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During the 4th Tripartite Talk, GJMM has been immensely pressurized to focus only on the creation of Gorkhaland, besides, the conclusion of the Meeting seems to be only TALK on POLITICAL LEVEL in next round. Do you think 4th Tripartite Talk has been successful?
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Peter J Karthak’ Column



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By Peter J Karthak on July 14,2009

Gurkhas as mercenaries? My foot!


imageGurkhas as mercenaries? My foot! By PETER J KARTHAK Courtesy: Ekantipur Nepal's Gurkhas of the British Brigade of Gurkhas have reemerged as a much-heated issue in the Nepali press, with special debates seen in The Kathmandu Post, for one, during the ... [full story]


By Peter J Karthak on July 14,2009

Three foreign women compose Sikkim's dirges and vanish


imageThree foreign women compose Sikkim's dirges and vanish PETER J KARTHAK Courtesy: Ekantipur Sikkim was a buffer between India and China. So no Chusul happened here, nor Bomdila or Lamding. No Sikkimese peak became a Siachen either. Pundit Nehru ... [full story]


By Peter J Karthak on July 14,2009

Flagged off to the Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim !


imageFlagged off to the Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim ! PETER J KARTHAK Courtesy: Ekantipur It was the end of March 1964 when we set out to Gangtok, the capital of the Kingdom of Sikkim. There were only two Hillians, ... [full story]


By Peter J Karthak on July 13,2009

Tragedies heaped by three stooges


imageTragedies heaped by three stooges By PETER J KARTHAK Courtesy: Ekantipur In my last three series, "Darjeeling's Nepali Bhasha Andolan, circa 1960s", we saw the complete absence of Darjeeling's political leaders in the issues raised by the mass movement ... [full story]


By Peter J Karthak on July 13,2009

Nepali Bhasha Andolan, circa 1960s


imageCognitive Dissonance Nepali Bhasha Andolan, circa 1960s By PETER J KARTHAK Courtesy: Ekantipur From its fount of the Khas Kura in the remote north-western Buddhist Khasan Nepal to its mid-western Gorkhali bastion to the all-embracive modern Nepali to being ... [full story]


By Peter J Karthak on July 12,2009

Ishwar Ballabh: Goodbye to a bard


imageIn memoriam Ishwar Ballabh: Goodbye to a bard By PETER J KARTHAK Courtesy: Ekantipur, Posted on: 2008-03-29 Ishwar Ballabh Bhattarai passed away last Sunday of heart ailment. He was 73, and suffered from hypertension, diabetes and prostates. ... [full story]


By Peter J Karthak on July 03,2009

Jitendra Bardewa: Jaded and faded too soon!


imageJitendra Bardewa: Jaded and faded too soon! PETER J KARTHAKCourtesy: Ekantipur The season: The last Dashain day in the 1980s. The place: Chowk Bazaar of Darjeeling. The time: Nine pm. The persona: Jitendra Bardewa and Deo Prakash Rai. ... [full story]


By Peter J Karthak on July 02,2009

Maestro Amber Gurung: The Alpha and the Omega!


imageMaestro Amber Gurung: The Alpha and the Omega! PETER J KARTHAK Courtesy: Ekantipur Mister Amber Gurung was our maestro, monitor, guide, and philosopher, a Guru in more than one avatar. Also a stern, harsh taskmaster - our version ... [full story]



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