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...

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...

Inaction continues as drug menace thrives

Monday Musing The state government had allocated Rs 10 crore in the last budget for modernizing drug de-addiction centres across Arunachal Pradesh. The budget session for...

Survival of the fittest

Monday Musing When Charles Darwin came up with his theory of the 'survival of the fittest', he most certainly knew that the human race was...

The sports policy of Arunachal Pradesh

The sports policy of the state has finally been notified. The vision is to make Arunachal Pradesh a vibrant and leading state in the...

Lessons from Arunachal

Monday Musing The vandalizing of Durga's idols in Doimukh just a day before the Durga puja festival in October this year had cast a big...

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...

Arunachal Lit Fest- a way forward

The department of Information and Public Relation, govt of Arunachal Pradesh organized the Arunachal Lit Fest 2018 in Itanagar from Nov 28-30. Three-day event was...

Hydropower: Balancing development and ecological fragility

Monday Musing In September 2017, the NITI Aayog CEO, after famously taking a chopper ride, announced a 10,000 MW hydropower project in the Siang river....

Skeletons in our closets

Monday Musing Some of the most interesting things to watch on television these days, other than the screaming and shouting wannabes of reality shows, are...

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...

Away from home

Monday Musing The concept of sending children away from home has been in practice since time immemorial. Among other reasons, it has always been mainly...

Is the SIT serving its purpose?

(Monday Musing) They say that to provide impartial and efficient police service, safeguarding the interests of the people and making the police force a professionally...

Crashing out the cash

Monday Musing To an average middle class salaried person, the last weeks of a month are often tough financially. I am sure every one of...

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...

Climate change: Impact & expectation

Monday Musing The climate change and global warming caused by the rat race of human civilization in the name of development have posed a serious...

Panchayat season has arrived

Monday Musing With the announcement of the BJP's official candidates for the panchayat elections and for the municipal corporations of Pasighat and Itanagar, the other...

Apropos nothing

Monday Musing Jeremy has spoken On balance, envy is often mixed with admiration and inspiration, but jealousy? That, my friend, is a self-destructive emotion. My advice:...

Mr Sinha’s beautiful dreams

It was probably just as well that the press was not invited to the ATAL Conclave organised by the state government at the state...

The NERIST unrest

The North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) took centre stage this past week. When we first followed the story of the NERIST...