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…
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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 These days, it seems to have been replaced by “Dirty Darjeeling,…
Switzerland Much?
“Unoyon huh… Vikash… Development… I am fed up of it and its blinding pace… I was thinking of moving here to escape all that, but seems like that epidemic has caught roots here too…” she is still angry.”
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,…
Dhiren, Snowfall and the Winter in His Heart
Dhiren is deep inside his bed, cursing the cold weather of Darjeeling. You should already be knowing Dhiren, our “chuksa” guy with the red Sumo…
“MALAI THAH CHA, TARA MO BHANDINA…”
Dhanraj Mams, not sure how many of you remember him, is in a hyperactive mode these days. Since the agitation ended last year, he had…
Schools, Raffles, Lotteries and A Humble Question – Why?
I remember when I was in still in my nursery school, a very new concept was evolving that would later become a trend – The…
ANYONE UP FOR HANGING – Them Syndicates of Yore
Growing up in the late 1980s and early 1990s was both simple and complicated. Simple in that we didn’t have much option so we didn’t…
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.” –…
Leaving Home – That Heart Breaking Time of the Year
The month-long of the festive season has indeed given us a deluge of happiness and also a reason to pull it through another year, again…