Darjeeling became a district in 1866

Darjeeling became a full fledged district in 1866

Greatest Atom Bomb happens to be the Himalayas and it is Switched On. Any Slightest Ignition Would Spell Doom`s Day

Greatest Atom Bomb happens to be the Himalayas and it is Switched On. Any Slightest Ignition Would Spell Doom`s Day Troubled Galaxy Destroyed Dreams: Chapter 11 Palash Biswas http://www.troubledgalaxydetroyeddreams.blogspot.com/ Every one in the Himalayas happens to be a Sleeping Dynamite! It may explode anytime, any where! The State power doesn`t have any clue of it [...]

WB govt for more autonomy for Darjeeling Hills

Ruling out a separate state of Gorkhaland, the West Bengal government on Sunday said that the Left Front was “in principle” against any fragmentation of the state but preferred more autonomy for the Darjeeling Hills. “The Left parties are, in principle, opposed to the creation of smaller states, be it Gorkhaland, Vidarbha, Telangana etc,” Urban [...]

Budhdha not to participate in talks with GJM

Ruling out speculation that chief minister Budhdhadeb Bhattacharjee would personally join the proposed tripartite meeting, his closest colleague Siliguri MLA and state urban development minister claimed that there is no such possibility. WEST BENGAL (WB) state urban development minister Ashok Bhattacharjee on Wednesday (July 6) ruled out speculation that chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee would himself [...]

Gorkhaland tri-partite meet likely in Delhi this month

A tri-partite meeting between the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha, the West Bengal and the central government on the issue of a separate Gorkhaland in the Darjeeling hills is likely to be held in New Delhi later this month, state Home Secretary Ashok Mohan Chakraborty said here Friday.   “The centre has agreed to hold the meeting [...]

A Case for Gorkhaland, the socio-economic perspective

By Udaya Mani Pradhan Why Gorkhaland? India’s tryst with destiny began at the stroke of midnight on 15th August 1947. It ushered in a new era wherein the belief that everyone is born free and has a right to fulfill one-self in human dignity was no longer a myth. The framers of the Indian Constitution [...]

Gorkhaland Rundown

It was brought to my attention that a few weeks ago this blog turned up on the second page of Google searches for Gorkhaland. (It has since fallen lower in the Google search results.) Given the visibility, I’ll add a little more background on the history and current happenings. Here goes: The district of Darjeeling [...]

Ball in hill leaders’ court

THE BALL, as they say is, squarely in the court of the agitating hill leaders in Darjeeling. The Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has kept his word and spoken to the Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil for tripartite talks to end the impasse but the Centre has put its foot down. No talks will get [...]

Buddhadeb Holds Talks With GJM Representatives

“We have no problem with the convening of a tri-partite meeting over Darjeeling developments with the participation of the state Left Front government, the union UPA government, and the agitating groups: however, there must be a bipartite consensus between the state government and the agitationsists first.’   Thus, said the Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee [...]

Say NO to Gorkhaland

Darjeeling must remain with West Bengal Kanchan Gupta In the summer of 1966, Hope Cooke, the American socialite-turned-Gyalmo, or Queen Consort of the ill-fated 12th Chogyal of Sikkim, created a furore in New Delhi by contesting, in an article published in the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology’s bulletin, India’s possession of Darjeeling that was ‘gifted’ to [...]