Climate change: Impact & expectation

Monday Musing The climate change and global warming caused by the rat race of human civilization in the name of development have posed a serious...

Submitting to toxic masculinity

A group of women were having a conversation. With all the chattering and sounds of laughter, anybody overhearing them could without any doubt tell...

Choke drugs supply to eliminate addiction

Monday Musing The problem of drug abuse in Arunachal has reached an alarming level. Reports of police apprehending drug addicts and peddlers every other day...

Playing with fire

Monday Musing "We will present a demand before the central government that converted Christians and Muslims should not get the benefits reserved for the SC,...

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...

Need for trade routes in Arunachal

Monday Musing After the Centre's decision in February this year to discontinue the free movement regime (FMR) due to growing security concerns and illicit trafficking...

An accepted social issue

Monday Musing A private member's resolution titled 'The Arunachal Pradesh Monogamy Election Eligibility Bill, 2023' was circulated for discussion during the September 2023 legislative assembly...

Who would bear Arunachal’s burden?

Monday Musing Barely days after union Law & Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju's divulgement of the Centre's plan to relocate the Chakma-Hajong (CH) refugees from Arunachal,...

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...

In defence of the RTI Act

Monday Musing Witnessing the short duration discussion initiated by Congress MLA Ninong Ering on the Right to Information (RTI) Act on day three of the...

Keepers of Pakke

The Pakke Tiger Reserve is a rehabilitation home for many animals that have been orphaned because of poaching. One of them is a month-old elephant...

Unusual heat condition

Monday Musing A relatively cooler state like Arunachal Pradesh is experiencing an unusual heat condition this year. According to the India Meteorological Department , last...

Plastic waste polluting our rivers

The World Environment Day celebration on 5 June this year was hosted by India this year. With this year's theme being 'Ban plastic pollution',...

Temporary fixes aren’t enough to solve the perennial water shortage in the ICR

Monday Musing   With the arrival of the monsoon, the Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) begins to face a drinking water crisis as pipelines are damaged by...

Looking back in sorrow

The violence which was witnessed in the capital last week has left a deep sense of anger in the heart of every right-thinking Arunachalee....

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...

My Covid-19 experience

Monday Musing On 8 September, I started feeling unwell. I had severe body pain, fever, and cough. Immediately, I went for a rapid antigen test...

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...

Convert Chimpu DCH into a permanent government super-specialty hospital

Monday Musing As the second wave of Covid-19 has hit the state, in particular the Itanagar capital region (ICR), hard, the focus has once again...

Two faces of controversy

Monday Musing When reports of the transfer of former chief secretary (CS) Satya Gopal to Delhi started coming in, the people of the state on...