Apologies for infrequent posts

Dear readers My apologies for the lack of updates in the past few days. I have been travelling and have been in transit for more days than I expected, thanks to the Jet pilots strike. Hope to get you some firsthand news and photos from Kalimpong. If you have any photo requests please let me …

Shaheed cup coverage @ Kalimpong Calling

The Kalimpong Calling weblog has a fun first person writeup of the Shaheed cup football tournament finals in Kalimpong (with an interesting historical anecdote about Mela Ground).

Monsoon fury spurs fear of relocation

The Telegraph RAJEEV RAVIDAS Kalimpong, Sept. 7: The damage caused by the monsoon to Chibbo busti and its adjoining areas on the outskirts of the town has raised fear of relocation among its 10,000-odd residents. The entire area from Durpin on the top to Poshyor below has turned into a sinking zone, thanks to the …

ABGL ousted from rally venue again Morcha takes over dais as rivals leave – Section 144 in force, claims DM

The Telegraph Darjeeling, Sept. 7: The second time in a year, the ABGL was forced to cancel its public meeting in Darjeeling today despite the administrative permission as members of a frontal organisation of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha occupied the venue and held their own rally. Witnesses said while the supporters of the ABGL were …

Filming hills for east-west harmony – European union funds documentary

The Telegraph RAJEEV RAVIDAS Kalimpong, Sept. 6: A Spanish crew is in town shooting a documentary on Gandhi Ashram School in particular and Kalimpong in general. The documentary tentatively titled Fiddlers on the Thatch is partly funded by the European Union as one of its media programmes aimed at bringing the east and the west …