Balakot Air Strike – Statement of Intent by New India
Ever since Pakistan achieved nuclear parity with India in the 1980s, it had clung on the precarious nuclear balance to allow itself to sponsor low-intensity…
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The Changing Waves of Politics in Darjeeling
In 2014 I had written about the possibility of BJP trying to sabotage the Gorkhaland issue if they see any chances of coming to power in…
HERITAGE DARJEELING: Sidrapong – Asia’s Oldest Hydro Project
Yuvraj Pradhan from Point Homestay, Darjeeling sends his experience and interaction with people in Sidrapong about its rich history and heritage. We agree Yuvraj says…
Finding Lost Connections: Daughter seeks help to Locate Father’s Family from Kurseong
Sunita (name changed) from Arunachal Pradesh is seeking help to find her long-lost family from her father’s side, originally from Darjeeling Hills. Her father, Anil…
Media Feeds on Media
It has been a dramatic week starting with India’s retaliation to the 14 February Pulwana attack. In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, 12 Indian…
The Warrior
Standing in an isolated, freezing bunker on the Line of Control in Kashmir, a young Gorkha boy—nineteen years of age, newly trained in the art…
Darjeeling and Changing Tastes of Fashion
Darjeeling has always been a place where fashion sprouts and evolves like a monsoon mushroom. Without a tinge of doubt, one can lay a testimony…
Along LoC, Jawans Squeeze in Study Time to Become Officers
In a bunker dug into the treacherous mountainside and fortified with iron, stone and sandbags along India’s troubled border with Pakistan, the latest issues of…
Greatest Songs of our Times
There are some songs that touch your core every time you listen to it. Songs that make you sad, some make you cry, songs that…
Road Safety Concerns and Safe Riding!
The World Bank rightly stated and I quote- “Road safety goes beyond the transport sector, with a direct impact on public health, societies and economies.”…