People’s Police or State’s Police? Role of Police in a Democracy
Writes: Saakal Ulysses Dewan In our country, there is a joke that assumes satirical heights that while in advanced countries of West the very sight…
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STRANGER IN MY OWN LAND
Writes: Sangita “My father was an affluent businessman in Amritsar. His brother exhorted him to relocate to Lahore where the rest of the family were…
Paradoxically Popular: Poisoned People, Polluted Politics
Writes: Vanira Khati The Chief Minister of West Bengal declared, ‘Pahaad Haaschey!’ and to elucidate the point she put up huge digitally printed banners across…
Happy May Day – Historic Labour Movement of 1955 of Margaret’s Hope Tea Garden
Writes -Rupam Deb Eleven died in police firing at Naxalbari which gave an immortal stature in the history of the political movement in India, its…
The Gorkha Who is Afraid
Writes: Vivek Rai “Thettt, hattu vayo”, sighs Dhiren, while he strolls down his usual way towards home. Dhiren had a sight seeing this morning. Having…
All India Gorkha Retired and Retiring Professionals and not National Gorkhaland Committee – Why NGC is Detrimental to Gorkha Aspirations
Writes: Vanira Khati Hello NGC, here’s our assessment of you and you have not done well. Marks achieved: 5 on 100 (5/100) ?? Here’s why:…
In Vogue: Outrage – But Not For Our Own
#Kathua, #Unnao and #Darjeeling. What links these three places? These places are as far away from each other and as different as possible, but they…
Losing my language
“Ama le bhannu bhako jaldi aunu harey, nashta thanda hundai cha…” Cringe. Cringe. Who in the world would speak like that, you’d ask. Well, an…
Sex and the Indian men
‘Nepal girls trafficked into India up by 500% in last 5 years: SSB report’ – This disturbing news appeared yesterday, 31 March 2018, Times of…
Yet, Here is a Good News!!
Writes – Bimal Rai, Mt. Pisgeh House of prayer, Darjeeling “We wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness” (Isaiah.59:9)…