Mirik a Tale of Deprivation
The sad thing that has happened to Mirik is, people here are going sentimental, and why wouldn’t they? My senior one, who is at the…
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26 Years – 10 Months and 16 Days Later Drinking Water Project for Mirik Still Incomplete
It has been 26 years since the then Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council started to develop the erstwhile Rai Dhap as the drinking water source for…
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…
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…
The Minimum Wage Act and The Tea Garden Workers
Everyone knows that Darjeeling has always been known best to the world for its Tourism and Tea. So, most of us are aware that Darjeeling…
फुवागढी उमाबिको नाजुक स्थिति
मिरिक, ४ जुलाई। बर्खा झरीमा पानीमा श्रेणी कक्षा भित्र छाता ओडेर बस्नुपर्ने बाध्यता छ बिधार्थीहरूलाई ।सरकारले सरकारी बिधालयहरूमा ठूल ठूला योजना हरू तयार पारेर लागु…
IN MIRIK: Beauty and the Development Beast
Development, but at what cost? Most in Mirik have started to wonder. Following the election of a TMC lead board in Mirik municipality, and the…
Thank You Folks – We Are 150,000 Strong Today
Thank You so so so very much folks… thank you for the incredible LOVE… Thanks to all of your support, care, concerns, suggestions, criticisms and…
Rachel Lama – Chanting a Different Tune
Rachel Lama, a young and exciting new musical prospect from Soureni, Mirik has been enthralling audiences with her music and her lyrical prowess lately. Her…