Causes and effects

Monday Musing Religious intolerance Even as Karnakata's hijab row is yet to die down, another disturbing report emanated from Uttar Pradesh. This time, a school in...

My tryst with cooking

Monday Musing Dear readers, the one thing that any living being cannot live without, besides oxygen, is most definitely food. As for me, if given...

Everything is content

Monday Musing As a novice in the kitchen, I often look up recipes online, especially YouTube. Recently, I received a tub full of diced bamboo...

An experience to remember: IFJ World Congress

Monday Musing For a small town boy, representing the country in an international forum like IFJ's World Congress was indeed a dream come true for...

Better prepared roads can withstand monsoon disasters

Monday Musing The arrival of monsoon every year leaves a trail of death and devastation in the entire Northeast region. Rivers swell up and flood...

Time to reclaim our history

Monday Musing A few years ago, a friend from Delhi wanted to send me stuff and asked me to share my surface mail address. As...
Sunday Market, Zoo Road

Casualties of inefficient administration

Monday Musing There are several weekly markets in the Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) where thousands throng. The Tuesday market in Gohpur Tinali and the Sunday...

Bundles of joy and panic

Monday Musing Have kids, they said. It will be so much fun, they said. Have you ever heard of the Russian sleep experiment where they wanted...

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...

Is AAPSU a waning pan-Arunachal entity?

Monday Musing As the music's blaring crescendo fell, it was overlapped by colourful roadshow dances presented by the supporters and cheerleaders, donning their respective candidates'...

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...

Apropos nothing

Monday Musing Jeremy has spoken On balance, envy is often mixed with admiration and inspiration, but jealousy? That, my friend, is a self-destructive emotion. My advice:...

Time for society to introspect

Monday Musing This month, Chief Minister Pema Khandu launched an online certificate course on drug abuse prevention to tackle substance abuse in the state. In...

We cannot allow our languages to be consumed by Hindi

For any democracy to grow, there needs to be healthy debates among its citizens on issues concerning the citizens. Over the years, since Narendra...

Heroes of 1962 war & Olympics double gold medallist Lt Col Haripal Kaushik

Flights Of Fantasy Many Arunachali old-timers recall the 1962 Sino-India conflict with fear and anger. The Chinese forces entered deep into Arunachal Pradesh along many...

Journey of a journo

Monday Musing The journey that I began in the mid-90s as a journalist in Arunachal Pradesh fascinated me in various ways. I still remember how...

Time to resolve interstate boundary disputes

Monday Musing The pact signed between Assam and Meghalaya to resolve their decades-old boundary disputes in six of the 12 disputed areas is indeed a...

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...

In defence of the RTI Act

Monday Musing Witnessing the short duration discussion initiated by Congress MLA Ninong Ering on the Right to Information (RTI) Act on day three of the...

Marriage of traditions

Monday Musing Marriages are made in heaven - this saying holds so much truth to it. Well, some marriages do make onlookers believe that they...