Dissipation

Monday Musing "We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic...

Plastic waste polluting our rivers

The World Environment Day celebration on 5 June this year was hosted by India this year. With this year's theme being 'Ban plastic pollution',...

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...

Hard work produces heroes

It is a sad fact that Arunachal Pradesh has in recent times not been able to produce champion athletes of international standards who can...

A castle for every tribe

Arunachal now is no longer Arunachal then. Our state was born with five districts, named after the mighty rivers Kameng, Subansiri, Siang, Dibang, Lohit...

Height of hypocrisy

Monday Musing Everything about the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government seems to be about larger-than-life publicity and grandiloquent celebrations over their achievements, which often...

Reluctant government employees

If you notice, a lot of private job advertisements in this daily specify that only non-tribal candidates need to apply. Elsewhere in the world,...

Of things past

Monday Musing Did you know that however passionate you are about writing, there are times when your mind can go blank? Completely blank. So many...

How serious are we about improving mental health facilities in our state?

Monday Musing A month ago, a man in a village went to one of his relative's house to attend a wedding feast. He came home...

Say no to the greedy minority

First they went for the NERIST, then RGU, then the greenfield airport project - and now the NIT. Some groups of people in the...

Need to encourage more people to take Covid-19 vaccine

Monday Musing According to the union health ministry data, the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country has reached 1,13,59,048. Till Sunday, India reported...

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...

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...

Why do our languages die?

Monday Musing While en route to Naharlagun from the Guwahati airport on a Sky One chopper, I was struck by a three-year-old toddler speaking with...

Chinese democracy ?

Arunachal Pradesh requires a term of its own to define adult franchise and democracy as seen during elections in the state. The election fervour...

Marriage of traditions

Monday Musing Marriages are made in heaven - this saying holds so much truth to it. Well, some marriages do make onlookers believe that they...

AOA sets five gold medals target

Monday Musing Arunachal Olympic Association (AOA) president Taba Tedir urged the state's contingent to return home from the 36th National Games with at least five...

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...

Resolutions

Monday Musing Dear readers, first and foremost, let me wish you a very, very happy new year. May this year be Corona-free and may we...

The vaccination pass

Monday Musing At the very beginning of the pandemic, parents and guardians were reluctant to send their children to school, but after a complete year...