Is AAPSU a waning pan-Arunachal entity?

Monday Musing As the music's blaring crescendo fell, it was overlapped by colourful roadshow dances presented by the supporters and cheerleaders, donning their respective candidates'...

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...

Skeletons in our closets

Monday Musing Some of the most interesting things to watch on television these days, other than the screaming and shouting wannabes of reality shows, are...

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...

TRIHMS: A beacon of hope

Monday Musing The Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), established in 2017, started the first academic session in 2018 with 50 students...

Swimming with the sharks

Barely a week after the passing of the Arunachal Pradesh Money Lending Regulation Bill, a group of women money lenders scrambled to the press...

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...

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...

Breaking the vicious cycle

Monday Musing The Narcotics Control Bureau of India has in its recent finding identified 272 districts across the country which are most affected by the...

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...

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...

Repetition of a historical blunder

Monday Musing The state government committed a grave mistake by converting Arunachal's first state hospital at Naharlagun into a medical college - the Tomo Riba...

A decade in journalism

Monday Musing As 2021 is dragging its feet towards its fag end, yours truly has scribbled down his personal experience in journalism for the last...

Tribal identity caught between saffronisation & Christianisation

Monday Musing On 22 January, on my way back home from a morning walk, I saw a school van with children as young as five...

An adventure of the modern times

Monday Musing The enthusiasm among my fellows over the National Press Day celebration this year took me back to the days as a journalist new...

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...

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...

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...

Govt schemes, research and tourism

Arunachal Pradesh, being a developing state and a late starter, needs effective coordination between various departments for implementation of flagship programmes of both the...

Silent suffering

Monday Musing In July this year, when Health & Family Welfare Minister Biyuram Wahge informed the state assembly that Arunachal Pradesh had been placed among...