Tangled up in traffic troubles

Monday Musing As Monday approaches, the capital's dwellers brace themselves up for the agonizing time they have to face while getting on the road for...

A bagful of IG Park

Monday Musing The other day, when I was in the peak hours of my morning chores, I made up my mind to get some mental...

Sold to the highest bidder

Monday Musing There are four kinds of voters in Arunachal: first are those people who take money to vote, in the second category are those...

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...

Ailing school education

Yet again, Arunachalee students have not done well in the Central Board of Secondary Education examination. The score is well below 50 percent in...

Of politics and policies

Monday Musing As normalcy is gradually returning with decreasing numbers of Covid-19 cases in the state, many questions are hovering over the mind. Some pertinent...

Devil’s advocate

Monday Musing Well, at least two different entities are killing it right now for different reasons: life insurance salesmen on TV, who are using the...

The dirtiest state

Monday Musing It seems that the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, launched 10 years ago, has hardly been able to make any impact in Arunachal Pradesh, as...

Events that boost morale

While Arunachal Pradesh is passing through an unpleasant situation due to job examinations scam involving APPSC and death of prominent public leaders and achievers,...

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...

Water crisis is real

Monday Musing With the onset of winter comes the problem of water shortage everywhere in the state as the rains which feed our numerous water...

APLS, an emerging literary force

The Arunachal Pradesh Literary Society (APLS) has become a literary force to be reckoned with. Within a decade, the Society has made a mark...

A scanner darkly

Monday Musing 1 May, 2021 What if we are never able to produce a foolproof vaccine against Covid-19? What if the virus goes on mutating, killing...

The mysterious cases of missing files

Instances of government files disappearing mysteriously surface time and again in many departments in the state; but such cases often go unreported and die...

Learning from experiences

Monday Musing Once upon a time, I had a mentor in the field of journalism who used to guide me in his own away, which...

Dalai Lama: Why diplomacy over jingoism matters

Monday Musing As the Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, turned 90 on 6 July, China once again expressed displeasure over India hosting...

Demand for ADCs in Arunachal

Monday Musing Governor KT Parnaik recently concluded his visit to Tirap, Changlang and Longding (TCL) districts, and on the sidelines of his tour, the people...

Reluctant government employees

If you notice, a lot of private job advertisements in this daily specify that only non-tribal candidates need to apply. Elsewhere in the world,...

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...

Over to you, CBI

The Pema Khandu government's decision to hand over the Toko Yame and the Ojing Taying murder cases to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)...