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Press Trust of India - Racist lense

Editorial September 11, 2025

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA – Shameful Racist Take on Crisis in Nepal

Press Trust of India’s (PTI), a non-profit cooperative that caters to some of the largest publications in South Asia has done a great disservice to their readers, especially the people of Nepal. Their recent article on the ongoing upheaval in Nepal is nothing, other than a glaring example of racism that reduces a profound political crisis unfolding in an ancient nation, to a sordid sideshow in Kolkata’s Sonagachi red-light district.

Titled “Upheaval in Nepal triggers anxiety in Asia’s largest red-light district Sonagachi in Kolkata,” PTI takes a sensationalist approach. This article does nothing other than perpetuating harmful stereotypes about Nepalese women.

Indo-Nepal Bus

Stories March 25, 2024

Indo-Nepal Friendship Bus – Siliguri to Kathmandu

The India–Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1950 forms the cornerstone of the special bond between the two nations of Nepal and India which ensures that citizens of both nations rely on each other and enjoy similar advantages, facilities, and opportunities, nearly equivalent to those available to their own citizens.

Sumnima Jorebunglow

Stories March 15, 2023

THE TRAILBLAZER – Jorebunglow Woman Biker On an Inspiring Journey

What comes to your mind when you hear someone say they took a trip to Mustang on a bike? Obviously, a hunk, strongly built, in a classic leather jacket, and maybe a pair of glares. Well how about a little change of context? This time it happens to be a woman. Yes, Darjeeling’s very own daughter, Sumnima Rai. She is the first female to take on the undulating road. And she proved how well-equipped she is to face the lethal twists and turns waiting around in every corner.

1950 India Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship

Global May 21, 2020

India Nepal Border Dispute – A Brief Historical Background

Video shared by Prem Thapa where a noted Nepali historian Professor Ramesh Kumar Dhungel explains the basis of historical Nepali claims. He makes maps produced till 1856 as the basis for Nepalese claims. And implies that India made changes which earlier Nepali administrations did not challenge. What he does not mention, for reasons best know to him, is that 1879 map of British India corresponds to present boundary.