By Felix Anthony Bordumsa, Jan 17, 2022: A young boy from a remote village of Arunachal Pradesh has won the national championship in power lifting competition. Ongbem Mossang was given a rousing reception January 17 on his return to his native village, Magantong in Changlang district. The 21-year-old youth fromContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony, Miao, November 1, 2021: Minister of State for Minority Affairs John Barla has called on Arunachal Pradesh’s two Catholic bishops and discussed crucial issues affecting Christians in the northeastern Indian state and the country. The minister was on a five-day tour that ended October 31. He metContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has launched eight textbooks in a major boost to local dialects. Realising the books on September 5, the Teachers Day, in the state capital of Itanagar, the chief minister said, “Saving language is preserving our culture and roots. Our rootContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Neotan: A farmer in Arunachal Pradesh is on a special mission: Promote the writing system of his tribal dialect. “My aim is to preserve our Tangsa language, which according to a recent study is marked as an endangered language,” says Wanglung Mossang, a villager in Changlang districtContinue Reading
Ruksin: Family members and well-wishers have observed the first death anniversary of a pioneer of Christianity in the Adi belt of the eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Yayi Topa Taying, a resident of Ngorlung village in Ruksin circle of East Siang district, had also assisted the British soldiers duringContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao: Anong Singpho had never imagined that his singing videos on social media would one day make him the first Bollywood star from Arunachal Pradesh. The 27-year-old, who performs regularly at functions at Miao’s Government Higher Secondary School, used social media platforms to showcase his singing talents.Continue Reading
By Felix Anthony Ziro: The Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh got its first Catholic nun when Sister Dulley Yakang made her First religious profession as the member of the Congregation of the Mother Carmel. She took the vows April 17 at a ceremony in Mount Carmel Parish, Dimapur, the commercialContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Namchik: A roadside grotto was blessed and dedicated to Saint Joseph on March 20 to mark the Year of St. Joseph in Arunachal Pradesh’s Miao Diocese. “I am very happy to bless this grotto and dedicate it to the Year of St. Joseph,” said Bishop George PallipparambilContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Nirjuli, Sept 12, 2020: A young woman from a small town in Arunachal Pradesh has set up a roadside ‘Street Library’ with just a rack loaded with books and couple of wooden benches for readers to sit. “It is only 10 days since we set up thisContinue Reading
Guwahati, July 18,2020: The Council of Nagalim Churches, a body under the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah), has said that the “constant” raids, harassment, arrest and killing of the outfit’s members had put the ongoing peace talks at stake. The NSCN (I-M) on July 15 referred to the peaceContinue Reading
