Drums, Dance, and Deep Roots: Arunachal’s Adi Community Brings Solung Festival to Life

The sound of drums in Itanagar on September 1st wasn’t background noise — it was a statement. The Adi community of Arunachal Pradesh came alive with colour, rhythm and reverence as it celebrated Solung, one of the most important festivals in the region’s cultural calendar. And if you were there, you’d understand immediately why this … Read more

IndiGo Eyes Itanagar Daily Flights — And It Could Change Everything for Arunachal

Getting in and out of Arunachal Pradesh has never been easy. But that might be about to change in a big way. IndiGo, India’s largest low-cost carrier, is proposing to significantly expand its flight operations between Itanagar’s Donyi Polo Airport and Guwahati starting October 10 — a move that the business community is already calling … Read more

One Bridge, One Road, No Backup — Anjaw’s Lifeline Over Lohit River Is Crumbling

The trucks kept coming. Heavier than allowed, louder than expected — and now, Anjaw is paying the price. The only Bailey bridge over the Lohit River in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh is dangerously close to collapse. The bridge, located at Krowti in Kibithoo Circle, has been battered into a fragile state by the repeated … Read more

Who Got the Money? Rights Group Demands CBI Probe Into Kamle Hydro Project Compensation Scam

When a big infrastructure project comes to your land, you’re supposed to be compensated fairly. But in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kamle district, a rights organisation is now asking a very uncomfortable question — did the right people actually get that money? Human Rights of Arunachal (HRA) has fired off a sharp letter, dated September 1, calling … Read more

Solung 2026: CM Pema Khandu Joins the Adi Community’s Most Sacred Harvest Celebration

Every year, when September arrives in Arunachal Pradesh, something quietly magical happens across the hills of East Siang and Upper Siang. The air fills with the rhythm of Ponung songs, families gather in their homesteads, prayers rise toward the sun and moon, and the Adi community marks another Solung — a festival that is as … Read more

No Signal, No Road, No Hope: The Forgotten Villages of Taksing and Limeking

While the rest of India debates borders and satellite imagery, the people living closest to those very borders can’t even send a WhatsApp message. Taksing and Limeking circles in Upper Subansiri district have been making headlines lately — but only for Chinese intrusion. What the cameras miss, and what the headlines rarely mention, is the … Read more

India and China Talked. Eight Points Later, Arunachal Is Still Watching Closely.

After years of frozen silence and lingering suspicion since the bloody Galwan Valley clash of 2020, India and China sat down again — this time in Beijing — and walked out with something they called progress. The 25th round of talks between the special representatives of the two countries on the boundary question produced what … Read more

Flames Rip Through Gandhi Market in Daporijo, Shops and Homes Reduced to Ash

Sunday morning started like any other in Daporijo — and then the sky turned black. A massive fire broke out at Gandhi Market in Daporijo, the headquarters of Upper Subansiri district, at around 9 AM on August 30, tearing through several shops and residential structures before fire and emergency personnel could bring it under control. … Read more

When History Fights Back: AICSU Opens the Books on Chittagong Hill Tracts and Demagiri

Social media might be loud, but centuries-old records are louder. That seems to be the message the All-India Chakma Students’ Union (AICSU) sent this week when it stepped into a growing online debate about the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the origin of a place once called Demagiri — now known as Tlabung in Mizoram’s Lunglei … Read more

At Just 11, She’s Already Shooting for the Nation — Arunachal’s Marpi Karlo Is One to Watch

She’s barely old enough to be in middle school, yet Marpi Karlo is already punching her ticket to a national stage. The 11-year-old from Lower Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh has qualified for the National Shooting Championship Competition (NSCC) — and she did it the hard way, outperforming competitors at one of the region’s most … Read more