An Appeal: The Orphan Among the Orphans
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” – George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945) This statement by George Orwell perhaps best…
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Gorkhaland 2017: When Miracles Failed and Criticism Invited FIRs
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…
Darjeeling Unrest 2017: From an agitation to a Leadership Contest
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…
The Twitteratis of Gorkhaland
Writes – @oyeketa The agitation and demand for Gorkhaland in 2017 suffered a premature death with multiple forces working overtime to kill the movement. Camps…
Caste-Based Reservation – Time we changed the parameters from equality to equity
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…
GORKHAS UNSAFE IN BENGAL – Removal of names from voters list, points to a bleak future
“First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the communists…
GORKHAFIED – Sexual Harassment Victims Suck Anyway
“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…”
Rebesh Pradhan Wins Gold in 58th IBFF Mr India National Body Building and Fitness Competition
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…
But, You Madam! Are a Hypocrite
Recently, as JNU was bring rocked with a case of sexual harassment against Prof. Atul Johri, another surfaced. This one hit close to home, and…
Darjeeling Women – Time We Begin To Think Like a “Block” Now
What’sApp messages have been pouring in since morning wishing me “Happy Women’s Day”. Wishes with inspiring, brilliant quotes eulogizing women’s’ success or some kind of…