This Women’s Day I am not Silent, I Choose To Challenge
On International Women’s Day, Rinzing Ongmu Sherpa analyzes how sexism is inherently prevalent in Nepali language and controls our everyday conversation, knowledge and behaviour.
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No Visiting the RTO Office Anymore!!
Govt rolls out Aadhaar-based driver license services making RTO visits thing of the past. No longer people need to visit RTO.
West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021- Faustian Bargain for Hills
Now, with the announcement of poll dates by the Election Commission for the West Bengal Assembly elections and the state going into the electoral mode, for the first time in the Darjeeling Hills, the century-old emotive issue of Gorkhaland is conspicuous by its absence, as it has been put to the back burner by the principal parties GJMM 1 and 2 after almost a decade.
गोरखाको हराएको चिनारी : दूर्भाग्य कि द्वेष?
“आर यू फ्रम नेपाल?”
यो प्रश्नले शायदै भारतीय गोरखाहरूलाई पिरोलेका छन् जत्तिको मलाई पिरोलेका थिए जब रोजगारको शिलशिलामा विदेशको नौलो ठाँउमा शुरूका दिनहरूमा जागिर खाई रहेको थिए म । आज सम्म नै यो प्रश्नले मेरो मन मथिंगलमा भूँइचालो ल्याउँने गर्दछ ।
MANIPUR: Gorkha Man Kidnapping by Suspected Militants Sparks Outrage
Yesterday, people of Kalapahar village in Manipur blocked the Highway to protest the kidnapping of Tikaram Rizal, by unidentified armed persons, 16th February around 7 PM from his house.
Phuguri Higher Secondary School Appointment of Teacher-in-Charge Raises Questions Galore
In rest of India, normally the post of the Teacher-in-Charge of a school would go to either of these, but sadly it’s not so in Darjeeling region under the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration. Here there is a special category of people who get appointed to such an important post:
Dream of Gorkhaland – Through a Standpoint of Major Hill Resources
It is very embarrassing and heart wrenching for me to get sarcastic remarks being an Indian Nepali or Gorkha in the rest part of Indian soul. Living away from the cold mountain air and friendly own community of the hill for Postgraduate and M.Phil. Studies did come across many times with such sarcastic remarks as Chinese because of having ‘Chimso’ eyes and “How Nepali language while living in Bengal!” considered as some bitter remarks are the inner pains of the Indian Gorkha who resides plains or rest part of Indian soil.
Walk toward the light
A friend lost her loved one to a long and relentless battle with depression. Another waited for her husband to come home. He was in the ICU and had just recovered from COVID. She excitedly put on her shoes and rushed to the door to bring him back home from the hospital. Just then, the phone rang.
Bhasa Sangrami Shri. Gopal Singh Bhandari
His association with literature brought him in close contact with the who’s who of the Nepali Bhasa Manyata Andolan, in which he was an active participant. His articles and write-ups in Hindi and Urdu languages made people outside Darjeeling region aware of the plight of Nepali speaking Gorkhas. A dedicated foot soldier of Gorkha cause, Gopal Singh Bhandari openly supported the demand for Gorkhaland even as a Government servant. The then Govt of West Bengal transferred him to Krishnanagar as a punishment, following which he had resigned, but later the government relented.
COVID VACCINE: All Your Questions Answered
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of India have addressed all queries concerning COVID vaccine and vaccination. Q – What is the vaccine…