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...

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...

The APPSC imbroglio

Monday Musing The state was recently witness to a mass outpouring of anger and agitation by people who sought changes in the Arunachal Pradesh Public...

An accepted social issue

Monday Musing A private member's resolution titled 'The Arunachal Pradesh Monogamy Election Eligibility Bill, 2023' was circulated for discussion during the September 2023 legislative assembly...

Carnatic music: The melodic journey of the Wakro Sisters

Monday Musing Arunachal Pradesh has produced many a talent in various fields, be it sports or art. Many artists have represented the state even in...

Put children’s safety first

Monday Musing There is much anger among people following rising cases of crimes against children in the state and a growing sense of distrust has...

Mr Sinha’s beautiful dreams

It was probably just as well that the press was not invited to the ATAL Conclave organised by the state government at the state...

No relief for riot-affected shop owners

Almost four months after massive damages were caused to Takar Complex, the oldest commercial building in Naharlagun, during the anti-Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) riots...

Four months since you said two months

Monday Musing In the past three months, we have written a little over 10 times about the four-lane road construction in the capital region. During...

Cleanliness is a collective responsibility

Monday Musing As per recent Swachh Survekshan 2020 results, Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal has been ranked 7th among the 10 dirtiest cities of the...

The second wave

The second wave of the Covid pandemic has woken up the authorities across the country as they are now hastily issuing travel restrictions and...

Climate change: Impact & expectation

Monday Musing The climate change and global warming caused by the rat race of human civilization in the name of development have posed a serious...

Where will the flags go?

Monday Musing My nephew has been using my aged car lately. Him being a busy young man, I rarely see him or the car. But...

The scourge of bandh culture

Monday Musing The three days bandh call which initially started in ICR and later spread to some other districts of the state has ended peacefully...

The addictive world of social media

I would rather blame it on Senegalese-born Italian social media personality, Khaby Lame and UFC promoter Dana White for my Instagram reels addiction. If...

Rationalization of teachers

Monday Musing Even though Arunachal Pradesh is doing its best in the education sector, it has been observed that government policies received a setback due...

The mysterious cases of missing files

Instances of government files disappearing mysteriously surface time and again in many departments in the state; but such cases often go unreported and die...

A castle for every tribe

Arunachal now is no longer Arunachal then. Our state was born with five districts, named after the mighty rivers Kameng, Subansiri, Siang, Dibang, Lohit...

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)...

Our fault lines

Monday Musing Globally, humankind is experiencing an extraordinary situation - it is as if we were in a biological fiction Hollywood movie - ever since...