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...
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...