Identity, Contestation and Ethnic Revivalism Among Nepalis in Darjeeling
Nepalis in India tend to be treated as outsiders and this has prompted the political mobilisation of Nepali identity and the ethno-linguistic movement for “Gorkhaland.”…
Gorkhaland: Know Your Roots
Music From The Margins: Performing And (Re)Defining Gorkha Cultural And Political Identity At India’s Borderlands
Extending over an area of 3,149 square kilometres, Darjeeling district, located in sub-Himalayan northeast India, is the site of my research. Flanked by the international…
Women in Gorkhaland Movement: The Question of Empowerment
Gorkhaland Movement has been a long political struggle of Indian Nepalis/ Gorkhas and is basically based on the demand for separation of Darjeeling hills from…
State Autonomy, Nationality Question And Self-Determination In India- Response of the State
The paper begins with the contemporary discourse on state autonomy and self-determination of nationalities in India and seeks to examine the response of the Indian…
The Gorkhaland Movement Of June 2017: A Darjeeling Perspective
Writes: Basant B. Lama A Historical Background Till as late as the early 1900s new kingdoms/countries were still emerging all over the globe and international…
The Gorkhaland Movement Of June 2017: A Darjeeling Perspective
Ever since the TMC came to power in 2011, it has launched a relentless campaign to make political inroads in the hills, dividing people into…
Kalimpong’s Untold Story – Why We Commemorate Today As “Sahid Diwas”
If ever there was a point in our past that changed the fabric of our entire community, I would have to flip the calendar to lay a finger on Sunday, the 27th of July, 1986. Indeed, that is a day that will go down in the annals of Kalimpong and Gorkhaland history as “Our” Black Sunday.
Nepali “Bhasa Andolan”: Re-telling The Story
Introduction Language is considered as the lifeblood of human civilization. The Cambridge dictionary defines language as “a system of communication consisting of sounds, words and…
Why A Separate State Of Gorkhaland?
The Larger Debate India is a land of unity in diversity – often it is boasted. Truly, India is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual area….
In Defence Of Gorkhaland: Proposed State Will Be A Safe, Secure And Financially Independent Entity
A state of Gorkhaland, including the hills of Darjeeling, Terai and Dooars, would therefore help ensure better safety and security for the “chicken neck” area. Smaller states are also easier to govern and the presence of the entire state machinery being in one region would help keep close tabs on infiltrators, unlike what is possible out of Kolkata.