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Rin With Roshni

News, Regional September 14, 2026

RUN WITH ROSHNI FOUNDATION CELEBRATES 15 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE

For fifteen years, Roshni Rai has worked quietly and tirelessly to build a culture of running in the hills. At a time when very few believed that a runner from this region could stand on an international podium, she came with the vision of sending Gorkha runners to Olympics.

What began as a personal passion for running grew, through her years of effort, into a movement that has given the Darjeeling-Sikkim region some of its finest marathon and trail running talent. Today as running events and running clubs have mushroomed throughout the region, credit must go to Team Run With Roshni for planting these seeds of transformation

Siliguri Corridor

Dr. Vimal Khawas, News September 4, 2026

Siliguri Corridor: Between Strategic Necessity and Ecological Precarity

Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statements during his recent visit to Siliguri have brought focused attention to the practical requirements of safeguarding the Siliguri Corridor. He described the Corridor as one of the most sensitive and critical zones in the country, connecting eight northeastern states to the rest of India and therefore is vital for national security. While he gave various directives correctly identifying the urgency of hardening physical control and improving inter-agency coordination, they largely remain incomplete if treated solely as a security-centric package.

An implementable policy complement would be the formal establishment of a Siliguri Corridor Integrated Management Authority (SCIMA), a statutory body under the Ministry of Home Affairs with representation from the Ministries of Defence, Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and Development of North Eastern Region, as well as the governments of West Bengal, Assam, and Bihar.

The Sherpa Ponbo of Sherpagaon

Articles, Popular Articles July 26, 2026

The Sherpa Ponbo of Sherpagaon: The Last Keeper of the Invisible World

When I stepped back onto the village road, motorcycles continued to pass, children still laughed somewhere down the slope, and neighbours greeted one another before continuing home. Nothing suggested that, inside one ordinary house, sat the last practicing Ponbo of Sherpagaon, holding a lineage preserved not through books but through memory, apprenticeship, and family. Whether another Ponbo will emerge after Pemsangay Sherpa remains unknown. But one thing is certain: traditions disappear long before the last practitioner dies, when their stories are no longer remembered.

Anatomy

Upendra June 26, 2026

ANATOMY OF AMBITION – Power-grab attempts behind altruism?

From a purely political perspective, had Hamro Party not contested the 2022 GTA elections, it would have automatically de-legitimized the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration. With Ajoy Edwards and his merry men contesting the elections, they provided credibility to the GTA elections, that was majorly rigged by Kolkata.

In 2026, Anit Thapa has resigned as GTA Chairman, and some Sabhasad of his party BGPM have also resigned. What is interesting to note is that neither Ajoy Edwards or any of Hamro Party (which incidentally do not exist today) sabhasads have bothered to resign from GTA. There is a very good chance that Ajoy Edwards may end up becoming the GTA Chairman, thus fulfilling his long-held ambition of running the GTA (else why bother contesting an election everyone else had boycotted?).

BJP May Not be ready for Gorkhaland, Gorkhas Are!

Editorial, Upendra May 26, 2026

BJP May Not be Ready for Gorkhaland, Gorkhas Are!

Be honest to yourself, can a Gorkha ever aspire to be the Chief Minister of West Bengal? Since Independence, name one Gorkha Minister in the Central Government?

Despite being capable in every other way, Gorkhas have been sidelined politically. Which is why, this need and demand for Political autonomy exists.

BJP may think that Gorkhas are not ready for Gorkhaland, but Gorkhas know we are.

Gorkhas GJMM GNLF Gorkhaland

Dr. Binu Sundas May 17, 2026

Gorkhas Time to Unite for Gorkhaland is Now

The public has to show the way, use their agency and force all the leaders to come together once again and move together towards our goal. We as a collective have committed many mistakes, knowingly and unknowingly but it is time that we act by forgetting the past mistakes but learning from it, understanding the present and preparing for the future. It is time that we push the shove together and with conviction for the shake of Gorkhaland.

Gorkha Politicians

Upendra May 6, 2026

GORKHA POLITICIANS – If you want to save regionalism, merge

I am writing this as a warning to all Gorkha politicians. You will not be able to save regionalism, or a space for Gorkhas, if you hand-over your autonomy to a national party, just because you cannot keep your ego aside against your own brother and blood. Your divisions has already benefited Bengal. If you continue to divide, we will continue to be governed from Kolkata.

GTA Chana Ghotala

Bicky, News April 26, 2026

“Chana Ghotala”? Irregularities in Gorkhaland Territorial Administration’s Handling of Bharat Dal Scheme (Chana Allocation)

The Bharat Dal initiative aims to supply pulses at subsidized rates through cooperatives like the National Consumer Cooperative Federation of India Ltd. (NCCF) and NAFED to stabilize retail prices and meet dietary needs. However, the GTA’s implementation appears to have involved the swift appointment of an advisor, an immediate large-scale requisition, appointment of a private Kanpur-based firm as “Nodal Agency” without visible tender process, a substantial advance payment by that firm, and subsequent justifications amid apparent objections from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs. The advisor later resigned in April 2025.

Sikkim Express Golden Jubilee

Editorial, Upendra April 15, 2026

Sikkim Express – We owe you a debt of gratitude

When Darjeeling was silenced, it was Sikkim who spoke for us, and Sikkim Express had the loudest voice against the atrocities that were being meted out to the Gorkahs. It was Sikkim Express that connected numerous national newspapers and news outlets to the on-ground activists in Darjeeling and Kalimpong region. They did not let threat and intimidation from the powers that be, silence their voices, nor ours.