Voice of Darjeeling

Do We Really Want Gorkhaland? Mairead Maguire once said, “We frail humans are at one time capable of the greatest good and, at the same time, capable of the greatest evil…” I feel ashamed to say that my community ... [full story]

A WORD OF CAUTION Someone once said, “Snowflakes like people are all different and beautiful, but they can be a nuisance when they lose their identity in a mob.” What happened in Darjeeling Hills this past week cannot be ... [full story]

The Dam and The Damned “Development is the mantra that politicians try to shove down our throats, while destroying our life, our culture, our land and our home”  Swarnim Lepcha The phenomenal growth of Indian economy started from ... [full story]

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Hari Prasad Pradhan, senior Congress (I) affiliate termed it the “political murder”, Dipak Subba called it the “royal sabotage” and Siddharth Shankar Ray had said “Natun Audhyay Suru Holo…” (A new chapter has begun). 1971 ... [full story]

The Communist Hegemony – Eastern Europe Revisited Mao Tse Tung once said, “…Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy”… seems like… the communists in West Bengal follow only this doctrine of ... [full story]

We Shall Triumph - Diplomatically Will Rogers once said, “… diplomacy is the art of saying “Nice Doggie” until you can find a rock.”… And I am waiting for the day our leaders will develop this skill.  By ... [full story]

An Ungrateful Nation Field Marshal Sam FJH Manekshaw preferred calling himself Sam ‘Bahadur’ Manekshaw as a mark of respect and reverence towards the bravest of the brave Gorkhali soldiers, who served the nation along with him; he himself belonged ... [full story]

Death of Democracy Once again Democracy has been proven to be one of the most powerful political systems in the world. However, the very word “democracy” is often used, misused, defined and redefined as it suits the people in ... [full story]