OPEN LETTER TO MAMATA: Darjeeling is No Switzerland, Doesn’t Aspire to be One
Writes: Dr Deepa Joshi Dear Ms Banerjee, there are a few of us in the region, who remember your spectacular defeat of 20+ years of the…
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SHOCKING: 12 Year Old Child Battling for Life, After Being Repeatedly Raped by Her Uncle – a Pastor, and Left Pregnant
A 12-year-old girl child is struggling for her life, after she was repeatedly raped by her relative – Sisan Rai, who also happens to be…
“Gorkha ka Sapna, Modi ka Sapna??”
Writes – Biswadeep Tamang Ahead of 2014 general elections, BJP had in their election manifesto that they would consider “the long pending demand of the…
SHOUT OUT TO DARJEELING ANUGYALAYA – For Rescuing Trafficked Minor Girl Child
TheDC team sends a warm ‘shout out’ to Darjeeling based NGO Anugyalaya for rescuing a minor girl child from Assam in Dehradoon. Here is what…
Massacre of Late Master Mitrasen Thapa
I was singing Mitrasen Thapa’s ‘Laure Ko Reli Ma’, when my teenage nephew asked me if I had heard the new fusion mix of the…
On Valentines Day, Navin Gram Residents Share Love of the Selfless Kind
TheDC team sends a warm ‘shout out’ to the kind people who live along Gandhi Road, especially those from Navin Gram who on a cold…
Martyrs’ Families to Receive Compensation Only After Martyrs’ Sacrifice Honoured
Writes – Sudharshan Limbu In the Hill Terrain and Dooars Sports Club Award Presentation Ceremonial function organized by Darjeeling Police, the families of martyrs who…
Agents of Life – Not My Leaders
We, as a community, are in that state of a drunkard’s evening where he forgets every insult he has been meted out, and every humiliation…
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…
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…