Rejuvenate industrial estates

Flights Of Fantasy Hamara Arunachal is the largest state in the Northeast and also one of the least developed industrialised states of the country. Despite...

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...

The vanity of human wishes

Monday Musing A brotherly elbow The need to be alone and content in one's own company is much undervalued, and often misunderstood. People generally require a social...

When law fails, and the white coat can’t protect

Monday Musing For a long time, Arunachal Pradesh didn't even have an  intensive care unit (ICU). Critically ill patients requiring ICU stay were routinely referred...

Walking a tightrope

Monday Musing Nobody would have thought that Pema Khandu, who led the BJP to a convincing win in the 2019 election as the chief ministerial...

Away from home

Monday Musing The concept of sending children away from home has been in practice since time immemorial. Among other reasons, it has always been mainly...

Challenges and environmental impact of jhum cultivation in Arunachal

Monday Musing Every year, with the approach of summer, we see the hills around us on fire and the clear blue sunny skies turning a...

Living on your own

Monday Musing There will come a time when many of us who have lived sheltered lives with our families will have to finally step out...

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...

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...

INAL: Let’s football!

Monday Musing The Golden Jubilee Stadium in Yupia erupted into wild celebration with ground-shaking, rumbling roars from football fans when Omang Dodum - a home...

A lament for my passion

Monday Musing Journalism has been my passion ever since I started learning the core values of this profession. I proudly drove around on my bike...

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....

Budding sportspersons and SLSA’s Maggi noodles

Monday Musing Recently, seven students of the Sangay Lhaden Sports Academy (SLSA), the premier sports academy which has trained some of the finest players of...

An awkward nyida story

Monday Musing There is so much hype and talk about big fat Indian weddings, even on international grounds. If we look closely, our very own...

Crushed mountains, fractured highways

Monday Musing It's that time of the year when land starts falling apart, torn by human interventions and the pressure of monsoon rains, visuals of...

The things we least deserve

Technical institutes such as the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) and the National Institute of Technology (NIT) are precious assets...

Arunachal and Olympic dream

Monday Musing The 2024 Paris Olympic Games are just four days away. Millions of sports enthusiasts around the world will soon be glued to their...

Shaking the state’s conscience

Monday Musing The recent child prostitution and human trafficking racket unravelled by the Itanagar police, involving five minor victims, has deeply shaken the state's conscience....

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...