Shooting prices, falling sales
Monday Musing
The stiff rise in the prices of vegetables in the markets of the capital complex in the recent past put the consumers' budgets...
Uncertain times ahead
Monday Musing
The Indian state has militarized Assam, following protests against the amended Citizenship Act (CA).
Six people are reported dead in police firing and at...
Nurture youth and their entrepreneurial spirit
Monday Musing
In the last two decades Arunachal witnessed several ministers wooing investors from other parts of the country and abroad to invest in this...
Cocktail blues
At about 6:30 in the morning, the bus turns around the last bend on the road on the Assam side, and lumbers slowly upto...
Taking rivers away from people
Monday Musing
The NHPC Ltd has finally won a decade-long legal battle over the construction of its ambitious 2000 mw Subansiri lower hydroelectric project (SLHP)...
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...
Stranded in transit
Monday Musing
For a large number of people residing in Changlang, travelling to capital Itanagar has become an ordeal. Public transport is infrequent, poorly maintained...
The price of a pandemic
Monday Musing
Since 1 September, the government of Arunachal has imposed testing fees for Covid-19 statewide at all government-run facilities.
Whoever is tested will have to...
Accidents and blood money
It is that time of the month when my turn to pen down 'Monday Musing' has arrived, and this time the events of the...
The battle ahead
Monday Musing
The mass movement against the refugees in Arunachal Pradesh gained force after the state government contested the centre's decision to grant citizenship to...
Reassess indiscriminate issue of licenses for wood based industries
Monday Musing
Indiscriminate issuing of license for wood based industries in the state needs to be checked to protect our pristine forest resources which are...
Arunachali heroes of 1962 war: Late Eda Moyong
Flights Of Fantasy
During the 1962 Sino-India war, Chinese forces entered deep into Arunachal along many axes, including the Gelling-Tuting axis. Many fierce battles were...
Dismal state of freedom, need for law on journalist safety
From the time the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA Government came into power, the Hindu-right wings could be ominously seen resurrecting; imposing radical...
Blatant trampling on merit
Monday Musing
Chief Minister Pema Khandu has been very vocal about fair recruitment for government jobs. He has been consistent in his stand that recruitment...
Decades of disparity and deprivation
Monday Musing
The departmental promotion of inspectors as deputy superintendents or assistant commandants in the three different units of the Arunachal Pradesh Police (APP) -...
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...
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...
Fire: Turning festivity into tragedy
Monday Musing
Winter months bring festivities home. These are the days we spend time with family and friends, eat special food and treats. But the...
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...
Heroes of 1962 war & Olympics double gold medallist Lt Col Haripal Kaushik
Flights Of Fantasy
Many Arunachali old-timers recall the 1962 Sino-India conflict with fear and anger. The Chinese forces entered deep into Arunachal Pradesh along many...