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Happy Myoko

By AG | Published: March 20, 2009
Seems like yesterday when we observed ‘Myoko’ but I’ve to come out of stupor and believe that a year has passed by since we observed ‘Myoko’ and it is now turn of ‘Hiichi‘ belt to observe ‘Myoko’ this year and they would be officially declaring ‘Myoko’ open with ‘Sama Piniing’ tonight. Well, wish you all a Read more ...
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Apatani Dictionary – A Review

By AG | Published: February 12, 2009
Apatani Dictionary: Let’s write in Apatani by Habung Donyi is a milestone in preservation and development of Apatani language. -G. Tallo The declining trend of using Apatani by young Apatanis in their day to day conversation has been a cause of concern since long. There has been an urgent need to develop, popularize and preserve the language. Read more ...
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Slideshow of Penii procession of Apatani's

By AG | Published: January 23, 2009
It’s month of January-the month when ‘Murung’ Ritual of Apatani is observed; how could AD let the month pass by without a post on this particular ritual. So I’m sharing slideshow of the photos that I took during  Penii procession (part of Murung ritual). Enjoy!  P.S. Some images are not relevant to  ’Murung’ Ritual but was captured Read more ...
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Fire Ravages Bulla Village

By AG | Published: November 19, 2008
At around 4.30 pm yesterday, it was reported that a massive fire broke out at Bulla village, engulfing almost entire Kalung Village. The fire could be doused around 5.15 pm by the effort of people and fire fighters from Fire Department at Old Ziro. More details are awaited of the incident. Update (20-11-2008): The fire reportedly broke Read more ...
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Addiction versus De-addiction

By AG | Published: October 28, 2008
-Gyati Tado (Tadu) President, Union of Apatani Educated Unemployed Youth (UAEUY) Alcoholism and drug addiction are two ignored social evils which endorse for weakening people’s moral fibre. It spells disaster not only for the addict but also to his family and society as a whole. If we take a closer look of social and cultural fabric of Read more ...
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Let's speak Apatani – A Blog by GT

By AG | Published: September 16, 2008
With Tanii agun (Apatani) being considered ‘Endangered Language’ on the verge of becoming extinct due to fascination of the Tanii’s towards National Language Hindi and the global language English, an immediate attention was needed to preserve, promote and document Tanii agun lest it become extinct.  In this line, to preserve and promote Tanii agun a wonderful effort was/is being made by NPR Read more ...
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