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
By Felix Anthony Miao, May 14, 2020: Responding to the call of Pope Francis, an interfaith prayer meet was held at Miao in Arunachal Pradesh on May 14 to implore God to help humanity overcome the coronavirus pandemic. Pope Francis had accepted the proposal from the Higher Committee of HumanContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, March 25, 2020: Christians in a remote corner of the eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on March 25 responded to Pope Francis’ universal prayer appeal. In the wake of the pandemic coronavirus outbreak, the Pope had appealed Catholics over the world to pray the ‘OurContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, March 6, 2020: Around 150 students from six schools in Arunachal Pradesh on March 6 drew more than 3,000 paintings of butterfly on stones in one hour in their bid to enter the Indian Book of Records. The students aged between five and 15 from MiaoContinue Reading