The Last Village or The First Village! This year's Republic Day was special for me. I was at the last village ‘Kibithu’, on the Indo-China border. With local villagers, Indo-Tibetan Border Security Force, and Indian Army. I participated in a joint flag-hoisting and cultural program organized at Kibithu. In the evening, we visited Wacha Post, the last military post on the McMahon Line of the India-China border. In China, across the border, we could see village houses, developing roads, and mobile towers. During this trip, we met with government officials, security forces officials, NGO workers, members of women's self-help groups, school teachers, medical staff, and villagers from nearby villages and settlements along the border, and learned about their culture and different challenges. The purpose of the trip was to understand the ‘Vibrant Village’ Scheme and explore opportunities to participate in it. The Vibrant Village Programme is an important and priority project of t...