Writes Mouli Banerjee I have the first thirty seconds of introduction to a new person, more often than not, well-rehearsed by now. I pronounce my name the way it was intended, receive a blank look, smile and say “Call me Molly.” They ask, “Are you from Kolkata?” “No,” I say, “I’m from Siliguri,” *wait for […]

Gurung barb at Harka Writes: Vivek Chhetri Bimal Gurung yesterday accused Harka Bahadur Chhetri of diluting the Gorkhaland demand and criticised the Kalimpong MLA for his closeness with the state government. The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president said in a message on Facebook that his party would accept Chhetri’s politics if he took up the statehood […]

A GJM delegation led by Shri Bimal Gurung, Shri Roshan Giri, Shri Swaraj Thapa, Shri PT Ola, Shri Trilok Chand Roka and Shri Diwakar Gurung met Shri Uddhav Thackrey, President Shiv Sena at the histroric mayor’s bungalow in Mumbai. The GJM delegation briefed Shri Uddhav Thackrey about the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland. […]

Former state BJP president Rahul Sinha yesterday told a rally here in Darjeeling, that his party did not support the call for a Gorkhaland state, a long-standing demand of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha that supported the party in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls in the Darjeeling seat. Referring to the statehood demand, Sinha, a national […]

Writes: Dinesh Sharma “Bro, which community do you belong to?” “I am from the Gorkha community, bro.” “Oh ok, so you are from Darjeeling area….the Gorkhaland region.” “No, I am not from the Gorkhaland region but I am a Gorkha.” “You are from a different state. Then, what’s your business with the Gorkhaland demand? Why […]

Writes: Prajwal Parajuly At Tiger Hill, Darjeeling’s famous viewing point, stands an observation tower. As early as 5am, the bottom two floors of the tower are already crammed with standing tourists. We are on our tiptoes—there’s no room. The top deck isn’t crowded. Tourists there sit on sofas that were once plush and sip tea while […]

Darjeeling, Dec. 2: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) today claimed that Union home minister Rajnath Singh had promised to look into the party’s request to form a committee by the Centre to examine the Gorkhaland demand and talk to the state government on the matter. Morcha general secretary Roshan Giri said over the phone from […]

Day II, GORKHALAND AGITATION: Bimal Gurung CALLS OFF AGITATION after assurance from PM Narendra Modi Writes Dinesh Sharma Bimal Gurung, the Chief Executive of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration and national President, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has called off the massive agitation and peaceful rally planned for tomorrow (December 19th 2015). A delegation of Bimal Gurung, Darjeeling […]

Writes: N N Ojha Gorkhaland is once again the talk of the town. Gorkhas in the Darjeeling hills and else where in India are once again discussing ‘when’, ‘how’ and ‘why not’ about Gorkhaland. Last time it grabbed attention equally intensely was in July 2012 when the then UPA government led by Manmohan Singh as […]

Nov 16, 2015  National Federation for New States (NFNS) Delegation led by Munish Tamang met Union Home Minister Sh. Rajnath Singh today. The delegation reminded him of the Gorkhaland promise made by his party in the 2014 manifesto. The delegation also stated that the demand for creation of new state is not a regional demand and […]

The political legacy of Subash Ghisingh i.e. “Treaty of Sugauli, Article 1 & 8 of Indo-Nepal Treaty of 1950, Article 1 (3) C, Article 2 of Indian Constitution and International court of justice Hague ” are being used by The Greater Nepal Activist in Nepal to claim its old legitimate Territory from India. I, still remember […]

Darjeeling will remain in Bengal: Didi, Gorkhaland demand still constitutional Bimal Gurung. Writes: Hillman – The Analyst (Alias Karma T. Pempahishey) The above happens to be the headlines of The Statesman, North Bengal & Sikkim Plus, Siliguri 16 Sept 2015, are so conflictingly counterpoised surely the ordinary citizen will not be able to untangle the […]

Writes Prashant Acharya Darjeeling BJP MP S S Ahluwalia today called media to clarify his speech on Gorkhaland on Independence Day. BJP Lok Sabha MP from Darjeeling S.S. Ahluwalia had lent his support for Gorkhaland in an address during an Independence Day event in Kalimpong. S S Ahluwalia today called media to clarify his speech on […]

BJP Darjeeling MP SS Ahluwalia on Saturday raised his voice for a separate Gorkhaland and wondered when will Gorkhas living in Darjeeling can say that they are residents of their state but his party distanced itself from his comments and said it does not want a division of Bengal. Ahluwalia BJP MP from Darjeeling backs […]

“WHEN WILL GORKHAS BE ABLE TO SAY – I BELONG TO ‪GORKHALAND‬” – SS Ahluwalia BJP Darjeeling MP SS Ahluwalia today raised his voice for a separate Gorkhaland and wondered when will Gorkhas living in Darjeeling can say that they are residents of Gorkhaland. “The Biharis say they are from Bihar, the Punjabis say they belong […]

Bimal Gurung, the GTA chief  expressed his gratitude to Dr Subramanian Swamy for raising the statehood issue at the National level by  writing to Home Minister for GORKHA PRADESH and raising several other issues such as creating a post of Additional Chief Secretary and Additional DGP for the GTA (Gorkhaland Territorial Administration). Subramanian Swamy during National […]

Baba Ramdev Says – “Struggles Have Made You Stronger” ‪Gorkhaland‬ Speaking to a full house crowd Baba Ramdev said today, “Struggles have made you [Gorkhas] stronger… You had to struggle to get your language recognized and included in the Constitution of India… so to have to struggle for Gorkhaland, its not something new…” He added, […]

Ashis Chakrabarti So he died as he knew he would – in exile, far away from the kingdom that had once been his and that he had lost to a onetime vassal. But in death, he may be luckier than his wife, who was denied the privilege of having her last rites performed back at […]