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...

Breaking rules is the new normal

Monday Musing We are law-abiding citizens and we should be. But we often break the rules, and we are proving it practically with our actions. We...

Arunachal readies for SAFF U-19 C’ship

Monday Musing The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-19 Championship-2025 is just around the corner, set to kick off on 9 May at the Golden...

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...

Coronavirus: Let’s together defeat the invisible enemy

Monday Musing Arunachal on Sunday witnessed an unprecedented shutdown in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for a 'janta curfew' to put brakes on...

Tangled up in traffic troubles

Monday Musing As Monday approaches, the capital's dwellers brace themselves up for the agonizing time they have to face while getting on the road for...

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 dying coins

Monday Musing It is frustrating when shopkeepers refuse to accept coins as payment, despite coins being legal tender. In Arunachal Pradesh, particularly in the capital region,...

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...

Sonam Wangchuk: Silenced for giving Ladakh a voice?

Monday Musing In popular mainstream culture, Sonam Wangchuk is known as the inspiration behind a cult Bollywood film. In the Himalayan region, however, he is...

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...

Time is ripe to resolve interstate border disputes

Monday Musing The killing of at least six police personnel in the recent border skirmish following a border dispute between Assam and Mizoram has created...

Riken Ngomle’s theatrical safarnama

Monday Musing Theatre actor Riken Ngomle has come a long way since he started his theatrical journey in 2010 and has seen his share of...

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...

A theatre without an audience

Monday Musing Vacillating between different topics that I could write about, I ruminated long on the pressing issues that have long been confronting our state,...

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...

A river that needs special attention

Government agencies took almost two months to reveal the probable cause of the Siang river turning muddy - that too after a biological scientist...

Vicious cycle of regressive laws

Monday Musing Depending on the mood of the government and its agencies, you could end up in jail or dead for just being a concerned...

Hydropower: Balancing development and ecological fragility

Monday Musing In September 2017, the NITI Aayog CEO, after famously taking a chopper ride, announced a 10,000 MW hydropower project in the Siang river....

Govt schemes, research and tourism

Arunachal Pradesh, being a developing state and a late starter, needs effective coordination between various departments for implementation of flagship programmes of both the...