Shooting prices, falling sales
Monday Musing
The stiff rise in the prices of vegetables in the markets of the capital complex in the recent past put the consumers' budgets...
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...
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...
It’s not over yet
Monday Musing
It has been nearly 21 months since the first case of coronavirus was officially detected in India on 27 January, 2019, and it...
The many hues of parenting
Monday Musing
If somebody were to ask you what the toughest job in the world is, many lines of work would pop up in your...
Passing notions
Monday Musing
The curious case of Quinton de Kock
When South Africa's wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock refused to 'take the knee' prior to his team's Pool...
A rice bag once fell from the sky on a town that had no...
Monday Musing
Border towns are far and difficult to reach, and even seasoned travellers, ignorant yet accustomed to myriad tales, are kept wondering at the...
Rampant destruction of forests in Namdang
The rampant logging of trees being carried out for the last couple of years within the unclassified 42.77 sq km Namdang forest area in...
Will the misguided return to mainstream?
Monday Musing
The revelation by Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Chukhu Apa that some youths have reportedly been recruited into the self-styled outlaw...
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,...
Living on a prayer
Monday Musing
Dear readers, much to everyone's annoyance, the second wave of the horrid Covid-19 has started spreading its wings in our state. Possibilities of...
Rising unemployment and corruption
Monday Musing
One of my friends has been trying for a government job for the past many years and religiously fills up application forms whenever...
Incubation of corruption
Monday Musing
At a time when the entire world is grappling with a deep economic crisis in the face of a ravaging global pandemic, the...
A relatable addiction
Monday Musing
Don't know whether it was the same for everyone, or if it was just the school that I went to, but the most...
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...
Of weak political and bureaucratic leadership
Monday Musing
The lockdown of the Itanagar capital region has been extended upto 3 August. The capital-specific lockdown was imposed first on 6 July, when...
Convert Chimpu DCH into a permanent government super-specialty hospital
Monday Musing
As the second wave of Covid-19 has hit the state, in particular the Itanagar capital region (ICR), hard, the focus has once again...
Momo Aunties: turning challenges into opportunities
Monday Musing
It will not at all be dramatic to say that while food nourishes the body, good food nourishes the soul. And when it...
Has the Centre given up on land captured by China?
Monday Musing
Recently, when a report of the Chinese constructing a new village in Upper Subansiri district of Arunachal made headlines in the national media,...
About police and policing
A few decades ago, police personnel in Arunachal Pradesh literally had very little role in maintaining law and order, since the peace-loving people of...