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Okay, But Can You Dance?

PUBLIC — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:58:20 +0000

By Shivani Pde

Sometimes, a free app is not really free. It may cost nothing to download, but it charges us in time, attention and pieces of our lives. The other day, while doom-scrolling through political posts, I noticed a pattern: It’s not that everyone wants to go viral but everyone is forced to. Even worthwhile public good work, narrated in the slow and formal documentary voice, is easily ignored. Package the same work into a fast-paced, attention-grabbing reel of less than ten seconds, and it suddenly attracts likes, forwards, shares and saves. Yet, if that work were presented through an hour-long presentation supported by facts and data, how many of us would stay? We type “wow” and press the like button without realising that social media is conditioning us like participants in an endless behavioural experiment, to react, swipe and move on rather than stay, listen and think. The app may be free, but the price is our attention, and we are paying for it with our lives, ten seconds at a time.
There was a time when eating lunch was simply eating lunch. You ordered your food, complained about the portion size, stole a few fries from someone else’s plate and went home. Today, lunch is a production. Before anyone is permitted to touch the food, the table must be rearranged, the glasses shifted towards better light and the person with the best phone appointed director of photography. By the time the photographs are taken, the food is cold, but at least the internet knows we ate good today at a trending place. An influencer recommended, so it must be good right? Somewhere between the arrival of social media and the rise of the algorithm, we all became content creators, whether we planned to or not.
This transformation does not apply only to influencers dancing before ring lights or filming elaborate morning routines. The small-business owner must make reels to sell candles. The fitness trainer must record workouts while conducting them. The artist must film the painting instead of simply painting it. The chef must prepare the food, plate it, photograph it, edit the footage and explain the recipe in under twenty seconds. Even doctors, lawyers, teachers and financial advisers are encouraged to “build a personal brand.” Writers are not exempt. “Make yourself more digestible. More palatable. Give yourself some mass appeal”, an advice that makes a human being sound suspiciously like a Hajmola tablet. Oh, you’re a writer? But do people like you? Forget the writing. Forget the meaning and value your words might offer. Can you dance? When did that become an additional requirement for choosing a profession? Imagine Ruskin Bond releasing another beautiful book, only for the internet to swipe past it in two seconds because he was not performing a trending dance while explaining the plot.
We are no longer expected merely to be good at what we do; we must also prove it publicly, repeatedly and preferably in vertical format. Professional networking platforms, once used to display qualifications and search for jobs, are now filled with inspirational essays about what missing a flight taught someone about leadership. A cup of coffee becomes a lesson in resilience. A delayed meeting reveals five secrets of entrepreneurship. Getting out of bed on a Monday is presented as a case study in discipline. Experience alone is apparently no longer enough. It must be converted into content before it can be considered valuable.
Our private lives have also become raw material. We photograph birthdays while they are happening, record concerts we may never watch again and spend holidays searching for places that will look attractive online. We no longer simply admire sunsets. We film them, colour-correct them, add music and write something about healing. The sun has been setting perfectly well for billions of years, but we continue to behave as though it requires our publicity. Even rest must be repackaged as a “slow morning,” a “self-care Sunday” or a beautifully arranged cup of tea beside a book we may or may not actually be reading.
I write this with the uncomfortable self-awareness of someone who willingly creates content. I have waited for strangers to move out of a frame. I have filmed the same scene twice because the first version did not feel cinematic enough. I have looked at a beautiful landscape and thought, with complete sincerity, “This would make a great reel.” I blame the algorithm for many things, but I must admit that I have also made my coffee wait while I photographed it from three different angles. Once the mind begins searching for material, an ordinary day can quickly start resembling a production schedule.
