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Darjeeling and HIV/AIDS By Tashi C Sherpa An article in the Telegraph dated 28th July 2008 read “Queen of hills in HIV grip”. The article states that Darjeeling is “a new HIV hotspot with two persons infected in every ... [full story]

THE NEVER-ENDING WAIT FOR A HOMELAND   By Dr. Sonam B Wangyal The following is a chronicle of the long and enduring struggle of a peoples' movement for a separate homeland for over a hundred years. It is not ... [full story]

Youth rowdyism versus Gorkhaland future - Thoughts from a videshi !! Both me and my wife, we are regular readers of darjeelingtimes.com and we appreciate and admire your wisdom and ability to state the real facts about the ongoing ... [full story]

‘Jai Prithivinarayan Shah, Jai Gorkha, Jai Gorkhaland’ By Holumba Date:  15 Feb 2008 It is positive the above article disturbed a hornet’s nest of the Gorkha scriptural doctrinaires imposed on the Darjeeling hill people by the late Damber ... [full story]

Wither Gorkhaland? By Holumba Date: 15 April 08 With the complexity of Gorkhaland politics presently in hand, a subjective analysis of the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) agenda needs to be looked in depth. This is particularly important as ... [full story]

ONLY TIME WILL TELLBy Riddhi Tamang   With the date of the TRUST VOTE just a day away and the UPA governments’ fate hanging in uncertainty ONLY TIME WILL TELL what is in store for the Government and the people of ... [full story]

PARTY THULO KI JAATI by Riddhi Tamang As I write this article I would like to state that I do have great respect for Mr. Dawa Norbula an elder politician and a Senior Lawyer, but nothing comes before the ... [full story]

IF ONLY... By Riddhi Tamang If only today we had our own Member of Parliament we would have been much sort after and in demand considering the present scenario in the centre where the UPA government is in need of every ... [full story]

WHERE, HOW & WHY   On my recent visit to Darjeeling I time and again kept asking myself WHERE, HOW and WHY???? Over and over again. My first sets of questions were related to the education system.   I was ... [full story]

THE GORKHAY RESILIENCE   "A little brown cork fell in the path of a mighty whale who lashed it down, with his angry tail. But inspite of its blows, it quickly arose and floated serenely before its nose!! Said the ... [full story]