Ziro Festival 2026 Set to Bring 41 Acts From India and Around the World to Arunachal

  Ziro Valley is about to turn into one of India’s most talked-about meeting points for independent music, with the 13th Ziro Festival of Music scheduled from September 24 to 27 in Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh. This year’s edition will feature 41 acts, bringing together performers from Northeast India, the rest of the country … Read more

Where Roots Run Deep: MP Tai Tagak Visits Ziro’s Indigenous Gurukul, Stands Behind a School That Teaches Children Who They Are

In the quiet green valleys of Ziro, there is a school that doesn’t just teach children what to learn — it teaches them who they are. Rajya Sabha MP Tai Tagak visited the Miji Migumn Yarko on September 18, a one-of-a-kind indigenous residential school nestled in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Subansiri district. And the visit was … Read more

CM Pema Khandu Joins Dree Celebrations, Prays for Rain, Crops and Prosperity Across Arunachal

CM Pema Khandu Joins Dree Celebrations, Prays for Rain, Crops and Prosperity Across Arunachal

The Ziro Valley is alive with prayer and festivity — and this time, the Chief Minister’s voice rang out the loudest. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Sunday extended his heartfelt greetings to the Apatani community on the occasion of the Dree Festival, one of the most deeply rooted agricultural celebrations in the Northeast. … Read more

Where the Runway Meets Roots — Apatani Fashion Week 2026 Crowns Its Champions in Traditional Glory

Where the Runway Meets Roots — Apatani Fashion Week 2026 Crowns Its Champions in Traditional Glory

There are fashion weeks, and then there are moments that make you stop and think — this is something else entirely. Arunachal Pradesh just delivered one of those moments. A Grand Finale Unlike Any Other The curtains came down on the Apatani Fashion Week and Apatani’s Next Top Model 2026 on July 2 at Hija … Read more

Arunachal’s First-Ever Apatani Fashion Week Is Rewriting What Indian Fashion Looks Like

A small village in Lower Subansiri just did something the country’s biggest fashion capitals haven’t — put indigenous identity front and centre on a runway. The first-ever Apatani Fashion Week kicked off on July 1 at the Siilang Diting Dree Festival Ground in Hija village, Arunachal Pradesh, and the moment felt long overdue. Organised by … Read more