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December 20, 2024

Darjeeling is considered a mountain paradise, but a dark shadow creeps across it. Beyond the postcard vistas of toy trains winding...

November 20, 2024

An empty nest denotes a household where all the children have moved out for various reasons such as further studies, employment,...

October 20, 2024

Sakela Sili is a dance form specific to the Kirat Rai (Khambu) community of the transborder Eastern Himalayan region located in...

September 20, 2024

In India, the rhododendron is the state tree of Sikkim and Uttarakhand, it is also the state flower of Nagaland. Locally...

August 20, 2024

In June 2010, the ‘Lamlamey’ was the talk of Gangtok. A child’s photograph, taken in the Banjhakri Waterfalls was the main...

July 20, 2024

I do not know much about gods; But I think that the river Is a strong brown god - sullen, Untamed...

June 20, 2024

Darjeeling, a small hill station in the Eastern Himalayan region, is a relic of British colonial rule in India. After a...

May 20, 2024

Darjeeling tea popularly hailed as the ‘Champagne of Teas’, is the only tea in the world to procure a GI (Geographical...

April 20, 2024

‘Organic’ is the word that comes to mind whenever I think about Sikkim, a state nestled in the foothills of the...

March 20, 2024

On a chilly afternoon in February 2022, I reached Darjeeling bazaar’s bich galli for fieldwork. A group of women bhariyas were...

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