The problem is not that we document our lives. People have always kept diaries, collected photographs and tried to preserve important moments. The difference is that documentation was once mainly about remembering; today, it is increasingly about being seen. A memory can remain imperfect, but content must perform. It needs a strong opening, suitable music, an attractive cover, searchable words and a caption that appears authentic without being so authentic that it makes anyone uncomfortable. Then comes the analysis: views, likes, shares, saves and the mildly devastating discovery that a video into which you poured your soul has reached forty-seven people, while someone dropping a sandwich has become famous overnight.
The algorithm does not merely show us content; it quietly trains us to produce more of it. It teaches us which parts of our lives receive attention and which disappear into silence. Gradually, we begin editing not only our photographs but also our personalities. We become funnier, angrier, wiser, happier or more wounded, depending on what attracts the most engagement. What begins as documentation can slowly become performance, until the question is no longer whether we enjoyed an experience, but whether it generated enough usable footage.
For many people, however, creating content is no longer optional vanity. It has become unpaid promotional labour. Small-business owners, artists, freelancers and professionals must do the actual work and then become photographers, scriptwriters, presenters, editors and marketing departments to ensure that somebody sees it. A person who chooses not to post may be equally talented, but someone more visible is often more likely to receive the customer, commission or opportunity. Visibility has become a form of currency, and silence can feel professionally expensive. We participate willingly in this system, but many of us also understand that opting out may come at a cost.
There are wonderful possibilities within this new reality. People can build businesses from remote towns, teach skills across continents and tell stories that traditional gatekeepers might once have ignored. A phone can become a studio, a classroom, a shop or the doorway to an entirely new career. Yet opportunity has arrived carrying a tripod and demanding regular updates. The exhaustion comes from living two versions of life simultaneously: the experience itself and its online adaptation. We attend the event and then post the event. We complete the work and then explain the work. We travel and return with enough footage to spend another week editing the journey. Social media is undoubtedly a powerful medium for marketing ourselves, promoting our work and selling a service. However, when it begins to interfere with real life or weaken our ability to think critically, it is time to switch off the phone and take a digital detox.
Many times, I catch myself being pulled into what feels like an episode of Black Mirror, a dystopian future I would never wish upon our children. I see people forming firm opinions based on ten-second reels, often without examining the facts, data or history behind what they have watched. This is becoming increasingly dangerous because complex political and social realities cannot be honestly understood in a few dramatic seconds. We must make reading a habit again: hold a novel, read history, engage with long-form journalism and train the mind to remain with an idea long enough to question it. Our opinions should be shaped by evidence and context, not by a reel created by someone who may be trying to steer the narrative in a particular direction. A ten-second video may begin a conversation, but it should never be allowed to finish one.
Perhaps the quiet rebellion of our time is allowing some moments to remain unproductive: a meal eaten while it is still hot, a walk that produces no footage, a conversation that never becomes a caption, or a sunset permitted to disappear without evidence. The real cost of the content economy may lie not merely in the loss of privacy and time, but in our diminishing ability to experience something without immediately wondering how it can be used. The next time something beautiful happens, perhaps we should resist reaching for the phone. Let the moment disappear from the internet and remain alive only within us. In an age when everyone is creating content, perhaps the boldest thing left to create is nothing at all. Yet none of us stands entirely outside this contradiction. The machine has become so efficient that it can turn even resistance into engagement. I would start a petition to bring back landlines but wait, let me first film the announcement while dancing to a trending audio.

