OPEN LETTER TO MAMATA: Darjeeling is No Switzerland, Doesn’t Aspire to be One
Writes: Dr Deepa Joshi Dear Ms Banerjee, there are a few of us in the region, who remember your spectacular defeat of 20+ years of the…
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GROUND ZERO – Up Close and Personal
Writes: SG Yesterday, I visited a martyr’s house. It was in a place called Magarjung tea estate (T.E.), which is 33 km from Darjeeling and 1,500 km…
“Gorkha ka Sapna, Modi ka Sapna??”
Writes – Biswadeep Tamang Ahead of 2014 general elections, BJP had in their election manifesto that they would consider “the long pending demand of the…
Massacre of Late Master Mitrasen Thapa
I was singing Mitrasen Thapa’s ‘Laure Ko Reli Ma’, when my teenage nephew asked me if I had heard the new fusion mix of the…
Martyrs’ Families to Receive Compensation Only After Martyrs’ Sacrifice Honoured
Writes – Sudharshan Limbu In the Hill Terrain and Dooars Sports Club Award Presentation Ceremonial function organized by Darjeeling Police, the families of martyrs who…
Annual Get Together of Delhi Police Pariwar by Darjeeling Boys 2018
Writes – Sh. Hastaman Baraily We all boys from Darjeeling and adjoining areas 1995 and 1997 batch serving our Nation through Delhi Police are organizing…
Murdabad to Zindabad
Writes – Jyoti Thapa Mani ‘Bloody Hell!’ Is what I said, just like how Kangana Ranaut’s Julia expostulated in the film Rangoon. My outburst erupted when…
Taking Stock: The Hills are Agog with Anticipation, Trends Point to a Vacillating Void and Nihilism
Writes: Ashok Waiba ‘Ignorance is a bliss’ and the humiliating wash-out of our agitation for Gorkhaland, yet again, is a blot in our history which…
Capt. Ram Singh Thakuri – A Gorkha Icon
This profile of Capt. Ram Singh Thakuri was compiled by eminent Gorkha history writer Ms. Jyoti Thapa Mani, who meticulously curated this profile over the…
Gorkhaland 2017 : Tracing the Footprints from Tranquility to Turbulence
Tourist season in the summer of 2017 started with a bang in Darjeeling and the nearby hill destinations. In Mirik where I stay small groups…