since the earthcutting process began for the construction of the four-lane highway in the Capital, there has been a drastic dearth of...

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...

Is RT-PCR machine reliable?

Monday Musing Going by data from the Covid-19 bulletin, which is updated every evening by the directorate of health services, the reports from three districts...

Arunachal and Olympic dream

Monday Musing The 2024 Paris Olympic Games are just four days away. Millions of sports enthusiasts around the world will soon be glued to their...

The APPSC imbroglio

Monday Musing The state was recently witness to a mass outpouring of anger and agitation by people who sought changes in the Arunachal Pradesh Public...