Happy Teachers Day – Dear Teachers
It is said that, “A mediocre teacher tells. A good teacher explains. A superior teacher demonstrates… but the greatest teachers are those who inspire,” we…
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SWAPNA BARMAN – Leaders Line Up to Associate Themselves With Asian Gold Medal Winner
“Success has many fathers, failure dies an orphan” – Unknown. The Gold medal performance of a young Rajbanshi athlete Swapna Barman from Dooars at the…
An Open Letter to Narendra “CHAIWALA” Modi
Respected Narendra Modi ji, Foremost, I want to congratulate you on being the most well-traveled prime-minister in our nation’s history. I also want to…
Proposed University Name Should Reflect Hill Ethos
Reacting to the name of the proposed University in Jogighat, one of our readers Deek Sharma writes… “Today I won’t talk about the separate…
TAARIKH PE TAARIKH – Yet Another Assurance From the Center on Gorkha ST and Tripartite Talks
Keeping up with how they have dealt with all issues concerning Darjeeling, the Central Ministers once again asked for a new date to get the…
MINIMUM WAGES –Tea Garden Workers and Vultures
It’s time for the Monsoon flush, fighting with the wind and the rain women are seen bent at their waist behind the tea bush, plucking…
THEATER OF ABSURD: Bengal Wants Central Govt to Pay Land Compensation for Bagdogra Airport Extension
If anyone wants to study the reason why despite holding investment fairs every year, very few investors actually invest in Bengal, the proposed expansion of…
Bikky Routh – Trailblazing Into the World of Science
Bikky Routh, a Darjeeling lad hailing from Jalapahar army cantonment and an ex-student of Notre Dame Academy, Darjeeling is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in…
Darjeeling, Development and Diversions
“Politically unfree citizens are deficient in freedom even if they happen to enjoy a very high level of income” – Amartya Sen, 1999 The…
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: The Deafening Silence of Hill Citizens
One ‘interesting’ thing about my friends from Darjeeling is the way they can come up with an excuse for everything. Every discussion about ‘back home’…