{"id":187128,"date":"2022-03-24T01:57:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T20:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=187128"},"modified":"2022-03-24T01:57:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T20:27:45","slug":"kom-gandhi-launch-biography-cop-with-a-golden-heart-robin-hibu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/03\/24\/kom-gandhi-launch-biography-cop-with-a-golden-heart-robin-hibu\/","title":{"rendered":"Kom, Gandhi launch biography &#8216;Cop with a golden heart: Robin Hibu&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Staff Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 23 Mar:<\/strong> Olympian boxer MC Mary Kom and Tara Gandhi, the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi launched the book &#8216;Cop with a golden heart: Robin Hibu&#8217; in New Delhi on 20 March.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The book, written by Thanmi Khamrang, is a biography on Arunachal&#8217;s first IPS officer and Delhi Special Commissioner Robin Hibu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the inspiration for his book, Khamrang, who is from Nagaland, said, &#8220;Robin&#8217;s dedication for the welfare of society inspired me to write a biography on him. In this era, it is very rare to find people doing noble causes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khamrang had started his work on the book in 2016 and it was completed in December 2021.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking with The Arunachal Times regarding his thoughts on the biography, Hibu said, &#8220;As a young boy who had studied in a Gandhi ashram without even a pair of slippers, I could never have thought of reaching this position, let alone someone writing my biography.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On his NGO Helping Hands, Hibu said that he would continue with his social work even after his retirement, which he said &#8220;is due in eight years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Apart from doing our regular jobs, all of us can make a difference, especially those in higher positions,&#8221; he said, adding:\u00a0 &#8220;Several members from India and outside the country have joined the NGO, Helping Hands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Hibu had donated his house for the Mahatma Gandhi Library at his native village Hong in Lower Subansiri district. He is also running a health unit in the same location from his salary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was also informed that Hindi Sahitya Akademi awardee Renu Saini is writing a book on Hibu in Hindi, titled &#8216;Ek Gandhi wala police wala&#8217;, while David Sumi is creating a biography projecting Hibu&#8217;s NGO, Helping Hands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A biopic on Robin Hibu is also reportedly under way. However, he did not divulge much about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 23 Mar: Olympian boxer MC Mary Kom and Tara Gandhi, the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi launched the book &#8216;Cop with a golden heart: Robin Hibu&#8217; in New Delhi on 20 March. The book, written by Thanmi Khamrang, is a biography on Arunachal&#8217;s first IPS officer and Delhi Special Commissioner Robin Hibu. On [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-187128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}