1955 Margaret's Hope Shootout : Its Historical Background and Lessons
The entire terrain of Darjeeling had been a subject of relentless disputes between the then independent Sikkim, Bhutan, and Nepal.
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The Poverty of Gorkha Anti-Caste Discourse: Our Struggle for Dignity and Freedom
Rajat Tamang's casteist behaviour online has touched the Gorkhas, as had Sanvika and Reena's rape and murder in Dooars a few years ago.1 Sin
The Elephant in the Room that We Must Address: The Ugly Truth of Casteism in the Hills
‘I only use my first name on my instagram handle’, a close friend of mine had once told me. Upon being asked why she answered, ‘because it a
Dear Professor
By Nirvan Pradhan Dear Professor Dear Professor, How are you? You must be in Jawaharlal Nehru University. It is spring, so nature must...
“Abo esto photo shoto na bhako bha ta mo kei bhannu pauthina hola”: Photographic Unsilencing
By Mridu Rai Sandhya Aunty's photo albums from which she selected three photographs for this particular story/ © Aswin Sharma Family...
Nini-Aji's Momo: A Visual Story
Text by Yashika Subba Photos by Yashika Subba and 'Lemon Ice-cream' “Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you who you are,”...
Gendering: the Unending Tale of Chores
By Nawami Gurung As I do my chores and half of my leisure time is gone, the other half is always for classes I have a look at my father...
Can you keep a secret? Queer Representation in the Hills
By Nangsel Sherpa and Yawan Sharma ‘How queer subjects, for example, construct and display identities is not just about experiences, not...
Chuikhim: Everyday Uncertainties and Hope
By Vicky Sharma Chuikhim, a small village in Kalimpong district, falls in the highway route. Until recently, Chuikhim would have been...
Ringtong Kamaan: What is her mundane?
Tea might be famous for people from outside, but for people of Darjeeling who make the tea there is no money, when they sell it may be famou
Chyasi Revisited: 1986 through Images
By Ashwin Sharma The seed for the demand for a different administrative setup can be traced back to1907, when the first draft for the...
Re-imagining the Gorkhas: Ghoom Recruiting Depot and Gorkha Stories from Darjeeling
By Mingma Lhamu Pakhrin Gorkhas¹ are considered a valuable asset of the Armed Forces by the Indian Government. It has remained so since...
Being A Nepali And The Confusion Around It!
By Dipti Tamang ‘Where are You From?’ ‘You are a Nepali, so you must be from Nepal?’ ‘Darjeeling- oh so the Northeast?’ Do these...
Ecological Importance of the Himalayan Rhododendron Forests
By Shweta Basnett Rhododendron is one of the largest flowering plantgenera of the Himalayan region, exhibiting excellentdiversity in...
Retelling Stories, Rebuilding Histories
‘Kam Dorjee (Ranger) and his colleagues, Kurseong Forest Department’, reads the annotation in one of the photographs that the Confluence...
Living in the Hills Visualising the Queer Perspective
By Pema Gyalchen Tamang Queer voices in the Hills have mostly been silenced and rendered invisible to uphold the values of an ‘ideal’...
Let’s Talk Gender in the Hills-Confronting Casual Sexism in our Everyday Lives
By Dipti Tamang This morning, like any other morning, I went about my usual routine of completing my household chores and then going out...
Dzongu Rethinking Narratives on Development, Disasters and Displacement
By Kunga Tashi & Mridu Rai On 28 June 2020, a flash flood sluiced right through the middle of Passingdong, Upper Dzongu, North Sikkim...
5 Emerging Photographers from the Hills
By Anushya Pradhan Where are all the women photographers? This is a question we had pondered on for a long while and which led us to...
Agriculture and Food Systems of Dzongu From 'We eat what we grow' to 'We eat what we buy'
By Pema Yangden Lepcha & Sarala Khaling Dzongu, the land of indigenous Lepcha people was declared a Lepcha Reserve by the erstwhile...
Darjeeling hills Through Images- Revisiting the 104 Days of Political Lockdown
By Dipti Tamang The Darjeeling Hills witnessed the most prolonged period of Bandhs and political strikes- 104 days to be precise, during...
Devithans of Sikkim Himalaya- A Cultural Embodiment
By Abriti Moktan Celebrating mountain day without highlighting the cultural values of the mountain landscape would be incomplete....
Draft Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2020- The Potential Fallouts in the Hills
By The Vacay Workers The Environment Impact Assessment, as the name suggests, is a planned intervention by the state that guides...
Duty Memory as Archive: Shiva Pradhan Hotel
By Nirvan Pradhan When the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic struck India, I got back home to Darjeeling from the University in the...
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