Encounters of a Different Kind in the Dark Cold Evenings of Darjeeling
Magnolia and Rhododendrons are in full bloom signalling the dawn of spring in Darjeeling, yet the chill and feel of winter haven’t gone. With the…
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Darjeeling MP SS Ahluwalia Writes to Home Minister and WCD Minister: Calls for Suo Moto Case Against IC Saumyajit Roy, and NIA Investigations into Darjeeling Violence
The outrage over a phone call, that allegedly took place between one Mr. Achutam Bhattarai and Mr. Saumyajit Roy IC Sadar Police station, Darjeeling has…
Controversial Audio Clip Leaves People Seething in Anger – “Can’t Speak Proper Hindi” Claims IC, Denies Its His Voice
A recorded phone conversation has gone viral in North-Bengal, and has caused widespread anger and resentment in the hills. We have received the said clips…
Darjeeling Women – Time We Begin To Think Like a “Block” Now
What’sApp messages have been pouring in since morning wishing me “Happy Women’s Day”. Wishes with inspiring, brilliant quotes eulogizing women’s’ success or some kind of…
HAPPY WOMEN’S DAY!!
“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt…
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…
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…