Darjeeling Journalist Regina Gurung Debut Book Launched
Darjeeling native, Regina Gurung, who works as a journalist in Bangalore released her debut book ‘Heavenly Bodies and Human Things,’ on May 18, 2019.
Gorkhaland: Know Your Roots
Brief historical trajectory of Darjeeling-Duars region and the need for a permanent political solution
Politically, Darjeeling-Duars never belonged to West Bengal. The region was ruled by Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal. This has been admitted by the Government of West Bengal in a White Paper published in 1986.
Bhasa Andolan Crusaders Wanted Mirik to Have These Landmarks
Here is a rare historical document from Bhasa Andolan Days. On Mirik on 15 August 1982 – our “Bhasa Sangrami” demanded that the beautiful bridge over Mirik Lake named as ‘Indreni Bridge’ in honour of INA freedom fighter Sahid Indreni Thapa by Late Tirtha Singh Moktan in a programme organized by All India Nepali Bhasa Samity, Mirik Branch.
‘I don’t have faith in this thing called God,’ Conversation with Parijat from 1963
Sisal is a type of tree known for being hardy. Sisal is also the name of a woman but her body, despite her age, is…
MUST READ: A 1967 Interview With the Late Indra Bahadur Rai
In 1967, Nepali speaking Indians were struggling to get our language incorporated as one of the national languages of India. It was also a period…
Order of 1936, Excluded Areas and the Constitutional Basis for Gorkhaland Statehood
Apropos The Statesman 17 December 2018 :Darjeeling News Service -Darjeeling 16 Dec 2018 – caption “Darjeeling Seminar talks ‘crucial’ Sixth Schedule”. The contents of this…
Gorkha Dream in Limbo: From Ghising to Modi – What Next?
“यो दार्जीलिंग पहाड़, सबैको आँखाबाट ओझेल भएको पहाड़; सबैले हेला गरेको पहाड़; दिल्लीले हेला गरेको पहाड़! हुन त देवी-देउताले बास गरेको हो यो पहाड़मा ,…
SPECIAL ARTICLE: Darjeeling’s Nepali Bhasha Andolan, Circa 1960s – Part III [Conclusion]
Now, who were the 8th Gurkha Rifles? Formed by the British in 1824 and transferred to the Indian Army in 1947, its Battle Honours upto…
SPECIAL ARTICLE: Darjeeling’s Nepali Bhasha Andolan, Circa 1960s – Part II
This particular story’s fodder is provided by something peculiarly provocative that happened in Darjeeling that Ishwar Ballabh wrote in his aforementioned Kantipur column. That the…
SPECIAL ARTICLE: Darjeeling’s Nepali Bhasha Andolan, Circa 1960s – Part I
From today onwards we are producing a special 3-part article series on the Nepali Bhasa Manyata andolan in Darjeeling written by one of our eminent…