Home Coming: That Special Feeling
You know you are already home when the train starts to slow down while entering NJP. Though you are still many kilometers away from the…
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Gorkhaland Demand: Them Emotional Fools
“Very good. Take courage. Don’t become just emotional. Be practical and stay on ground. Emotional decision will not lead you anywhere” – this is a…
Kalimpong District And Gorkhaland – It’s A Family Extension And Not A Divorce
“अरे काका, के बनाउनु थालनु भ? उ हौ हेर्न… नबिनलाई बाक्लो दाल खाने रहर लाग्यो हरे…” “बाक्लो दाल खाने रहर” a very commonly used phrase…
Of Brave-Hearts And Languages: The Untold Gorkha History, Our Abysmal Present And Uncertain Future
This piece started there as a comment on an article that was published in TheDC written by Sudarshan Limbu, but then I thought to continue…
The Fault In Our Stars Or Us?
Given the proposed plans for the imposition of Bengali language under the Three Tier language system by Mamata Banerjee, the past few weeks have…
Misplaced Concerns Or Just Another “Political” Strategy Via The Non-Political?
The (re)clarification and (re)assurances that are being frantically articulated – which apparently have picked up pace on “social media” by our very office bearers “on…
Save Sinchel – Please Help Save Our History, Heritage, And Beliefs
For the “others”, mainly comprising of travellers and tourists, Tiger Hill is the much talked about tourist point for the hypnotic sunrise from the Hill…
“Development” Vs. “Gorkhaland” – What Are You Voting For?
“देखोस न देखोस यो वर्तमान… भावी पिडिले देख्ने छ… कसैले छद्म वेशमा, तिम्रो इतिहास लेख्दै छ… उत्सर्ग गर, उत्सर्ग गर… the present may not see…
Indeed “A Tragedy In The Making”: Merger With Sikkim Will Do More Injustice To Darjeeling, Her People And Her Decades Of Struggle
Despite Darjeeling area being a part of the Sikkim Kingdom under the Namgyal rulers (1642-1835) and her people having “naang ra masu jasto” historico-cultural ties…
What’s In A Name: Historical, Religious And Cultural Appropriation Underway In North Sikkim – Are You Even Aware?
Last week, Facebook pages such as Talk Sikkim and Sikkim Tribune shared a news report (although both these pages have not mentioned the news sources)…