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...

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...

Alcoholism and Arunachal

Arunachal's culture encourages imbibing alcohol without much reservation against it. Offering apong to guests is a unique tribal custom which is little known...

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...

Cleanliness is a collective responsibility

Monday Musing As per recent Swachh Survekshan 2020 results, Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal has been ranked 7th among the 10 dirtiest cities of the...

The fallacy of DoTCL

Monday Musing The department of Tirap and Changlang (DoTC) was created in the year 2003 (Longding district was later included in 2017) to address the...

Journey of a journo

Monday Musing The journey that I began in the mid-90s as a journalist in Arunachal Pradesh fascinated me in various ways. I still remember how...

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,...

Pedestrians’ woes

Are the pedestrians safe on the roads in the Capital Complex? The answer will, of course, be a 'no.' The other day, a speeding bike...

Nurture youth and their entrepreneurial spirit

Monday Musing In the last two decades Arunachal witnessed several ministers wooing investors from other parts of the country and abroad to invest in this...

Mining activities a double-edged sword

Monday Musing There have been protests over the government's decision to auction the proposed Namchik east and Namchik west coal blocks, which are extensions of...

Mind the mining

Monday Musing Kharsang circle in Changlang district is currently abuzz following the state government's decision to approve the mining lease of the Namchik-Namphuk coal mines...

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...

Stop Arunachal from turning into another Hindi heartland state

Monday Musing The events of the last few days show that Arunachal Pradesh is truly on its way to becoming one of those Hindi heartland...

The dirtiest state

Monday Musing It seems that the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, launched 10 years ago, has hardly been able to make any impact in Arunachal Pradesh, as...

We cannot allow our languages to be consumed by Hindi

For any democracy to grow, there needs to be healthy debates among its citizens on issues concerning the citizens. Over the years, since Narendra...

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...

On overhauling the education system

Monday Musing Every legislator who rose to speak on the floor of the House during the recently concluded Legislative Assembly sessions decried the prevailing education...

A postcard from the edge

Monday Musing Not everything happens by chance. My introduction to journalism came in the form of The Times of India newspaper my father used to subscribe...

Who would bear Arunachal’s burden?

Monday Musing Barely days after union Law & Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju's divulgement of the Centre's plan to relocate the Chakma-Hajong (CH) refugees from Arunachal,...