Hill Parties request ‘Immediate Deployment’ of para-military forces
In the wake of recent poll-related violences in Kalimpong, different Hill parties have written to the Election Commission raising strong concerns about free and fair…
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HORRIFIC: 11-Year-Old Girl Child Molested in Kalimpong
After an incident of molestation to a minor that came to light through social networking sites, the accused allegedly identified as Govind Sarki has been…
अालो घाउ
Gorkhaland is proposed statehood demand by the people of the hill regions of District Darjeeling Kalimpong and Duars area demanding a separate state from the Indian state of West Bengal within India.
Say No To NOTA
We have to make a well thought-out choice and cast our vote for a candidate and through our choices may weigh heavily upon us, we will at least have made one. At the struggle for the soul of our community intensifies, we simply do not have a choice but to make a choice.
The Childhood Days and Ways
FLASHBACK ONE “Khuchhing taala maitala Dus paisa ko suntala” This was a fun oriented chant which we choired jerking our shoulders upwards and downwards in…
United Bank of India Kalimpong Discriminatory Policy
“I know being in school that students get to open a zero balance account for any transactions from govt scheme. While in Siliguri UBI, this policy is followed, the United Bank of India, Kalimpong branch says that although it is a zero-balance account, we have to deposit Rs 1000 as they are doing it for their business purpose.
Darjeeling – Games We Played
If you know what I am referring to, when I say, “Charana ko Masala… Malai Besi na Chala… Mero Khutta ma Ghau Chha… Malai Bhetnu…
The Man from Gorkhaland: Story of War Veteran Kharka Bahadur Limbu
World War veteran, Kharka Bahadur Limbu from Dungra Busty, Kalimpong narrates his story and recruitment into the British army. Recalling how he was drafted into…
Memories of Childhood in the Dead Winter of Darjeeling
It’s almost the end of February; yet the cold winter and the hills seem to be in endless love with each other, like a newlywed…
Darjeeling 1990s: Tuition, Video Parlours, and Blue Films
Imagine a day when it was a very normal thing for your friend to ask, “Oie, triple hernu janchhas?” Before you start an outrage over…