EXCLUSIVE: Mount Groove From Darjeeling Rock at the Hornbill Festival
Bands from our hills shined bright this year at the Hornbill Festival, which is one of the biggest music festivals in the country. There are…
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A 9 Year Old Needs Help – Please Help Smriti Live
Life is a mix of all kinds of emotions, the good and the bad ones. Through TheDC, we common people have been able to share…
Gorkhaland Martyrs for Tourism Festival – Many Takers?
“Darjeeling ko shir dhaleko cha… Darjeeling is in a state of collective mourning and depression…. ” remarked a friend recently. I didn’t inquire into what…
Whither Gorkhaland?
Here’s a look at some of the new states that have been formed in India, while the demand for Gorkhaland state (earlier referred to as…
Jai Gorakhnath!
I, all of a sudden, awoke from my tired sleep on one of the autumn midnights. After completing a daylong field survey in a nearby…
Everyday Darjeeling: For the Love of Aludum
At the moment, I am living in that part of the world where in every street or corner you can find puri, “ghuguni” and puffed…
INVICTUS – TheDC Journey: 4 Pura Pugera 5 lagyohai!
Editorial: Rinchu “In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody but…
In The Land Of Ramkrishna And Vivekananda – Bimal Gurung Is An “Asur”
Bengal, once one of the leading lights of India – where thinkers, philosophers, scholars, reformers and revolutionaries of all hue and colour found acceptance and…
100 Days of Strike – Spirit of The People, and The Politics of Uncertainty
“How does one man assert his power over another, Winston? Winston thought. “By making him suffer”, he said. “Exactly. By making him suffer. Obedience is…
Violence Should Have No Place In Darjeeling – Be It By Those Demanding Gorkhaland Or The State
Frantic calls from friends and family who are living outside Darjeeling, this has now become our main source of hearing the “breaking news,” and also…