Personality Profile

RUPNARAYAN SINHA, AN ICON OF DARJEELING  By Basant Rai Tarabari, 22. J N Mitra road, Darjeeling Rupnarayan Sinha, a giant and pioneer of modern Nepali literature, was born on Friday 10 February 1904 in a house by the side ... [full story]

Aruna Lama - Nightingale of Nepalese Music It was on September 9, 1945 in a small settlement of Ghoom Pahar, a baby girl was born. Surya Bahadur Lama and Sanmaya did least know that this little girl would one ... [full story]

Sardar Bahadur Sonam W Ladenla was born in Bhutia Busty, Darjeeling in 19 June 1881. He joined the police department in 1898. In 1921 he was appointed as Superintendent Police of Darjeeling. During his tenure of police service, he was ... [full story]

By N. K. Kharga One afternoon, about a century ago, a bulky strong man with heavy moustache and keen eyes, riding a well bred horse trotted along Ladenla Road to inspect the construction of important buildings that were then ... [full story]

Born in 1898, Parasmani Pradhan began his long, steady, relentless struggle for the development, diffusion and due recognition of the Nepali language in India. From having Nepali recognised as a vernacular and medium of instruction in the Primary through Middle ... [full story]

Personality of the Month - DR. MANI KUMAR CHHETRI  MD (Cal), FRCP (Lon), FRCP (U.S.A), D.Sc (NBU), FAMS (India), Managing Director, Advance Medical Research Institute (AMRI), Kolkata. Some wit once said this “if the God of death (Yamaraj) ... [full story]