The Mebo area of East Siang finally has something it has long needed — a formal, unified platform where its young people can speak in one voice. On September 18, the Mebo Area Yameng Kebang, or MAYK, was officially constituted, bringing together youth representatives from villages spanning the stretch from Bodak to Mer and Sigar … Read more
For a state that literally shares its backyard with China, what happens in the halls of diplomacy is never just distant politics — it hits home. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu made that connection explicit on Wednesday, welcoming the renewed push for India-China cooperation that followed last week’s BRICS Summit in New Delhi. Khandu … Read more
When the Chief Minister of a state walks into a government school, rolls up his sleeves, and joins students in sweeping the grounds, it is hard not to stop and take notice. That is exactly what Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu did on Wednesday, September 17, showing up at Mallo Tarin Government Higher Secondary … Read more
When the Central Bureau of Investigation registered a case against Arunachal Pradesh lawyer and environmental activist Bhanu Tatak last month, many expected the community she had spent years defending to stay quiet. They were wrong. The Siang Indigenous Farmers’ Forum Youth Wing (SIFFYW) came out swinging on September 16, issuing a sharp condemnation of the … Read more
When a Chief Minister has to publicly say “nothing is being forced,” you already know the situation is tense. That’s exactly where Arunachal Pradesh stands right now over the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project — a massive hydropower initiative that has split communities in the Upper Siang region right down the middle. Chief Minister Pema … Read more
There’s something quietly powerful about watching young people from a remote northeastern state step onto one of the most watched stages in the country — Kartavya Path on Republic Day. For Arunachal Pradesh, that pride came full circle on Tuesday when Governor Lt Gen KT Parnaik (Retd.) personally honoured the NCC cadets who carried the … Read more
When armed forces roll into your village not during a conflict, but during a survey — you have to ask whose development this really is. That’s essentially the question the Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) is raising after the state government deployed a heavy presence of central armed police forces and other security personnel in … Read more
Four years have passed since that historic handshake — and the Adivasi community in Assam is still waiting. On September 15, the Adivasi Welfare and Development Council gathered at the Public High School playground in Kachugaon to mark its fourth Accord Day — a reminder of the peace settlement signed on the same date back … Read more
A young boy, barely old enough to be away from his parents, was found dead inside the premises of a government-run residential school in Arunachal Pradesh. And so far, there are more questions than answers. A Class 6 student of the Eklavya Model Residential School in Nyapin, located in the remote Kurung Kumey district, was … 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
