9th Aug 2017 10:08:PM Editorials
Eastern Sentinel Arunachal News

Misspelling or different spellings of an entity often causes much dilemma for the general people. Of late, Papumpare district is also being written as Papum Pare, as in two separate words, at times even by the district administration thus causing much confusion. For long we knew the first version as the correct form but now the second form is also being commonly used.

Even though such usage is not harmful, however, being the capital district, such aberration must be ruled out and it is important for the district administration to come clear on this point.

Even though often overlooked, misspelling or variants of the same often becomes a hindrance to flow of information. Books are meant to be a source of information but what happens when they disseminate incorrect information leading to confusion.

Ask any aspirant of the toughly fought Arunachal Pradesh Public Services examination and it will leave one aghast at the misleading and confusing information most of the available General Knowledge books offer on the state. Apart from typos, difference in spellings, etc, one cannot be too confident of the authenticity of the answers. Even names of former chief minister’s are wrongly mentioned. The pain of such error filled books causes huge amount of anguish especially for the aspirants of competitive examinations.

In view of the huge demand of GK books due to the competitive nature of society at present there is ‘pressure to publish more books more quickly than ever’ with many publishers skipping important steps to vet and filter out mistakes. GK books available in the market must be scrutinized to ensure that it doesn’t offer misleading information. There is prevailing confusion over names of places, rivers etc, an important aspect which needs to be addressed.

When reputed national dailies report Tenga to be in Assam, Doklam (Sikkim) to be in Arunachal Pradesh and mention late Nido Tania as Nido Taniam, we seethe with disdain but aren’t we as unsure as them regarding many of the information about the state.  

Noa-Dihing or Noa-Dehing, the suspense continues! 


Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
Email: kenterjoyaz@easternsentinel.in / editoreasternsentinel@gmail.com
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