Darjeeling

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….




हाम्रो बिडम्बना

दार्जिलिङमा लौ कस्तो क्रान्ति आयो! नयाँ सभ्यता र संस्कृतिको आँधी ल्यायो। यो रीतिथितिको र संस्कृतिको बेडा थाम्ने ठिका चाहि हामी पहाडबासीले मात्र पायौं? पछाडिएको गुनासो…



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…




DARJEELING – Fragrances of the Town

Home is where your heart is, and my heart is in Darjeeling. Though I am from Kalimpong, but every time when I visit Darjeeling, I feel like not returning back. I like the smell of Dareeling, the dry cold Kanchenjunga winds that swirls around and makes the flags to flutter, begins its day by picking up the aroma of tea bushes. The freezing cold air as one sniffs in, chills the nostrils, leaving vapours of hot breathe while patting and mounting the steep uphill, this is what home smells like. It’s so cozy there I never understood why I am so infatuated with Darjeeling until I fell into love with the mesmerising scenic beauty of the land.