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…
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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…
That Darjeeling Weirdness: Things People Say
I am not sure how many of you have heard of Kalyan sir from St. Roberts, but for me, he is a legend, as he…
Darjeeling 1990s: Tuition, Video Parlours, and Blue Films
Imagine a day when it was a very normal thing for your friend to ask, “Oie, triple hernu janchhas?” Before you start an outrage over…
Exquisite Awesomeness of Darjeeling and Its Hangouts
So one time when I was in class 7, on my birthday – that rare occasion when I was flush with money – I ordered a Masala Dosa in Stardust and took it to school. Imagine, instead of chocolates or toffee, I took one Masala Dosa for everyone in class. All my classmates loved it, even though we only had tiny pieces each, but for most of us, this was the first time we had Dosa in our lives, at least for me it was. So to see Stardust change hands, was literally very painful for me.
Non-Implementation of Ayushman Bharat in West Bengal is a Crime Against the Marginalized
We request all those who are reading this. If you have any reach in the West Bengal Govt, please tell them to implement Ayushman Bharat – they can call it Mamata Bangla, instead of Ayushman Bharat if they want to. But because of their ego fight with the Center, poor people here are suffering. This criminal denial of health care privileges to poor needs to end,