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,...
Meet your candidates
Dibang, Lohit and Namsai
Monday Musing
The upcoming general elections to the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh, is all set to witness a total of 143...
A festival full of promises
The recently held three-day Arunachal Literature Festival - 2018 could well be termed the beginning of a new era of literary activities in the...
Housefires
Monday Musing
Housefire is one of the worst manmade disasters. It causes irreversible damages. Apart from property losses, the affected people suffer from hopelessness, shock,...
Stop trying to create religious divisions in Arunachal
Monday Musing
On 1 December, as the whole state was celebrating the Indigenous Faith Day, pictures of people holding placards, seeking cancellation of the scheduled...
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...
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...
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',...
Religiosity
Monday Musing
During my school days, I, as a child, was made to believe in some ancestral rituals for the wellbeing of my daily life.
On...
The challenges ahead
It's been a month since the results of the simultaneous assembly and Lok Sabha elections were declared. The election this year had the makings...
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...
Gravity of landlessness
Monday Musing
Recently a bitter land dispute turned violent, resulting in gun-firing and an attack with machetes in Neomi in Tali circle of Kra Daadi...
Momo Aunties: turning challenges into opportunities
Monday Musing
It will not at all be dramatic to say that while food nourishes the body, good food nourishes the soul. And when it...
Say no to the greedy minority
First they went for the NERIST, then RGU, then the greenfield airport project - and now the NIT. Some groups of people in the...
Growth drivers for Arunachal
Flights Of Fantasy
Hamara Arunachal... the largest state in the Northeast and also one of the least developed states of the country. Arunachal is one...
Unsafe city
Monday Musing
Papum Pare is becoming the most unsafe place in the state with the highest number of crimes recorded in the city during...
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...
Mongolia: exploring the enigmatic land
Monday Musing
Since childhood, I had a burning desire to visit Mongolia, the world's largest landlocked country. Besides its enigmatic beauty, the fact that most...
Poor state of RFG College
Monday Musing
Established in 1996, the Rang-Frah Government College (RFGC) was the lone government institute of higher education in the entire Changlang district till recently.
For...
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....