Darjeeling Unrest 2017: From an agitation to a Leadership Contest
The Gorkhaland agitation of 2017 has been an eye-opener in many aspects. While it did not yield the desired results even after 104 days of…
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The Twitteratis of Gorkhaland
Writes – @oyeketa The agitation and demand for Gorkhaland in 2017 suffered a premature death with multiple forces working overtime to kill the movement. Camps…
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…
But, You Madam! Are a Hypocrite
Recently, as JNU was bring rocked with a case of sexual harassment against Prof. Atul Johri, another surfaced. This one hit close to home, and…
Struggles of Tea Garden Workers – A Need for Complete Awareness
Darjeeling – a brand well marketed and capitalized: The most valued brand of all the tea around the world is our own homegrown Darjeeling Tea…
Darjeeling MP SS Ahluwalia Writes to Home Minister and WCD Minister: Calls for Suo Moto Case Against IC Saumyajit Roy, and NIA Investigations into Darjeeling Violence
The outrage over a phone call, that allegedly took place between one Mr. Achutam Bhattarai and Mr. Saumyajit Roy IC Sadar Police station, Darjeeling has…
Controversial Audio Clip Leaves People Seething in Anger – “Can’t Speak Proper Hindi” Claims IC, Denies Its His Voice
A recorded phone conversation has gone viral in North-Bengal, and has caused widespread anger and resentment in the hills. We have received the said clips…
“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…
Agents of Life – Not My Leaders
We, as a community, are in that state of a drunkard’s evening where he forgets every insult he has been meted out, and every humiliation…
Youth March for Peace in Siliguri
Siliguri — A group of young people holding a four-day international youth festival held a peace rally witnessing to the fact that in spite of…