The addictive world of social media

I would rather blame it on Senegalese-born Italian social media personality, Khaby Lame and UFC promoter Dana White for my Instagram reels addiction. If...

Everything is content

Monday Musing As a novice in the kitchen, I often look up recipes online, especially YouTube. Recently, I received a tub full of diced bamboo...

Karma chameleon

Monday Musing 1. My elder brother and I reunited after 15 years of estrangement, at our father's funeral, on 9 December, 2021. Together we lit our...

An equal music

Monday Musing Whenever any guest arrives at our home and sees my husband working in the kitchen, it is like they have seen a ghost...

Dissipation

Monday Musing "We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic...

Perils of festival of elections

Monday Musing As the festival of elections hits Arunachal Pradesh, unconfirmed reports are coming in that candidates and their supporters are luring voters not only...

Time to reclaim our history

Monday Musing A few years ago, a friend from Delhi wanted to send me stuff and asked me to share my surface mail address. As...

Marriage of traditions

Monday Musing Marriages are made in heaven - this saying holds so much truth to it. Well, some marriages do make onlookers believe that they...

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...

Lessons from Arunachal

Monday Musing The vandalizing of Durga's idols in Doimukh just a day before the Durga puja festival in October this year had cast a big...

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...

About police and policing

A few decades ago, police personnel in Arunachal Pradesh literally had very little role in maintaining law and order, since the peace-loving people of...

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...

Better prepared roads can withstand monsoon disasters

Monday Musing The arrival of monsoon every year leaves a trail of death and devastation in the entire Northeast region. Rivers swell up and flood...

A king without a kingdom

Monday Musing The euphoria prevailing at the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Vivek Vihar, Itanagar, says it all: the ruling party is still...

Overcoming crisis by doing nothing

Monday Musing This is probably the first time in human history that we are trying to overcome a humanitarian crisis by staying indoors and doing...

Living on a prayer

Monday Musing Dear readers, much to everyone's annoyance, the second wave of the horrid Covid-19 has started spreading its wings in our state. Possibilities of...

The undocumented and e-ILP

Monday Musing The state cabinet has announced the implementation of the electronic inner line permit (e-ILP) system in Arunachal Pradesh, although one already exists. While...

No end in sight

Monday Musing Every day one gets to read about rape in India. The National Crime Report Bureau in its 2022 report said that rape averages...

Wilting foundation

Monday Musing Sometimes people call to enquire if what is printed in the newspaper is true. We don't exactly print lies, so the easiest way...