THENDUP NORBU PRADHAN: That Hindu guy with a Buddhist name
THENDUP NORBU Pradhan is a Hindu guy, with a Buddhist name, educated in a Christian missionary school, eats beef and is a Narendra Modi fan….
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NO COUNTRY FOR ENGLISH – Questions only in vernacular, leave aspirants flummoxed
The recently concluded West Bengal police recruitment exam, came as a shocker to many. The questions were all set only in Bengali and Nepali. There…
An Ode To My Father
Poet: Prabal Lama “I am always late” Sometimes I assess the things I’ve lost by being late and the pain of being late for something…
The bullet didn’t kill me…
The Bullet didn’t kill me, My dreams and dignity did. A revolution was blooming, On the face of the folded bread inside my left pocket….
Tēśrō Pravāha Huncha – The Teesta Flows On
“Ḍārjīliṅa pahāḍaharū tapā’īnlā’ī kala gardai”… (Darjeeling hills calling you) The delicate voice broke a little into molten strands of lapis lazuli As the road to…
Thank You Folks – We Are 150,000 Strong Today
Thank You so so so very much folks… thank you for the incredible LOVE… Thanks to all of your support, care, concerns, suggestions, criticisms and…
We Remember
We remember – Two rotis quickly wrapped in an old newspaper, water filled in a half-litre plastic bottle. Their hearts filled with hopes, dreams and…
Eid Mubarak
TheDC family wishes all our readers – Eid Mubarak Darjeeling is perhaps the only place in the world, where we get to celebrate all the…
Nostalgia of Watching World Cup Football Together
Keshar mama has been eagerly waiting for the world cup to arrive; sick of cricket which he calls as “Mungro and Dallo ko alchilagdo game”…
Learning From History – Gorkhaland Movement and We the People
To realise our dream we need the revival of the movement. We have failed once, twice, thrice. We might fail again, but we shouldn’t stop…