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...
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...
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...
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...
A play with many acts
The Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission has been garnering attention for all the wrong reasons ever since it held the preliminaries of the Arunachal...
Hopes from smart city
Monday Musing
There is an air of optimism following the inclusion of Itanagar under the smart city project by the ministry of urban development.
Pasighat town...
Seed of positivity
Monday Musing
This pandemic situation that we are facing together globally has, in more ways than one, taught all of us many life lessons. This...
Valentine’s Day: a slice for all
Monday Musing
Dear readers, before anything else, let us give ourselves a pat on our backs to have survived a pandemic. With such a negative...
Sold to the highest bidder
Monday Musing
There are four kinds of voters in Arunachal: first are those people who take money to vote, in the second category are those...
A case of cutting corners
Monday Musing
They say that school is a temple of learning and the hostel is a second home, where children are nurtured to become better...
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...
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...
Shaking the state’s conscience
Monday Musing
The recent child prostitution and human trafficking racket unravelled by the Itanagar police, involving five minor victims, has deeply shaken the state's conscience....
Cocktail blues
At about 6:30 in the morning, the bus turns around the last bend on the road on the Assam side, and lumbers slowly upto...
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...
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...
Closures and mergers of institutions necessary
Monday Musing
In a landmark decision, the Education Department recently shut down 386 schools across the state due to zero student enrolment. This bold move...
Wilting foundation
Monday Musing
Sometimes people call to enquire if what is printed in the newspaper is true. We don't exactly print lies, so the easiest way...
Looking for a home in Itanagar – a personal account
Monday Musing
In April last year, I found myself looking for a residence in Itanagar after my father suddenly decided he was giving up the...
One winter evening in Siang
Monday Musing
The warmth near the fireplace in a traditional home is not only soothing during cold winter evenings but also very reassuring. There is...