Ashish Syangbo Slated for Discovery Show
Darjeeling lad Ashish Syangbo is all set to participate in the first of its kind reality show in India on Discovery TV. India’s Citizen Squad…
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Mamata, Development Boards, Darjeeling-Dooars and the Gorkhas: Apprehensions and Implications
Mamata Banerjee, somehow, has been able to evolve a relatively unique, efficient and effective tool to progressively sideline more than a century old political aspirations…
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,…
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: The Deafening Silence of Hill Citizens
One ‘interesting’ thing about my friends from Darjeeling is the way they can come up with an excuse for everything. Every discussion about ‘back home’…
MOST DESERVING: Mamata to be Felicitated With “Bhanu Smriti Samman”
A newly formed body, Kalchini Nagarik Samaj has embarked on a noble pursuit, to honour and celebrate one of the most fervent champions of Nepali…
BACK TO THE FUTURE: Promotional email from a Hotel in Tigerhill, Darjeeling
Dear Customer, Greetings from Hotel Window View, Tigerhill where you get to see the Sunrise from your windows, and the Darjeeling Tea brews with…
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…
Inner Line Permit: A Genuine Idea Lost in Translation
The N. Biren Singh led BJP Government in Manipur seems to have finally found the breakthrough to the controversial issue of Inner Line Permit (ILP)…
The bullet didn’t kill me…
The Bullet didn’t kill me, My dreams and dignity did. A revolution was blooming, On the face of the folded bread inside my left pocket….
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…