INVICTUS – TheDC Journey: 4 Pura Pugera 5 lagyohai!
Editorial: Rinchu “In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody but…
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Himalaya Darpan “Rasogolla” is Not Our Concern
Writes: Sanjay Sangbo “Daily newspaper of Darjeeling, Doors, Terai, and Sikkim which we buy at Rs 1 more than the base price of other leading…
A Year On: Will Aakriti Ever Get Justice?
Writes: Phurba Bhutia (Euthempo)* Almost a year to date that a 15-year-old teenager, a student of Class 7 Aakriti Tamang from Kurseong went missing, the…
Jungpana – A Tale of Deprivation
When Mr Henry Montgomery Lennox planted the 1st tea saplings in 1899, Jungpana did not have access roads; people had to walk up and down…
Congress Leader Nahkul Chettri No More
We are sad to inform that veteran Congress leader Mr Nahkul Chettri from Darjeeling is no more. He died last night. Mr Chettri has associated…
Music From The Margins: Performing And (Re)Defining Gorkha Cultural And Political Identity At India’s Borderlands
Extending over an area of 3,149 square kilometres, Darjeeling district, located in sub-Himalayan northeast India, is the site of my research. Flanked by the international…
Women in Gorkhaland Movement: The Question of Empowerment
Gorkhaland Movement has been a long political struggle of Indian Nepalis/ Gorkhas and is basically based on the demand for separation of Darjeeling hills from…
Kalimpong’s Untold Story – Why We Commemorate Today As “Sahid Diwas”
If ever there was a point in our past that changed the fabric of our entire community, I would have to flip the calendar to lay a finger on Sunday, the 27th of July, 1986. Indeed, that is a day that will go down in the annals of Kalimpong and Gorkhaland history as “Our” Black Sunday.
The Deusi Story – It Started From The Magar Army
We all sing Deusurey today, but have you ever wondered when we started to sing it? And what does it mean when we say, “Bali…
Nepali “Bhasa Andolan”: Re-telling The Story
Introduction Language is considered as the lifeblood of human civilization. The Cambridge dictionary defines language as “a system of communication consisting of sounds, words and…