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…
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…
Writes: Basant B. Lama A Historical Background Till as late as the early 1900s new kingdoms/countries were still emerging all over the globe and international…
Ever since the TMC came to power in 2011, it has launched a relentless campaign to make political inroads in the hills, dividing people into…
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.
I had a train to catch to Dimapur, train no. 15904, Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express. It was 1:40 pm and the train was running late for over…
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…
“Endangered Species: The Darjeelingay Spirit”- A Confused Man’s Perspective.For the past few years, we have come across articles in Newspapers and Social Media as to…
Bengal, once one of the leading lights of India – where thinkers, philosophers, scholars, reformers and revolutionaries of all hue and colour found acceptance and…
“How does one man assert his power over another, Winston? Winston thought. “By making him suffer”, he said. “Exactly. By making him suffer. Obedience is…
Frantic calls from friends and family who are living outside Darjeeling, this has now become our main source of hearing the “breaking news,” and also…