Darjeeling denizens

Courtesy: AMONG OURSELVES (School magazine) by St. Joseph’s School. (Gorkhaland special) Beloved Gorkhaland Nirajan Shrestha 11Arts North Point School, Darjeeling  “Not a hometown but a home, Not a birthplace, but a place I can call my own” ... [full story]

Walk the talk: with Birman By sudarshan Birman and I were born in the same village. His mother named him Birman hoping that he would become a bir Gorkhali someday and served the motherland. Despite all his effort, he ... [full story]

Gorkhaland Blues The following cartoons have been drawn by a talented young man Mr. Norden from Bhutia Busty, Darjeeling.... Mr. Norden has a multi-faceted personality and Darjeeling Times team is thankful to Mr. Dipendra from Garidhura, Jorebungla for having ... [full story]

BHANU BHAVAN – An opera of waste By Mary Boland Inside view of the Bhanu Bhawan where recent photo exhibition (Gorkhaland: My Dreamland) was held It was a cordial invitation to an exhibition called “Gorkhaland: My Dreamland” which ... [full story]

A Unique Talent Darjeeling has produced numerous musical geniuses in the past, and the still trend continues... However this talent we are introducing today is unique in many respects... He is not only talented musically, but he is also ... [full story]

THE   LEGACY   OF   A   ‘ROWDY’ I am an unemployed, thirty eight year old ‘youth’ in Darjeeling   (name withheld, naturally).   My education cut short all thanks to the agitation of 1986. Its as if the ... [full story]

No more violence- Sudarsan Tamang Be him Kancha, be her Kanchi or be them Shyam bahadur and Sakuntala, whose parents could think beyond conventional names that came automatically with birth of a child, the story is no difference. Be ... [full story]

Where are we heading to? The Gujjars in Rajasthan wanted a tribal status.....and they blocked the roads and stay putted for almost a month. The police fired at them and 16 people were killed. They kept the dead bodies ... [full story]