Sudarshan's Column

BLOG: A tale of “badam” and “kaju” It is very easy for a naysayer in West Bengal to rubbish the idea of smaller states (e.g. gorkhaland) by using fancy words like “balkanization”, “bifurcation”,  “flood gate”, “division of country”, “pandora’s ... [full story]

BLOG: You feel Schadenfreude, I feel nothing these days. By SUDARSAN     As luck would have it, the ‘Hanuman’ to ‘Ravana’ transition of Darjeeling MP Jawasnt Singh took place against the backdrop of 3rd tripartite meeting held at secretarial ... [full story]

BLOG: I Soliloquize By Sudarsan   I am tired of reading between the lines; it was something no one taught in school. When I hear people criticizing present course of the movement and then uttering Jai Gorkhaland in the ... [full story]

Handle with care In a world where Global positioning system (GPS) can locate the coordinates of an individual or thing exactly, the doom of Gorkhaland movement seems to have gone out of range, at least from a common man’s ... [full story]

(Based on the queries put in by Mr. Sudarsan Tamang on Tuesday, September 09, 2008 from Grenoble, France And answers submitted by Peter J. Karthak on Thursday, October 09, 2008 from Kupondole, Patan, Nepal) For some reasons, our generation ... [full story]

Violently NON-VIOLENT! By Sudarsan Recently I discovered that if tigers decide to become vegetarian, a state of downright confusion will prevail in animal kingdom. Accidentally, I discovered this when a race called Gorkha, known for their fierce ... [full story]

A GORKHA by heart By Sudarshan If you were born here, and your eyes shine with divine gratification when you see Kanchanjanga or you long to have a glimpse of it, at least once if you are far away. ... [full story]

Knowing INDIA By Sudarshan Patriotism doesn’t just mean to stand up when national anthem is played or cheering the cricket team with alarming fanaticism and hysteria. Nor it means to abuse Pakistan or China, just because they have been ... [full story]