Dasain Chronicles: To Darjeeling With Nostalgic Love and Mutu Bhari Maya II
Diwash Chhetri’s second part of his nostalgic stories about childhood spent in Darjeeling.
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Tech to help Vit D-rich shiitake mushroom cultivation cheap & fast
Scientists at Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) have developed a cost-effective technology to cultivate highly nutritious shiitake mushrooms.
To Darjeeling with Nostalgic Love and Mutu Bhari Maaya
Where even an accident is described humorously, by none other than Humjayega as “Thiching the gear, uffring the gadi, posing in the gu ghari“, this…
The curious case of “Chota Tiger Hill”
What I had learnt is that in order to save a little time on the return journey, some of the tour operators on purpose does not want to reach the the actual view point and apparently park their vehicles haphazardly on the way causing a traffic jam.
Buddha Jayanti: A Celebration of Love of Compassion
Buddha Jayanti or Vesak is the most important of festivals of the Buddhists all over the world. It is celebrated on the Full Moon Day of May (Vaisakh) and is celebrated as the thrice blessed day as all the important events in the life of Lord Buddha — His birth in Lumbini, His attainment of Enlightenment in Buddhagaya and entering into Mahaparinirvana in Kusinagar took place on this eventful day.
Maasika Mahotsav 2019: Sustainable Menstruation, Need of the hour
Menstruation is an important biological change which makes the existence of life possible, yet the culture of silence around menstruation is so complete that most of the girls have no knowledge on menstruation before their first period. The social stigma and societal silence has a negative impact on the health, reinforces gender inequality and makes it difficult to address menstrual health issues. Through the Maasika Mahotsov, 21 to 28 May 2019 we aim to break the silence around periods and get conversing at various platforms.
‘Permanent Political Solution’ or ‘Development’?
The by-election scheduled on the 19th of this month has given the people an opportunity to choose between the ‘development’ which renders them dependent on the state or to free themselves from the shackles of exploitation. It is a choice between ‘development’ and a ‘permanent political solution’. Choose rationally so that our future generations have a say in how our affairs are managed, and who manages it.
Sandakpu: A reflection on a walk some moons back
For Conrad said “you know yourself only when away from the safety of social trappings, faced with the elements of nature and nothing to fall back on but yourself, you discover then whether you are weak or strong.” I tested myself and found I was a mixture of both with a wee bit more of the strong side. There still is much of life left in me. More of arches to cross; the time for me to sit and contemplate has not begun.
Ensuring Free and Fair Elections: A Sine Qua Non for Modern Democracy
Elections being the largest Democratic exercise in our country, steps should be taken to ensure that elections become free and fair and that people are…
English Writing in Sikkim: A New Bloom
Most of the writings, from Sikkim, are mostly in Nepali. The Sikkimese mass never received British mode of education or rather there were no schools that could strictly be called an English medium, barring a few. Most of the scanty English writing by the Sikkimese was mainly restricted to non-fiction books and that too mainly concentrated on the history or polity of Sikkim. The Sikkimese wanted to write their own history first.