Unfair but true
Monday Musing
Transfer and posting of Arunachal government employees are being done in some departments. Though transfers and postings are a regular affair, the timing...
A lament for my passion
Monday Musing
Journalism has been my passion ever since I started learning the core values of this profession. I proudly drove around on my bike...
Relevance of Nehru and his ideology
Monday Musing
In the month of July, as the US forces started to withdraw from Afghanistan, the Taliban militants started to take over the country...
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...
Away from home
Monday Musing
The concept of sending children away from home has been in practice since time immemorial. Among other reasons, it has always been mainly...
A commentary on assembly election-2024
Monday Musing
As the upcoming 2024 assembly elections are drawing near, most of the political parties and prospective candidates are engaging in hectic political activities...
Bopai Puroik: An exemplar of resilience
Monday Musing
The entire state erupted in joy when APCS officer Bopai Puroik created history by becoming the first from the Puroik community to be...
The NERIST unrest
The North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) took centre stage this past week.
When we first followed the story of the NERIST...
APST women: Identity and gender inequality
The status of a child born to an Arunachal Pradesh Scheduled Tribe (APST) woman and a non-APST man has been challenged time and again...
The challenges ahead
It's been a month since the results of the simultaneous assembly and Lok Sabha elections were declared. The election this year had the makings...
Iron fist for small fish, velvet glove for sharks?
Monday Musing
To prevent and detect crime;
To pursue justice for all;
To uphold law fairly and firmly;
To maintain peace in partnership with the community.
These are the...
Survival of the fittest
Monday Musing
When Charles Darwin came up with his theory of the 'survival of the fittest', he most certainly knew that the human race was...
Living on a prayer
Monday Musing
Dear readers, much to everyone's annoyance, the second wave of the horrid Covid-19 has started spreading its wings in our state. Possibilities of...
Resolutions
Monday Musing
Dear readers, first and foremost, let me wish you a very, very happy new year. May this year be Corona-free and may we...
Segregating the deserving
Monday Musing
Attending the 76th Independence Day celebration at Dera Natung Government College in Itanagar, I hastily scanned the state awards' list. Finding a lone...
Rejuvenate industrial estates
Flights Of Fantasy
Hamara Arunachal is the largest state in the Northeast and also one of the least developed industrialised states of the country. Despite...
Tribal identity caught between saffronisation & Christianisation
Monday Musing
On 22 January, on my way back home from a morning walk, I saw a school van with children as young as five...
Of memories and potatoes
Monday Musing
This is about Nyikam an old woman and a grandmother, my first teacher who spoke no Hindi, English or Assamese.
The trusted weather-woman, brilliant...
Will the greenfield project ever take off?
Will the greenfield airport project in Hollongi ever take off? This is the million-dollar question of every Arunachali at the moment.
The state government on...
Casting for a separate cadre
Monday Musing
They say that to develop any state, an effective and dedicated bureaucracy is the key, along with strong political will. Apparently, these key...