A trio scripting new saga in Indian Democracy

PUBLIC — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:55:58 +0000

Young Women, Protest, and Digital Platforms

By Antriksh Kar Singh

India is passing through a decisive moment in its political history as young girls have become face of ongoing students uprising in the national capital and subsequent solidarity marches across country. These young girls aren’t only participating to support their male counterparts instead became face and voice of resistance against those in power.
These young girls bravely faced police brutality on 20 July when police resorted to teargas shelling, lathi charge, and other measures to prevent marching student protestor from reaching parliament. The visuals must have shaken the systems and conscience of many individuals, who make it a point to reach the protest site after 20 July incident.
A question however comes to the mind that suddenly what has changed in Indian society that young girls became so brave to publicly come forward in a movement becoming its face and voice? A few things come to mind as possible reason behind this change.
The first and foremost is the improvement of literacy among the females in India society, which reached to a level of around 75% in 2023-24 alongside significant rise in female participation in Indian labour force rose to 41.7%. The improvement of these two measures is a significant factor towards women empowerment. This shift became evident through issues, and policies related to women began taking centre stage in Indian elections prominently from 2022 Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election.
And, hence, the Indian political parties used monthly cash transfer scheme to woo the women voters for winning elections. However, such measures are only a tokenism instead of any real progress but passage of bill for giving 33% reservation to women in Indian parliament and the state assembly was a real sign of tectonic shift happening in Indian socio-political sphere. And, the current protest at Jantar Mantar provided evidence how the young girls are now taking charge of protest by becoming face and voice through use of digital platforms especially social media, which has fundamentally altered the information ecosystem of India. These platforms provide access to loads of transnational information, perspective, and opinions transforming their aspiration and believe systems. This transformation seemingly inculcated fearlessness, self-motivation and a carefree attitude among the Indian youngsters especially young girls, which is visible in the participants of the student protest across country.
This technology done one more thing, it helps in aligning views of young generation in a particular way and now they rely more on collective connectivity instead of collective appeal and hence protest is continuing in spite of the fact of absence of proper leadership unlike previous ones. The protest is not only sustaining but using its own language employing set of vocabulary, which is new to society in general.
The female protestors have more prominently utilised their creativity using ‘sarcasm’, ‘humour’, ‘laughter’, ‘roast’ for seeking accountability over NEET examination paper leak. And, these protestors have flooded the social media platforms especially Instagram with such content, which nobody must have ever thought of using it during a protest. It has however become a new reality making people feel more connected through the use of multi-platform media ecosystem.
This phenomenon is fundamentally altering the mechanism of protest in India, which is witnessing its first digital movement with a resonance on the ground. The government, its security agency are facing a problem in giving response to this new form of protest with such a high women participation. Any use of force – mild or brutal, may would result in strengthening the protest as evident from two instances; first removing Sonam Wangchuk from protest site and using brutal force on protesting students. As a result, the prime minister Narendra Modi tried to directly connect with these young protestors using a Instagram video in a tweaked language attempting to resonate with them.
Whether these messages, government attempts, reported tightening of police checking could result in ending the protest or not, is a matter to be seen in near future but the student protest have shown a glimpse of hope that youngsters are willing come out on streets for right cause and they will dictate their terms of protest. The government is walking on tight rope and so the opposition leaders in their attempt to pacify the protestors and woo them respectively. Whosoever, succeeds in their attempt will depend on the fact that who understands their vocabulary, language, sentiments and believe systems first and well.
The government and system need to understand that this modern-day digital protest can’t be handled in traditional way as the authorities aren’t budging to demands of a cabinet minister’s resignation. This protest has digital roots and can go long way unlike traditional protest and movement. But a long protest and movement is not good for neither government nor society, which is undergoing through a major churning at the moment.
(The author is a third-year PhD scholar associated with Department of JMC, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya)

Protests – Lifeblood of Democracy

Editor — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:54:29 +0000

Those in government, whether at the state or central level, tend to assume superpower status because they believe they have addressed all issues of public concern. But that is supercilious. Those in the higher echelons of government are a privileged lot and are immune from the many afflictions of the common citizen. In these times many of those holding top positions in the political hierarchy might not even settle in Meghalaya. They have made provisions for themselves in other more comfortable locales within the country and abroad. They have enough financial clout to settle anywhere on this planet. Hence, they remain indifferent toward the environmental concerns that afflict ordinary, voiceless citizens. The recent public hearing for starting another cement plant at Nongkhlieh, East Jaintia Hills was a clear violation of all norms, as those against the project were prevented from reaching the hearing. Such a brutal display of state authority does not bode well for democracy and people will eventually find their voices when a leader rises to show the way.
For now the Voice of People Party (VPP) has led the way for a people’s protest since it’s the only Opposition Party in the 60-member Assembly. However, looking at how GenZ is finding its voice in this country and Gen Alpha joining forces, any ruthless show of state power is unlikely to succeed. There’s no stopping this young generation from pursuing their goals of ushering in more accountability into the system and asking the much-touted critical questions from the elected representatives. For too long those who elected MLAs did so on very narrow considerations. They voted after receiving a few sops, promises and sometimes money. They didn’t have the capacity to think beyond the vote and what would happen to the state if a particular person is voted to hold office of power and responsibility. Hence for decades, people of Meghalaya elected MLAs who later became ministers without a long- term vision for the state. All they did was address the here and now; they made a few hundred kilometres of roads that were washed away after the first monsoons; repaired a few roads within the city; and provided drinking water wherever feasible. From each of these so-called development schemes the PWD and PHED ministers made their cuts from each of these so-called development schemes, and so too did the engineers in charge. This continues to this day because MLAs sitting in the opposition never followed up with RTI on how the schemes were executed. Concerned citizens and the media were left to interrogate how public money is utilized and if every rupee was accounted for. Most often than not accountability is lacking, which is observed from the CAG reports where utilisation certificates are pending for hundreds of schemes claimed to have been completed.
The MLA of the area where Shree Cements would be setting up the proposed cement plant – Santa Mary Shylla – should have been the one to stand with the people and be concerned that the limestone mining would destroy Meghalaya’s heritage caves and ecology as forests would have to be cleared. But she remained a silent spectator. Being part of the government, she probably even has a hand in promoting the Shree Cements company. It is this aspect of the politicians’ character – the propensity for reaping short term gains so they can manage ‘politics’ and continue to remain in power which has virtually destroyed the moral architecture of Meghalaya. Unless people take back power from politicians and refuse to treat them like demigods, this state will continue to travel down the slippery slope.

