CONGRATS: Kashyap Smriti Puraskar 2018 Goes to Loknath Upadhaya Chapagain Loknath Upadhaya Chapagain from Assam, who is settled in Siliguri has won the Tulshiram Sharma ‘Kashyap’ award in Sikkim for his book “Kina Royaou Ppama ” He was felicitatiedted yesterday at Sikkim Sahitya Parishad with a citation and 51k cash award. This award has been […]

Meet Aqui Thami from Darjeeling, whose travelling library is putting the spotlight on women’s books ‘Sister Library’, founded by the artist and activist, is going to several cities and sparking conversations around the representation of women in literature. Aqui Thami is an artist and activist from Darjeeling, currently based in Mumbai, who is known for […]

Darjeeling: The Hills parties might have been fighting for a separate Gorkhaland state for several decades now, but a schoolbook for Class IV kids in the region has already declared it as the 30th state of the country. Though the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), the forerunner for the statehood demand, has denied any knowledge of […]

The book release event of Roshni’s Rai’s book “From the Mountains to the Ocean” took place at New Delhi today, 29th of November 2015. Roshni Rai, an advocate by profession is also an ultra-marathon runner and a motivational speaker from Darjeeling. Roshni Rai is also the founder of “Run Run with Roshni” foundation through which […]

Anmol Mukhia for IG Book Review on Mani, Jyoti Thapa (2015), “The Khukri Braves: The illustrated history of Gorkhas”, Rupa Publication, New Delhi, Page 407. The author (Jyoti Thapa Mani) has illustrated the book entitled “The Khukri Braves: The illustrated history of Gorkhas,” not only from the pictorial representation but also from the rich encyclopaedia […]

The Darjeeling Chronicle EXCLUSIVE interview with Jyoti Thapa Mani, the author of the newly released book “The Khukri Braves – The Illustrated History of the Gorkhas” EXCLUSIVE:  “The Khukri Braves – The Illustrated History of the Gorkhas” – JYOTI THAPA MANI Jyoti Thapa Mani, the author of newly released book “The Khukri Braves – The […]

By Ashok Baral Hariprasad ‘Gorkha’ Rai is a well-known name in Assamese and Nepali literature. The worthy son of the soil tied a number of regional as well as national languages into a single whole and thus made literary harmony possible. Hariprasad ‘Gorkha’ Rai Hariprasad ‘Gorkha’ Rai was born in Kohima (then a part of […]

PRAJWAL PARAJULY WHEN: I usually can’t wake up before noon. The exception would be if I have stayed up all night and all morning; then I might even go to bed in the afternoon. I don’t write every day. Or every week. Or every month. I always know when I am about to get into […]

AN UNFINISHED DREAM CALLED GORKHALAND: NUN CHA Of all the secessionist movements that have rocked post independence India, the Gorkhaland movement has perhaps been the longest drawn, most volatile and inconclusive. What began with a demand of recognition of the linguistic and ethno-minority status of the Gorkhas or ‘Indian Nepalese’ by the Hillmen’s Association as […]

GJM spokesperson and Kalimpong MLA Dr. Harka Bahadur Chettri today released his book ‘Paridhibhitra’, a collection of political articles he has written over the years. Confessing of neglecting his passion for writing, Chettri said his political engagements have made it impossible for him to take time out for writing. However, he said he would strive […]

The 3rd Siliguri Mahakuma Book Fair is scheduled to commence on December 29 onwards at the Baghajatin Park ground. The fair will continue till January 4, 2014. North Bengal Book Fair 2013 Sources said Mass Education Extension and Library Services Minister Abdul Karim Khan Choudhury and North Bengal Development Minister Gautam Dev will inaugurate the […]