HILLS TO PROTEST LINGUISTIC IMPERIALISM – Two Day Education Strike Called Writes: Vivek Chhetri Bimal Gurung yesterday called a two-day education strike in the hills this week and a series of marches during the chief minister’s impending visit to protest the state government’s move to make Bengali a compulsory subject at schools. The Gorkha Janmukti […]

Former GNLF leader and ex- MLA Mrs Shanta Chettri, who has been nominated as Trinamul Congress candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections, stood by the state government’s decision to introduce Bengali language in schools and said that there is no harm in Learning a new language. Moreover, according to the minister, Arup Biswas, Bengali will […]

It was a new dawn for the Gorkhas of India when their language, Nepali was given a constitutional status on the 20th day of August 1992. This day commemorates the struggle of those visionary and revolutionary Gorkhas who had fought to provide Nepali language in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, thereby fulfilling the […]

Master Mitrasen Thapa Magar (1895 -1946)  (Nepali/नेपाली: मित्रसेन थापा मगर (१८१५ – १९४६)) Indian Gorkha folk singer, lyrics writer, dramatist, social worker and a Freedom Fighter who took part in World War-I Master Mitrasen Thapa was born on the 29th December 1895 in Village Totarani, Bhagsu /Dharamshala. He was called master because in those days, the […]

Darjeeling Once again we are most thankful to Darjeeling MP SS Ahluwalia who has stepped up to protect the Nepali language. Following report on social media (The Darjeeling Chronicle) MP wrote to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu reminding him that not putting up signs in Nepali language is a violation of the Language Policy of India […]

21st May 2016 : We, on behalf of the entire Indian Gorkha Community, first of all congratulate the newly elected Gorkha MLAs Bhaskar Sharma and Ganesh Limbu from Assam and Amar Rai, Sarita Rai and Dr. Rohit Sharma West Bengal and request you all to Kindly take Oath in Nepali Language as your voice will […]

Thanks to  the Darjeeling MP SS Ahluwalia efforts, Nepali and other minority languages of West Bengal – Hindi, Urdu, Santhali, Oriya and Punjabi have been included as an optional regional languages. The State bank has also extended the last day of application to the 28th of April so that people from our region get to […]

Darjeeling MP SS Ahluwalia Takes Exception to Non-Inclusion of Nepali Language Option in State Bank of India Recruitment – Writes to Finance Minister Darjeeling MP SS Ahluwalia has taken strong note of non-inclusion of Nepali language option in State Bank of India recruitment and has written to the Finance Minister as well as the Chairperson […]

How a Bollywood Movie Stereotype Made Me Reflect on the “Identity Crisis” We ‪Gorkhas‬ Face, and Why ‪Gorkhaland‬ is Necessary Writes: Abriti Moktan* I was doing a project on the “identity crisis” faced by the Gorkha communities in India and after having worked on it I have become more sensitive towards the issue. My brother […]

New courses in Sikkim Gangtok, March 18: Sikkim University plans to launch post-graduate courses in Bhutia, Lepcha and Limo languages from the next academic session, said the assistant registrar of the Sikkim University. The assistant registrar, Grace Chankapa, said the university had written to the Union ministry of human resource development and University Grants Commission […]

This is why we NEED ‪‎Gorkhaland‬ Nepali Again Not Included as an Optional Paper in WBCS Writes Upendra for TheDC Insanity is often described as “doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results,” going by this definition people in Darjeeling are certifiably insane, not all but those who side with Bengal and hope […]

While Nepali as a state language of Bengal was incorporated in 1961, and Nepali as the national language of India was incorporated in 1992, till date Nepali is not much used for official purposes. Bucking the trend, are newly elected Congress Panchayat Members from Atharakhai Gram Panchayat, Matigara block. Yesterday Anchal Congress of Atharakhai GP […]

A unique statue of eminent Nepali poet Bhanu Bhakta Acharya will be installed A unique statue of eminent Nepali poet Bhanu Bhakta Acharya will be installed on Thursday by Congress MLA Shankar Malakar on the auspicious occasion of Nepali Bhasha Diwas at Milan More near Siliguri. The idol made in a sitting position on stone with […]

The Nepali Language Bhasha Manyata Diwas was today obesrved by Mirik College to mark the completion of the 24 years of the recognition of the Nepali language. Principals from various schools, Journalist, Photographers, Mirik P.S SI Rabi Kumar Diyali and other prominent literature were present as the chief guest. The day stressed on the use […]

The All India Radio has invited applications for the posts of Nepali Translator-cum- Announcers . The details of the vacancies are as follows: External Services Division of All India Radio proposes to engage Translator-cum-Announcers for its Indian language service as detailed below on fixed term contract initially for one year which can be renewed based […]

HOW AND FROM WHEN DID WE STARTED IDENTIFYING OURSELVES AS “NEPALI” IN SIKKIM ? Shared by Passang Sherpa on the VOS FB fan page. ANSWER: The majority Sikkimese people share cultural heritage with peoples of Darjeeling hills in West Bengal, Southern Bhutan, Assam, and Dehradun as well as People living in the sovereign state of […]

Rasik Chhetri Founder and Trainer Prachetas Consulting Introduction Language is considered as the life blood of human civilization. The Cambridge dictionary defines language as “a system of communication consisting of sounds, words and grammar, or the system of communication used by people in particular country or type of work.” India being a diversified country, it […]

Twenty three years ago on 20th August, 1992 after years of struggle, the lingua franca of the Gorkha community i.e. Nepali language was officially recognised and included in Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. It was a major step forward in the struggle of the Gorkhas in India to demolish the arguments/doubts which were trying […]