Letters to the Editor

PUBLIC — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:53:11 +0000

Why Delay the Appointment of Teachers?

Editor,
Why is the Government of Meghalaya delaying the appointment of teachers in various Government-aided schools. Even in Government schools, vacant posts are lying unfilled for years. From this year, 2026, the Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBOSE) has issued an order that the best of 5 subjects model for passing examinations will be discontinued. Henceforth students have to pass all 6 subjects in the SSLC Examination. But my concern is that if the post of Maths and Science teachers are lying vacant and the Government is not allowing the school authorities to appoint those teachers then who will teach the students Maths and Science which are two important subjects, during these days? We all know that from this year SSLC Examinations will be conducted in the month of December. If students fail in Maths and Science who will be responsible? The Government or School Authority?
The Government is parroting about quality education but how can there be quality education without a teacher? The Science Section of Government Boys’ Higher Secondary School, Tura are complaining that there is no Mathematics and Physics Teacher. Can students who are offered these subjects pass the HSSLC final Examination? If they fail, who will take responsibility- the Government or students? There may be some students whose aspiration is to crack the NEET or JEE. Let us give them an opportunity to fulfil their dreams.
It is therefore my earnest appeal to the Government to speed up the process of appointing qualified Maths and Science teachers and allow the school authorities of aided schools to also fill up the vacant posts. Time is running out. It waits for no one. Final examinations are knocking at our doors. Let our children thrive under a good educational environment. Those in power and authority in Meghalaya can send their children to an expensive institution, but think of the farmers and children from underprivileged families. They are forced to study in Government or government-aided schools. So let there be justice for the thousands of students who are waiting for the new teachers.
Yours etc.,
C Momin,
Via email

Reading Beyond Notes: A Culture We Must Revive

Editor,
I would like to express my wholehearted appreciation to Dr Omarlin Kyndiah for his thought-provoking article, “Declining Reading Habit: A Global Challenge,” published in The Shillong Times on August 7, 2026. His timely and well-researched analysis of a growing educational concern deserves serious attention from parents, teachers, policymakers and society at large.
I feel, I should, fully endorse his central argument that the increasing dependence on smartphones and digital media has significantly weakened the habit of reading books, particularly among students. Yes, the technology has undoubtedly expanded access to information, but we must admit it has also created constant distractions that reduce concentration, deep reading and critical thinking. Technology should complement reading, not replace it.
As a teacher who spent more than four decades in the classroom, I have witnessed a remarkable transformation in students’ learning habits. During our school days, textbooks formed the very foundation of classroom teaching. Students were expected to read every lesson thoroughly before and after classroom discussions. Some schools also had regular library periods during which students borrowed books, read them and wrote brief reviews or remarks. We would spend some time reading magazines, papers when we got time. Such practices would enrich our vocabulary, strengthen comprehension, sharpen analytical ability and cultivate independent learning.
Today, however, classroom practices have changed considerably. In many schools, detailed textbook reading has largely been replaced by teachers’ explanations, followed by printed notes. More worrying is the fact that many students no longer prepare their own notes. Instead, they depend on photocopies, digital copies or materials obtained from classmates. There is also a growing tendency among students to collect notes prepared by high scorers and Board examination toppers rather than reading textbooks thoroughly and preparing their own notes. While such notes may be useful for revision, they should never replace genuine understanding acquired through thoughtful reading and independent note-making. The valuable process of reading, analysing, writing and organising one’s own thoughts is gradually disappearing.
This trend has serious educational consequences. Students may memorise answers and score good marks, yet many struggle to express even simple ideas in their own words. They often find it difficult to analyse, interpret and think independently because they have had little opportunity to engage in deep reading. The true objective of education is not merely to reproduce information but to develop reasoning, creativity and intellectual independence.
The reading culture at home has also weakened. Earlier, many households subscribed to newspapers and magazines, and children naturally developed an interest in reading by watching their parents and elders. Schools encouraged students to read newspapers, discuss current affairs and cultivate the habit of independent reading. Unfortunately, this culture is steadily disappearing.
Dr Kyndiah rightly points out that reading is far more than an academic exercise. It enriches language, broadens knowledge, stimulates imagination, nurtures empathy and develops informed and responsible citizens. I also strongly support his practical suggestions for reviving the reading culture through reading clubs, literary festivals, book fairs, dedicated reading hours and stronger library programmes. The “Earning by Learning” initiative in Dallas, cited in the article, demonstrates that innovative incentives can successfully inspire children to develop a lifelong love of books.
Reviving the reading culture requires the collective efforts of parents, teachers, educational institutions, governments and community organisations. Schools should once again emphasise textbook reading, strengthen library programmes, encourage newspaper reading, and motivate students to prepare their own notes instead of relying entirely on printed materials. Only then can we nurture thoughtful, confident and independent learners.
Dr Kyndiah’s article is a timely wake-up call. I sincerely hope that educators, policymakers and the public will act upon his recommendations and work collectively to restore books to their rightful place at the heart of education, culture and lifelong learning.
As I conclude, I am reminded of the timeless words of the great English philosopher Sir Francis Bacon: “Reading maketh a full man.” Those four simple words capture the essence of Dr Kyndiah’s message. If we truly aspire to build an enlightened, informed and progressive society, we must rekindle the habit of reading and ensure that books remain our lifelong companions.
Yours etc.,
Jairaj,
Via email

