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West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021 | Hill parties may no longer be holding sway in Darjeeling

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April 15, 2021 22:34 IST
With the birth of factions and shifting of alliances, there does not seem to be a dominant player in this region of West Bengal
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With the birth of factions and shifting of alliances, there does not seem to be a dominant player in this region of West Bengal
Like the steep and narrow roads leading to Darjeeling, politics in these hills of West Bengal is marked by twists and turns. However, amidst the changing seasons, the demand for a separate State of Gorkhaland has remained at the centre of its politics.
The 2021 Assembly polls in the three seats of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong will be held on April 17. ....

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The dragon bites its tail – Part II - Himal Southasian

The dragon bites its tail – Part II
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A longform piece on Bhutan’s Lhotshampa question [1992].
A Lotshampa refugee at a camp in Jhapa District of eastern Nepal showing his Bhutanese passport.
Photo: Alemaugil / Wikimedia Common
(This article was first published in our July-August 1992 print issue. Also read Part I and Part III of the reportage.)
No more a backwater
Bhutan was still an economic backwater at the end of the 1940s. The economic, cultural and social interaction and sustenance was almost exclusively with the north. The forested southern hills, the malarial jungles of the Duars and, beyond, the India of the British Empire, held little charm to the pastoralists of high valleys. ....

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