Writes Prateet Pradhan Open Letter to Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling by Prateet Pradhan on behalf of the Gorkhas in Manipur for his statement about Indian Gorkhas. Sir Chamling, you are an lone Gorkha CM in India and for that everyone used to be proud of you. Its democracy and you kept your words. But please […]

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 […]

Promises: College for hills & varsity Writes AVIJIT SINHA Siliguri, March 11: The Trinamul manifesto has promised a Nepali-medium college in the Darjeeling hills, a new campus of Aliah University and a second agricultural university among other things for north Bengal. The ruling party also promised to set up a centre of Netaji Subhas Open […]

दिनांक १८ फरवरी २०१६ बिहीवार को दिन गोर्खा फाउनडेशनको प्रतिनिधीहरुले दिल्लीका मुख्य मन्त्री श्रीमान अरबिन्द केजरिवालज्युलाई वहाँको बासस्थानमा भेटघाट गरे । उक्त भेटघाटमा गोर्खा फाउनडेशनको प्रतीनिधीहरुले मुख्य मन्त्रीलाई केही मांगहरुको बिन्ती पत्र सुम्पे । मुख्य मन्त्रीज्युले गोर्खा फाउनडेशनको बिन्ती पत्रलाई ध्यान पूर्वक पडी दिनु भयो साथै वहाँले चाडै यस बिषयमा समाधान गरी दिने बचन दिनु […]

1) Gurkha is spelled as Gorkha in Nepali, the correct way to pronounce it (Gor-kha). 2) Gorkha is a Sanskrit word which means Protector of Cows, Gau(Cow)+Rakha(Protector)=Gorkha. 3) Gorkha is one of the 75 districts of modern Nepal. It is a misconception that the Gurkhas took their name from the Gorkha region of Nepal. The […]

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 […]

– दीप मिलन प्रधान गोर्खा राष्टिय मुक्ति मोर्चाको अधक्ष्य मन घिसिंङ्गलाई मिरिक सैरेनी अनि पानीघट्टामा भब्य स्वागत जनायो । गोरामुमोले जनताको समर्थन जुटाउंको लागि आज देखि समस्टी भ्रमण शुरू गरे I गोरामुमोको तत्कालिन सुप्रिमो स्वर्गीय सुबास घिसिंगको समस्टी मिरिकमा आज उनको छोरा अनि पार्टी को वर्तमान अध्यक्ष मन घिसिंगले समस्टी भ्रमण शुभारम्भ गर्यो I समस्टी […]

The Nepali language of today were previously known as Parvate, Gorkha or Khas Kura before it was changed to Nepali in 1920s in Nepal by Nepali Government and in the year 1932 in India after the Calcutta University gave its consent to change Parvate/Gorkhali language to “Nepali” without understanding the impact of it on people […]

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 […]

ABN (All Bharatiya Nepali) is the first Nepali Satellite TV Channel in Indian  which was launched at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi. Present on the occasion was Telecom & Communication Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Shri BalKrishan Acharya, GTA Chief and GJM President Bimal Gurung and Entrepreneur Bijay Chamling from Sikkim. This news & entertainment channel will […]

Writes: Sangay Tamang You don’t need to go anywhere to ask who you are. Take a minute to look yourself and analyses how do you know about your “self” then define yourself. I am pretty sure enough that you can’t define your identity as a “self” in context of the space where you are living […]

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 […]