Kalimpong girl aims to collect 50K sanitary pads for Tea Garden workers
Kalimpong girl, Tina Gurung is collecting 50 thousand sanitary pads for distribution among women workers in tea gardens during Daan Utsav.
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Karna Thami Sir – In Memorium: वरिष्ठ साहित्यकार कर्ण थामी प्रति नेसासको श्रद्धाञ्जली
TheDC team joins Nepali Sahitya Sammelan Darjeeling in mourning the death of our Sahitya Akademi Awardee Karna Thami sir. He was one of the pivotal figures in the Nepali Bhasa Manyata Abhiyan – which was instrumental in getting Nepali language recognized under the VIIIth Schedule of our Constitution.
Meghalaya CM and Darjeeling MLA write to Home Minister in support of Permanent Solution for Gorkhaland
NPP Chief and Meghalaya CM, Conrad Sangma writes to Home Minister in support of Permanent Political Solution for Gorkhas
Sanjay Pradhan – Ranks 13th in WBSC Executive Cadre 2018
Sanjay Pradhan from Sukhia Pokhri, has ranked 13th in WBSC Examination 2018 (Executive Cadre) whose results were declared recently. He is the only candidate from the Darjeeling Hills or the Gorkha community to be selected under the Executive Cadre.
Qasim Khallow – From Kalimpong to Bollywood and Kathmandu
I have used Cinema to escape my reality. I was born and brought up in the narrow quarrelsome neighbourhood of Relli Road, Kalimpong. My childhood was mostly centred around the 100 metre radius of the vicinity and inside a small single room where a family of 5 people lived. Street fights, drunken men, abuses and pigs happily strolling in the streets were part of my reality as a kid. Cinema helped me escape this reality.
There’s a Life Beyond Civil Services
Robin Hibu, Special Commissioner at Delhi Police feels that students should get over their obsessions for Civil Services and take the entrepreneurial road
NCTE Permits RK Mission B.Ed College to intake 50 students
The National Council for Teacher Education Permits RK Mission B.Ed College to Intake 1 Unit – 50 students for the Upcoming Session The NCTE has…
Perceptions: My four-year-old and I
The idea of inclusiveness becomes a rarity as we grow more in power. We become more rigid in our thoughts and actions. The world is, no wonder , robbed off its peace and harmony as we are constantly at loggerheads with each other, trying hard to enforce our ideas which we believe to be “absolutely correct” on others.
Padmashri Ren. Sonam Tshering Lepcha – In Memorium
On the 14th of October 1960, Ren. Sonam became the first among Lepcha people to air his voice on All India Radio. In 1963, he staged his first Musical, “Teesta Rangeet” in Lepcha language. He has composed and compiled numerous Lepcha songs, researched on Lepcha musical instruments, and presented dance-dramas based on Lepcha folklore. He has also published “Vom Jat Ling Chhyo”, a book of Lepcha folk songs in 2011.
Deepankar Waiba – A Musical Bureaucrat
Deepankar Waiba is a WBCS officer and a very talented artist too. A trained economist, he is a painter, musician, singer and a composer he comes from Munsong, a gorgeous but very remote place in rural Kalimpong. He has struggled hard to make a mark for himself, this is his story.