FCRA Amendment Bill-ko jegale Cong, Sombaro re·jomaniko ong·atenga

U'IATTIMGIPAONI — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:23:30 +0000

SHILLONG: Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (Amendment) Bill-ko pass ka·genchimode, ian India a·songo, mongsongbate salgro salaram a·dokrango Kristian Missionary-rangchi chalaienggipa skul, college, hospital aro uandakgipa kamrango nangchakeaniko ra·bagen ine Meghalaya a·dokni Congress, re·baenggipa Sombar salo, Shillong songjinmao tom·tome re·jomaniko ong·atenga.
Ia re·jomaniko ong·atani bidingo Block Congress Committee (BCC)-ni president Eugene Jarain, talataniko on·angengon, FCRA-ko taridapenggipa niamara, jera ra·na nanggipa aro namen kenchakna nanggipa niam ong·enga aro iako manderang pilakan jegalgrimna nanga ine parakataha.
“FCRA Amendment Bill-ko da·o ta·raken BJP sorkari, pass ka·na tariengaha. Ia niamko pass ka·nade Parliament-ni 10% membor-rangkosan aro 50%-na bate pu·onanikosan nangaigen. Uni gimin ia Bill-ko Kristian a·dokrang pilakan jegalna nangchongmotenga,” ine Jarain parakataha.
FCRA Amendment Bill-ko pass ka·ahaode ian Meghalaya a·dokko man·chape, salgro salaramni pilak biaprangon lekka pora aro an·seng baljokaniko on·enggipa dolrangna kenna nangani ong·gnok ineba ua aganaha.
“Salgro salaram a·dokrango bang·a manderangan missionary skulrango poraie aro missionary hospital-rango atchie dal·bagiparangan ong·a. Je skul-college-rang aro hospital-rangan an·chingna da·o iandakgipa janggi tangani gadangko on·aha, NDA sorkari pass ka·na miksongenggipa niamchi kenchakna nangani ong·engaha,” ine Jarain aganaha.
Ia re·jomaniko Sombar pring 11:00 baji dipet Laitumkhrah Fire Brigade-oni a·bachenggen aro Don Bosco Square-o matchotatgen ineba BCC president parakataha.
“Ian jripjrip tom·tome re·jomanisa ong·aigen aro maming chrik a·bokanirang dongjawa. Ia re·jomanio dingtang dingtang dilgiparang, FCRA Amendment Bill-ni giminba jinmana talate on·angjolgen,” ine Jarain aganaha.
Ia Bill-ko an·tangtangan poraie nichina manderangko didiatengon, “An·ching internet-rangoniko ia Bill-ko nina man·gen. Ia Act ba niamko taridapanio mai kattarang donga, ukosa an·ching ma·sie ra·na nangchongmota,” ine ua aganaha.

East Garo Hills a·jani Electoral Roll Observer DD Sangma, East Garo Hills a·jani District Election Officer (DEO) RP Marak, ADC Election I/c DA Sangma, ERO-rang, AERO-rang, BLO-rang aro dingtang dingtang political party-ni dilgiparang baksa tom·e chanchirimenga.

