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Upendra November 23, 2025

Interlocutor Blues

What’s more worrisome is that while Gorkhas should be uniting and united for a cause, we are not working towards that. The call by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha for all political parties to attend a discussion regarding creating a common platform and agenda to take to the Interlocutor was met with cold shoulders by some political groups. Instead of uniting, it has exposed our existing fault lines further.

This is where, the half-front will come into play. They will try and create divisions, diversions, and doubts among us.

Darjeeling Spirit, Dazzling Darjeeling May 16, 2019

Peshok Yuva Sangh Steps in to Help Villager

Peshok Yuva Sangh, a village youth organization from Darjeeling steps in to help a villager to repair her house when the local administration, Development Board and local Panchayat failed to help.

Shout Out !!! November 11, 2020

Bijanbari boy receives Best Student award at Christ University, Bengaluru

Saral Sinchuri, a student from Bijanbari was conferred the Best Student award of 2020 at the Christ University, Bengaluru.

Swachh Bharat August 29, 2019

What Lies Beneath! The Truth about Darjeeling’s Waste

Just as we reached, a truckload came in, and after a minute another. The rains had subsided to a light drizzle but the fog remained. We stepped to the side and watched the drivers expertly manoeuvre their vehicles in a practised manner, edging the back tyres just above the precipice. The backs of the trucks were opened up and the workers rapidly pitchforked the contents down the edge. At such a place, there was no dilly-dallying, for the stench was overpowering and flies swarmed, a thick black on the bonnet of the trucks.