REMEMBERING: Rajiv Gandhi During the height of Gorkhaland andolan in 1986-88 the then Prime Minister Shri. Rajiv Gandhi had visited Darjeeling… But that was the time when Shri. Subash Ghising’s GNLF ruled the roost… and the GNLF had called for a boycott of the Prime Minister due to the atrocities meted out against us by […]
Subash Ghising – Was A Visionary, Who Dropped Gorkhaland Demand for National Interest
Writes: Anish Lopchan Tamang Subash Ghising was not only a leader, he was a Visionary and Farsighted leader…. A true patriotic leader of national repute…. Yes, He had dropped the demand of Gorkhaland only for the sake of national interest and national decurity…. One must understand that above all the interests, “National Interest” must come […]
Subash Ghisingh stood for the separate Indian Gorkha Troops
Shri Subash Ghisingh always stood for the separate Indian Gorkha Troops, so as to differentiate the “Indo – Nepal Agreement Troops” and the “Indian Gorkha Troops” and to save the whole settled Indian Gorkhas from unnecessary and permanent stigma and allegation of Foreigners, Mercenaries, Reciprocal people and Nepal subjects. Finally after 30 years on 2nd […]
Gorkhaland: A performance Audit
Writes: N N Ojha The demand for Gorkhaland as a political and administrative entity separate from the province of Bengal (now state of West Bengal) has the formidable distinction of being the oldest surviving statehood demand within the Indian Union. Equally redoubtable is its distinction of having enjoyed and also continuing to enjoy absolutely unconditional […]
Gorkhaland is a Need of India – Subash Ghisingh
The political legacy of Subash Ghisingh i.e. “Treaty of Sugauli, Article 1 & 8 of Indo-Nepal Treaty of 1950, Article 1 (3) C, Article 2 of Indian Constitution and International court of justice Hague ” are being used by The Greater Nepal Activist in Nepal to claim its old legitimate Territory from India. I, still remember […]
OPEN LETTER TO GNLF CHIEF MANN GHISING
Open letter to GNLF president Mann Ghisingh on his controversial statement on traditional dress of Daura Sural and Chowbandi Choli in his recent press release. Writes Dipendra Khati Dear Mann Jojo, I am very confused about on what language should I write this letter to you. Though English emanated from England (Official language of England), […]
GNLF chief Ghisingh, who gave birth to Gorkhaland, died in Delhi
Ashis Chakrabarti So he died as he knew he would – in exile, far away from the kingdom that had once been his and that he had lost to a onetime vassal. But in death, he may be luckier than his wife, who was denied the privilege of having her last rites performed back at […]
