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...

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...

Season of promises and money

These days almost every conversation centres on the impending state elections. The elections are scheduled to be held in May 2019, but as the...

Unchecked influx of refugees and illegal immigrants

Monday Musing Recently, the All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) appealed to the Arunachal Pradesh government to conduct rigorous checking drives at the state's various...

Politics of parties

With elections scheduled for 11 April, it is unlikely that the politics of political parties will leave you alone; even if you do not...

Water crisis is real

Monday Musing With the onset of winter comes the problem of water shortage everywhere in the state as the rains which feed our numerous water...

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...

The fallacy of DoTCL

Monday Musing The department of Tirap and Changlang (DoTC) was created in the year 2003 (Longding district was later included in 2017) to address the...

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)...

The unfading force of honesty

Monday Musing The maxim, 'Honesty is the best policy', which my parents used to sermonize to me during my student life, used to irritate me...

Karma chameleon

Monday Musing 1. My elder brother and I reunited after 15 years of estrangement, at our father's funeral, on 9 December, 2021. Together we lit our...

A postcard from the edge

Monday Musing Not everything happens by chance. My introduction to journalism came in the form of The Times of India newspaper my father used to subscribe...

Lessons from Arunachal

Monday Musing The vandalizing of Durga's idols in Doimukh just a day before the Durga puja festival in October this year had cast a big...

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...

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) -...

When multilingual writers and poets meet

Flights Of Fantasy For the first time in Arunachal Pradesh, an all India level multilingual writers and poets meet was organised at Pasighat on 2-3...

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...

Untold stories of sportspersons and associations

Monday Musing We feel so proud of our athletes when they win on big stages and bring glory to the state and the nation. In the...

Are we turning into a pessimistic society?

Monday Musing With the surrender and subsequent formal arrest of former capital DC Talo Potom in connection with the suicide death of Gomchu Yekar, the...

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...