Sonam Wangchuk: Silenced for giving Ladakh a voice?
Monday Musing
In popular mainstream culture, Sonam Wangchuk is known as the inspiration behind a cult Bollywood film. In the Himalayan region, however, he is...
Walking a tightrope
Monday Musing
Nobody would have thought that Pema Khandu, who led the BJP to a convincing win in the 2019 election as the chief ministerial...
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...
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...
Time to reclaim our history
Monday Musing
A few years ago, a friend from Delhi wanted to send me stuff and asked me to share my surface mail address. As...
Reassess indiscriminate issue of licenses for wood based industries
Monday Musing
Indiscriminate issuing of license for wood based industries in the state needs to be checked to protect our pristine forest resources which are...
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...
The things we least deserve
Technical institutes such as the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) and the National Institute of Technology (NIT) are precious assets...
Migration season for politicians has arrived
Monday Musing
As the election season nears, the migration of leaders from one political party to another is starting in the state. In recent days,...
Money-driven elections
Monday Musing
It should not be a matter of discussion that money plays a key role in elections. As we all know by now, money...
Crashing out the cash
Monday Musing
To an average middle class salaried person, the last weeks of a month are often tough financially. I am sure every one of...
Don’t let money culture win the race yet again
Monday Musing
As the election nears, the issue of money culture is once again becoming a hot topic in the state. Literally, every sitting MLA...
Time to stop manmade disasters
Monday Musing
Merely two hours of heavy downpour of 40 millimetres was enough to wreak havoc in Itanagar and Naharlagun, leaving trails of destruction, on...
No more a minnow
Arunachal Pradesh is not a minnow any more in the regional and national sports arenas. By claiming the third spot in the just-concluded first...
Uncertain times ahead
Monday Musing
The Indian state has militarized Assam, following protests against the amended Citizenship Act (CA).
Six people are reported dead in police firing and at...
Declining freedom of Press in India
Monday Musing
The sharp fall in press freedom in India speaks volume about the sorry state-of-affairs in the functioning of media in the country today.
The...
We’re in this together
Monday Musing
As the entire world battles the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), Arunachal too has joined the war. The state government announced complete lockdown of the...
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...
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...
A river that needs special attention
Government agencies took almost two months to reveal the probable cause of the Siang river turning muddy - that too after a biological scientist...