It was seven o’clock on a pleasant April morning in Gangtok, and I let myself out of the Gangtok Drift, a cozy hotel just above the Khangri Petrol Pump in Tadong for an early morning walk. I couldn’t help noticing several vehicles coming up the road displaying the National Flag, and some with the lampshade […]
Siliguri: Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling’s support of the Gorkhaland protests have created a piquant situation: Sikkim vehicles are being damaged by the pro-Trinamul anti Gorkhaland factions in Siliguri, while the vehicles with Sikkim number plates are allowed to travel through Darjeeling. Bus and car services between Siliguri, considered the gateway to the north east, […]
Behold! In an attempt to ‘cleanse’ the Northeast of the Indian National Congress, the ruling BJP has aligned with eleven non-Congress political parties to form ‘NEDA”: North East Democratic Alliance. BJP and other leaders are in a huddle in Guwahati, Assam. NEDA would take another couple of days to announce its Guwahati Declaration. The decision […]
