Taking rivers away from people

Monday Musing The NHPC Ltd has finally won a decade-long legal battle over the construction of its ambitious 2000 mw Subansiri lower hydroelectric project (SLHP)...

Mega dam, mega damage

Monday Musing Mega dams have always been criticised by experts because of their negative and immitigable environmental and social impacts. You build mega dams, there...

Time to resolve interstate boundary disputes

Monday Musing The pact signed between Assam and Meghalaya to resolve their decades-old boundary disputes in six of the 12 disputed areas is indeed a...

Avoiding delay of justice in child abuse cases

Despite the existence of strong laws, crimes against children in the state are rampant, while on the other hand the conviction rate in such...

Drug menace: Synergy between govt agencies and NGOs need of the hour

Monday Musing In 2021, the state government launched a series of activities in its war against the drug menace. The government found itself in a...

Why do our languages die?

Monday Musing While en route to Naharlagun from the Guwahati airport on a Sky One chopper, I was struck by a three-year-old toddler speaking with...

Away from home

Monday Musing The concept of sending children away from home has been in practice since time immemorial. Among other reasons, it has always been mainly...

Cannot risk being complacent about coronavirus

Monday Musing The prevailing coronavirus pandemic has put several restrictions on the lives of all of us and prepared us to accept the new normal...

Heroes of 1962 war & Olympics double gold medallist Lt Col Haripal Kaushik

Flights Of Fantasy Many Arunachali old-timers recall the 1962 Sino-India conflict with fear and anger. The Chinese forces entered deep into Arunachal Pradesh along many...

Human-elephant conflicts

The elephant population in Arunachal Pradesh has remarkably increased from 890 in 2012 to 1,614 in 2017. As per the elephant census report of...

The flame of Olympics in our hearts

Monday Musing Producing homegrown Olympians has been a long-nurtured dream of the state. Talks and debates have been held about it over the past many...

CBI in the news for wrong reasons

Monday Musing The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) - the agency investigating the discrepancies in the examinations conducted by the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission...

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...

Silence: The key to safety for next election

Monday Musing They say that the beauty of a true democracy lies in debates, discussions and disagreements. Democracy is incomplete when these components are missing...

UTA’s rise should worry govt  

Monday Musing The entire state was shocked when an organisation named the United Tani Army (UTA) recently issued a statement to the media, opposing the...

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...

From bad to worse

Travelling on NH 415 between Itanagar and Naharlagun has become a nightmare for the capital's dwellers, and it seems that there will be no...

A cult hero called Taro Chatung

Monday Musing In the mid '90s, a sensation called Taro Chatung took the state by storm. When the watch or clock showed 6 pm, the...

The journey of last decade

Monday Musing The BJP government has completed eight years in office in Delhi. It is time to reflect on the impact of the saffron party...

Faultline of Arunachal society exposed

Monday Musing The events of the past month have exposed a deep faultline in Arunachal society. It all started with the unfortunate death of 22-year-old...