They’ve had enough. The Adi Bane Kebang-United (ABK-U), the apex body of the Adi community in Arunachal Pradesh, has made its position crystal clear — the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) must go. Not be reviewed. Not be paused. Gone. At a press conference held at the Arunachal Press Club in Itanagar on Tuesday, … Read more
The Siang River has flowed through the heart of Arunachal Pradesh for centuries — feeding farms, sustaining cultures, and binding the Adi people to their ancestral land. Now, a proposed mega-dam threatens to bury all of that under hundreds of metres of water. And the people who call this valley home are not going quietly. … Read more
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
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
Deep in Pasighat, a quiet building is now holding the weight of an entire civilization. The Giidang Angong Society (GAS) on Tuesday unveiled its long-awaited ethno museum in Pasighat — a space dedicated entirely to keeping the traditions, practices, and living identity of the Adi community right where they belong: alive and visible. It’s the … Read more
When a language starts fading, an entire world fades with it. That’s exactly the fear driving the Adi Agom Kebang (AAK) to the doors of Arunachal Pradesh’s government — and this time, it looks like someone finally opened up. A Meeting Long Overdue On August 26, the Directorate of Indigenous Affairs, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, … Read more
