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Wednesday, 19 June 2013 23:53

GORKHALAND: A DREAM TO REALIZE

India is considered as the world’s largest democracy. With over a billion people, the system of allocating a separate state for different ethnic communities has made India a liberal country. However, The Gorkha community of India has been lagging behind in procuring a separate state. The West Bengal hegemony, the double standard diplomacy of the central government and the disharmony of the Gorkha leaders have contributed to the ordeal. If the Punjabis can have Punjab, The Nagas can have Nagaland, The Assamese can have Assam, Bengalis can have West Bengal why can’t the Gorkhas have Gorkhaland? Why is the Bengal government reluctant to confer an unconditional full-fledged state for the Gorkhas? Whenever the Gorkhaland agitation gains momentum, it gets aborted in the form of Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) and now the Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA). Why such subaltern forums hack the spirit of the uprising? In a well established democratic setup like India, West Bengal should refrain from juggling unfair politics in the hills. These forums that come as a compromise package at the climax of the revolution have procrastinated our demand for statehood.

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Wednesday, 19 June 2013 23:53

Despite a heap of lab experiments, field studies and advanced technological insights, nothing much has been worked upon by Mother Earth’s wise men when it comes to the wrath of Nature, more so when it comes from the innermost belly of the planet. Despite the giant leaps in science, major earthquakes around the world have not only stunned and crippled mankind, but have also increased in frequency, defying an explanation or prediction. With the Sikkim flattener being the latest case in point, Deebashree Mohanty explores what really lies beneath