There are visits politicians make for photographs — and then there are visits that mean something. Rajya Sabha MP Tai Tagak’s stop at the Research Institute of World’s Ancient Traditions, Cultures and Heritage (RIWATCH) in Roing, Lower Dibang Valley, appears to fall firmly in the second category. Tagak visited the RIWATCH campus at Khinjili and … Read more
KHINJILI, LOWER DIBANG VALLEY, Sept 19: Technology is rapidly changing the way knowledge is recorded, and in Arunachal Pradesh, researchers are now looking at how artificial intelligence can help protect something far older — the state’s diverse languages and cultural traditions. A two-day workshop-cum-training programme on “Digital Archiving, Linguistic Tools and AI Applications in Linguistic … Read more
There are some objects in this world that refuse to just be objects. In Arunachal Pradesh, two of them have quietly held entire civilizations together — one forged in fire, the other woven from cane and crowned with a bird’s beak. Walk into any village tucked between the green hills of Arunachal and you’ll sense … Read more
The drumbeats were already in the air long before the official motorcade rolled through Itanagar. On September 8, Vice President of India C. P. Radhakrishnan touched down at Donyi Polo Airport in Hollongi for a two-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh — a state that rarely misses a chance to remind visitors just how extraordinary it … Read more
It’s a message the digital generation badly needs to hear. At a time when social media fame is chased at any cost, Governor KT Parnaik stood before a room full of young filmmakers and content creators at Rajiv Gandhi University in Rono Hills on Thursday and said something refreshingly direct — stop chasing views, start … Read more
Every language that goes silent takes a world with it. That is exactly the kind of loss Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein is determined to prevent. On August 9, the world observed the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — and Mein used the moment to deliver a message that felt less … Read more
Itanagar, July 26 — In a state where 26 major tribes and over a hundred sub-tribes carry centuries of living tradition, one music album just became so much more than songs on a screen. A Launch That Meant Business Arunachal Pradesh BJP president Kaling Moyong on Sunday, July 26, launched the Apatani Dree Festival music … Read more
When a human rights organisation tells a state government to pause and reconsider, it’s time to pay attention. The Human Rights of Arunachal, better known as HRA, has thrown its weight behind the Adi community’s growing resistance to the proposed mega hydropower projects along the Siang river belt. In a formal statement issued on Sunday, … Read more
The warning couldn’t be clearer — and Itanagar’s government better be listening. The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) has thrown down the gauntlet, telling the state government in no uncertain terms to cancel a July 13 consultation on granting Scheduled Tribe status to the Kachari community — or watch the agitation escalate to a … Read more
A powerful alliance is forming in Arunachal Pradesh. And the state government may want to pay close attention before July 13 arrives. HRA Throws Its Weight Behind AAPSU The Human Rights of Arunachal (HRA) has come out firmly in support of the All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU), backing their demand to scrap the state … Read more
