Darjeeling – Where are we heading?
Writes: Atish Subba When was it easy for anyone to survive? Who doesn’t need to work hard to live this life? “I am not a…
Gorkhaland
REMEMBERING MADAN TAMANG
This article was originally published in the June 2010 edition of Darjeeling Times magazine, we are reproducing the same in honour of Late. Madan Tamang…
REMEMBERING: Rajiv Gandhi
During the height of Gorkhaland andolan in 1986-88 the then Prime Minister Shri. Rajiv Gandhi had visited Darjeeling… But that was the time when…
The Curious Case of Sixth Schedule implementation in Darjeeling
A few weeks ago, there was much hue and cry about a ‘discussion on constitutional provisions in the context of Gorkhaland’ organized by National Gorkhaland…
BREAKING: Congress Leader Pawan Khera Apologises for his Comments on Gorkhas
Recently during a TV debate, Congress Leader Pawan Khera had gone on to make a shocking comment on the Gorkhas calling them separatists and anti…
SHAME: Congress Leader Pawan Khera Labels Gorkhas as “Separatists, Anti-Nationals, Traitors, anti-India” – GORKHAS DEMAND UNCONDITIONAL APOLOGY
In another instance of humiliation meted out to the Gorkhas, Pawan Khera senior Congress spokesperson and former Political Secretary to Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit clubbed…
IN KALIMPONG: Resolve DI Fund Land Lease Issue or Face Agitation – Warn Residents
In the district of Kalimpong, people residing in District Improvement Fund Land are being charged a rent of Rs 92/sq ft. One decimal has 435…
People’s Police or State’s Police? Role of Police in a Democracy
Writes: Saakal Ulysses Dewan In our country, there is a joke that assumes satirical heights that while in advanced countries of West the very sight…
STRANGER IN MY OWN LAND
Writes: Sangita “My father was an affluent businessman in Amritsar. His brother exhorted him to relocate to Lahore where the rest of the family were…
Paradoxically Popular: Poisoned People, Polluted Politics
Writes: Vanira Khati The Chief Minister of West Bengal declared, ‘Pahaad Haaschey!’ and to elucidate the point she put up huge digitally printed banners across…