Independence Day Special: Netaji and Capt. Ram Singh Thakuri – Muddled Legacies
A veteran had once observed, “We wish Netaji were alive after India gained independence, had he been, history would have treated Gorkhalis much more kindly,…
Articles by Upendra M Pradhan
HINDSIGHT DARJEELING: Hook, Line and Sinker – They All Fell Down
It almost feels surreal that, this day last year 8th of June 2017, Darjeeling hills, which was heading towards second term of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration…
REMEMBERING MADAN TAMANG
This article was originally published in the June 2010 edition of Darjeeling Times magazine, we are reproducing the same in honour of Late. Madan Tamang…
Caste-Based Reservation – Time we changed the parameters from equality to equity
Reservation is a dicey subject, and it is well known that no political party wants to deal with it in the fear that they will…
GORKHAS UNSAFE IN BENGAL – Removal of names from voters list, points to a bleak future
“First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the communists…
DEVOID OF SELF-RESPECT: Gorkha Social Figures Bringing Shame to Themselves and to Us
“There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy – hypocrisy, fraud, and tyrrany.” F. W. Robertson For generations, we have wondered as…
The Unmatched Charm and Beauty of ‘Inter-Jorebungla’
If you have ever been curious as to why they call football ‘a beautiful game’ you should come to Jorebungla during the football season. Now…
SATYAMEVA JAYATE: TheDC Stands Vindicated as Calcutta High Court Quashes Lower Court Order Banning Us
“In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed.” –…
Gorkhaland Martyrs for Tourism Festival – Many Takers?
“Darjeeling ko shir dhaleko cha… Darjeeling is in a state of collective mourning and depression…. ” remarked a friend recently. I didn’t inquire into what…
Jungpana – A Tale of Deprivation
When Mr Henry Montgomery Lennox planted the 1st tea saplings in 1899, Jungpana did not have access roads; people had to walk up and down…