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...

Don’t let money culture win the race yet again

Monday Musing As the election nears, the issue of money culture is once again becoming a hot topic in the state. Literally, every sitting MLA...

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,...

The mountains are calling

Monday Musing Every mountaineer dreams of climbing Mt Everest once. Considered the ultimate mountaineering challenge, the peak continues to attract hundreds of mountaineers every season. Once,...

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...

Festival of democracy with a twist

Monday Musing In a parliamentary form of government, elections are considered festivals of democracy. It's about battles of ideologies, ideas, and more so, vision. In...

Monsoon menace: Time to dam the Siang?

Flights Of Fantasy Every year, the rampaging Siang river devastates large areas of prime, fertile land in many areas of East Siang, Siang and Upper...

Let peace prevail along boundary area

Monday Musing The joint initiative of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam to resolve the boundary problem not only deserves admiration, it will also be a golden...

The unique problem of APSSB

Monday Musing If there is one organization that has consistently been in the news for all the good and not-so-good reasons, undoubtedly it has to...

Moonlight and Valentino

(A farce) Monday Musing In the shelter of your eyes, I have finally learned my song; It took so long to realize, I just can't make it all alone… That's...

The shorts controversy

Monday Musing In a move to promote freedom of choice and encourage women to wear what makes them feel comfortable, the women's gymnastics team from...

The vaccination pass

Monday Musing At the very beginning of the pandemic, parents and guardians were reluctant to send their children to school, but after a complete year...

Many facets in the face of adversity

Monday Musing A virus has exposed many facets of our society - some disturbing revelations, some ugly, and some heartwarming. Our first reaction to the Covid-19...

Fishy business

Abhijit (name changed) is a fishmonger in Itanagar. He is an Assamese-speaking Bihari from Assam who makes a living in Itanagar. Abhijit procures his fishes...

New hope for cancer patients

As per the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) population-based cancer registry's 2011-14 data, Arunachal Pradesh has registered about 2,500 cancer cases, with Papum...

For an Atmanirbhar Arunachal

Monday Musing The nation is currently celebrating Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 71st birthday starting 17 September with various activities, like river clean-up drives, blood-donation campaigns,...

A trip to Mechukha

Monday Musing I visited picturesque Mechukha for the first time in the 2011, when there was a Northeast riders' meet. At that time, it was...

Arunachali youth tricked into fighting for Myanmar army

Monday Musing Some of the youths who joined the United Tani Army (UTA) and went to Myanmar for training were allegedly tricked by their recruiters....

‘Unspoken words’ inspire young poets to speak up 

Monday Musing Poetry does magic with its sublime words; so does art, to those who have a taste for it. Many great poets have translated...

Two pennies’ worth

Monday Musing 1. It's true. People on Twitter are different from those on Facebook. I speak in the context of Arunachal, of course. It's true. I'm a...