Literature & Book Review

Gorkhas Imagined: Darjeeling and the Issue of Gorkhaland By Joanna Radcliffe and Tek Gurung Review of Gorkhas Imagined: I.B. Rai in Translation, edited by Prem Poddar and Anmole Prasad and published by Mukti Prakashan, Kalimpong, 2009, Price Rs. ... [full story]

A GLANCE AT LIMBU FOLKLORE –Dhanhang Subba     Scholars and folklorists have given different definitions of folklore, but in substance it is oral literature said and heard from  generation to generation .As New Columbia Dictionary has defined, heredity and traditions, myths, ... [full story]

WAYWARD BAHUN (Bigrayko Bahun)(A short story)  By Rupnarayan Sinha That day, in order to attend to an urgent work, I had to reach Rameychap at any cost. It was the month of Shrawan and the rivers and ... [full story]

                 Voices from the Margin..   - Manprasad Subba Few critics would dispute the understanding that all literature is symptomatic of, and responsive to, historical conditions of repression and recuperation.                                                                                                          Leela Gandhi                                                                                              In Postcolonial Theory ... [full story]

VOICES FROM THE MARGIN By Shreyashi Chettri Perhaps it is for the first time that Indian Nepali Poetry has tried to break its silent marginal borders and handicaps and finally come out with a translation using the colonizer’s language, ... [full story]

LESS AGAM SINGH GIRI, MORE WEEPING FOR THE RONGLAND By Basant Rai I thoroughly enjoyed the article entitled ‘Agam Singh Giri: Lese Epiqu’, More Prabash’ in the DarjeelingTimes written by my old friend Peter J Karthak on the romantic ... [full story]