Murdabad to Zindabad
Writes – Jyoti Thapa Mani ‘Bloody Hell!’ Is what I said, just like how Kangana Ranaut’s Julia expostulated in the film Rangoon. My outburst erupted when…
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Taking Stock: The Hills are Agog with Anticipation, Trends Point to a Vacillating Void and Nihilism
Writes: Ashok Waiba ‘Ignorance is a bliss’ and the humiliating wash-out of our agitation for Gorkhaland, yet again, is a blot in our history which…
Nicharna Chahane Haru – Haresh Na Khau, Horlicks Khau
“Bhanich, kina haresh khako? Horlicks khau na…” says Dhanraj Mams out of the blue, and perhaps the slightly yellowish liquid he was drinking… he points…
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…
The Flags of Our Fathers – We shall carry forth with pride
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin
Capt. Ram Singh Thakuri – A Gorkha Icon
This profile of Capt. Ram Singh Thakuri was compiled by eminent Gorkha history writer Ms. Jyoti Thapa Mani, who meticulously curated this profile over the…
Just In: Bimal Gurung Refutes Claims of Him Agreeing to Settle for Autonomous Arrangement
In a strongly worded press release, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief has refuted claims of him seeking to settle for any form of ‘autonomous arragnements’…
Dear Sikkim – Please Intervene, and Intervene Urgently
“Ingratitude is always a kind of weakness. I have never known men of ability to be ungrateful.” – JWV Goethe Contrary to what some…
बन्द चिया बगानको श्रमयात्राः सहकारीको कथा
तर अभाग्यवश जुन वाम राजनैतिक उर्जाको सहयोगमा सोनाली बगानले श्रमिकचालित चिया सहकारी संस्था खोली यतिको उन्नति गर्न सक्ने बनायो, त्यही वाम खेमाबाट एक घटक राजनीतिक…
DEVOID OF SELF-RESPECT: Gorkha Social Figures Bringing Shame to Themselves and to Us
“There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy – hypocrisy, fraud, and tyrrany.” F. W. Robertson For generations, we have wondered as…