Is the APPSC paper leak scandal turning into the next PDS scam?
Monday Musing
The one thing that is worrying the majority of Arunachalees is the possibility of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) paper leak...
Time to go tough on drugs menace
It is said that sharing is caring. But what happens when a teacher does not hesitate to ask his pupil to share some tobacco...
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...
Arunachalis spent more time on unpaid activities in 2024
Monday Musing
Curious about how the people of Arunachal Pradesh spent their time in 2024? Here is a brief report. They spent more time on...
Time for society to introspect
Monday Musing
This month, Chief Minister Pema Khandu launched an online certificate course on drug abuse prevention to tackle substance abuse in the state. In...
Families of Covid-19 victims need assistance
Monday Musing
The state has till now reported 188 Covid-19 fatalities. According to the health department's data, our state is witnessing a steady increase in...
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...
The price of a pandemic
Monday Musing
Since 1 September, the government of Arunachal has imposed testing fees for Covid-19 statewide at all government-run facilities.
Whoever is tested will have to...
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,...
Covid-19: Real fight begins in the state
Monday Musing
The world is fighting a different kind of war in the year 2020, and the fight will probably continue for one more year....
On responsible feminism
Monday Musing
People who have small children know how outright they speak their minds and how brutally honest they can be.
The other day, after all...
For customized education
Monday Musing
A child returns home after school. Her mother notices that she is wearing a Spiderman facemask instead of the sunflower mask she had...
When justice can be twisted
Monday Musing
When we speak of violence against humans, it's very convenient for us to believe that such criminal activities are limited only to mainland...
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...
The war on drugs
Monday Musing
On 16 July, the state cabinet approved the Policy on Psychoactive Substances 2021-26 to fight the drug menace in Arunachal. The policy, as...
Hydropower: Balancing development and ecological fragility
Monday Musing
In September 2017, the NITI Aayog CEO, after famously taking a chopper ride, announced a 10,000 MW hydropower project in the Siang river....
Our fault lines
Monday Musing
Globally, humankind is experiencing an extraordinary situation - it is as if we were in a biological fiction Hollywood movie - ever since...
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...
Live life off the wall
Monday Musing
Dear readers, let me begin with wishing everyone a very happy new year. May you all have a wonderful and prosperous year ahead.
Hope...
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...