Long-term planning needed to produce world-class athletes
Monday Musing
Arunachal Pradesh' gold medal count decreased to four in the 38th National Games from the six they had won in the two previous...
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...
Segregating the deserving
Monday Musing
Attending the 76th Independence Day celebration at Dera Natung Government College in Itanagar, I hastily scanned the state awards' list. Finding a lone...
Bohemian rhapsody: The case for irony
Monday Musing
There are two kinds of people who use irony to devastating effect: those who have a sense of humour, and those who don't.
Witty...
Tribal identity caught between saffronisation & Christianisation
Monday Musing
On 22 January, on my way back home from a morning walk, I saw a school van with children as young as five...
Govt schemes, research and tourism
Arunachal Pradesh, being a developing state and a late starter, needs effective coordination between various departments for implementation of flagship programmes of both the...
Grappling with shortage of coaches
Monday Musing
While the state government is working hard for development of sports infrastructures in the state, the young players are grappling with an acute...
Over to you, CBI
The Pema Khandu government's decision to hand over the Toko Yame and the Ojing Taying murder cases to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)...
Word to the wordsmiths, with a smile and a wink
It's easy, after reading a dozen novels, to decide to become a writer. But getting down to the brass tacks of the job and...
No end in sight
Monday Musing
Every day one gets to read about rape in India. The National Crime Report Bureau in its 2022 report said that rape averages...
Casualties of inefficient administration
Monday Musing
There are several weekly markets in the Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) where thousands throng. The Tuesday market in Gohpur Tinali and the Sunday...
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...
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...
The matter of identity
Monday Musing
Have you ever been in a situation where all you wanted to do was have fun and chill with your friends with good...
The second wave
The second wave of the Covid pandemic has woken up the authorities across the country as they are now hastily issuing travel restrictions and...
UTA’s rise should worry govt
Monday Musing
The entire state was shocked when an organisation named the United Tani Army (UTA) recently issued a statement to the media, opposing the...
Paper leak scam sparks differing opinions
Monday Musing
The Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission's (APPSC) paper leak scam, which once appeared to be a 'uniting machine' among the aspirants and student...
Dismal state of freedom, need for law on journalist safety
From the time the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA Government came into power, the Hindu-right wings could be ominously seen resurrecting; imposing radical...
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...
Money-driven elections
Monday Musing
It should not be a matter of discussion that money plays a key role in elections. As we all know by now, money...