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The ‘outsider’ fiasco: Revisiting the history of Darjeeling

By saying that if NRC is implemented, the hills will become empty, Bengal minister Gautam Deb has opened can of political worms which has haunted Gorkhas since Independence

by Upendra M Pradhan September 26, 2019October 19, 2022

A protester taking part in the 2017 Gorkhaland agitation in Darjeeling Credit: File image

“Until the lions write their own story, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter,” goes an old African proverb. On August 17, West Bengal tourism minister Gautam…

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