The Childhood Days and Ways
FLASHBACK ONE “Khuchhing taala maitala Dus paisa ko suntala” This was a fun oriented chant which we choired jerking our shoulders upwards and downwards in…
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Decoding The GJMM-GNLF Alliance
When we vote, we will be voting to win back our agency, our rights as citizens of India, our right to political dissent, our right to make constitutional demands, our right to fair trail, our right to the internet, our right over our natural resources, our right to hold protest marches, right to assemble, and our right to determine our own fate under the Indian Constitution.
Ever Enduring Nostalgia of Road Cricket in Darjeeling
Life was not as easy as these days. Cricket bat used to be a rare kit and usually only one guy in a group would have a bat, luxury items of our time. And about ball, playing with a tennis ball would be a once in a blue moon affair, that too if we were to visit somewhere else for a cricket match (bet). Else, handmade balls (kaagaz/plastic ko) would compensate to the lack of funds and ensure that we never went out of play.
Feminist Icon to Mamata’s New Found ‘Political Love’
The six leaves and the Lotus are out to chomp either out in the forthcoming general elections. Chief gardener Didi B is busy with her potting, weeding and planting. MPs being dropped, novices and women brought in. Didi B has selected a special GJMM-TMC backed hybrid she calls ‘Bhoomiputra’–Shri Amar Singh Rai to stand as TMC candidate from Darjeeling.
The Politics of Nationality and the Gorkha Statehood Movement
“Aren’t you a Nepali? Go back to Nepal” has often been used to question the credibility of the Nepali-speaking Gorkha community living in India. The…
That Gorkhali Weirdness – अनौठो जाति गोर्खाली
That Gorkhali Weirdness – अनौठो जाति गोर्खाली आफ्नो आमा सरह भूमि बेची खानेहरु आज भूमिपुत्र-भूमिपुत्र भनी चिच्चाई रहेछन्बङ्गालको दासत्व स्वीकार्नेहरुले आज सबलाई भुमिको याद दिलाई…
The Week That Was
Coimbatore Some of you might have heard of Isha Yoga headed by the popular spiritual mystic, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudeva. Isha first consecrated a grand bust…
Darjeeling – Games We Played
If you know what I am referring to, when I say, “Charana ko Masala… Malai Besi na Chala… Mero Khutta ma Ghau Chha… Malai Bhetnu…
Dear Government, All’s Not Well on the Eastern Horizons
As the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections draw closer, media in the Northeast is abuzz with new stories every day; streets are overflowing with protests, and…
Arunachal PRC Issue: Vis-à-vis Gorkha Settlement History of Vijaynagar
Over the past few days, at least three people have been killed during violent protests over granting PRC to six non-Arunachal Pradesh communities living in…