Drown or Develop? The Siang Dam Fight That Could Swallow 27 Villages and 1.5 Lakh Lives

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

“She Spoke Fearlessly for Our Land” — Arunachal Youth Group Rallies Behind Activist Bhanu Tatak as CBI Case Draws Outrage

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

CM Pema Khandu Says ‘Nothing Forceful’ on SUMP — But the Siang Valley Isn’t Fully Convinced Yet

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

“Siang Is Not a Battlefield”: Congress Blasts Heavy Security Deployment for Hydropower Survey

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

Five Days of Rain Are Coming — Arunachal, Are You Ready?

If you had plans to travel across the hills this week, you might want to hold that thought. The India Meteorological Department has put out a five-day weather forecast for Arunachal Pradesh, and it is not painting a pretty picture — rain, thunderstorms, and more rain are on the way starting September 15. The IMD’s … Read more

East Siang Tear Upper Siang Apart 6-0 as Tadar Tang Football Heats Up

Football fever is very much alive in Arunachal Pradesh right now — and the 21st Tadar Tang State-Level Football Championship is proving to be exactly the kind of tournament that reminds you why the beautiful game matters so much in the hills. On Tuesday, September 1, the most dominant result of the day came from … 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

At 6 AM on a Frozen Peak, Two Women from Arunachal Proved the World Wrong

At 6 AM on a Frozen Peak, Two Women from Arunachal Proved the World WrongAt 6 AM on a Frozen Peak, Two Women from Arunachal Proved the World Wrong

At the crack of dawn on July 27, while most of us were still asleep, two women from Arunachal Pradesh stood on top of one of the most brutal mountains in the Indian Himalayas — and the moment deserves a lot more noise than it’s getting. Rising Above — Literally January Tali from Yingkiong in … Read more

Two Women from Arunachal Conquer 7,077-Metre Mt Kun — And Make History While Doing It

At 6 in the morning, when the Zanskar range was still wrapped in darkness and biting cold, two women from Arunachal Pradesh stood on top of the world — or at least, very close to it. A Summit That Means More Than Just Altitude January Tali and Hachu Lombo made history on July 27, 2026, … Read more

Over 600 Young Voices Say No: Arunachal’s Youth Take a Loud Stand Against Drugs

Six hundred voices, one promise. And it echoed across two districts of Arunachal Pradesh on the same day. A Pledge That Filled a Hall in Doimukh On Friday, students, teachers, and youth volunteers packed the Government Higher Secondary School in Doimukh for a drug awareness programme organised by the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth … Read more