Instagram user targeted India’s football team captain Sunil Chhetri with a racist comment during his Instagram live chat with India cricket team skipper Virat Kohli. “Ye Nepali kon h (who is this Nepali),” an Instagram user by with the handle “yasharma.official” commented during the interaction between two of the country’s sporting icons. A Twitter user […]
TMC supporter who had called Jai Shree Ram a ‘call of terror’ now calls Gorkhas ‘infiltrators’ on national TV
While opposing implementation of National Register of Citizens in the state of West Bengal, political analyst and TMC supporter Tanvi Das ended up terming the Gorkhas as ‘infiltrators’ during a panel discussion on a TV channel. While addressing a rally in Kolkata on October 1, Home Minister Amit Shah had said that the government will implement NRC […]
Gorkhaland, a demand whose time has come
Gorkhaland, a demand whose time has come: Demand of the sons of the soil and the myths that tarnish the movement When Jamyang Tsering Namgyal of Ladakh gave one of the most passionate, factual and heart-breaking accounts of how Article 370 had kept the people of Ladakh deprived, discriminated against and treated as a second […]
प्रणय प्रधान को मृत्यु – गोर्खालीहरुलाई भारत भरी हेपेको कुरा
गोर्खालीहरुलाई भारत भरी हेपेको कुरा कुनै नया कुरा होइन तेस्मा हामी गोर्खाली जाती डटेको नै छैनौ, “तेस्तो त भै रहन्छ” भनेर टाली दिन्छौ तर हिज आज यो हेपाइ ले रेखा पार गरेको के मलाइ अनि केही जागरुक जन्ताहरुलाई मात्र आभास भएको हो? आज प्रणय प्रधान को मृत्यु भयो अस्पताल मा जो हिजो अस्ति दिल्ली को […]
Hawaldar Sher Bahadur Thapa – unsung Sino-India war hero
Remembering forgotten Sino-India 1962 War hero Late Hav. Shere Thapa is no less a martyr than Anyone. ‘Punya Smaran Swargiya Hawaldar Sher Bahadur Thapa 2 J &K RIF “Bodyguard” Is veer ne 1962 mein Chiniyo ki chakke udaye Inka naam yahan ke bacche bacche ke zaban par hain Deshvasiyo ki aur se tumhe sat- sat […]
NRC Won’t Hurt Gorkhas, Says PM Narendra Modi
SILIGURI, WEST BENGAL: Insisting that he won’t spare infiltrators, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday assured justice for refugees from neighbouring countries and said the Gorkha community in north Bengal won’t be hurt by a National Register of Citizens (NRC). “The way Modi has acted against Maoists and terrorists, similarly Modi is not going to […]
Brief historical trajectory of Darjeeling-Duars region and the need for a permanent political solution
On April 8, 2019, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its 48 pages electoral manifesto with regard to Lok Sabha Election 2019, has immense significance for the Darjeeling Duars region. Page 36 of the manifesto talks about political resolution on the matter of Gorkha and with two important highlights: Recognition of the 11 left out Indian […]
Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election 2019 and the Gorkhas
Darjeeling Parliamentary Constituency Election 2019 and the Gorkhas: Some Observations Writes: Dr Vimal Khawas The Gorkhas of Darjeeling Hills, as initially decided, could not arrive at a common consensus candidate. Therefore, a total of sixteen (16) potential and aspiring candidates affiliated to various political parties as well as those desiring to contest as independent candidates […]