U'IATTIMGIPAONI — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:23:01 +0000

EGH-ni ERO skanggipa tom·aniko ong·ata

Agencies — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:16:57 +0000

WILLIAMNAGAR: East Garo Hills a·jani ning·o donggipa 41-Songsak, 42-Rongjeng aro 43-Williamnagar constituency-ni Electoral Roll Observer (ERO) aro Transport Department-ni Secretary David D Sangma, Sukrobar salo, Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-ni kamrangko nipilna gita skanggipa tom·aniko Williamnagar-o ong·atangaha aro ia tom·anio, East Garo Hills a·jani District Election Officer (DEO) RP Marak, ADC Election I/c DA Sangma, ERO-rang, AERO-rang, BLO-rang aro dingtang dingtang political party-ni dilgiparangba dongpae bak ra·angaha.
Ia tom·anio East Garo Hills a·jani ERO, tom·anio bak ra·giparangna aganprakengon, East Garo Hills a·jani damgittam Assembly constituency-rangon Booth Level Agent (BLA)-rangko songe on·china pilak political party-rangko didiangenba, Enumeration Form-rangko sualanio 100 percent gapahani gimin Booth Level Officer (BLO)-rangko man·chape pilak election official-rangkon mittelpilangaha.
Draft electoral roll-rangko name nipiltaichina aro pilak kamrangon election official-rangna dakchakaniko on·china gitaba Sangma, political party-rangko didiangaha.

GHADC-ni Special Budget Session-o Rongrikkimgre-ni MDC Nikman Ch Marak aro Williamnagar MDC Alphonsus R Marak-ni nanggrikengmiting somoio gipin membor-rangni namatna jotton ka·engmitingko noksa nikna man·enga. SJ Noksa

U'IATTIMGIPAONI — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:16:14 +0000

GHADC-o kr 200-ni budget aro Service Rule-ko pass ka·a

U'IATTIMGIPAONI — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:15:47 +0000

SER Bill-ni bidingo MDC sakgni nanggrika

TURA: 2027 bilsini March 31 tarikona tarigipa Detailed Budget Estimate 2027-2027-ko Sukrobar salo, Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC)-ni Special Budget Session-o pass ka·angaha. Ia apsan salon, GHADC-na Service Rule Bill-koba pass ka·angaha.
Council-o pass ka·anggipa Detailed Budget Estimate-o, GHADC-ni ning·o donggipa dam 24 department-rangna August jaoni March jaona dormaha, gipin man·gnirang aro dingtang dingtang korosrangna gong 285,29,85,601-ko parakatani ja·man, membor-rang jinma ra·chakenba pass ka·angaha.
Bilsi 74-na GHADC-ko chalaianio, Service Rule dongkujani a·sel skatang kamo ra·ani aro kam ra·doatanirangko nikna man·ahani gimin ia chang, Special Budget Session-ko ong·atanio, Service Rule Bill-ko GHADC pass ka·angaha aro da·o ia pass ka·gimin Bill-ko Governor ra·chakchina gita a·dok sorkarini District Council Affairs Department gita watatgnok.
Ia Session-o GHADC-na dingtang electoral roll-ko tarina gita Separate Electoral Roll (SER) Bill-ko pass ka·ani bidingo chanchirimengon, ia Bill-ko Sombar salo pass ka·na tik ka·e donangani ja·man GHADC-ni gitcham Deputy CEM aro Rongrikkimgre-ni MDC Nikman Ch Marak, iako raken jegalenba, ia Bill-ko Sukrobar salni bakon pass ka·na nanga ine dabiangaha. Uni indake dabiangani ja·man, Williamnagar-ni MDC Alphonsus R Marak-ba batanggimin bilsibongana chang 14 session-rangko ong·atanio ia SER-ni gimin changni chang chanchirimaniona ra·baahaoba, high command-oni ge·etani donggijaniko pa·sike SER-ni bidingo chanchirimna jechakronga aro apsan daken Schedule Tribe (ST) certificate-ni bidingoba ong·a ine gitcham Executive Committee-ko matnangskaaha.
Gitcham EC-ko matnanganina Rongrikkimgre MDC chakatenba, ia salni bakon SER Bill-ko pass ka·na nanga ine aganani ja·man MDC sakgnini gisepo ding·chaogrikani ong·angaha aro ja·mano uamangko gipin membor-rang aro GHADC-ni official-rangsa, beng·na gita nangaha.

South West Garo Hills a·jao, be·enni gita cholgri ong·gipa me·chik bi·sa saksana Mahendraganj constituency-ni MLA Sanjay A Sangma, tangka paisako dakchake on·atenga.

U'IATTIMGIPAONI — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:13:21 +0000