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SIKKIM: THE ORGANIC LEGACY AND EATING HABITS

April 20, 2024

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

PORTERAGE AND PUBLIC SPACE: THE WOMEN BHARIYAS OF DARJEELING BAZAAR

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...

BEYOND THE PRISM OF RELIGION: UNDERSTANDING RAI WAYS OF BELONGING IN DARJEELING

February 20, 2024

Even today in India, much of political life and political violence is centered around the idea of religion. At a time...

THE LEGEND OF RATANLAL BRAHMIN

January 20, 2024

A strip of land lies between the eight states of Northeast India and the rest of the Indian Republic. Siliguri sandwiched...

THE FERMENTED FOOD CULTURE OF SIKKIM

December 21, 2023

Martam Gaiyabari, Sombok, and Martam Daragaon in West Sikkim are composed of vast tracts of farmlands. The green paddy fields have...

THE TEESTA NO LONGER FLOWS

November 25, 2023

The prominent Nepali author M.M. Gurung once penned a collection of stories titled ‘Teesta Bagcha Sadhai Jasto’ (The Teesta Flows as...

A TRAGEDY FORETOLD: THE PRICE FOR DEVELOPMENT

October 24, 2023

The river Teesta that courses through Sikkim and Darjeeling-Kalimpong Himalaya is inundated with hydropower projects. A network of ‘cascade’ hydropower development,...

MOMO: HOME, MEMORY, HISTORY, CULTURE ON A PLATE

September 19, 2023

Momo. What comes to your mind? What do the tiny, pleated packages stuffed with vegetables or meat invoke? For me, they...

OPINION: WHY SIKKIM IS CRISSCROSSED WITH PIPES THAT RUN DRY?

July 20, 2023

Published with permission from The Third Pole SF: Researchers working in a small state in northeast India have found that marginalised...

WHAT REALLY MAKES A SIKKIMESE? SIKKIM’S RECKONING WITH BELONGING AND IDENTITY.

June 16, 2023

Published with permission from Himal Southasian As an Indian-Nepali – or an Indian-Gorkha, the term some others prefer – I have...

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