Is the APPSC paper leak scandal turning into the next PDS scam?

Monday Musing The one thing that is worrying the majority of Arunachalees is the possibility of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) paper leak...

Time to go tough on drugs menace

It is said that sharing is caring. But what happens when a teacher does not hesitate to ask his pupil to share some tobacco...

Coronavirus: Let’s together defeat the invisible enemy

Monday Musing Arunachal on Sunday witnessed an unprecedented shutdown in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for a 'janta curfew' to put brakes on...

Arunachalis spent more time on unpaid activities in 2024

Monday Musing Curious about how the people of Arunachal Pradesh spent their time in 2024? Here is a brief report. They spent more time on...

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...

Families of Covid-19 victims need assistance

Monday Musing The state has till now reported 188 Covid-19 fatalities. According to the health department's data, our state is witnessing a steady increase in...

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...

The price of a pandemic

Monday Musing Since 1 September, the government of Arunachal has imposed testing fees for Covid-19 statewide at all government-run facilities. Whoever is tested will have to...

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,...

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....

On responsible feminism

Monday Musing People who have small children know how outright they speak their minds and how brutally honest they can be. The other day, after all...

For customized education

Monday Musing A child returns home after school. Her mother notices that she is wearing a Spiderman facemask instead of the sunflower mask she had...

When justice can be twisted

Monday Musing When we speak of violence against humans, it's very convenient for us to believe that such criminal activities are limited only to mainland...

Ensuring public safety

Monday Musing Our hearts collectively bled after seeing helpless patients and innocent medical attendants lying on pools of blood and other staffers running for life...

The war on drugs

Monday Musing On 16 July, the state cabinet approved the Policy on Psychoactive Substances 2021-26 to fight the drug menace in Arunachal. The policy, as...

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....

Our fault lines

Monday Musing Globally, humankind is experiencing an extraordinary situation - it is as if we were in a biological fiction Hollywood movie - ever since...

Accidents and blood money

It is that time of the month when my turn to pen down 'Monday Musing' has arrived, and this time the events of the...

Live life off the wall

Monday Musing Dear readers, let me begin with wishing everyone a very happy new year. May you all have a wonderful and prosperous year ahead. Hope...

Democracy bleeds

Monday Musing From a national political perspective, getting off with 10 unopposed elected MLAs is a mammoth political score, as the electoral game has just...