APST women: Identity and gender inequality
The status of a child born to an Arunachal Pradesh Scheduled Tribe (APST) woman and a non-APST man has been challenged time and again...
In search of better opportunities
Monday Musing
Aonong (name changed), a 30-year-old woman from a remote village in Arunachal, presently working at a mall in New Delhi, has not been...
Of politics and policies
Monday Musing
As normalcy is gradually returning with decreasing numbers of Covid-19 cases in the state, many questions are hovering over the mind. Some pertinent...
On maintaining equilibrium
Monday Musing
"If all the beasts are gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens...
Siang at a crossroads
Monday Musing
While the revered Tibetan spiritual head, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has not specifically spoken about hydropower, he has often talked about the...
Ugly side of a sunny picture
Monday Musing
Hydropower dams look fine and great on paper. Unlike fossil fuel, hydropower doesn't pollute the atmosphere. It is a clean source of energy....
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...
Uncertain times in TCL region
Monday Musing
Recently, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (IM) sent out a diktat to the legislators of Tirap, Changlang and Longding (TCL) districts to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Covid-19 is not over yet
Monday Musing
It was mid-February this year when I had to face an unexpected situation during my journey home to Assam. When I had boarded...
TRIHMS: A beacon of hope
Monday Musing
The Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), established in 2017, started the first academic session in 2018 with 50 students...
Crushed mountains, fractured highways
Monday Musing
It's that time of the year when land starts falling apart, torn by human interventions and the pressure of monsoon rains, visuals of...
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...
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...
The vanity of human wishes
Monday Musing
A brotherly elbow
The need to be alone and content in one's own company is much undervalued, and often misunderstood.
People generally require a social...
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...