REGISTER TO VOTE – Make Yourself Count
Dear people, before you do anything else today, please make this a priority, and register to vote. Do it as soon as you are done…
Editorial
HERALDING THE ASIAN RESURGENCE – Take a bow Sunil Chhetri
It is tragic that in India, football has been relegated to the margins. While it is still popular among the masses, the mainstream media has…
No, Darjeeling Is Not Your Trash Can
There used to be a time, when “Clean Darjeeling, Green Darjeeling” was the mantra. These days, it seems to have been replaced by “Dirty Darjeeling,…
Dirty Darjeeling Destined for Destruction
A group of tourists, who had visited Bhutan and Sikkim were horrified at the pathetic condition of Darjeeling. They couldn’t believe the noise, the congestion,…
INVICTUS – TheDC Journey: 5 Pura Pugera 6 Lagyohai!
“In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody but unbowed.” –…
SINISTER DESIGNS – Desperate Anti-Gorkhaland Sellouts Stoop to Faking TheDC Page
There is an old adage “imitation is the greatest form of flattery,” but is it always so? In 2012, a Facebook page started to post…
GREENFIELD, GREENPLY: What’s in a Name? Everything
The popular outrage over the naming of a proposed state University in Darjeeling hills “Greenfield”, had naturally outraged many. While some in the administration had…
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…
Darjeeling Women – Time We Begin To Think Like a “Block” Now
What’sApp messages have been pouring in since morning wishing me “Happy Women’s Day”. Wishes with inspiring, brilliant quotes eulogizing women’s’ success or some kind of…
The Flags of Our Fathers – We shall carry forth with pride
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin