Darjeeling 1990s: Tuition, Video Parlours, and Blue Films
Imagine a day when it was a very normal thing for your friend to ask, “Oie, triple hernu janchhas?” Before you start an outrage over…
Articles by Bal Krishna
Exquisite Awesomeness of Darjeeling and Its Hangouts
If we asked youngsters to vote for the most popular hangout in town today, there will be names that most people my age will not…
Darjeeling 1990s: When Arrows Exploded Colours
I still remember, in our village there were two houses that owned TV sets during the 1986 world. One was a colour TV and the other a black and white. It’s funny what you remember all these years later hai, I can still visualize that black and white TV set, it had an inbuilt sliding door.
Switzerland Much?
“Unoyon huh… Vikash… Development… I am fed up of it and its blinding pace… I was thinking of moving here to escape all that, but seems like that epidemic has caught roots here too…” she is still angry.”
“MALAI THAH CHA, TARA MO BHANDINA…”
Dhanraj Mams, not sure how many of you remember him, is in a hyperactive mode these days. Since the agitation ended last year, he had…
ANYONE UP FOR HANGING – Them Syndicates of Yore
Growing up in the late 1980s and early 1990s was both simple and complicated. Simple in that we didn’t have much option so we didn’t…
Bhai Tika – A True Celebration of Women Empowerment in Gorkha Society
While in majority of the communities across South Asia – Rakhi is seen as one of the most important festivals, for Gorkhalis it’s Bhai Tika,…
MOST DESERVING: Mamata to be Felicitated With “Bhanu Smriti Samman”
A newly formed body, Kalchini Nagarik Samaj has embarked on a noble pursuit, to honour and celebrate one of the most fervent champions of Nepali…
TAAR-JEELING: Its Complicated
Taar-jeeling, It’s Complicated you know Overhead wires and pipes abound garbage and waste completely surround no water for days on an end no street lights…
GORKHAFIED – Sexual Harassment Victims Suck Anyway
“Hundaina… hunai sakdaina… mo mandai mandina…” says Dhanraj Mams… with an overtly dramatic waving of his hand in front of my face, swinging his thicksh…