Independence Day Special – Know Our Gorkha Freedom Fighters
As a community, the Gorkha contribution towards India’s freedom struggle is unparalleled, however, due to lack of proper platform, time and again our community is…
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Heinous: Three-and-half-year-old Raped by Father of Two Near Ghoom
Jorebunglow police yesterday arrested a 49-year-old man Ramashankar Shah, on charges of raping a three-and-a-half-year-old girl baby girl, near Ghoom. According to locals, the man…
SHOCKING: Pepsi, Coke, Nestle, Britannia, ITC Cause Most Waste in the Mountains – Reveals Audit
The Himalayan Cleanup that took place across the 12 mountain states including Darjeeling on May 26th has revealed that more than 95 per cent of…
TENZING NORGAY SHERPA – The Mountain Lion, Whose Legacy Is Yet to be Honoured
Tenzing Norgay Sherpa suffered the same fate as most ethnically Nepalis in India – a question about his idenitity. Almost all the Nepalis who live…
BEYOND THE NUMBERS – Democracy in India
Writes: Shrikanth Krishnamachary* India became a republic in 1950. And held its first parliamentary elections in 1952. What was so momentous about this event was…
Caste-Based Reservation – Time we changed the parameters from equality to equity
Reservation is a dicey subject, and it is well known that no political party wants to deal with it in the fear that they will…
Losing my language
“Ama le bhannu bhako jaldi aunu harey, nashta thanda hundai cha…” Cringe. Cringe. Who in the world would speak like that, you’d ask. Well, an…
Sex and the Indian men
‘Nepal girls trafficked into India up by 500% in last 5 years: SSB report’ – This disturbing news appeared yesterday, 31 March 2018, Times 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…
The Flags of Our Fathers – We shall carry forth with pride
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin