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…
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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…
Maghey Sakranti – Celebrating Our Connection to Mother Nature
Dear friends, we wish you all on the auspicious occasion of Maghey Sankranti – Makar Sankranti. People in the mountains share a deep relationship with…
समस्याको बाघ र चुहादानी
मादल हौ भने चड़्केर देखाऊ बादल हौ भने कड़्केर देखाऊ गाँठी अड़्केको घाँटीलाई खोल बम हौ भने पड़्केर देखाऊ । घाम हौ भने झुल्केर देखाऊ…
प्रेरणा…
कवि – सुदर्शन लिम्बु जिउँदैछु म मरेको छुईन जिउँदो लाशमा मलामी किन बन्छौ? तमाशा हेर्ने बानी छोड हिड्दैछु म ढलेको छुईन निर्बलताको बैसाखी किन बन्छौ?…
हे स्वभिमानी गोर्खा…
कवि – सुदर्शन लिम्बु नझुक है हे स्वभिमानी गोर्खा झुकेनन् कहिले हाम्रो पुर्खा बन जंगल फाडेर जग बसाल्ने थिए पौरखी हाम्रा बाजे बराजु परिश्रमी हातहरूले…
“Choridew Choridew, Afnui Nepali Daju Bhai Lai Kina Complain Gareko” – A Fellow Passenger Supporting a Rip off Driver
Dear DC Team, Can you please urgently highlight the rampant “manapari” increase in taxi-fares by most of our local drivers plying passengers from Darjeeling to…
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…
दार्जिलिङ्गे टूरिस्ट
कवि – पंकज शास्त्री हैट् कहा हौ देवकोटा ! हेर्नुहोस्न हामीलाई हामी दार्जिलिङ्गे टूरिस्टहरु । कपालमा जेल लगाएर च्यातिएको प्यान्ट लगाई भोटेको दोकानबाट किनेको जुत्ता…