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...

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...

Are we turning into a pessimistic society?

Monday Musing With the surrender and subsequent formal arrest of former capital DC Talo Potom in connection with the suicide death of Gomchu Yekar, the...

Is the State Entrepreneurship Act working?

As the number of the state's educated unemployed people is increasing day by day, the avenues of income for the upcoming generation are becoming...

Primary education in dire need of improvement

Monday Musing Recently, the school education department launched a series of critical educational initiatives as part of Mission Learning Enhancement Arunachal Pradesh (LEAP) for the...

The second wave

The second wave of the Covid pandemic has woken up the authorities across the country as they are now hastily issuing travel restrictions and...

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...

Looking for a home in Itanagar – a personal account

Monday Musing In April last year, I found myself looking for a residence  in Itanagar after my father suddenly decided he was giving up the...

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...

AOA sets five gold medals target

Monday Musing Arunachal Olympic Association (AOA) president Taba Tedir urged the state's contingent to return home from the 36th National Games with at least five...

Rampant destruction of forests in Namdang

The rampant logging of trees being carried out for the last couple of years within the unclassified 42.77 sq km Namdang forest area in...

Alone with social media

Monday Musing I received 27 individual and group text messages on WhatsApp and Instagram yesterday, and a phone call from my mother. On my part, I...

No respite from the demon

Monday Musing The death of any family member can have a devastating impact on the family. It can cause intense pain and heartache. This morning, I...

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....

Saturday at Ambrosia

Monday Musing Ambrosia restaurant, Laitumkhrah, Shillong. 1991. Having ordered coffee and pastries, Vicky and I were sitting at a table, smoking cigarettes. I'd borrowed that day's...

The NERIST unrest

The North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) took centre stage this past week. When we first followed the story of the NERIST...

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...

Shaking the state’s conscience

Monday Musing The recent child prostitution and human trafficking racket unravelled by the Itanagar police, involving five minor victims, has deeply shaken the state's conscience....

Orchids: Beautiful, mysterious, vulnerable

Monday Musing Did you know that there is a species of orchid known as Schoenorchis mishmensis, named after the Mishmi Hills of Lower Dibang Valley...

Lost in the web

Communication has changed massively over the past few decades across the world, and Arunachal seems to be trying to keep up with the changing...