A hilarious account of this author's encounter with a Kalimpong local masseur.. A must read. This particular version seems to be an edited/summarized version of a much longer essay published By Bruce Kirkby some years ago. The original & much longer version can be viewed at this link. -admin The Globe and Mail BRUCE KIRKBY …
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Interlocutor calls it a day
The Telegraph VIVEK CHHETRI Darjeeling, March 4: Vijay Madan, the Centre’s interlocutor to hold talks on the Darjeeling impasse, today tendered his resignation, indicating that not much progress could be achieved on the issue. “With the Assembly elections round the corner, there is no possibility of some dramatic announcement. I have tendered my resignation as …
Tea embargo kicks off to extract more
VIVEK CHHETRI Darjeeling, March 4: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today upped the ante by enforcing an embargo on the first flush of Darjeeling tea to fulfil en extended charter of demands, which include housing and medical benefits, apart from a double hike in wages for garden workers in the hills. Morcha chief Bimal Gurung had …
Delhi changes Karmapa tune
The Telegraph NISHIT DHOLABHAI New Delhi, March 4: India has indicated it recognises Ugyen Trinley Dorje as the Karmapa, signalling an about-turn by the government whose China policy has been marked by caution. Home secretary G.K. Pillai today became the first central government representative to refer to Dorje, 25, as the “Karmapa”, and declared him …
Gorkha protests bleed north Bengal
http://www.business-standard.comShine JacobKumani / Darjeeling March 3, 2011, 0:44 ISTEconomy takes a hit, with tourist arrivals declining 70% and tea production 17% since 2008.“Tell them you are not a Bengali.” The survival tip from a top Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader was almost ominous.Streets draped in green-white-yellow GJM flags, a small procession on every street, road …
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