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"ULTIMATELY TRUTH WILL PREVAIL," said Union Minister Harsh Vardhan while speaking at a function of the Indian Federation of Working Journalists (IFWJ) in New Delhi recently. I took the opportunity to...
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Birthday message for MH: ‘RIDE THROUGH THE STORM’In his last message to me and my situation, Rev. David G. Stewart, our beloved Principal who passed away in December 2014, advised me: “Ride Through...
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LET US RENEW OUR BONDING: Over the years and since its formal formation in 1984 the Sikkim Hermonites Association has been a nucleus for the fulfilment of our motto: 'closeness for life' for all...
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In Praise of SalmonsTashi WangdiSometimes I am grateful to the many benefits and opportunities I take for granted. Nobody wants to know or investigate how and when we were fortunate to be...
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HISTORY REVISITEDWith Brexit a reality, a look back at six Indian referendums (and one that never happened)India, unlike Europe, doesn’t take chances. Referendums were called only when the result was...
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COME WHAT MAY, I'M READY!The final hearing of my house demolition case which has entered the 19th year will come up in the Sikkim High Court on July 19, 2016. I have been fair, patient and law-abiding...
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Sorry, Obama, the System Is RiggedTrump is right: Elections favor the rich and powerfulBy Michael Sainato • 08/10/16 During a press conference last week, President Barack Obama called Donald Trump’s...
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LAST & FINAL CALL TO PRESERVE ‘SIKKIM FOR SIKKIMESE’ WITHIN THE UNION As the Sikkimese society further disintegrates into tiny pieces, leaving us with an unknown, insecure and unchartered future...
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INSIDE SIKKIMMy first book, 'Inside Sikkim: Against the Tide' was released by former Indian External Affairs Minister, K. Natwar Singh, at the Press Club of India, New Delhi, on December 28, 1993....
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China is India's primary security challenge: UK think-tank29 September 2016 India's relations with Pakistan and...
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Column The next president unbound by the 'Obama overreach'By Victor Davis HansonDonald Trump’s supporters see a potential Hillary Clinton victory in November as the end of any conservative chance to...
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After surgical strike, China 'hopes' India, Pakistan can resolve issues through dialogueBy IANS , Sept 29, 2016BEIJING: Following India's claim that it launched "surgical strikes" on the terrorist...
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THE WAY WE FOUGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS A decade and seven years ago, six Sikkimese representing the three ethnic communities of Sikkim – Lepchas, Bhutias and Nepalese – held a 12-hour hunger strike in...
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China teases India, blocks a Brahmaputra tributary in Tibet to build damAs India mulls utilizing its full entitlement under Indus Waters Treaty to make Pakistan feel the pinch of its terror policy,...
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Former CJI Justice Altamas Kabir is no more“India has lost a legal luminary”Hailed as one of the brilliant judges of the Supreme Court, former Chief Justice of India, Justice (Retired) Altamas Kabir...
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BHUTAN BECKONS, SO LONG SIKKIM!“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”(The Bible, 2 Timothy 4:7)To those who know me well this move will not come as a surprise....
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HAIL TO THE HERMON KNIGHTS“We Shall Overcome”KnowlesDear Hermonites, First of all on behalf of the alumni let me wish our beloved alma mater Mount Hermon School and all Hermonites everywhere a very...
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To Sir with Love and Gratitude For ‘a feast of memories’Rev. John Johnston, who passed away this morning in Tasmania, wrote this letter to us after his trip around the world with Mrs. Johnston in...
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'JOHNNY' ALWAYS CAME BACK:At this moment I would like to share with the Hermonites something very personal. As I recall, in his 50+years in India Mr. Johnston left Mt. Hermon many times but always came...
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OBITUARYBhandari gave us Sikkim’s ‘finest hour’ Jigme N.Kazi He had been suffering from back pain – injuries incurred from police beating during his anti-merger days in early 1970s – for a very long...
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