CONFESSIONAL: FIRs Being Used To Strong Arm Journalists, Says Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Wednesday that FIRs are now being lodged against journalists to intimidate them if anything adverse is reported…
Gorkhaland
The Unmatched Charm and Beauty of ‘Inter-Jorebungla’
If you have ever been curious as to why they call football ‘a beautiful game’ you should come to Jorebungla during the football season. Now…
प्रेरणा…
कवि – सुदर्शन लिम्बु जिउँदैछु म मरेको छुईन जिउँदो लाशमा मलामी किन बन्छौ? तमाशा हेर्ने बानी छोड हिड्दैछु म ढलेको छुईन निर्बलताको बैसाखी किन बन्छौ?…
Identity, Contestation and Ethnic Revivalism Among Nepalis in Darjeeling
Nepalis in India tend to be treated as outsiders and this has prompted the political mobilisation of Nepali identity and the ethno-linguistic movement for “Gorkhaland.”…
SATYAMEVA JAYATE: TheDC Stands Vindicated as Calcutta High Court Quashes Lower Court Order Banning Us
“In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed.” –…
हे स्वभिमानी गोर्खा…
कवि – सुदर्शन लिम्बु नझुक है हे स्वभिमानी गोर्खा झुकेनन् कहिले हाम्रो पुर्खा बन जंगल फाडेर जग बसाल्ने थिए पौरखी हाम्रा बाजे बराजु परिश्रमी हातहरूले…
Happy New Year!!!
Wishing you all a very happy and joyous New Year. 2017 has been a tough year for all of us. It wasn’t joyful nor happy…
Gorkhaland 2017 : Tracing the Footprints from Tranquility to Turbulence
Tourist season in the summer of 2017 started with a bang in Darjeeling and the nearby hill destinations. In Mirik where I stay small groups…
Jingle Bells Season 2 Winners
Sonada, Darjeeling — A youth group from Kurseong became the winners of the recently concluded Radio Salesian Christmas Carol composition competition in Nepali language Jingle…
Festival of Shame – Maa, Maati, and Morons
Editorial: Rinchu The West Bengal government appointed Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) Board of Administrators – is busy rallying ‘public support’ in their favour. The fact that they…