What Gorkhaland Means for a Non-Darjeelingey Gorkha
“Bro, which community do you belong to?” “I am from the Gorkha community, bro.” “Oh ok, so you are from Darjeeling area….the Gorkhaland region.” “No,…
“Bro, which community do you belong to?” “I am from the Gorkha community, bro.” “Oh ok, so you are from Darjeeling area….the Gorkhaland region.” “No,…
Before you even start reading the article, let me be clear that I am a 4th generation Gorkha settled in Manipur. And I will accept…
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” – George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945) This statement by George Orwell perhaps best…
During the 104 days of the shutdown, Darjeeling experienced what every political uprising faces – blockades, food scarcity, police brutality, unlawful arrests, media-blackout, and everything…
The Gorkhaland agitation of 2017 has been an eye-opener in many aspects. While it did not yield the desired results even after 104 days of…
Writes – @oyeketa The agitation and demand for Gorkhaland in 2017 suffered a premature death with multiple forces working overtime to kill the movement. Camps…
Reservation is a dicey subject, and it is well known that no political party wants to deal with it in the fear that they will…
“First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the communists…
“He is being maligned, his name is dragged down the muck, he is being vilified, being targeted, being publicly humiliated, being exposed unnecessarily, our Gorkha men don’t do such things, if they need to, they marry two, three, four, even five or twenty wives, but they don’t do this…”
We are very proud to share Rebesh Pradhan from Siliguri who won a Gold medal in the recently organised 58th IBFF Mr India Body Building…