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...
We’re in this together
Monday Musing
As the entire world battles the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), Arunachal too has joined the war. The state government announced complete lockdown of the...
Orange bowl of Arunachal coming undone
Dambuk, a small town in Lower Dibang Valley (LDV) district of Arunachal Pradesh, does not require an introduction. One of the most picturesque places...
A time for reckoning
Monday Musing
The last few days of July and the beginning of August were so unbearably hot this year. The extreme heat and hating that...
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...
Breaking the vicious cycle
Monday Musing
The Narcotics Control Bureau of India has in its recent finding identified 272 districts across the country which are most affected by the...
Not our battle
Monday Musing
The Arunachal society is passing through a difficult phase post-2014. Once known for its peaceful and secular way of life, today the tribal...
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...
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...
Why so serious? (12-26 August, 2022)
Monday Musing
I can tell you right now that once you come under the media's scanner, it won't take us long to find out almost...
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...
Are the political parties bereft of ideology?
With the date of the simultaneous assembly and parliamentary elections approaching nearer, electioneering by the political parties is picking up rhythm across Arunachal Pradesh.
A...
Keepers of Pakke
The Pakke Tiger Reserve is a rehabilitation home for many animals that have been orphaned because of poaching.
One of them is a month-old elephant...
Unfair but true
Monday Musing
Transfer and posting of Arunachal government employees are being done in some departments. Though transfers and postings are a regular affair, the timing...
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...
Saturday at Ambrosia
Monday Musing
Ambrosia restaurant, Laitumkhrah, Shillong. 1991.
Having ordered coffee and pastries, Vicky and I were sitting at a table, smoking cigarettes. I'd borrowed that day's...
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...
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...
Arrows of valentine
This is going to be something of a dampener for those looking forward to Valentine's Day, which is just around the corner. Just so...
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...